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Dolphins beat Titans to seal final berth

The win was the team’s fifth win in a row in the One Day Cup competition.

THE Hollywoodbets Dolphins confirmed their spot in the One Day Cup final after they beat the Momentum Multiply Titans by 65 runs on Wednesday night’s Qualifier at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium.

It was the Durban team’s fifth win in a row in the competition.

They will now travel to Paarl to take on Goldrush Boland in the competition final on Sunday.

The Titans won the toss and elected to bowl first in the qualifier.

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It was a frustrating day for the Dolphins with the bat as several batsman got starts but failed to capitalise.

A half century from Hanu Viljoen (57) and a contribution from Eathan Bosch (40) helped the Dolphins finish their innings on 228/8 from their 50 overs.

In reply the Dolphins were ruthless both with their fielding and bowling.

Tristan Luus and Keshav Maharaj took three wickets apiece to stifle the any of the momentum for the visiting side.

Their efforts coupled with two run outs saw the Titans bowled out for 163 in the 37th over.

Scoreboard summary

Toss: Titans
Hollywoodbets Dolphins 228/6 (50 overs)
Momentum Multiply Titans 163/10 (36.4 overs)
Dolphins won by 65 runs

 

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Shiraz Habbib

Shiraz has been a community journalist for the last 12 years and has a specific interest in everything sports. He holds a Bachelor of Arts undergrad degree and honours degree from the University of KwaZulu-Natal where he majored in Communications, Anthropology and English.

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