DAY 2: Titans on top of Knights at tea on day to of CSA 4-Day match

The Momentum Multyiply Titans firmly took charge of their CSA 4-Day Series match against the Knights at tea on day two as they reduced the visitors to 157/8 at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Wednesday.

The Knights had reached lunch in an okay position on 109/3, but endured a torrid early afternoon session as they lost five wickets for the addition of just 48 runs.

They thus trail the Titans first innings score of 307 all out by 150 runs, and the hosts should be confident of nipping out the final two wickets early in the days final session to take a good lead into their second innings.

In the post lunch session Dian Forrester (28) and Patrick Botha (31) resumed their innings, and extended their fourth wicket partnership to 41-runs.

Forrester was then the first wicket of the session, trapped LBW by Merrick Brett, leaving his side on 127/4.

Botha was going to be needed if the Knights were to produce a fightback, but he was next to fall, stumped by keeper Rivaldo Moonsamy after coming down the wicket at spinner Tsepo Ndwandwa, which sparked a collapse of four wickets for five runs.

Ndwandwa was the bowler running riot as he bowled Matthew Pollard (4), had Garnett Tarr (2) caught by Corbin Bosch, and had Aaron Phangiso caught by Jhedli van Briesies for a fifth ball duck, as they crashed to 145/8.

Tiaan van Vuuren (9no) and Dane Piedt (3no) were left to take their side to tea and they will be desperate to try and reduce the deficit as much as possible in the final session.

In the morning session the Knights essentially started their innings from scratch after bowling out the Titans for 307 at the end of day one, and getting through the final over of the day without scoring or losing a wicket.

Opener Isaac Dikgale (5) was first to fall in the third over day two, caught by Van Briesies off the bowling of Matthew Boast, with the score 9/1.

Lesego Senokwane (34) and Aubrey Swanepoel (28) combined for a decent 53-run second wicket stand, with Swanepoel the aggressor as he struck six boundaries in his 27-ball stay, before he edged Brett to keeper Moonsamy, to leave them on 62/2.

Senokwane and Forrester could only add 24 to the total, before Boast bowled the opener, leaving Forrester and Botha to take their side to lunch.

MOMENTUM MULTIPLY TITANS: Neil Brand (capt), Joshua van Heerden, Keegan Petersen, Dewald Brevis, Jhedli van Briesies, Rivaldo Moonsamy (wk), Andile Phehlukwayo, Corbin Bosch, Matthew Boast, Junior Dala, Tsepo Ndwandwa

KNIGHTS: Isaac Dikgale, Lesego Senokwane, Garnett Tarr (wk), Aubrey Swanepoel, Dian Forrester, Patrick Botha, Tiaan van Vuuren, Matthew Pollard, Aaron Phangiso, Dane Piedt (capt), Malusi Siboto