Titans to final
Apr 4, 2013:
Titans booked a place in the final after Farhaan Behardien completed a
thriller of a chase against Warriors with just one ball to spare in East
London. They will square off against Lions on April 7 in the final in
Johannesburg.
Titans won the toss and elected to field. Morne Morkel and Alfonso
Thomas took wickets at regular intervals, with Warriors captain and
opener Davy Jacobs guiding a floundering innings with a fifty. Thomas
took three wickets in the final over to finish with 5 for 24, while
Morkel picked up 3 for 32 to restrict Warriors to 127 for 9.
Titans looked good to overhaul the total before Lundi Mbane struck twice
in the fifth over to remove Heino Kuhn and new acquisition Herschelle
Gibbs. AB de Villiers made a slow 31 in a vital 47-run partnership for
the fourth wicket with Behardien, which effectively took the game away
from Warriors. Despite late strikes from the Warriors' bowlers,
Behardien was able to take Titans home with a match-winning 41 off 26
balls, which included three sixes and a dropped chance by Jacobs off
Simon Harmer early in the 13th over. The Warriors captain went off the
field with a dislocated finger following the drop, and some time later,
his side went out of the tournament.
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