Knights v Titans - Momentum One Day Cup – Titans crush Knights – Live Score and Update
Titans 322/8 (50 ov) v Knights 317 (49.4 ov) - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Titans-c856 won by 5 runs
On Wednesday, Titans secured a five-run win against Knights in the Momentum One Day Cup match that was played at De Beers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Minal-Mahesh-Patel-c76331 Oval, Kimberley.
The pitch helped the batsmen as both sides amassed scores above 300. Nonetheless, even with the batsmen enjoying their time, it was a great contest where the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knights-c805 lost the game by a whisker.
After winning the toss, the Titans chose to bat first and got off to a blazing start with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HG-Kuhn-c1548 staging an opening partnership of 149 runs.
The opening pair literally took the sting out of the bowling attack, raising the desperation level of the bowlers before finally it was HG Kuhn who lost his wicket on a run out after he had smashed an innings of 72 runs.
With 155 on the board, Titans lost their second wicket when number-three batsman M Mosehle perished after scoring only two runs.
Davids then took charge in his partnership alongside M http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 Jaarsveld, as the batting pair hammered the ball everywhere, keeping the fielders on their toes.
The batsmen were unbeatable till they took the score to 221 after which du Preez spoiled the party by taking the wicket of Jaarsveld for 38.
F Behardien faced 18 deliveries for his 23 before he also departed, leaving his side on a score of 280 runs.
The performance of the remaining batsmen was a shocker, as they failed to score in double figures, but it was the astounding innings of 166 by Davids that made the difference as his side reached 322.
With a massive target ahead of them, Knights had a decent start to their innings with openers MN Erlank and RS Second clobbering a stand of 66 runs.
Then they lost their second wicket when they had reached 95 runs. The third-wicket partnership between RR Rossouw and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Charles-Lennox-James-c44309 Pienaar was a breath of fresh air for Knights’ fans as the duo took the score to 152.
The partnership ended on the departure of Rossouw for 49, but RT Bailey’s 43 and WL Coetsee's 67 almost took the team across the finish line. However, it was just not their day and with RE van der Merwe’s five-wicket haul they had to bear the burden of this defeat.
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