The Titans will likely have to score a record fourth innings total to win their 4-Day Domestic Series match against the Cape Cobras at Newlands.

 After the Titans’ bowlers dismissed the home team’s batting line-up in their second innings for just 201 runs, Grant Thomson’s men had the task of scoring 316 in their second innings to win the game.

 Time and overs were not a problem for the visitors as they had more than five sessions to reach the target. Whether they will be able to score such a high fourth innings total at Newlands remains to be seen.

 The hero of the Titans’ first innings, Dean Elgar (58), joined his opening partner, Aiden Markram (48), shortly after tea time, after being dismissed by George Linde. Elgar’s half century in the second innings followed after his excellent 101 in the first innings, with which he saved the Titans (150 all out) from a great embarrassment.

 At that stage (tea time, day three), however, the Titans were in the fortunate position of having batsmen of the calibre of Theunis de Bruyn (24) and Heinrich Klaassen (3) in front of the wickets, while experienced batsmen such as Grant Thomson and Sibongelo Makhanya and all the bowlers still had to bat.

 Fans of the Titans can therefore assume that, given the team’s proven fighting spirit, they would definitely try to chase the big run total for the victory.

 However, the opposite is also true and the Cobras themselves would have smelled a victory by the time the last session on day three arrived.

 All the Cobras’ bowlers had to do was to repeat their performance from the Titans’ first innings, when none of the visitors’ last seven batsmen were able to score double figures.

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