The South African champions made the highest successful run chase of the tournament after the Stags made 175 for three in their 20 overs. It was the third win three matches in Group A for the Warriors.
Stags captain Jamie How batted through the innings for the New Zealand side for the second match in succession, following his unbeaten 77 against the Victoria Bushrangers on Wednesday with 88 not out on Saturday, but once again it was not enough to provide his inexperienced team with a winning platform.
“We had a pretty competitive score,” said How. “Our bowlers tried hard but we came up against some pretty good batters.”
Warriors captain Davy Jacobs again set the pace for his team, smashing two fours and two sixes off successive balls from Doug Bracewell in the fourth over to get his team off to a flying start.
While Jacobs played the big shots, hitting six sixes and five fours in his innings of 74 off 47 balls, the left-handed Prince provided ideal support, making 64 off 50 balls with four fours and two sixes.
Redbacks through to semi-finals
Michael Klinger hit his third successive half-century as the South Australia Redbacks became the first team to qualify for the semi-finals with an eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead, Durban.
Redbacks captain Klinger hit 69 not out and shared a second successive century opening partnership with Daniel Harris (57) as the Australian side cruised to victory with nine balls to spare after bowling out Bangalore for 154.
With three wins in three matches, the Redbacks are sure of a place in the last four, worth a minimum of $500,000 in prize money. “I’m super-proud of the boys today,” said Klinger. “It was a good all-round performance.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2010.
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