Warriors v Titans – Momentum One Day Cup, 2012/13 – Match Update – Titans clinch 5-run victory
An extra burst from their bowlers near the end of the match saw the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Titans-c856 going on to claim a 5-run win over the Warriors in their list A match during the Momentum One Day Cup, played at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth on November 18.
The Titans won the toss and elected to bat first, but their innings got off to a shaky start, with top-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HG-Kuhn-c1548 (59) held firm, and
went on to set up a 64-run 3rd-wicket stand with skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-van-Jaarsveld-c74944 (25).
The captain was soon dislodged by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Farhaan-Behardien-c56785 did not allow the team’s momentum to flag, and top-scored with 99. Kuhn only managed to join him for a 39-run stand, after
which he was sent packing by Simon Harmer, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613 (66) teamed up with Behardien for a massive 129-run partnership for the 5th wicket.
Their combined efforts got the team from 112 to 241, after which Morkel was dislodged by Walters. His successor http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 snapped him up in the 49th over, and the final over saw Birch
trapping Behardien lbw, before going on to run out Roelof http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Graham-Robert-Cowdrey-c60631 der Merwe (1). The Titans eventually found themselves all out at 273.
The team then went on to launch a successful defence of their total, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PL-Harris-c2193 all chipped in with one scalp each.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Davy-Jacobs-c1343 (63), Wayne Parnell
(48), and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Ntini-c1865 (0) – all remained unremarkable.
The final over saw the Titans’ bowlers increasing the pressure and claiming the two final wickets, to cut the Warriors off, all out, at 268, going on to claim a 5-run victory.
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