http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Domestic: SuperSport Series - Knights v Dolphins – 2nd Day’s Update
Knights 340 v Dolphins 42/2 (22.5 ov) - Dolphins trail by 298 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Dolphins trail by 298 runs with eight wickets in hand in their first innings against Knights on the second day of the ongoing four-day match in SuperSport Series at Chevrolet Park, Bloemfontein on Wednesday, December 28, 2011.
Earlier, Knights resumed their first innings after having ended the first day by posting 172 runs for the loss of five wickets.
Dolphins, wanted to dominate the batting side by preventing them from amassing a massive tally on the board.
However, Knights exhibited stupendous resolve as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-McLaren-c2232 forged a staunch resistance against the bowlers.
The batsmen batted with zeal as they smacked the opposition all around the park without remorse.
The two batsmen hammered 71 runs in the sixth-wicket partnership as they left the Dolphins bowling attack in ruins and disarray.
With 241 runs on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781 grabbed the first wicket of the day when they dismissed Wyk on 79 runs.
Next to go was McLaren, who lost his wicket after playing an impressive innings of 42 runs. At the time of his wicket, the side had managed to post 243 runs on the board.
It was then time for lower-order batsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dillon-du-Preez-c54112 to shine as they forged another astounding partnership of 48 runs.
Preez, then lost his wicket after scoring 28 runs as the side posted 291 runs on the board.
However, this was not the end for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shadley-van-Schalkwyk-c2477 formed another impeccable partnership of 49 runs for their team.
Erlank then departed after hammering 39 runs as the side posted a resilient tally of 340 runs in their first innings.
Coming out to bat, Dolphins had a tough task ahead of them as the needed to bat with maturity to overcome Knights’ first innings tally.
However, they lost two wickets before stumps as they ended the day after posting 42 runs on the board.
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