Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luthando Mnyanda	lbw b Paterson	1	12	14	0	0	8.33

Grant Mokoena	lbw b Paterson	4	4	5	1	0	100.00

Keegan Petersen	b Paterson	10	22	36	2	0	45.45
Pite van Biljon (c)	b Nabe	100	151	215	16	2	66.22

Rudi Second †	c Mgijima b Bokako	47	114	142	5	0	41.22

Patrick Kruger	lbw b Bokako	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Ryan McLaren	c Piedt b Bokako	52	130	179	8	0	40.00

Corné Dry	c PJ Malan b Kleinveldt	46	105	115	7	0	43.80

Duanne Olivier	c PJ Malan b Kleinveldt	2	11	9	0	0	18.18

Ottneil Baartman	b Kleinveldt	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Tshepo Ntuli	not out	2	3	8	0	0	66.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 2)	15
Total	92.1 Ov (RR: 3.02, 368 Mins)	279
Fall of wickets 1-4 (Grant Mokoena, 1.4 ov), 2-5 (Luthando Mnyanda, 3.3 ov), 3-36 (Keegan Petersen, 9.6 ov), 4-155 (Rudi Second, 46.2 ov), 5-155 (Patrick Kruger, 46.4 ov), 6-179 (Pite van Biljon, 56.1 ov), 7-272 (Corné Dry, 88.2 ov), 8-276 (Duanne Olivier, 90.3 ov), 9-276 (Ottneil Baartman, 90.4 ov), 10-279 (Ryan McLaren, 92.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rory Kleinveldt	21	5	56	3	2.66	101	0	0
88.2 to CA Dry, skies the pull to bwd point who had to back pedal and judged it well. 272/7 90.3 to D Olivier, drives off the outer half of the bat but cant keep it down and Pieter Malan takes a lovely diving catch at point. 276/8 90.4 to OEG Baartman, beats him for pace and splits middle and off. 276/9
Dane Paterson	20	2	67	3	3.35	92	0	0
1.4 to TG Mokoena, half fwd and this one is nipping back just a hint to trap him in front. 4/1 3.3 to LL Mnyanda, Paterson moving the ball a touch here and again has his many as he finds pad right in front. 5/2 9.6 to KD Petersen, . 36/3
Mthiwekhaya Nabe	13	4	49	1	3.76	60	0	1
56.1 to PJ van Biljon, beaten for pace and is thru him knocking out the off stump. 179/6
Tladi Bokako	15.1	2	51	3	3.36	74	0	1
46.2 to RS Second, finds the edge and is taken at 1st slip. 155/4 46.4 to PE Kruger, Bokako takes a second trapping him in front. 155/5 92.1 to R McLaren, drives but cannot clear the man at mid off, to end the innings. 279/10
Dane Piedt	23	11	43	0	1.86	114	0	0

Cape Cobras 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Janneman Malan	b Baartman	38	69	82	7	0	55.07

