http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 Domestic: SuperSport Series - Lions v Cape Cobras – Match Update
Lions 228/4 (73.0 ov) v Cape Cobras - Cobras won the toss and elected to field
On Thursday, February 09, 2012 Lions posted 228 runs at stumps against Cape Cobras for the loss of only four wickets in the ongoing SuperSport Series at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
After winning the toss in the four-day match, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cape-Cobras-c776 chose to field first in a bid to restrict Lions from posting a big total on the board.
Cobras made early in roads as they grabbed their first wicket when Lions had posted only seven runs on the board.
Lions lost their opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Cook-c2571, who found his way back to the pavilion after scoring only four runs.
With their first wicket down early on, the batting side recovered quite impressively – leaving the fielding side surprised as skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gulam-Bodi-c1512 forged a stiff resistance against the bowling side.
The batsmen played aggressively, which was perhaps the need of the hour to prevent the bowlers from grabbing any more wickets.
On the other hand, the sudden batting onslaught left the bowling side clueless as they were taken aback by the ruthless batting from the two batsmen.
For Lions fans it was a miracle to see their side bounce back as the duo took the team total to 138 runs, before Petersen lost his wicket after playing an innings of 93 runs.
The sight of Lions skipper walking backing after failing to clobber a century was visibly frustrating for the fans as they wanted to see their skipper hammer a century against the Cobras.
Meanwhile, with 202 runs on the board, the side lost their third wicket when Bodi after smashing a stylish innings of 73 runs was dismissed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dane-Leeroy-Piedt-c52214.
Middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Neil-McKenzie-c2094 and Temba Bavuma then took charge as they crafted some fine shot to give their fans something to cheer about.
However, with 213 runs on the board, before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thami-Tsolekile-c2662 to stand against the Cobras.
The day ended with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 posting 228 runs for the loss of four wickets as Bavuma and Tsolekile stood unbeaten on 18 and six runs.
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