Strong day two sees Dolphins edge ahead against Knights:
Durban – The Hollywoodbets Dolphins finished day two of their 4-Day Domestic Series match with the VKB Knights on the front foot as they reduced the visitors to 86 for four in their first innings, a deficit of 249 runs going into day three.
The Dolphins played the waiting game on the opening day of the contest and continued well with the bat as they continued where they left off with Erwee pushing on from his 112 overnight score.
Erwee was eventually dismissed for 136 which included 15 fours and 321 deliveries. He lost his wicket with the score on 242 and a partnership worth 84 runs with Senuran Muthusamy.
Muthusamy continued on his way at the other end as he went past the fifty run mark for the nineteenth time in his first class career.
Daryn Dupavillon chipped in with an important 27 as the Dolphins moved past the 300 run mark before they were bowled out for 335.
Muthusamy was the last man out for 80. He faced 169 balls and hit five fours and a six.
Tshepo Ntuli was the pick of the Knights bowlers picking up four for 121 in 47 overs.
The Knights started patiently too with the Dolphins opening bowlers putting the ball in the right areas before the dangerous Raynard van Tonder was dismissed for 31 with the score on 48.
Okuhle Cele then came on and bowled with discipline which rewarded him with two key wickets in Grant Mokoena for seventeen and then Knights captain Pite van Biljoen for a single.
The Knights were 52 for three when they lost their captain.
Thirty runs later a subdued innings from Patrick Kruger came to an end when he became Prenelan Subrayen’s second victim for 15 off 52 balls.
Andries Gouws and Wandile Makwetu took the Knights to the close – which was brought about prematurely due to bad light – with the total on 86 for four.
Cele’s bowling effort on day two saw the seamer finish with the day with two for six in seven overs, an economy rate of under one run an over.
The Knights will start the third day with a deficit of 249 runs to overcome with 99 runs required to avoid the follow-on.
SUMMARY OF SCORE – Hollywoodbets Dolphins v VKB Knights Day One
Dolphins 1st Inn 335 all out (S Erwee 136 S Muthusamy 80 S Makhanya 44 T Ntuli 4/121)
Knights 1st Inn 86/4 (O Cele 2/6 P Subrayen 2/33)
Knights trail by 249 runs
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Erwee ton highlights patient day for Dolphins:
Durban – A seventh first class century from Hollywoodbets Dolphins opening batsman Sarel Erwee helped his side negotiate a day of attrition as the VKB Knights probed throughout the day to see the hosts finish on 207 for four at the close of day one on Monday.
The Dolphins won the toss under overcast skies and batted first. The decision might have been seen as an error when they found themselves 22 for two with Grant Roelofsen and Marques Ackerman back in the change room.
Vaughn van Jaarsveld then helped Erwee steady the ship as the experienced pair put together a measured partnership of 32 in just over twenty overs against some tight bowling from the Bloemfontein side.
Van Jaarsveld fell to a delivery that held in the pitch and was caught at cover for twenty as the Dolphins found themselves in a potentially tricky situation on 54 for three.
Sibz Makhanya, who has just returned from injury, joined Erwee at the wicket and looked assured throughout his stay in the middle.
He was also patient and scored a well-constructed 44 from 114 balls before nicking a Partick Kruger delivery to Shaun von Berg at gully.
The partnership between Erwee and Makhanya was worth 104 from 39 overs as they batted the entire middle session of the day.
At the loss of Makhanya, Senuran Muthusamy joined Erwee and the pair took their side to stumps.
Their stand is unbroken on 49 going into day two with Erwee not out on 112 and Muthusamy not out on twenty.
Speaking after his marathon knock, Erwee mentioned that the wicket dictated how they had to play.
“That is probably the slowest wicket I have played on here at Kingsmead,” the left-hander said. “The Knights were clever in how they bowled and were bowling cutters really early on in the day.
“Even the new ball this afternoon was taking some turn so that might play into our hands going forward.
“I think anything over 280 in the first innings will be good and then we can dictate how we want to the game to go from there.”
Erwee’s hundred came from 246 deliveries and included nine fours as he followed up a century and a fifty last week in Pietermaritzburg with his seventh first class ton.
SUMMARY OF SCORE – Hollywoodbets Dolphins v VKB Knights Day One
Dolphins 1st Inn 207/4 (S Erwee 112* S Makhanya 44)
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