Pieter Malan	c †Second b Olivier	129	296	426	18	0	43.58

Zubayr Hamza	c †Second b Ntuli	20	34	47	2	2	58.82

David Bedingham	c Ntuli b McLaren	26	29	28	4	0	89.65

Aviwe Mgijima	c Baartman b Kruger	40	79	99	6	0	50.63

Kyle Verreynne †	c †Second b McLaren	27	71	93	3	0	38.02

Dane Piedt (c)	c †Second b McLaren	4	2	1	1	0	200.00

Rory Kleinveldt	c Baartman b Olivier	54	57	91	6	3	94.73

Dane Paterson	c Ntuli b Baartman	41	43	74	4	2	95.34

Tladi Bokako	c Ntuli b Dry	24	28	38	2	2	85.71

Mthiwekhaya Nabe	not out	5	8	14	1	0	62.50
Extras	(lb 9, nb 3)	12
Total	118.5 Ov (RR: 3.53, 501 Mins)	420
Fall of wickets 1-59 (Janneman Malan, 20.6 ov), 2-97 (Zubayr Hamza, 32.5 ov), 3-126 (David Bedingham, 39.5 ov), 4-185 (Aviwe Mgijima, 64.3 ov), 5-257 (Kyle Verreynne, 87.2 ov), 6-261 (Dane Piedt, 87.4 ov), 7-334 (Pieter Malan, 104.1 ov), 8-355 (Rory Kleinveldt, 108.2 ov), 9-402 (Tladi Bokako, 115.4 ov), 10-420 (Dane Paterson, 118.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Corné Dry	25	5	87	1	3.48	112	0	0
115.4 to T Bokako, just rolled his fingers over it at the last minute and he is early on the ball looping it gently to etra cover. 402/9
Duanne Olivier	28	8	76	2	2.71	134	0	1
104.1 to PJ Malan, beaten by the extra bounce and pace as Olivier put his back into it. 334/7 108.2 to RK Kleinveldt, looking to go over the mid wkt fence but doesnt get all of it and is gathered on the boundary. 355/8
Ottneil Baartman	20.5	4	76	2	3.64	99	0	2
20.6 to JN Malan, leaving and it clips the off stumps and squirts into the slips, a promising start is claimed by the rain break. 59/1 118.5 to D Paterson, backs away and top edges a pull to extra cover. 420/10
Ryan McLaren	26	4	101	3	3.88	117	0	0
39.5 to DG Bedingham, rocks back and pulls hard but straight to mid wkt who jumps to take it chest high. 126/3 87.2 to K Verreynne, bit of bounce and he finds the edge which is greatfully snaffled by the keeper. 257/5 87.4 to DL Piedt, same again, guides it into the hands of the keeper. 261/6
Tshepo Ntuli	12	1	50	1	4.16	45	0	0
32.5 to Zubayr Hamza, follows a quicker one that turned as well and guided it into the gloves of the keeper. 97/2
Patrick Kruger	7	2	21	1	3.00	32	0	0
64.3 to A Mgijima, top edges the pull and is nicely taking at deep bwd square. 185/4

Knights 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luthando Mnyanda	c Zubayr Hamza b Piedt	20	71	92	3	0	28.16

Grant Mokoena	b Mgijima	113	179	238	20	0	63.12

Keegan Petersen	lbw b Piedt	74	117	148	12	0	63.24

Pite van Biljon (c)	c sub (JF Smith) b Paterson	57	99	129	10	0	57.57

Rudi Second †	c †Verreynne b Bokako	23	54	69	3	0	42.59

Patrick Kruger	lbw b Paterson	1	6	13	0	0	16.66

Ryan McLaren	c †Verreynne b Paterson	13	12	18	3	0	108.33

Corné Dry	c Bokako b Paterson	1	9	15	0	0	11.11

Duanne Olivier	c Mgijima b Nabe	8	12	19	2	0	66.66

Ottneil Baartman	not out	5	26	44	0	0	19.23
Tshepo Ntuli	c †Verreynne b Bokako	11	32	32	1	0	34.37

Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 1, w 1)	8
Total	102.4 Ov (RR: 3.25, 413 Mins)	334
Fall of wickets 1-61 (Luthando Mnyanda, 23.6 ov), 2-213 (Grant Mokoena, 60.5 ov), 3-213 (Keegan Petersen, 61.1 ov), 4-272 (Rudi Second, 80.4 ov), 5-281 (Patrick Kruger, 83.3 ov), 6-301 (Ryan McLaren, 87.3 ov), 7-309 (Corné Dry, 89.6 ov), 8-314 (Pite van Biljon, 91.4 ov), 9-320 (Duanne Olivier, 94.2 ov), 10-334 (Tshepo Ntuli, 102.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rory Kleinveldt	10	2	36	0	3.60	46	0	1
Dane Paterson	23	6	68	4	2.95	113	0	0
83.3 to PE Kruger, barely gets fwd and is trapped in front, simple decision from the umpire. 281/5 87.3 to R McLaren, feathers one thru and the keeper does the rest, was not a happy boy. 301/6 89.6 to CA Dry, skies this to mid on who collects a dolly as it comes straight at him. 309/7 91.4 to PJ van Biljon, rocks back and pulls hard but doesnt quite get it in the middle and the sub coming in off the square leg fence takes a clean catch. 314/8
Dane Piedt	28	5	93	2	3.32	121	0	0
23.6 to LL Mnyanda, just turns enough to kiss the edge and 1st slip is happy to oblige. 61/1 61.1 to KD Petersen, playing across the line as he went back and the umpire had no hesitation raising the finger. 213/3
Tladi Bokako	20.4	5	64	2	3.09	96	1	0
80.4 to RS Second, extra bounce with new ball is his undoing and the keeper takes a good diving catch going towards 1st slip. 272/4 102.4 to T Ntuli, follows one down leg looking to hook only succeeds in helping it to the keeper who moved well to gather. 334/10
Mthiwekhaya Nabe	12	2	43	1	3.58	54	0	0
94.2 to D Olivier, pace and bounce and 1st slip does the rest. 320/9
Aviwe Mgijima	9	2	24	1	2.66	44	0	0
60.5 to TG Mokoena, the bowling change gets the breakthru as he cant believe how that got thru. 213/2

