da realbet： There were victories for the Warriors and the Lions in the latest round of Standard Bank Cup fixtures
Keith Lane11-Dec-2004
ScorecardAt Buffalo Park in East London, the Titans threw away any chance ofwinning as the Warriors capitalised on some poor death-overs bowling from the experienced Andre Nel and Justin Kemp.Some good starts from the Warrior batsmen were not converted into bigpartnerships as the Titans held the batsmen back, gaining the upper handby restricting them to 157 for 5 after 36 overs. Back into the attack, toclose the innings out, came Kemp and Nel. Instead they were pasted toall parts of the ground, with Nel unable to get a ball on the off stumpand Kemp hardly finding the pitch. In two overs, Nel conceded 34, while Kemp gave away 32 from four. That allowed Burton de Wett to race to 62 off 48balls, and Tyron Henderson to collect 34 off 19. The Warriors reached 250 for 6, with 93 scored in the final nine overs.An early setback for the Titans was followed by a 104-run partnershipbetween Daryll Cullinan and Kemp, who made 102 to make some amends for his bowling performance. With Cullinan having fallen on 57 and the target almost out of reach, Pierre de Bruyn made a valiant attempt with 33 off 31 balls. But at the finish, the Titans were 227 for 5, still 23 runs short.
ScorecardAt the Wanderers in Johannesburg, the Dolphins came up against an in-formAdam Bacher as he and Stephen Cook put the Lions squarely in the drivingseat with a splendid 149-run opening partnership. Though both men were dismissed within three balls of each other, they had laid a foundation for the following batsmen to build on. And build they did, with Vaughn van Jaarsveld and Derek Crookes accepting the open ticket with relish. They put on 59 off 46 balls to steer the Lions to 261 for 3.In reply, Doug Watson and Dale Benkenstein put on 179 runs for the second wicket but could never get ahead of the run rate. Watson went to his thirdcareer hundred while Benkenstein scored a run-a-ball 71. Sadly for theDolphins, after being 198 for 1, they collapsed to 231 for 7 as Crookes and Garnet Kruger helped themselves to three wickets each. Garth Roe, who finished with 4 for 45, wrapped up the tail as the Dolphins were bowled out in the last over for 250.