Ottoman captain Mujaahid Toffar was the driving force behind his side’s innings from the outset, batting into the 48th over to score 119 from 145 balls, with two sixes and eleven fours.
Faheem Adams produced a solid 44 runs of his own, sharing a 120-run second-wicket stand with his captain that allowed Ottoman to control proceedings and compile a dominant total.
Cape Town medium-pacer Nathan Johnson plugged away manfully for the home side, picking up the first two wickets in a decent performance.
Isma-eel Prince contributed a fluent 20 runs from 25 balls towards the end of the Ottoman innings, but fell when looking to accelerate.
Cape Town’s Lancashire import Jaden Rose struck three times in ten balls at the death, undermining the visitors’ final assault attempt somewhat.
Tristan Coetzee again provided fireworks at the top of the Cape Town order, striking three sixes and a four in his 25 from 21 balls as the home side set about chasing their stiff target with enthusiasm.
Jamie Marillier also started off like a house on fire, personally blazing 36 from the first eight overs of the Cape Town run chase, and though subsequently pinned down, he did reach his highest score for the side.
Though limited largely to singles, Mathew Goles nevertheless kept the scoreboard ticking over to keep Cape Town in the hunt during his prolonged knock of 49 in the middle overs.
Josh Chippendale made 32 in sharing a 59-run stand with Mathew Goles during the middle overs, giving Cape Town a chance to push for victory at 141-2 after 31 overs.
Ottoman’s overseas left-arm spinner Saood Ali bowled credibly on debut, breaking two important partnerships at crucial junctures.
Ottoman leg-spinner Abubakr Samodien applied scoring rate pressure with a series of tight overs during the middle period, while also picking up two important wickets.
Craig Jeffery kept Cape Town’s hopes alive with a run-a-ball 24 towards the tail-end of the innings, but ultimately the task was just too big.
Opening bowler Mogamat Fredericks recovered from an abortive start to torpedo Cape Town’s efforts at the death, grabbing three wickets in four overs as the home side’s attempts to hit out went horribly wrong.
Mohammed Vali’s legbreaks proved the perfect foil to Mogamat Fredericks’s seam at the death, bagging two scalps of his own in successive overs as the home side’s last five wickets fell for seven runs.
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