The Cobras started their Standard Bank Pro 20 campaign tonight with a convincing win against the Lions.
Batting first the Cobras made 179 all out in 20 overs, always likely to be a challenging score. With Herschelle Gibbs making 53 from 32 balls and youngster Richard Levi an unbeaten 43 from just 20 balls, that was always going to be a tough call.
Robin Peterson made a brisk 18 opening the innings, but then he and Charl Langeveldt showed the control that is necessary in these matches to restrict the Lions to 137.
Peterson bowled four overs to take 2-25, while Langers bowled his usual, exemplary 4-0-18-3, five of the runs being early wides!
It makes such a huge difference if you have one man who goes for less than seven an over in these games. When you have two, you will win many more than you lose.
In the light of my earlier piece and what appears to be undimmed ability in this form of the game, Langers at the County Ground may still be a good option for the T20
I'm off now to see if there are any others who might come under consideration!
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