http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knights-c805 v Dolphins - Sunfoil Series – Day 2 – Live Score and Update
Dolphins 221 v Knights 465/9 (122.0 ov) - Knights lead by 244 runs with 1 wicket remaining in the 1st innings
Knights had a spectacular day at Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein, where they secured a lead of 244 runs against Dolphins in reply to their rival’s first innings score of 221.
After ending the first day of play on 54 for two, the Knights resumed their innings with RS Second and D Elgar in a bid to humble the bowlers.
This third-wicket partnership took the score to 73 before the demise of RS Second, who lost his wicket to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbott-c41507 after scoring only 25 runs.
RT Bailey, who had just come in was unlucky, as he walked back after scoring only four runs, leaving his team standing on 79.
Skipper Elgar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Charles-Lennox-James-c44309 Pienaar then halted the bowling onslaught for a while as they led the side to 104, before this partnership was neutralized by Savage, who was sent back after belting 43 off 68. Four runs later, Knights lost Pienaar, who crumbled after scoring 20 runs.
However, before the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Wath forged a daunting resistance as not only did they stop the demise of the wickets, but also kept the scoreboard ticking in order to put the fielding side on the back foot.
This partnership turned tables as the fielding side lost their hold on the match, while the Knights gained momentum by posting 269 runs on the board, before the departure of Coetsee, who succumbed after bolstering a fantastic knock of 69 runs.
With van der Wath going strong, he was joined by D du Preez as the Knights continued their ruthless batting onslaught.
This partnership was instrumental in taking the score to 346, before Abbott crashed the party for the fourth time by dismissing du Preez on 28 runs.
van der Wath was the last wicket of the day, as he walked off after hammering a brilliantly crafted knock of 154 runs.
With SC van Schalkwyk on 66 and MP Siboto on 26, the Knights ended the day on a mammoth score of 465.
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