Four out of four for Titans in Ram Slam T20
After the first four games in the Ram Slam T20 cricket tournament, the Titans are the only unbeaten team in the competition and they are well ahead on the log with more than twice as many points as their nearest rival.
Albie Morkel and his Titans team on Sunday recorded their fourth consecutive victory in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge when they destroyed the Cape Cobras in Centurion by seven wickets.
This they did with a fine all-round bowling display followed by Aiden Markram’s unbeaten half-century. The victory helped the Titans stretch their advantage at the top of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge table.
Dale Steyn and Malusi Siboto picked up two for 16 apiece, while there was also a double for Lungi Ngidi (2/32) as the struggling visitors were restricted to just 119/9 in their 20 overs at SuperSport Park.
The hosts, who last week also beat the Knights in Kimberley and the Warriors in East London, won the toss and opted to field first. They started a little shaky, when Quinton de Kock (0) and Henry Davids (0) both lost their wickets early without getting any runs. But when Aiden Markram and AB de Villiers gathered in the third over, things changed dramatically.
Markram (53*) got his sixth career T20 half-century and with the help of De Villiers (37) and Farhaan Behardien (15*) he guided the Titans home in only 13.3 overs as they won with a bonus point in front of their noisy home fans.
It was a fourth straight win for the defending champions, who are looking more and more formidable as the tournament progresses.
They were ruthless with the ball and constantly chipped away at a Cobras batting line-up short of confidence.
The Cape side, losers now in all three their games thus far, lost key man Hashim Amla (12) early, before Temba Bavuma (27) and JP Duminy (40) tried to rebuild with an innings-high 31-run stand.
But the stand was ended by Markram, who also took one for 20 in four outstanding overs with the ball.
The only other man to reach double figures for the Capetonians was George Linde with 15 as the Cobras set a below par target of 120.
Vernon Philander (2/31) removed both openers (De Kock and Davids) for ducks in a good opening spell, but it was then the AB de Villiers and Markram show as they added 70 in quick time for the third wicket.
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