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Durban - Rain on Sunday couldn’t prevent the Cobras from cantering to a nine-wicket victory over the Dolphins on the final afternoon of their SuperSport Series match at Kingsmead in Durban.
Set 58 to win after bowling the home side out for 255 in their second innings, the Cape side made short work of the target, despite losing the wicket of Alistair Gray.
Gray perished with the score on 33 when he edged to David Miller off Quinton Friend for 15, but Andrew Puttick (32 not out) and Stiaan van Zyl (12 not out) saw their team home at a rate of more than eight runs to the over.
Earlier, the Cobras took advantage of a break in the weather to claim four wickets in quick succession, after for much of the morning it looked as though the Dolphins would be saved by the same rain that washed out the weekend’s two other matches.
When play ended on Saturday, the Dolphins were on 196 for six - still two runs short of having to make the Cobras bat again, after having been dismissed earlier in the day in their first innings.
This was in reply to the Cobras’ first innings total of 360, which of course meant that Cape skipper Justin Kemp, 198 runs to the good, happily enforced the follow-on as he and his side got a whiff of a precious away victory.
Jon Kent and Daryn Smit were the men who took up arms for the Dolphins when play finally got under way late on Sunday morning. But despite a fighting 50 from Kent, it was the Cobras who struck with four quick wickets to seal the home side’s fate.
Kent was trapped lbw by Rory Kleinveldt to end an obdurate 52-run partnership for the seventh wicket, before Kyle Abbott was caught by keeper Ryan Canning off Vernon Philander for nine.
The Dolphins lost their final two wickets with the score on 255, Quinton Friend edging to Kemp off Claude Henderson and Smit finally succumbed, leg-before, to Philander for 35 in an innings that lasted 127 minutes.
The Dolphins’ woes started on Saturday when they suffered a major first-innings batting collapse to be bowled out cheaply before lunch, and they then struggled in their second innings despite a 69-run first-wicket stand between skipper Imraan Khan and Devon Conway.
It was the Cobras’ seamers Rory Kleinveldt, Vernon Philander and Beuran Hendricks took two wickets apiece in a dramatic morning session, as the Dolphins, who started the day on 84 for three, folded like a house of cards in their first innings with the addition of just 78 runs to their overnight score.
The Cobras were all smiles as their bowlers did the job again in the second innings on Sunday, Philander finishing with four for 49 off 20.1 overs, Henderson with four for 76 off 32, Kleinveldt one for 41 off 18 and Justin Ontong one for 41 off 17.
Set 58 to win after bowling the home side out for 255 in their second innings, the Cape side made short work of the target, despite losing the wicket of Alistair Gray.
Gray perished with the score on 33 when he edged to David Miller off Quinton Friend for 15, but Andrew Puttick (32 not out) and Stiaan van Zyl (12 not out) saw their team home at a rate of more than eight runs to the over.
Earlier, the Cobras took advantage of a break in the weather to claim four wickets in quick succession, after for much of the morning it looked as though the Dolphins would be saved by the same rain that washed out the weekend’s two other matches.
When play ended on Saturday, the Dolphins were on 196 for six - still two runs short of having to make the Cobras bat again, after having been dismissed earlier in the day in their first innings.
This was in reply to the Cobras’ first innings total of 360, which of course meant that Cape skipper Justin Kemp, 198 runs to the good, happily enforced the follow-on as he and his side got a whiff of a precious away victory.
Jon Kent and Daryn Smit were the men who took up arms for the Dolphins when play finally got under way late on Sunday morning. But despite a fighting 50 from Kent, it was the Cobras who struck with four quick wickets to seal the home side’s fate.
Kent was trapped lbw by Rory Kleinveldt to end an obdurate 52-run partnership for the seventh wicket, before Kyle Abbott was caught by keeper Ryan Canning off Vernon Philander for nine.
The Dolphins lost their final two wickets with the score on 255, Quinton Friend edging to Kemp off Claude Henderson and Smit finally succumbed, leg-before, to Philander for 35 in an innings that lasted 127 minutes.
The Dolphins’ woes started on Saturday when they suffered a major first-innings batting collapse to be bowled out cheaply before lunch, and they then struggled in their second innings despite a 69-run first-wicket stand between skipper Imraan Khan and Devon Conway.
It was the Cobras’ seamers Rory Kleinveldt, Vernon Philander and Beuran Hendricks took two wickets apiece in a dramatic morning session, as the Dolphins, who started the day on 84 for three, folded like a house of cards in their first innings with the addition of just 78 runs to their overnight score.
The Cobras were all smiles as their bowlers did the job again in the second innings on Sunday, Philander finishing with four for 49 off 20.1 overs, Henderson with four for 76 off 32, Kleinveldt one for 41 off 18 and Justin Ontong one for 41 off 17.
