Jacobs and his bowlers help Warriors outplay Victoria

Warriors 158 for 6 (Jacobs 59, Boucher 31, McDonald 2-22, Nannes 1-25, McKay 1-27) beat Victoria 130 for 9 (Hussey 29, Theron 3-22, Ntini 2-33) by 28 runs

Skipper David Jacobs smashed a classy fifty but Warriors suffered a mini-collapse to post a competitive 158 for six against Victoria in their second match of the Champions League twenty20 tournament here on Monday. Jacobs blasted a 39-ball 59 bejeweled with nine fours and a six, while Mark Boucher (31) and Johan Botha (20) made some useful contributions down the order to help the Warriors cross the 150-mark.

For Victoria, Andrew Mc-Donald was the pick of the bowlers, scalping two wickets, while Dirk Nannes, Clint McKay and Shane Harwood took one each. Electing to bat, Warriors were off to a rollicking start as openers David Jacobs and Ashwell Prince picked up fours at will to race away to 54 in first five overs. Jacobs started the proceedings, clubbing three fours off Dirk Nannes in the first over, before clobbering another boundary in the second ball off Shane Harwood.

Prince then brought up his first four, sending Harwood across the short fine leg boundary as Warriors raced to 29 in first two overs.Nannes and Clint McKay tried to slow things down by bowling two tight overs but Jacobs was simply unstoppable as he blasted three fours and a six to score 19 runs in the next over, bringing up his team's fifty on the way. Jacobs and Prince kept the scoreboard ticking, taking some quick singles and converting ones into twos. The Warriors skipper brought up his fifty with a four off Andrew McDonald in the seventh over but a mix-up drew curtains to his innings in the 10th over. Four balls later, McDonald removed Prince as all of a sudden the Warriors slipped to 83 for two. Warriors then lost two more quick wickets in Colin Ingram (8) and Justin Kreusch (1) within a space of five balls as Victoria came back into the match.

Ingram perished when his swipe shot off Harwood found Maxwell at long-on, while Justin was done in by a quick stumping by Matthew Wade off McDonald. Mark Boucher and Johan Botha (20) then brought up the hundred in the 13th over but runs dried up for the Warriors with the bowlers keeping in tight.A beautiful catch by Rob Quiney at the boundary line brought an end to Botha's innings. Boucher, who blasted two fours before being dropped by Maxwell in the 15th over, also failed to raise the tempo and was cleaned up by Nannes in the 19th over.