Raipur: Scoreboard after Northern Knights defeated Cape Cobras by 33 runs (D/L method) in a rain hit third match of 2014 CLT20 played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur on Friday.
The Cobras run chase began on a disastrous note with their opening batsman Stiaan van Zyl (0) dismissed in the first delivery of the innings bowled by Trent Boult.
The other opener Hashim Amla (20) tried to keep his side on track but the asking rate kept on rising and he fell in the sixth over in his bid to accelerate the innings.
Robin Peterson and Omphile Ramela were batting on 17 and four respectively when rain came in the eighth over, though the Cobras were looking down the barrel at that stage as the asking rate had risen over 12 an over.
Northern Knights innings
| Anton Devcich | run out (Peterson) | 67 |
| Kane Williamson | not out | 101* |
| Daniel Flynn | c Ontong b Philander | 0 |
| BJ Watling | c van Zyl b Langeveldt | 32 |
| Scott Styris | c Vilas b Langeveldt | 0 |
| Daryl Mitchell | c Kemp b Philander | 0 |
| Mitchell Santner | not out | 3* |
| Extras | (w 2, nb 1) | 3 |
| Overs | innings break | 20 |
| Total | for 5 wickets | 206 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-140 (Devcich, 13.4 ov), 2-140 (Flynn, 13.6 ov), 3-191 (Watling, 18.3 ov), 4-192 (Styris, 18.6ov), 5-192 (Mitchell, 19.1 ov) | |
Did not bat: Scott Kuggeleijn, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Charl Langeveldt | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Vernon Philander | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| Rory Kleinveldt | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Robin Peterson | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Aviwe Mgijima | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Justin Ontong | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Justin Kemp | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
Cape Cobras innings
| Stiaan van Zyl | b Boult | 0 |
| Hashim Amla | c sub (BS Wilson) b Kuggeleijn | 20 |
| Robin Peterson | not out | 17* |
| Omphile Ramela | not out | 4* |
| Extras | (w 2, lb 1) | 3 |
| Overs | match over | 7.2 |
| Total | for 2 wickets | 44 |
| Fall of wickets | 1-0 (van Zyl, 0.1 ov), 2-38 (Amla, 5.6 ov) | |
Did not bat: Justin Ontong, Dane Vilas, Justin Kemp, Vernon Philander, Rory Kleinveldt, Aviwe Mgijima, Charl Langeveldt
Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets |
| Trent Boult | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Tim Southee | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Styris | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Scott Kuggeleijn | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Ish Sodhi | 0.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Result: Northern Knights won by 33 runs (D/L method)
Man of the Match: Kane Williamson
Toss: Cape Cobras chose to field
