George Linde continued to impress as he guided the Cape Cobras to a comfortable 21-run win over the Highveld Lions in the Momentum One-Day Cup on Sunday.
The slow left-armer was promoted to bat at four and struck an excellent 57 off 55 balls (five fours, one six), before grabbing 3/39 in 10 excellent overs.
Zubayr Hamza also impressed by top-scoring with an unbeaten 88 (97 balls, six fours), helping the Cobras to set 299.
The Lions lost Ryan Rickelton (6) with only 11 on the board.
There were starts for Reeza Hendricks (37), Kagiso Rapulana (46), Rassie van der Dussen (37) and Nicky van den Bergh (23), but all three were out to Linde’s spin.
Dwaine Pretorius launched a valiant late bid to chase down the target for the visitors with 75 off 42 balls, but was dismissed with 12 balls remaining and 35 runs still required.
He was one of three wickets taken by Dane Paterson (3/58).
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