Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sarel Erwee	c †Gous b Qwabe	15	49	67	0	0	30.61

Thamsanqa Kumalo	c Petersen b Mnyaka	6	45	76	0	0	13.33

Marques Ackerman	b Ntuli	137	185	234	21	1	74.05

Khaya Zondo (c)	c van Schalkwyk b Ntuli	34	78	147	4	0	43.58

Sibonelo Makhanya	c van Tonder b Mnyaka	7	14	22	1	0	50.00

Senuran Muthusamy	c †Gous b Mnyaka	89	144	202	9	2	61.80

Grant Roelofsen †	c †Gous b Qwabe	32	78	104	3	0	41.02

Eathan Bosch	not out	22	29	39	3	0	75.86
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 7, w 2)	12
Total	102.3 Ov (RR: 3.45, 449 Mins)	354/7d
Did not bat Prenelan Subrayen, Keith Dudgeon, Kerwin Mungroo
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Sarel Erwee, 15.2 ov), 2-26 (Thamsanqa Kumalo, 16.3 ov), 3-140 (Khaya Zondo, 48.2 ov), 4-163 (Sibonelo Makhanya, 51.5 ov), 5-229 (Marques Ackerman, 66.3 ov), 6-320 (Grant Roelofsen, 93.2 ov), 7-354 (Senuran Muthusamy, 102.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Shadley van Schalkwyk	21	5	57	0	2.71	95	1	0
Thandolwethu Mnyaka	23.3	6	71	3	3.02	108	0	4
16.3 to T Kumalo, driven on the up to the man at short cover, easy catch in the end. 26/2 51.5 to BS Makhanya, back of a length outside off and Makhanya cuts it hard, unfortunately straight into the hands of van Tonder at point. 163/4 102.3 to S Muthusamy, EDGED!! Slower delivery and a faint out side edge goes to the keeper. 354/7
Zakhele Qwabe	17	5	46	2	2.70	76	1	0
15.2 to SJ Erwee, back of a length and given width to drive, drives hard but only can get an edge to Second, routine catch behind the stumps.. 23/1 93.2 to G Roelofsen, back of a length, tries to flat bat it but gets a thick edge to Gous. 320/6
Patrick Kruger	8.5	1	32	0	3.62	37	0	3
Tshepo Ntuli	23.1	3	111	2	4.79	93	0	0
48.2 to K Zondo, goes forward to a ball and gets an edge, is well taken low to his right.. 140/3 66.3 to MJ Ackerman, OUT! Goes for the reverse sweep which he has played so well throughout his innings, this time he misses it and has his stumps broken. Beautiful innings. 229/5
Rudi Second	7	0	29	0	4.14	27	0	0
Keegan Petersen	2	0	5	0	2.50	7	0	0

Knights 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Mokoena	b Mungroo	27	47	72	3	0	57.44

Raynard van Tonder	c Erwee b Bosch	4	7	13	1	0	57.14

Keegan Petersen	c Ackerman b Bosch	6	15	24	1	0	40.00

Pite van Biljon (c)	c †Roelofsen b Bosch	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Rudi Second	not out	80	138	224	11	0	57.97
Andries Gous †	c Erwee b Muthusamy	27	41	41	6	0	65.85

