What a relief to be into the Standard Bank Pro20 final. After winning the first match against the Cobras we wanted to keep the momentum going but halfway though our innings in Cape Town it looked as if we had lost our way.

    But the 50 partnership between Johan Botha and Craig Thyssen gave us something to bowl at and credit to my team for defending 121.

    The first six overs of the Cobras’ innings were crucial and we managed to take a few wickets to slow them down and then our spinners really put them under pressure.

What a disappointing end to our Standard Bank Pro20 campaign. We just did not play good cricket at all and the Warriors were the better side on the night.

    We only have ourselves to blame. I thought our guys bowled really well and our fielding was pretty good to restrict the Warriors to 121 and to be honest we really should have got those runs.

    It has been the story of our Pro20 season really. We just haven’t scored enough runs. Our top four hasn’t fired all season and we have battled to get someone to bat all the way through our innings.

What a quality game of cricket against the Cobras although winning by just three runs was not great for my nerves!

After we had batted I thought we had enough runs but we missed a few chances and made life difficult for ourselves but it worked out in the end so I am very happy.

I thought we may have let the game slip a bit when Justin Kemp and Robin Peterson were at the crease because you are always in trouble when Justin is batting.

He is probably one of the best hitters in world cricket and there is no doubt that Lyall Meyer getting him out was crucial.

What a disappointing end to a good game of cricket. I really thought we had done enough to win the game but at the moment we are struggling to get over the line.

We are putting ourselves in winning positions but not finishing things off.

All credit must go to the Warriors for winning the match but while Robin Peterson and myself were batting, although I did not think the game was in the bag, I did think we were in a very strong position.

Even when I got out, which did no help matters, I still though the other batters would get the job done.

We’re really disappointed about the loss against the Warriors. Our batting didn’t go that well on a really good wicket. I thought Nicky Boje bowled a really good spell and probably won them the game to be honest. I thought we bowled okay but Justin Kreusch and Davy Jacobs batted really nicely.
We were probably outplayed on Friday to be honest. In hindsight, we probably should have batted first. It’s just that we haven’t batted second in this tournament. We just thought it would be good to try and have a go at batting second.

I’m really happy with the win over the Cape Cobras and the most important thing for us is that different guys are making different contributions at different times.
If we look at the stats Rusty Theron and Colin Ingram have been quite consistent with the ball and bat throughout the season. But what we do so well is that when they don’t perform, there’s always someone else that steps in to help out.

It was a very special win at Boland Park, and although the opening partners set up the victory, it was the bowlers who made the hard yards for the Chevrolet Diamond Eagles.

Our bowling attack, spearheaded by Dillon du Preez, captured wickets regularly in this vital Standard Bank Pro20 match against the Cape Cobras.

A key wicket was Justin Kemp. He was starting to blossom and when Dillon got him, it set them back.

Because of the wickets at key moments, the Cobras simply could not get momentum. They needed to re-establish a platform each time after another dismissal.

We let ourselves down in the Standard Bank Pro 20 loss against the Eagles at Boland Park.

We did not start well, and then resurrected things to an extent.

But we did not capitalize well and did not finish strongly enough.

The regular loss of wickets was a factor. It was a stop-start affair that we need to improve on.

In fact, during the last two matches we made the same batting mistakes by losing regular wickets.

We should have added another twenty to thirty runs and we need to set the record straight with the bat in our final league match against the Warriors on Friday.

It was a very rewarding victory after a disappointing batting display.

We got off to a slow start and found the going tough on a very slow wicket. The past few days it was extremely hot in the Mother City and we finished twenty to thirty runs short of a competitive total on a challenging deck.

I was happy with the way Justin Ontong and I resurrected the innings.

The bowling attack of the Dolphins did extremely well and it was only in the latter part of the innings that I managed to get lucky and deposit a few over the boundary ropes to push us to 116/7.

It was a very disappointing day at the office for the Nashua Dolphins.

We bowled and fielded excellently to restrict the Nashua Cape Cobras to less than 120 runs.

With the exciting and energetic Kyle Nipper at the helm, well supported by the experienced senior statesman Johann Louw, we held sway with our bowling attack.

But our batting was very disappointing, and we fell away alarmingly after we were in a useful position on 72/3.

I think it was a tough wicket to bat on. It was a bit up and down, and also slow.