A summary of the latest action from the Standard Bank Pro20 Series
Keith Lane22-Jan-2006At Willowmoore Park in Benoni, the Titans were stretched to the lastthree balls by the Warriors in their effort to pass a small target of 113 to win by four wickets. Having been asked to bat first on a two-pacedpitch the Warriors collapsed to 112, with Justin Kreusch scoring73. The next highest was 16 from Robin Peterson as first Brendon Reddypicked up 3 for 31 and then Pierre de Bruyn mixed it up to take 4for 11. Some poor batting from the Titans top order saw them collapse to39 for 5 after 10 overs. It was left to Goolam Bodi and Albie Morkel tosensibly bat the Titans back into a winning position. Their 73-runpartnership was ended with the scores level and Bodi failing to clearmid-off for 43. It was, however, the 46 off 30 balls from Morkel thatsaved the Titans some embarrassment.Rain in Bloemfontein saw the Lions beat the Eagles by 28 runs according to the Duckworth-Lewis method when rain ended all chances of play afterthe Eagles had faced 7.4 overs. The Lions had earlier totalled 174 intheir 20 overs with Neil McKenzie striking a brilliant 85 off 49 balls.Andy Blignaut, making his debut for the Lions, waded in with 32 off 16as the Lions set a reasonable target. Rain however spoilt any chance ofexcitement with the Eagles scoring 40 for 4 as they tried to reach theadjusted target. With the rain increasing the umpires had no alternativebut to leave the field of play after only 7.4 overs.