Dolphins v Titans - Sunfoil Series – Day 1 – Live Score and Update
Dolphins 323/3 (96.0 ov) v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Titans-c856 - Titans won the toss and elected to field
It was a terrible day for the bowlers at Kingsmead, Durban, as they got manhandled by the batsmen on the opening day of the contest between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 and Titans, who took each other on in the four-day Sunfoil Series match.
Titans, who chose to field, made a big mistake as they were smacked for 323 runs by the end of the day, putting them on the back foot.
They got off to a modest start by grabbing their first wicket when their rivals, Dolphins, had scored only 12 runs on the board.
Dolphins’ opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Khan-c63694 was the first casualty of the day, as he had his stumps obliterated by Mbhalati after hammering eight runs off 16 deliveries.
Titans, were then caught in a tough situation where Dolphins’ second-wicket partnership between DJ van Wyk and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jamie-Dalrymple-c1658 Vandiar shredded the bowling attack, reducing them to bits and pieces.
The two batsmen played intelligent cricket has they kept the scoreboard ticking, while preventing the bowlers from gaining any momentum.
The batsmen led their side towards 102 runs, before the fielding side made their second breakthrough when JD Vandiar was caught by Davids against Wiese after smashing a brilliant 50-run knock.
Dolphins then forged another important partnership as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Wyk and VB van Jaarsveld kept the team’s innings moving forward, taking the score to 258.
This was another blow for the fielding side, as they were completely outplayed, failing to halt the flow of runs.
Finally, this partnership also came to its end on the wicket of van Wyk, who was run out after scoring 92 runs. This innings was pivotal in putting Dolphins in control.
van Jaarsveld was then joined by K Zondo, as the two batsmen continued the onslaught to leave the bowlers battered and struggling.
With van Jaarsveld unbeaten on 140 and K Zondo on 26, the Dolphins ended the day on a high note with a massive score on the board.
From Titans, NE Mbhalati and D Wiese took a wicket a piece as the rest of the lot failed to trouble the batsmen.
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