Patrick Kruger	c Erwee b Bosch	14	23	22	2	0	60.86

Shadley van Schalkwyk	c Ackerman b Dudgeon	35	45	70	6	1	77.77

Thandolwethu Mnyaka	b Dudgeon	4	11	11	0	0	36.36

Zakhele Qwabe	c Muthusamy b Dudgeon	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Tshepo Ntuli	not out	1	22	44	0	0	4.54
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3, w 1)	8
Total	58 Ov (RR: 3.55, 265 Mins)	206/9d
Fall of wickets 1-8 (Raynard van Tonder, 2.6 ov), 2-22 (Keegan Petersen, 8.2 ov), 3-22 (Pite van Biljon, 8.3 ov), 4-45 (Grant Mokoena, 14.2 ov), 5-79 (Andries Gous, 25.4 ov), 6-102 (Patrick Kruger, 30.5 ov), 7-174 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 47.3 ov), 8-178 (Thandolwethu Mnyaka, 49.4 ov), 9-178 (Zakhele Qwabe, 49.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Eathan Bosch	16	0	82	4	5.12	71	1	1
2.6 to R van Tonder, EDGED and goes straight to SJ at 1st slip. 8/1 8.2 to KD Petersen, EDGED and carries to Ackerman at 3rd-slip. 22/2 8.3 to PJ van Biljon, EDGED and two in two for Bosch. van Biljon pushes onto the front foot to fend and gets a faint out-side edge to the keeper. 22/3 30.5 to PE Kruger, His gone. Pushes on to the front foot to fend and gets the shoulder of the bat to 1st slip. 102/6
Keith Dudgeon	13	2	32	3	2.46	62	0	1
47.3 to SC van Schalkwyk, EDGED and straight to 3rd slip Ackerman. 174/7 49.4 to T Mnyaka, pushes onto the front foot to fend and misses. 178/8 49.5 to ZC Qwabe, . 178/9
Kerwin Mungroo	7	1	27	1	3.85	32	0	1
14.2 to TG Mokoena, full and straight delivery, Mokoena plays and misses. 45/4
Senuran Muthusamy	17	4	38	1	2.23	81	0	0
25.4 to AGS Gous, snicks it and Sj at 1st slip holds on to it. 79/5
Prenelan Subrayen	5	0	23	0	4.60	20	0	0

Dolphins 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sarel Erwee	c & b Kruger	57	72	88	10	1	79.16

Thamsanqa Kumalo	c †Gous b Mnyaka	9	26	31	2	0	34.61

Marques Ackerman	c Kruger b Qwabe	1	5	10	0	0	20.00

Khaya Zondo (c)	not out	59	45	63	10	0	131.11
Sibonelo Makhanya	not out	5	10	17	1	0	50.00
Extras	(b 12, lb 1, nb 2)	15
Total	26 Ov (RR: 5.61, 106 Mins)	146/3d
Did not bat Senuran Muthusamy, Grant Roelofsen †, Eathan Bosch, Prenelan Subrayen, Keith Dudgeon, Kerwin Mungroo
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Thamsanqa Kumalo, 7.6 ov), 2-32 (Marques Ackerman, 10.1 ov), 3-126 (Sarel Erwee, 21.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Shadley van Schalkwyk	5	1	14	0	2.80	24	0	0
Thandolwethu Mnyaka	5	1	14	1	2.80	26	0	1
7.6 to T Kumalo, pushes at one pitched out side off and get something faint on it.. 25/1
Zakhele Qwabe	6	0	53	1	8.83	18	0	1
10.1 to MJ Ackerman, misses ques and sends it high into the sky towards Kruger at mid-wicket. 32/2
Tshepo Ntuli	5	3	18	0	3.60	25	0	0
Rudi Second	2	0	26	0	13.00	5	0	0
Patrick Kruger	3	1	8	1	2.66	13	0	0
21.6 to SJ Erwee, Pops it straight back to the bowler. 126/3

Knights 2nd Innings (T: 295 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Mokoena	c Ackerman b Bosch	2	4	2	0	0	50.00

Raynard van Tonder	c Erwee b Bosch	60	89	135	6	0	67.41
Keegan Petersen	not out	71	92	-	7	0	77.17
Pite van Biljon (c)	c †Roelofsen b Bosch	9	5	9	2	0	180.00

Rudi Second	not out	32	22	-	1	3	145.45
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2, w 2)	7
Total	35 Ov (RR: 5.17)	181/3
Did not bat Andries Gous †, Patrick Kruger, Shadley van Schalkwyk, Thandolwethu Mnyaka, Tshepo Ntuli, Zakhele Qwabe
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Grant Mokoena, 0.4 ov), 2-128 (Raynard van Tonder, 28.5 ov), 3-141 (Pite van Biljon, 30.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Eathan Bosch	12	2	44	3	3.66	43	0	0
0.4 to TG Mokoena, Edged and goes to Ackerman at 3rd-slip. 2/1 28.5 to R van Tonder, . 128/2 30.2 to PJ van Biljon, swings at it and get a faint edge. Keeper takes it. 141/3
Keith Dudgeon	7	0	30	0	4.28	24	0	1
Kerwin Mungroo	11	0	73	0	6.63	35	2	1
Senuran Muthusamy	3	0	15	0	5.00	7	0	0
Prenelan Subrayen	2	0	16	0	8.00	5	0	0

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Close of Play

Mon, 14 Jan

day 1 - Dolphins 1st innings 330/6 (Senuran Muthusamy 81*, Eathan Bosch 7*, 96 ov)

