http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Domestic: Franchise 1-Day Cup - Cape Cobras v Knights – Match Update
Knights 274 v Cape Cobras 276 - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cape-Cobras-c776 won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Cape Cobras beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Knights-c805 by five wickets in the ongoing Franchise 1-Day Cup at Boland Park, Paarl.
After winning the toss, Knights chose to bat first to take full advantage of the batting condition of the pitch and post a humongous total against Cobras to grab a win in the tournament.
Nonetheless, Cape Cobras drew first blood in the fifth over when they managed to grab the wicket of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-van-Wyk-c2025 who walked back to the pavilion after scoring a meagre innings of seven runs. At the time of this wicket, Knights had posted 14 runs
on the board for the loss of one wicket.
Number-three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742.
With two wickets down for 26 runs, Knights were in a spot of bother, however, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Reeza-Hendricks-c2304 held the other end as he kept playing stupendous shots all around the park, giving his fans plenty to cheer about.
Other than Reeza it was the efforts from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dean-Elgar-c1351 that helped the side reach a respectable total as both batsmen amassed 116 and 94 runs.
In the end, Knights bolstered 274 runs on the board in 50 overs, giving Cape Cobras plenty to ponder over.
However, coming out to bat, the Cobras knew exactly what was needed to be done and had their sights set on the ultimate victory.
Knights on the other hand made early inroads by grabbing the wicket of opener 30-year-old left-hand batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Wath on just three runs. At the time of this wicket, Cape Cobras were on
32 runs.
Then when the score was 59 runs, Knights grabbed their second wicket when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dane-Vilas-c1307 was caught behind after scoring 10 runs.
However, after this the Cobras dominated their opponents as the batsmen clobbered some impressive knocks.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JL-Ontong-c1704 (86) played a vital role in their team’s victory as Cape Cobras reached the required target in 48 overs.
RE Levi was named as the Player of the Match for a commendable show with the bat.
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