Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2087dThe Bulletin by Nitin Sundar

Jacobs, Prince knock Central Districts out

Davey Jacobs continued his sparkling run of form, lashing 74 against Central Districts' limited attack, as Warriors chased down 176 with surprising ease, their third victory in three games

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

JM How
88(57) 12x4 - 3x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 28 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
6 7 19 7 9 14 4 22
DJ Jacobs
DJ Jacobs
74(47) 5x4 - 6x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 32 runs
  • 2x4 - 3x6
2 0 23 8 7 2 4 28

Best performances - Bowlers

K Noema-Barnett
O4
M0
R28
W2
Eco7.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
J Botha
O4
M0
R16
W1
Eco4.00
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

The Port Elizabeth crowd is satisfied after a run-fest in which their side prevailed. Jamie How and Kieran Noema-Barnett will be gutted that their superb batting effort went in vain but despite missing some of their big hitters, it is their bowling that has left Central Districts down for much of the tournament.

Elaborator clearly isn't a Bracewell fan. This is one of his comments about the bowler: "Bracewell ruined it. Did you notice that he has an overall "economy" rate of 10+??". Elmo Leon shares this unrelated insight: "Piranha 3D is an awesome movie!"

Numan from India pointed out midway through the chase: "CD are paying for not having quality spinners on their side. It was Botha and Boje who stalled CD innings in that middle period and that's going to be the difference between the two teams."

Ravi: "Teams that have done well so far (Redbacks and Warriors) have had their openers in great form. It will be interesting to see how they perform when their openers fail."

Post-match presentation: Brilliant stuff, Simon Doull calls on Davey Jacobs for 'Platinum highest run-scorer of the day' or something, Davey shakes hands with a dignitary before being told the award actually goes to Jamie How. Davey isn't amused.

How: "We had a competitive score. The bowlers tried hard, we came up against some good batters, we have some young boys, they are learning from this. Last match will be important for us to leave on a winning note."

Jacobs is placated with a Man of the Match award. Jacobs: "We let ourselves down a bit in the field, to chase this down was very satisfying. Nicky and Johan are quality. It is perfect start, first three games."

So, the Warriors keep on winning and Central Districts keep on losing. One person seems as disappointed as Central Districts with this match.Vinit Bhandari says: "Why did Jacobs have to get out on 74? One more run and I would have got 80 extra points on cricinfo fantasy !!!"

That's it from this game, thanks to Sidharth Monga for his comms in the first half of the match. Join me Siddarth Ravindran in five minutes for the game between Chennai and Victoria, which promises to be a cracker. Click here for comms from that match.

19.1
6
Bracewell to Boucher, SIX, Warriors win, Boucher completes it in style, blasting a low full toss over wide long-on, they are nearly through to the semi-finals now, no semi-finals for Central Districts

END OF OVER:
19 | 8 Runs 1 Wkt | WAR: 175/4 (1 run required from 6 balls, RR: 9.21, RRR: 1.00)

  • Mark Boucher7 (5b)
  • Johan Botha0 (0b)
  • Kieran Noema-Barnett4-0-28-2
  • Doug Bracewell3-0-48-1
18.6
1
Noema-Barnett to Boucher, 1 run, pushed to mid-on for a single that levels the scores
18.5
0
Noema-Barnett to Boucher, no run, mistimes a swipe to midwicket, straight at the fielder
18.4
W
Noema-Barnett to Thyssen, OUT, looked for a moment that Thyssen had just hit the winning stroke, but Ingram sprints across from midwicket to latch on to a smart catch a few yards within the rope

CA Thyssen c Ingram b Noema-Barnett 18 (11m 9b 1x4 2x6) SR: 200.00

18.3
0
Noema-Barnett to Thyssen, no run, looks to repeat the shot but doesn't connect
18.2
6
Noema-Barnett to Thyssen, SIX, in the slot just outside off, Thyssen clobbers that way over long-on for a six and Warriors are nearly there

Warriors 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st147AG PrinceDJ Jacobs
2nd2AG PrinceCA Ingram
3rd2AG PrinceCA Thyssen
4th23MV BoucherCA Thyssen
5th7MV BoucherJ Botha