The Chevrolet Warriors booked their place in the Standard Bank Pr20 semi-finals after beating the Nashua Dolphins by four wickets in another last-ball thriller.

The Dolphins won the toss and chose to bat first at Kingsmead in Durban and Makhaya Ntini struck early to remove opener Cameron Delport for five. Some silly running saw Dolphin’s skipper depart just before the end of the fourth over and the home side looked shaky at 18-2.

The run rate ticket over slowly and the home side managed just 124 in their 20 overs thanks to some fine bowling by Ntini and Rusty Theron.

It should have been an easy chase, but when the Warriors lost two wickets in just two overs, the Dolphins got a sense of belief.
Ashwell Prince contributed 21, but it wasn’t until Mark Boucher came to the crease that sparks started to fly. The run rate started do climb for the Warriors as the Dolphins bowlers kept things fairly tight.

JJ Smuts played a nifty cameo and contributed a nifty 14 of 15 while Craig Thyssen played a blitzkrieg innings off 22 off just 13 to help the game go into the last over with the Warriors needing 10 off the last over.

The 6000-odd crowd were treated to yet another thrilling finish as the game went down to the last ball and it was Boucher who sealed the deal with a four.

Warriors book their spot in the Champions League as well as the Standard Bank Pr20 final against either the Cobras or the Titans.