Dale Steyn provided evidence of his match fitness and AB de Villiers and Aiden Markram impressed in the Titans’ seven-wicket T20 win over the Cobras in Centurion on Sunday. Steyn bowled all of his four overs and took 2/16 to help limit the Cobras to 119/9 and the Titans were home with 6.3 overs to spare. Vernon Philander reduced the Titans to 13/2 after 15 balls of their reply‚ but Markram and De Villiers righted the home side with a stand of 70. De Villiers clipped 37 off 22 deliveries and Markram hit the winning single to finish with an unbeaten 51 off 36. In his return from more than a year out of action with injuries against the Knights in Kimberley on Wednesday‚ Steyn bowled first change and sent down only three overs — the first of which went for 17 runs. On Sunday, he shared the new ball with Albie Morkel and conceded a few singles before dismissing Wayne Parnell with the last ball of his first over. Temba Bavuma hit Steyn for four in his next over‚ but that was the only boun...
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