SA interim coach Malibongwe Maketa will have an anxious wait to discover the extent of the injury to key Proteas top order batter Keegan Petersen ahead of the three-match Test tour to Australia next month.
Petersen, who is one of the key members of the Proteas Test top batting order, was stretchered off the field with what looked like a serious injury during the CSA T20 Challenge final while fielding for the Dolphins in their loss to the Titans.
He is a member of the top and middle order made up largely of captain Dean Elgar, Sarel Erwee, Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen, who missed out on the ongoing T20 World Cup due to injury. Titans lower order batters Dayyaan Galiem and Donavon Ferreira showed nerves of steel with a match winning partnership of 63 as they helped their team over the line on 165/6.
Their partnership was finally broken in the 16th over when Petersen was caught by Simon Harmer off Brand and the third wicket followed with Smuts caught behind by Ferreira off Dayyaan Galiem. The Titans got their chase off to a slow start with only four runs scored from the opening over with teen sensation Devald Brevis scoring two runs and Jiveshan Pillay contributing only one under pressure from Eathan Bosch.
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