da fazobetai： Cape Cobras and Eagles recorded wins in the latest round of Standard Bank Pro20 matches
da supremo： Keith Lane04-Feb-2006The combination of Alan Dawson and Thami Tsolekile destroyed theWarriors’ hopes of their first win in the Standard Bank Pro20 Series asthe Cape Cobras won easily by 21 runs.The Warriors had done all the hard work to restrict the Cobras to 144but Dawson, who took a career best 4 for 18, the fourth-best return for abowler in the Pro20, and Tsolekile, who snaffled five catches behind thestumps, equalling Morne van Wyk’s five dismissals in 2003-04, destroyedthe Warriors’ top order to leave them floundering at 15 for 4 after threeovers. Michael Smith, who made 49, and Mark Bruyns (35) were the onlyWarriors batsmen to get into double figures as they finished on 123 for8.Rory Kleinveldt had earlier lifted a troubled Cape Cobras innings to 144for 8 as he hit 46 off 22 balls with the Warriors pressing hard fortheir first win in the series. JP Duminy had given the innings someimpetus with 23 off 18 balls but it was Kleinveldt’s innings thatlifted the Cobras. Justin Kreusch (3 for 31)and Tyron Henderson (2 for 21) were the wicket-takers and they were wellsupported by some disciplined bowling to restrict the Cobras.In Durban, the lights and the rain could not stop the Eagles frombeating the Dolphins by seven wickets in a match which was decided by the Duckworth-Lewis method.The start was slightly delayed with some controversy about theuse of one bank of lights. It was decided to switch them on andtake a chance that they do not fuse. The Dolphins made a blisteringstart as Kyle Smit struck 76 from 41 balls to bring up the 100 in thetenth over. However, the rest of the batsmen failed to take advantage of the platform, as Nicky Boje and Roger Telemachus bowled well, taking three wickets each to restrict the damage. The Dolphins’ total of 190 for 7 was still the highest score of the season, though.The Eagles’ innings got off to a frenetic start as well, with Morne van Wyk hitting 56 not out off 33 balls and Davey Jacobs wading in with 46 off 35. The innings was interrupted twice due to rain, the second delay causing a loss of five overs and a revised target of 145. All the hard work done before the rain paid off as the Eagles cruised home with five balls to spare.
