http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Domestic: MiWAY T20 Challenge: Warriors v Titans - 2nd Match Update
Titans 174/5 (20/20 ov) v Warriors 145/7 (20.0/20 ov) - Titans won by 29 runs
On Friday, February 17, 2012, Titans won their T20 match against Warriors by 29 runs in the ongoing MiWAY T20 Challenge, at Buffalo Park, East London.
After winning the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Titans-c856 chose to bat first in a bid to post a staggering total on the board to leave their opponents flabbergasted.
However, they failed to get off to an impressive start as they lost their first wicket with only 24 runs on the board, when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Henry-Davids-c62423 lost his wicket after playing a meagre innings of seven runs.
On the next delivery, number- three batsman Roelof van der Merwe was dismissed on nil, leaving the batting side in a spot of bother.
Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861.
However, with 45 runs on the board, Titans suffered the loss of another wicket when Rudolph perished after hammering an innings of 22 runs.
With the opening batsman back in the pavilion, it was time for middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Farhaan-Behardien-c56785 to take the field.
The duo of Jaarsveld and Behardien clobbered another potent partnership as they smashed impressive shots all around the park, exhibiting their batting superiority.
With 139 runs on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Jaarsveld, was finally dismissed after smashing a staggering knock of 77 runs.
Later, the side managed to amass 174 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets in 20 overs.
Needing 175 runs to win the match, Warriors lost their first wicket with only four runs on the board, when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JJ-Smuts-c1701 perished after scoring only four runs.
Titans, bowlers shackled the batting side early on as the batsmen failed to play freely, allowing the bowlers to grab wickets at random.
Apart from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AG-Prince-c949 (49), none of the batsmen exhibited enough batting talent to counter the bowling offensive they were up against, consequently resulting in their demise after posting 145 runs on the board for the loss of seven wickets.
From Titans, left-arm spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PL-Harris-c2193, was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing three wickets.
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