Cape Cobras 2nd Innings (T: 194 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Janneman Malan	c †Second b Olivier	0	2	1	0	0	0.00

Pieter Malan	lbw b McLaren	8	28	37	2	0	28.57

Zubayr Hamza	c Dry b Baartman	57	127	183	5	0	44.88

David Bedingham	c †Second b Baartman	23	22	28	5	0	104.54

Aviwe Mgijima	lbw b Ntuli	30	49	67	4	0	61.22

Kyle Verreynne †	not out	51	59	76	7	0	86.44
Dane Piedt (c)	c †Second b Baartman	1	5	8	0	0	20.00

Rory Kleinveldt	not out	19	13	16	2	1	146.15
Extras	(nb 6)	6
Total	49.5 Ov (RR: 3.91, 211 Mins)	195/6
Did not bat Dane Paterson, Tladi Bokako, Mthiwekhaya Nabe
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Janneman Malan, 0.2 ov), 2-25 (Pieter Malan, 9.1 ov), 3-59 (David Bedingham, 15.2 ov), 4-109 (Aviwe Mgijima, 31.3 ov), 5-169 (Zubayr Hamza, 44.5 ov), 6-173 (Dane Piedt, 46.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Duanne Olivier	12.5	2	49	1	3.81	59	0	3
0.2 to JN Malan, flashes at one outside off and Cobras get off to the worst possible start for the chase. 0/1
Ryan McLaren	10	3	31	1	3.10	47	0	1
9.1 to PJ Malan, goes back and they all go up as one, umpire agrees. 25/2
Corné Dry	8	1	37	0	4.62	29	0	0
Ottneil Baartman	9	0	39	3	4.33	34	0	2
15.2 to DG Bedingham, cuts and finds the edge where the keeper makes a full dive to gather just off the turf, a fine catch in front of 1st slip. 59/3 44.5 to Zubayr Hamza, drives hard wide of mid on but the mid wkt is quite straight and he takes a fine diving catch. 169/5 46.5 to DL Piedt, follows one going away on off and guides it to a diving keeper. 173/6
Tshepo Ntuli	10	2	39	1	3.90	35	0	0
31.3 to A Mgijima, goes back to wipe it across the line but its a quicker one that skids on and the Umpire doesnt hesitate. 109/4

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Close of Play

Mon, 01 Oct

day 1 - Cape Cobras 1st innings 12/0 (Janneman Malan 6*, Pieter Malan 6*, 4 ov)

Tue, 02 Oct

day 2 - Cape Cobras 1st innings 302/6 (Pieter Malan 118*, Rory Kleinveldt 20*, 100 ov)

Wed, 03 Oct

day 3 - Knights 2nd innings 240/3 (Pite van Biljon 21*, Rudi Second 5*, 75 ov)

Thu, 04 Oct

day 4 - Cape Cobras 2nd innings 195/6 (49.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Knights First Innings

50 up in 62 mins off 88 balls including 9 fours and a six

PJ van Biljon 50 in 84 mins off 59 balls including 10 fours and a six

4th Wicket 50 Partnership in 56 mins off 77 balls including 1 fours and a six (van Biljon 32, Second 18, Extras 1)

100 up in 114 mins off 161 balls including 15 fours and a six

4th Wicket 100 Partnership in in 161 mins off 180 balls including 10 fours and 2 sixes (van Biljon 56, Second 39, Extras 5)

150 up in 181 mins off 272 balls including 21 fours and 2 sixes

PJ van Biljon 100 in 203 mins off 140 balls including 16 fours and 2 sixes

200 up in 262 mins off 390 balls including 29 fours and 2 sixes

7th Wicket 50 Partnership in 58 mins off 102 balls including 7 fours (McLaren 24, Dry 22, Extras 5)

