Wednesday 17 October 2012

Titans smashed their way past Auckland Aces


Durban: South African club Nashua Titans place up a convincing performance with each bat and ball, as they defeated the city Aces by fifty nine runs in an exceedingly type A encounter at Kingsmead.

Auckland were in hassle right from the beginning of their chase. Opener Lou Vincent’s solely grading shot was a monstrous six over long on, before he went on to play off from his body, solely to edge the ball to the keeper. Martin Guptill  too fell courtesy a miscued stroke. each openers back within the hut with simply 10 runs on the board.

Azhar Mahmood came and went, border the ball straight to the slip fielder. Anaru room and Colin American state Grandhomme stricken many lusty blows, with the previous singling out Ethy Mbhalati for special attention. however the team was in pass, requiring AN approach that mixed caution with aggression. the 2 but did not scan the signs, and shortly fell, whereas going for the massive shots. it absolutely was all downhill thenceforth, as each Titan bowler managed to select up a wicket.

No.10 Andre Adams (30) compete like he had nothing to lose, swinging his bat to hit 2 fours and 2 sixes, to emerge because the best batter for his aspect. however he was solely delaying the inevitable, as he shortly fell to Alfonso Thomas once taking part in a weak shot, to administer his aspect their 1st loss within the competition.

Earlier, city skipper Gareth Hopkins won the toss and nonappointive to field. Titans’ openers Jacques Rudolph and Henry Davids showed no mercy, going once the bowling from the word go. The left-right combination were offered enough area and encouragement to play their shots, and that they did thus while not batting AN lid. Between themselves, the 2 smashed 10 fours and a six, before Azhar Mahmood sent down a yorker that torpedoed into Davids’ stumps. Titans 74/1.

Skipper Martin van Jaarsveld then joined hands with Rudolph to require the team’s score to one hundred, before the previous holed bent Martin Guptill off Kyle Mills. city did manage to arrest the momentum somewhat thenceforth, with Jacques Rudolph and Farhaan Behardien dealing principally in ones and twos. Rudolph (63) created an endeavor to accelerate, solely to send the ball into Andre Adams’ hands.

Behardien turned the warmth on Mills within the penultimate over, touch 2 sixes and a four, because the South African aspect raked up twenty one runs- their most efficient outing within the frame. Azhar Mahmood did look thrifty within the final over, before Man-of-the-Match Behardien (48*) spoiled his figures by touch a six off the ultimate ball. 172/4 is what they finished with, which was enough to assist them win their second consecutive game of the 2012 Champions League T20.

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