Ashwell Prince scores 171*

Posted by Shaun Custers on Mar 13, 2009 in Domestic | 2 comments

Ashwell Prince struck an unbeaten 171 to help the Chevrolet Warriors to 338 for four at stumps on the first day of their SuperSport Series match against the Nashua Titans at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Thursday.

The left-handed Prince, who opened the batting in preparation for his new role as opening batsman for the South African national side, faced 253 balls while striking 18 fours and five sixes as he notched up his 23rd first class century

Prince batted for 402 minutes and shared in four half-century partnerships after the Warriors had won the toss and elected to bat.

Jon-Jon Smuts and Prince put on 82-runs for the first wicket before the Titans’ skipper, medium-pacer Pierre Joubert, finally made the breakthrough for the home side when he had Smuts caught behind by keeper Heino Kuhn for 46 off 57 balls with seven fours.

Thirteen runs later Kuhn claimed his second catch, this time off the bowling of fast bowler Morne Morkel, to send Arno Jacobs (7) back to the pavilion to leave the Warriors on 95 for two.

Prince then found a willing partner in Zander de Bruyn (38) and the pair put on 93 runs off 171 balls for the third wicket before De Bruyn was bowled by left-arm spinner Paul Harris with the Warriors on 188 for three.

Prince and Davey Jacobs (20) combined to put on a 64-run fourth wicket partnership before Jacobs became Harris’ second victim with the warriors on an already daunting looking 252 for four.

Proteas’ wicketkeeper Mark Boucher was next to the crease and there was to be no let up for the Titans’ bowlers as he and Prince put on an unbroken fifth wicket stand of 86 off 130 balls with Boucher ending the day unbeaten on 43 off 72 balls with eight fours.

All the Titans bowler’s suffered at the hands of the Warriors’ onslaught with Harris the most successful as he returned figures of two for 80 off 21 overs.

Teams:

Nashua Titans – Heino Kuhn, Gulam Bodi, Jacques Rudolph, AB de Villiers, Farhaan Behardien, Albie Morkel, Pierre Joubert (capt), Tumelo Bodibe, Ethy Mbhalati, Paul Harris, Morne Morkel

Chevrolet Warriors – Ashwell Prince, Jon-Jon Smuts, Zander de Bruyn, Arno Jacobs, Davy Jacobs (capt), Mark Boucher, Robin Peterson, Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Rusty Theron, Makhaya Ntini

source: SuperSport

2 Responses to “Ashwell Prince scores 171*”

Phillip Gibb says:
March 13, 2009 at 12:22 pm

was that an in-your-face or what to the SA selectors?
Marc says:
March 13, 2009 at 2:24 pm

Damn it is good to see Ashwell scoring runs… gives us a bit of confidence going into the third test match…