The Warriors' captain virtually singlehandedly handed the Victoria Bushrangers a crushing defeat in the Australian team's first match of the Champions League Twenty20 2010 at St. Georges Park, Port Elizabeth in South Africa.
johan botha warriors
The home team, literally speaking, did not disappoint their fans although they were coming up against a strong team. The credit then goes to David Jacobs, the Warriors captain, who not only presented his best foot forward with the bat but also, pulled off two stunning catches to turn the match decisively for the hosts.
The Warriors had a strange batting innings to contend with. For the first ten overs, they were virtually unstoppable as Jacobs took the assault to the Bushrangers in dominating fashion. Hammering nine fours and a six, Jacobs was giving the rusty looking Bushrangers bowlers, including Dirk Nannes, a rude wake up.
But that changed as the Warriors gifted away the first breakthrough, via a mix up between Ashwell Prince and Jacobs, running out the latter in the process for fifty-nine runs from thirty-nine balls.
Warriors were quickly reduced to two down for eighty-three at the start of the eleventh over as Prince attempted a cute shot, Andrew MacDonald providing the breakthrough. Thereafter, the Warriors had to dig deep to get to 158. Mark Boucher persisted despite a painful shoulder injury supported in a little cameo by Johan Botha and still looking short than the ideal total.
Knowing that wickets were imperative, Jacobs wrung in the changes in the bowling department but contributed himself to the Warriors' winning ways by pulling off not one but two stunning catches. Makhaya Ntini sent Rob Quiney home rather quickly but the next two catches totally catapulted the Warriors to the top of the Champions League Twenty20 points table.
Aaron Finch and Brad Hodge did not know what hit them as the electrifying fielder-cum-captain pulled off two awesome catches to send the Bushrangers' required run rate touching ten rather early into the match. With an arduous task ahead of them, it was upto the captain and vice captain but David Hussey and MacDonald found the going hard as Botha pulled off an economic spell, strangling the batsmen while Rusty Theron returned to take three wickets that saw the Bushrangers go down by twenty-eight runs in their first encounter in the competition.
CL T20 Match 5: Guyana Blown Away by Royal Challengers Bangalore and Jacques Kallis
CL T20 Match 4: Redbacks' Klinger Wins Battle of Captains against Petersen's Lions
CL T20 Match 3: Central Districts Stags No Match for Chennai Super Kings
CL T20 2010 Match 2: Warriors Down Wayamba Comfortably
CL T20 2010 Match 1: Lions' Vandiar, McKenzie, Burger Upstage Tendulkar's MI Show
For News of the Champions League Twenty20 2010 follow the links below:
Champions League Twenty20 2010 Schedule, Teams, Points Table, and Results
Zuma, Iglesias, Locnville Fail to Enthuse Champions League Twenty20 2010 Opening Ceremony
Justin Kemp Gets Call Up After Thilan Thussara is Injured for Chennai Super Kings in CLT20
Champions League Twenty20 2010 in South Africa Preview: Glimmer Amidst Gloom
Related Stories
CL T20 Match 12: Warriors' Captain Jacobs Thwarts Stags' How; Closer to Semi Final Spot
The Central Districts Stags thougth they had enough on board. But there was one man in particular that they could not take lightly, the Warriors captain on home turf at St. Georges Park, Port Elizabeth in the Champions League Twenty20 2010 in South..
CL T20 2010 Match 2: Warriors Down Wayamba Comfortably
For a second day running, the team from the host country enjoyed a good day in the field as the Warriors beat Sri Lanka's Wayamba Elevens in the second match of the Champions League Twenty20 2010 at St. Georges Park, Port Elizabeth in South...
CL T20 Match 8: Finch and Bushrangers Pull off Thriller Leaving Stags Asking 'How'?
The New Zealand team, the Cental Districts Stags, was once again left to lick their wounds. The Australian team, the Victoria Bushrangers, will feel relieved and elated because the day had see sawed into a drama in match seven of the Champions...
CL T20 Match 20: Chennai Qualify for CL T20 Semis, Warriors Make it Through, Victoria Out
There was strange bits of play. Sometimes it appeared as if Chennai wanted it more and at other times, it was the turn of the Warriors. In the end, both prevailed and left Victoria Bushrangers out in the cold as far as the Champions League Twenty20..
Virat Kohli And Co. Enjoy Bike Ride before Formula One Racing ( See Pics)
Is it not known that the Indian cricketers can also love demons of speed? Even as some of the Indian cricket team will fly to Noida for the first Formula One Indian Grand Prix, they did enjoy bike rides, although not on the circuit, with the keys firmly w
