da imperador bet： A 17-ball blitz from Lance Klusener, the Dolphins captain, smashed the Warriors out of this Standard Bank Cup game
Keith Lane13-Dec-2005
Lance Klusener thrashed 39 from just 17 balls to lead the Dolphins to victory © Getty Images
A 17-ball blitz from Lance Klusener, the Dolphins captain, smashed the Warriors out of this Standard Bank Cup game. Coming in at No.8, Klusener hit five sixes in his 39 to lead his team to a three-wicket win at Mercedes Benz Park, East London.Having been set a target of 224 the Dolphins were always behind theeight-ball as they progressively fell away from the required rate. DaleBenkenstein and Jon Kent tried to get on level terms with the Warriors,but with both falling in the forties they had almost prepared the scriptfor Klusener. When he came to the crease the Dolphins were still 44 runsbehind with 31 balls to be bowled. Four sighters followed before thefirst six went out the ground. Tyron Henderson then felt the might ofthe man as Klusener sent three consecutive balls over the ropes and thedamage had been done. A further six cleared the ropes and the Dolphinshad won with five balls to spare. For once the tactic of battingKlusener so low down in the order had worked, but only just.Thanks to a whirlwind innings of 28 off 14 balls from Hendersonthe Warriors were able to post a reasonable total of 223 for 9 in their 45 overs. For a brief period in the middle of the innings therun rate had reached five runs to the over after a 51 from JustinKreusch and a 49 from Arno Jacobs. With no-one able to stay with himHenderson chanced his arm once too often to be bowled, virtually endingthe Warriors’ onslaught. Nanty Hayward, making his season debut forthe Dolphins, bowled well for seven overs but had the misfortune ofbowling at the death as he gave away 27 runs in his last two withHenderson on a mission. He picked up two wickets while Andrew Tweediecleaned up the tail to take three.