da aviator aposta： Pieter Strydom’s 125 followed by penetrative seam bowling put Borderexactly where they wanted to be after two days of this match
Keith Lane16-Oct-1999Pieter Strydom’s 125 followed by penetrative seam bowling put Borderexactly where they wanted to be after two days of this match.Strydom’s innings – which should have ended when he was dropped on 11on Thursday – was the product of 306 minutes at the crease in which hefaced 244 and hit 16 fours and two sixes. His major partner was LadenGamiet, with whom the Border captain shared 126 runs for the sixthwicket.Strydom and Gamiet are both habitual risk takers, and both perished inthat fashion when they were caught at fine leg by Andre Nel. Strydom’sdismissal came via a brilliant diving catch as Nel sprinted in fromthe boundary, while Gamiet merely shoved a catch down the fielder’sthroat.But with Strydom in command, Border were able to make the most of anordinary overnight score of 283-5. They kept the pressure on early inEasterns’ reply by reducing them to 85-5 before Pierre de Bruyn andAnthony Pollock regained some of their side’s lost ground with asixth-wicket stand of 57 which ended when Pollock was caught behindoff Tyron Henderson for 40.De Bruyn is still there on 29, but it is doubtful that he will be ableto drum up much support from the rest of the Easterns batting order.Border’s frontline seam attack of Vasbert Drakes, Dion Taljard andHenderson have all given precious little away, while Piet Botha -playing in his 100th first-class match – proved an absolute miser inconceding just six runs off as many overs.