Piedt takes 13 wickets inCobras victory

OUDTSHOORN CRICKET NEWS - Dane Piedt returned the best ever match figures for the World Sports Betting Cape Cobras in franchise history as they took a massive step towards the four-Day Domestic Series title with a resounding eight-wicket win late on day three over the Multiply Titans.

The match took place in Oudtshoorn last Wednesday.

The home captain, who took six for 75 in the first innings, followed that up with seven for 66, to bowl out the defending champions for 151 runs.

It gave the spinner a career-best-match-figures of 13 for 141 – surpassing the previous best of 12 for 105 taken by Wayne Parnell against the Dolphins at Cape Town in 2015/16.

Piedt also charged past 50 wickets for the season with his new tally of 52, putting him streets ahead of the chasing pack. Victory saw the home side move to 171,46 points at the top of the table.

However, the Cobras did all that was asked of them in their penultimate fixture at the

Recreation Ground this week.

The Titans scored 275 in their

first innings, thanks to Leus du Plooy who made and unbeaten

97 runs. The Cobras responded

with 375 for a lead of 90 runs.

Pieter Malan was dismissed for

95 runs.

The summarised scorecard is:

MULTIPLY TITANS 1ST innings 275 (Leus du Plooy 97*, Henry Davids 47, Shaun von Berg 30, Andrea Agathagalou 29, Victor Mahlangu 23, (Dane Piedt 6/75, George Linde 3/88)

WSB CAPE COBRAS 1st innings 375 (Pieter Malan 95, Simon Khomari 77, Jason Smith 48,

David Beddingham 41, Zubayr Hamza 28, Ferisco Adams 27, George Linde 21, (Shaun von Berg 4/137, Matthew Arnold 3/62)

MULTIPLY TITANS 2nd innings 151 (all out) (Andrea Agathagalou 84, Farhaan Berhardien 24, (Dane Piedt 7/66, George Linde 2/45)

CAPE COBRAS 2nd innings 52/2 (Zubayr Hamza 26*, (Leus du Plooy 2/29)

Cape Cobras won by 8 wickets.

Jason Smith.