Titans succumb in Cape Town
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In what was effectively a quarter-final the Titans met the Cape Cobras at Sahara Park, Newlands this afternoon. The Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
From the start luck seemed to be on the side of the Cobras, Martin van Jaarsveld dropped two catches before the fifth over was bowled. The Cobras run rate was pretty average, after 10 overs they were 64/3. The Titans spin bowlers had bowled well, taking the pace off the ball seems to be a tactic that works for them. The luck continued as wicket keeper Kuhn dropped an ice breaker in the 18th over. Justin Ontong top scored with 59 runs from 38 balls for the Cape Cobras as they notched up a respectable 157/4 after their allotted 20 overs. As often seen in this year’s Standard Bank Pro20, the opening batsmen set off to a good start. Before long though, both openers found themselves watching from the sideline as their team started to fall apart. |
van der Merwe then played a ridiculous shot to leave two new batsmen at the crease that hadn’t yet faced a ball. From that point the Titans lost wickets at regular intervals, going from 70/4 to 102/6. Some superb bowling from Roger Telemachus with figures of 17 runs, 3 wickets off 4 overs restricted the Titans to 141/9.
The Cape Cobras won the game by 16 runs, effectively ending the Nashua Titans Pro20 campaign.
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