Cricket All-Stars: Warne's Warriors beat Sachin's Blasters by 6 wickets

Captain Shane Warne has been adjudged as the Man-of-the-Match for his brilliant bowling performance where he picked 3 wickets by giving away just 20 runs.

Too many sixes in the ground of home runs. It was a priceless match for the Americans to enjoy. New York is done and the next stop is Houston where the second Twenty20 match will be played on November 11.

Akhtar got two and Muralitharan castled one. No other bowlers worked for the Blasters. For the Warriors, Ponting, Sangakkara and Rhodes Warriors finished the game in style.

SIX! Rhodes reverse-sweep biggy ends the first match. Warriors beat Blasters by 6 wickets.

Captain Sachin will be bowling now for the Blasters.

Victory target into single figures now. Ponting and Rhodes guiding the Warriors home.

SIX! Rhodes has joined the party now. Two flat sixes to end Ambrose over. WAR 134/4 (17.0 Overs)

SIX! Ambrose to Rhodes.

Warriors need 22 runs in 24 balls.

FOUR! Ponting inching towards his fifty. WAR 119/4 (16.0 Overs)

Bowling change and Pollock is back into the attack.

SIX! Ponting goes big against Akhtar. WAR 112/4 (15.0 Overs)

Ohh! That looked Nasty. Jonty gets the taste of Akhtar's bouncer.

Akhtar bowling his last over.

Jonty Rhodes has arrived for the Warriors. A wicket-maiden for Muralitharan. WAR 104/4 (14.0 Overs)

WICKET! Four dot balls and the wicket falls. Symonds out LBW off Muralitharan. WAR 104/4 (13.5 Overs)

WAR 104/3 (13.0 Overs). They need 37 runs in 42 balls.

Symonds is the new batsman in the middle.

Sangakkara made 41 off 29 balls. He looked in hurry and Akhtar took the advantage of that by bowling a surprise bouncer to get him out.

WICKET! Bowling change has worked for the Blasters. Akhtar gets the big wicket of Sangakkara. WAR 102/3 (12.3 Overs)

FOUR! Akhtar to Sangakkara.

Warne's Warriors need 43 runs in 48 balls now.

SIX! Sangakkara being Sangakkara. Smashed Hooper over the mid-on area for a biggie. WAR 98/2 (12.0 Ovs)

Three runs from the Muralitharan over. WAR 88/2 (11.0 Overs)

Warriors are half way through. They stand strong on 85 for 2 after 10 overs. More 56 runs needed in 60 balls. Sangakkara and Ponting are playing at 28 and 30 runs respectively.

Sangakkara is finding difficult it against Muralitharan. WAR 79/2 (9.0 Overs)

FOUR! Muralitharan has been sliced away by Ponting. WAR 77/2 (8.2 overs)

Five runs coming in from the Hooper's over. Warriors are 72 for 2.

Bowling change. Carl Hooper gets his first over.

After 7 overs, Warriors are 67 for the loss of 2 wickets. They need 74 runs in 78 balls now to clinch the first T20 match of the 3-match series.

SIX! Ponting punches Muralitharan's off-spin over the leg side. WAR 66/2 (6.5 Overs)

Muralitharan will be bowling his first over of the innings.

59 for 2 after 6 overs. Warriors are surely back in the game after two early blows. Sangakkara and Ponting are looking good and settled and DANGEROUS.

SIX! SIX! Back-to-back sixes for Sangakkara off Ambrose bowling. WAR 56/2 (5.2 Overs)