da lvbet： Eagles defeated Warriors easily
da imperador bet： Cricinfo staff27-Nov-2005In East London the Eagles made short work of the Warriors, winning bysix wickets with 10 overs to spare. Winning the toss and batting firstthe Warriors never once managed to get the runrate to above four until the very last over. Carl Bradfield played an anchor role for50 off 85 balls but could not find a willing partner. Johannes van derWath made things more difficult by taking 4 for 35 in his nine overs tosee the Warriors struggle to 182 for 8 at the end of the 45 overs. At 34 for 3 things did not look good for the Eagles but a partnership of 111 in 20 overs between Jacques Rudolph (40) and Davey Jacobs (80 not out) saw the Eagles back on track.In Cape Town the Dolphins never looked back after winning the toss andrestricting the Cape Cobras to 211 for 7. Andrew Puttick (53),Herschelle Gibbs (48), and Ian Harvey (55) had laid a solid foundationbut the remaining batsmen failed to launch a final assault as AndrewTweedie, taking 3 for 35, put the brakes on the run rate. Doug Watson(101), scoring his second not out hundred in consecutive matches for theDolphins, batted through the innings to steer the Dolphins home by eightwickets but with only three balls to spare. Hashim Amla also contributedwith a quick 55 off 53 balls.In Centurion a career-best 116 from Stephen Cook held the Lions’ inningstogether as the Titans threatened to take control. Having been sent into bat first the Lions managed to get to 219 for 9 thanks to Cook and a82-run partnership with Vaughan van Jaarsveld (41). Ethy Mbhalati doingthe major damage in his 3 for 42 while Dale Steyn bowling somecontrolled reverse swing at the death picked up 3 for 37. The Titansinnings was well poised at 83 for 2 when some heavy rain had the playersoff the field after 17.5 overs. Leading at that stage by 11 runs, on theDuckworth Lewis Method, the Titans only needed a further 13 balls toconstitute a match and the win. With the rain continuing the match wascalled off as a no result.
