http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Domestic: Franchise 1-Day Cup – Warriors v Dolphins – Match Update
Warriors 356 v Dolphins 267 - Warriors won by 89 runs
On Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Warriors beat rivals Dolphins by 89 runs in the ongoing Franchise 1-Day Cup at Buffalo Park, East London.
After winning the toss, Dolphins chose to field first, a decision that backfired as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 humbled them by giving a stupendous performance with the bat by clobbering their way to dominance and posting a mammoth tally of 356 runs on the board.
From Warriors, openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arno-Jacobs-c45463 gave their side a stupendous start as the duo dominated the bowlers and dictated terms right from the word go.
Dolphins on the other hand, needed to grab wickets to create a winnable situation, however, from the way the two batsmen were batting things were slipping out of the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781.
The two batsmen clobbered 155 runs before the partnership was finally broken in the 26th over when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Keshav-Maharaj-c1786.
However, if Dolphins thought by seeing the back of Jacobs would mean an end to their miseries they were in for a surprise as the number-three batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Colin-Alexander-Ingram-c51381 was equally destructive as he smashed 90 runs which annihilated the fielding side.
While they had their hand full with Ingram, opener Smuts incinerated the bowlers from his end as the batsman exhibited tremendous form with the bat by amassing 132 runs off 129 deliveries.
The Warriors batsmen were surely too hot to handle as the Dolphins bowlers seemed completely taken aback from the rampant batting they were forced to bowl against.
With a stupendous target at hand, Dolphins came out to bat in a bid to successfully chase the total and leave the Warriors in ruins.
However, Warriors drew first blood on the penultimate delivery of the second over when Dolphins opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LE-Bosman-c1832 was caught behind on nine runs. At the time of this wicket, Dolphins had clobbered 11 runs on the board.
The knocks from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daryn-Smit-c52539 were the only highlights of Dolphins innings as the batsmen scored 43 and 109 runs. Nonetheless, their performances could not help the side from winning the match as Dolphins fell after putting 267 runs on the board
in 49.3 overs.
Smuts from Warriors was named as the Player of the Match for his impressive work with the bat.
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