da fazobetai： Sam Collins rounds up the weeks domestic action in South Africa
Sam Collins23-Oct-2006MTN Domestic Championship
Fef du Plessis hits the winning runs for the Titans against the Lions © Getty Images
Another century from Morne van Wyk guided the Eagles to a 52-run win over againstthe Dolphins in Kimberley on Sunday. van Wyk, who had hit 115 against theWarriors the previous week, smashed a career best 160 not out off only 136 balls asthe Eagles reached 289 for 3. The Dolphins looked to be in with a shout as Doug Watson and Imraan Khan put on 113 for the first wicket, but threewickets in consecutive overs from Roger Telemachus, including the in-formHashim Amla, reduced them to 130 for 3 and they never recovered.The Titans destroyed the Lions at Centurion on Sunday, rolling them for 164and then reaching the target after only 21.2 overs thanks to a blistering65-ball 96 from Gulam Bodi. An impressive new-ball burst from Dale Steyn and Alfonso Thomas, with back-up from the Morkel brothers, had reduced the Lionsto 21 for 5 off 16 overs, before Tyron Henderson’s 63 restored some elementof respectability. Bodi’s knock, which included six sixes, ensured the Titans had no trouble chasing on what was a decent pitch, before he wascaught behind trying to score the boundary that would have brought him hiscentury. It capped a disappointing week for the Lions, whose match against the Cobras on Friday was washed out.Nantie Hayward’s 4 for 19 helped the Warriors to their first win of theseason against the Dolphins on Friday. Hayward, who spent last seasonplaying for the Dolphins, took key early wickets as they were dismissed for 191. Despite losing a wicket to the second ball of their reply, the Warriorsmanaged to hold their nerve in the chase, with an undefeated 41 from ArnoJacobs the key in a match where no batsman reached 50.That win was all the more important for the Warriors as they had sufferedanother defeat at the hands of the Titans in East London on Wednesday. Fafdu Plessis’s immaculate 80 had anchored the Titans’ innings as they reached 213 for 9 from their 45 overs, but despite losing only five wickets in theirreply the Warriors never got close to their target and they ended up 25short, with Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel taking the bowling plaudits after impressive spells.