CL 2010, Match 12: Jacobs, Prince knock Central Districts out

Warriors v Central Districts, CLT20 2010, Port Elizabeth
September 18, 2010

Davey Jacobs continued his sparkling run of form, lashing 74 against Central Districts' limited attack, as Warriors chased down 176 with surprising ease in their third victory in three games. Jamie How powered Central Districts to a strong total with another display of measured aggression, but Jacobs, supported by Ashwell Prince who made 64, ensured it was completely overshadowed.

Jacobs has a ruthless Plan A: he stays deep in the crease, gets beside the line and uncorks his wrists late to whiplash boundaries through the off side. He had used it to pulverise Victoria in the previous game and began in similar fashion today as Michael Mason's first two balls pinged the off-side boundary. Adam Milne went in the same direction in the next over, forcing Central Districts to correct their lines. Jacobs then unveiled Plan B, and it was even more efficient: instead of getting beside the line, he moved across his stumps to get inside the line. In the process, middle-stump yorkers were converted into leg-stump half-volleys, and leg-side fielders into ball retrievers.

In the fourth over from Doug Bracewell, Jacobs repeatedly walked across to smear deliveries angling into him - twice along the ground and twice over the ropes. In the next over, Prince got going as well, launching Milne over wide long-on. How was forced to bring on his spinner George Worker within the Powerplay. No luck there either. His first ball was miscued by Prince over the infield for four more. Peter Ingram's horrors continued as he followed his duck earlier in the day with a drop when Prince tried to clear long-on, as Warriors looted 65 in the Powerplay. Read more...

Brief Score:
Warriors 181 for 4 (Jacobs 74, Prince 64, Noema-Barnett 2-28) beat Central Districts 175 for 3 (How 88*, Noema-Barnett 53*, Botha 1-16) by seven wickets

Courtesy: cricinfo.com

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