Tue, 15 Jan

day 2 - no play

Wed, 16 Jan

day 3 - Knights 1st innings 174/6 (Rudi Second 54*, Shadley van Schalkwyk 35*, 47 ov)

Thu, 17 Jan

day 4 - Knights 2nd innings 181/3 (35 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Dolphins 1st innings

Dolphins 50 runs in 24.6 overs (152 balls, 116 mins) (3x4, 0x6)

3rd Wicket: 50 runs off 95 balls in 71 mins (MJ Ackerman 36, K Zondo 12, Ex 2)

MJ Ackerman 51 off 97 balls in 119 mins (8x4, 0x6)1

MJ Ackerman 51 off 97 balls in 119 mins (8x4, 0x6)

Dolphins 100 runs in 41.5 overs (254 balls, 192 mins) (10x4, 0x6)

3rd Wicket: 101 runs off 173 balls in 128 mins (MJ Ackerman 66, K Zondo 33, Ex 2)

Dolphins 152 runs in 50.1 overs (305 balls, 235 mins) (18x4, 1x6)

MJ Ackerman 100 off 133 balls in 184 mins (16x4, 1x6)

Dolphins 202 runs in 61.1 overs (374 balls, 285 mins) (24x4, 1x6)

5th Wicket: 50 runs off 68 balls in 44 mins (MJ Ackerman 35, S Muthusamy 13, Ex 2)

Dolphins 252 runs in 71.4 overs (437 balls, 321 mins) (30x4, 2x6)

6th Wicket: 50 runs off 83 balls in 51 mins (S Muthusamy 25, G Roelofsen 25, Ex 0)

S Muthusamy 50 off 77 balls in 109 mins (6x4, 1x6)

New Ball taken at Over 82, score on 284/5

Dolphins 301 runs in 87.6 overs (535 balls, 385 mins) (37x4, 2x6)

Day 2

No Play

DAY 3

Score after 100.00 overs: 337/6. Bonus pts: Dolphins - Bat 4.74, Knights - Bowl 2

Dolphins 350 runs in 101.5 overs (620 balls, 446 mins) (40x4, 3x6)

Kningts 1st Innings

Knights 51 runs in 15.3 overs (94 balls, 78 mins) (7x4, 0x6)

Knights 100 runs in 28.5 overs (175 balls, 128 mins) (15x4, 0x6)

7th Wicket: 51 runs off 73 balls in 53 mins ( RS Second 20, PJ van Biljon 30 Ex 1)

Knights 153 runs in 42.5 overs (260 balls, 190 mins) (22x4, 1x6)

RS Second 50 off 95 balls in 156 mins (6x4, 0x6)

DAY 4

Knights 200 runs in 55.5 overs (338 balls, 252 mins) (28x4, 1x6)

Dolphins 2nd Innings

Dolphins 52 runs in 12.4 overs (77 balls, 55 mins) (6x4, 1x6)

3rd Wicket: 51 runs off 37 balls in 26 mins ( SJ Erwee 27, K Zondo 20 Ex 4)

Dolphins 101 runs in 17.1 overs (104 balls, 73 mins) (16x4, 1x6)

SJ Erwee 52 off 66 balls in 80 mins (9x4, 1x6)

K Zondo 51 off 35 balls in 48 mins (9x4, 0x6)

Knights 2nd Innings

Knights 50 runs in 15.2 overs (93 balls, 79 mins) (5x4, 0x6)

2nd Wicket: 50 runs off 93 balls in 78 mins ( R van tonder 19, KD Petersen 27 Ex 4)

Knights 100 runs in 24.1 overs (146 balls, 114 mins) (11x4, 0x6)

KD Petersen 50 off 111 balls in 48 mins (6x4, 0x6)

Knights 100 runs in 24.1 overs (146 balls, 114 mins) (11x4, 0x6)

2nd Wicket: 100 runs off 143 balls in 112 mins ( R van tonder 45, KD Petersen 51 Ex 2)

R van Tonder 50 off 81 balls in 124 mins (5x4, 0x6)

Knights 150 runs in 32.1 overs (195 balls, 157 mins) (15x4, 0x6)

Match Details

GroundCity Oval, Pietermaritzburg

TossDolphins, elected to bat first

Series

4-Day Franchise Series

Season2018/19

Player Of The Match

Marques Ackerman

Match days14,15,16,17 January 2019 - day (4-day match)

FC debut

Umpires

Match Referee

PointsDolphins 14.74, Knights 10.12

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