New Ball Taken at at the start of the 81st over

250 in 322 mins off 500 balls including 36 fours and 2 sixes

R McLaren 50 in 150 mins off 118 balls including 8 fours

Bonus points: Knights 3.58, Cobras 4

Cape Cobras 1st Innings

1st Wicket 50 Partnership in 65 mins off 101 balls including 8 fours (JN Malan 33, PJ Malan 19, Extras 1)

100 up in 135 mins off 201 balls including 15 fours and 2 sixes

150 up in 215 mins off 318 balls including 21 fours and 2 sixes

PJ Malan 50 in 237 mins off 167 balls including 7 fours

4th Wicket 50 Partnership in 88 mins off 132 balls including 7 fours (PJ Malan 16, Mgijima 34, Extras 2)

200 up in 275 mins off 411 balls including 30 fours and 2 sixes

5th Wicket 50 Partnership in 52 mins off 82 balls including 7 fours (PJ Malan 28, Verreynne 23, Extras 0)

250 up in 329 mins off 494 balls including 34 fours and 2 sixes

New Ball taken at the start of the 81st over

PJ Malan 100 in 377 mins off 258 balls including 13 fours

300 up in 399 mins off 586 balls including 41 fours and 3 sixes

7th Wicket 50 Partnership in 57 mins off 80 balls including 8 fours and a siz (PJ Malan 31, Kleinveldt 21, Extras 1)

350 up in 442 mins off 646 balls including 48 fours and 5 sixes

RK Kleinveldt 50 in 86 mins off 53 balls including 6 fours and 3 sixes

400 up in 483 mins off 690 balls including 52 fours and 8 sixes

Bonus points: Cobras 5.56, Knights 3

Knights 2nd Innings

1st Wicket 50 Partnership in 81 mins off 128 balls including 8 fours (Mnyanda 14, Mokoena 35, Extras 1)

TG Mokoena 50 in 119 mins off 89 balls including 9 fours

100 up in 133 mins off 209 balls including 15 fours

2nd Wicket 50 Partnership in 47 minutes off 76 balls including 6 fours (Mokoena 1, Petersen 27, Extras 2)

150 up in 175 mins off 278 balls including 24 fours

KD Petersen 50 in 90 mins off 80 balls including 9 fours

2nd Wicket 100 Partnership in 98 mins off 155 balls including 17 fours (Mokoena 45, Petersen 54, Extras 4)

TB Mokoena 100 in 216 mins off 161 balls including 18 fours

200 up in 221 mins off 344 balls including 34 fours

2nd Wicket 150 Partnership in 141 mins off 217 balls including 25 fours (Mokoena 72, Petersen 73, Extras 5)

250 up 294 mins off 461 balls including 40 fours

4th Wicket 50 Partnership in 60 mins off 102 balls including 8 fours (van Biljon 34, Second 16, Extras 1)

New Ball taken at the start of the 81st over

300 up in 341 mins off 523 balls including 50 fours

PJ van Biljon 50 in 102 mins off 86 balls including 9 fours

Cape Cobras 2nd Innigns

50 up in 61 mins off 90 balls including 8 fours

100 up in 117 mins off 167 balls including 15 fours

4th Wicket 50 Partnership in 63 mins off 93 balls including 5 fours (Hamza, 18 Mgijima 30, Extras 2)

Zubayr Hamza 50 in 162 mins off 113 balls including 4 fours

150 up in 167 mins off 247 balls including 20 fours

5th Wicket 50 Partnership in 38 mins off 64 balls including 7 fours (Hamza 12, Verreynne 28)

K Verreynne 50 in 64 mins off 55 balls including 7 fours

Match points: Cape Cobras 24.04 (16 Win, 4.04 Bat, 4 Bowl), Knights 5.58 (3.58 Bat, 2 Bowl)

Match Details

GroundNewlands, Cape Town

TossCape Cobras, elected to field first

Series

4-Day Franchise Series

Season2018/19

Player Of The Match

Pite van Biljon

Match days1,2,3,4 October 2018 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Abdoellah Steenkamp

Dennis Smith

Match Referee

Shaid Wadvalla

PointsCape Cobras 24.04, Knights 5.58

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