1 Day Cup
Dolphins win to top log
2011-11-12 10:44
Cape Town - The Sunfoil
Dolphins may have been the victims of three washed out games in a row on home
turf but it has not been able to prevent them from becoming joint log leaders
in the 1-Day Cup competition.
They
finally managed to get in a full game against the Nashua Titans on Friday
evening and what a match it turned out to be! Both teams posted more than 300
runs thanks to centuries by Faf du Plessis (120 off 115 balls, 11 fours) and
Loots Bosman (112 off 102 balls, 7 fours and 4 sixes). Daryn Smit also played a
good supporting hand for the Dolphins (95 off 111 balls, 9 fours).
It was a
rough night for the bowlers with only 10 wickets falling in total before the
Dolphins got home with five balls to spare.
The other
two matches, both of which were decided under the Duckworth/Lewis method, also
provided fine adverts for the domestic 50 overs game.
Morne van
Wyk (136 off 144 balls, 13 fours and a six) provided the third century of the
evening as the Chevrolet Knights beat the bizhub Highveld Lions by 10 runs.
Once again the Lions found themselves chasing a big total (318) and in the end
they faced a revised target of 269 in 40 overs.
The totals
were much lower on a slow pitch at Axxess St. George’s where the Nashua Mobile
Cape Cobras got home by just three runs against the Chevrolet Warriors. The
Warriors posted 201 which was then reduced to a target of 172 in 39.5 overs.
Richard Levi gave the Cobras his normal quick-fire start but runs became much
harder to score once the experienced spinners, Johan Botha and Nicky Boje, came
into the attack.
JP Duminy
eventually saw them home (43 not out, 68 balls, 3 fours).
Boje (3/26)
and Charl Langeveldt (4/46) returned outstanding bowling performances.