Aces lose openers in quick succession

Martin Guptill fields during the Champions League T20 match between Titans and Auckland Aces. (AFP Photo)

NEW DELHI: Alfonso Thomas struck twice to dismiss Lou Vincent and Azhar Mahmood early in their Champions League T20 match vs Auckland at Kingsmead in Durban.

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Ethy Mbhalati also joined the party when he dismissed Martin Guptill, Colin Munro and Colin de Grandhomme cheaply.

Earlier, a fine innings by Jacques Rudolph guided the Titans to a mammoth score of 172/4 against Auckland Aces.

Rudolph (63) led the Titans attack before being dismissed by Michael Bates. A simple catch by Andre Adams at extra cover sent Rudolph back to the dressing room, who hit 7 boundaries in his swashbuckling innings.

Farhaan Behardien (48*) played a gem of an innings with 1 boundary and 3 sixes to help the Titans exploit the slog overs to the fullest.

Rudolph kept the ball rolling for the Titans, who lost skipper Martin van Jaarsveld (13) cheaply when he was caught comfortably at deep midwicket off the bowling of Kyle Mills,

After an impressive opening partnership for Titans, Azhar Mahmood gave Auckland its first breakthrough when he dismissed Henry Davids

Mahmood got the better of Davids' stumps, who completely failed to slice a slower delivery to third man. Davids hit 5 boundaries and a single six in his 23-ball 36.

Davids along with Rudolph gave the Titans a steady start against Auckland when they put up a quick fire 74-run partnership to fire up the Titans right after skipper Gareth Hopkins won the toss and decided to bowl against Titans.

Spirited to the core and unbeaten so far, qualifiers Aces would be up against a tough challenge when they take on South African side Titans.

Having defeated IPL champions Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday, Auckland is a team on a roll given that it had won both its qualifying matches as well.

But being the home team, Titans will have the slight edge even though Auckland, making their CLT20 debut this year have also adjusted remarkably after arriving quite early for the tournament.

Teams:

Auckland Aces: Gareth Hopkins (Capt. and wk), Andre Adams, Azhar Mahmood, Michael Bates, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Ronnie Hira, Anaru Kitchen, Kyle Mills, Colin Munro, Lou Vincent.

Titans: Martin van Jaarsveld (Capt.), Farhaan Behardien, Henry Davids, Cornelius de Villiers, Heino Kuhn (wk), Eden Links, Ethy Mbhalati, Jacques Rudolph, Alfonso Thomas, Roelof van der Merwe, David Wiese.

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