Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lyth	retired out	106	171	249	16	1	61.98
Sam Robson	retired out	109	152	202	12	1	71.71

Alex Lees	c Landsdale b Dudgeon	85	144	183	9	2	59.02

Jonathan Trott (c)	c †Masondo b Dudgeon	6	13	20	1	0	46.15

James Vince	c Dial b Pongolo	7	20	34	1	0	35.00

Jonny Bairstow †	retired out	62	95	150	5	1	65.26
Adil Rashid	c †Masondo b Pongolo	11	18	31	1	0	61.11

Liam Plunkett	c Barnard b Pongolo	10	13	12	2	0	76.92

Mark Wood	not out	13	31	54	0	1	41.93
Jack Brooks	c Landsdale b Saloojee	8	15	13	2	0	53.33

Boyd Rankin	c Barnard b Saloojee	6	9	15	1	0	66.66

Extras	(b 6, lb 3, nb 6, w 5)	20
Total	112.3 Ov (RR: 3.93, 482 Mins)	443
Did not bat: Sam Billings, Adam Riley, Craig Overton, Matt Dunn
Fall of wickets: 1-176 (Sam Robson, 47.6 ov), 2-245 (Adam Lyth, 59.6 ov), 3-259 (Jonathan Trott, 65.3 ov), 4-275 (James Vince, 73.1 ov), 5-368 (Alex Lees, 91.6 ov), 6-393 (Adil Rashid, 98.5 ov), 7-403 (Liam Plunkett, 100.6 ov), 8-418 (Jonny Bairstow, 105.6 ov), 9-429 (Jack Brooks, 108.5 ov), 10-443 (Boyd Rankin, 112.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Arnold	21	1	122	0	5.80	78	16	2	0	4
Keith Dudgeon	20	6	51	2	2.55	104	6	0	0	1
65.3 to IJL Trott, trying to run this down to third man but only manages to feather through to Masondo who takes the catch. 259/3 91.6 to AZ Lees, drives off the front foot catches the outside and flies to Landsdale at second slip who takes a good catch at chest height. 368/5
Lazarus Mokoena	18	3	84	0	4.66	73	10	1	1	0
Nono Pongolo	22	7	70	3	3.18	104	9	0	4	0
47.6 to SD Robson, quick single taken off Valli at cover who misses the stumps at the non strikers end. 176/1 73.1 to JM Vince, no footwork to a ball outside off stump hit to the Dial at cover who has to move a foot to his left to take the catch. 275/4 98.5 to AU Rashid, drives tentatively off the front foot edges through to the keeper who takes a good low catch. 393/6 100.6 to LE Plunkett, driving off the front foot throws the hands at the delivery outside edges to Barnard who takes a good catch diving low to his right at first slip. 403/7
Dale Deeb	22	4	66	0	3.00	100	5	2	0	0
Yaseen Valli	3	0	11	0	3.66	12	1	0	0	0
Carmi le Roux	4	1	16	0	4.00	16	2	0	0	0
Zaid Saloojee	2.3	0	14	2	5.60	10	1	1	0	1
108.5 to JA Brooks, playing off the back foot trying to work that on the on side leading edge goes sharply to Landsdale who takes a great catch at slip. 429/9 112.3 to WB Rankin, drives off the front foot in the air and taken by Barnard at mid on. 443/10

Gauteng Invitation XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yassar Cook	lbw b Plunkett	4	15	13	1	0	26.66

Karabo Mogotsi	lbw b Brooks	5	11	17	1	0	45.45

Yaseen Valli	c Robson b Rankin	11	38	47	1	0	28.94

Wesley Landsdale	c Robson b Wood	15	36	60	0	1	41.66

Bradley Dial	b Brooks	23	30	51	3	0	76.66

Sizwe Masondo (c)†	c Robson b Plunkett	27	43	53	2	1	62.79

Brian Barnard	b Rashid	39	49	77	3	2	79.59

Nono Pongolo	b Wood	36	62	68	4	0	58.06

Matthew Arnold	not out	1	11	20	0	0	9.09
Keith Dudgeon	c & b Wood	4	6	8	1	0	66.66

Lazarus Mokoena	b Wood	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 4, nb 7, w 3)	14
Total	49.3 Ov (RR: 3.61, 208 Mins)	179
Did not bat: Thamsanqa Rapelego, Dale Deeb, Zaid Saloojee, Carmi le Roux
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Yassar Cook, 3.4 ov), 2-11 (Karabo Mogotsi, 4.3 ov), 3-35 (Yaseen Valli, 14.4 ov), 4-46 (Wesley Landsdale, 17.3 ov), 5-91 (Bradley Dial, 25.1 ov), 6-104 (Sizwe Masondo, 30.3 ov), 7-169 (Brian Barnard, 44.5 ov), 8-175 (Nono Pongolo, 47.1 ov), 9-179 (Keith Dudgeon, 49.1 ov), 10-179 (Lazarus Mokoena, 49.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Jack Brooks	11	3	34	2	3.09	54	2	1	1	4
4.3 to K Mogotsi, full delivery batsman gets no real front foot movement. Hit low on the front pad and given out lbw,looked very plum from here. 11/2 25.1 to B Dial, full delivery that comes back in and just about clips the top of middle and leg. 91/5
Liam Plunkett	9	3	17	2	1.88	46	2	0	1	0
3.4 to MY Cook, stuck on the crease hit on the back foot appeal for lbw given. Well set up by the bowling unit.. 11/1 30.3 to S Masondo, flashes at a delivery short and wide outsdie off stump hit in the air and only manages to pick out Robson at gully. 104/6
Boyd Rankin	9	0	29	1	3.22	38	4	0	0	0
14.4 to Y Valli, back of a length fended off onto the on side and taken by Robson at short leg. 35/3
Mark Wood	8.3	1	29	4	3.41	39	3	0	1	2
17.3 to WR Landsdale, short ball batsman gets underneath the delivery and taken by Robson at deep square leg who is two thirds away from teh boundary. 46/4 47.1 to Z Pongolo, stuck on the crease trying to play onto the on side but misses the delivery and is bowled with the middle stump getting knock back. 175/8 49.1 to KJ Dudgeon, nasty short ball fended off the glove and straight back to the bowler who runs forward to take the catch. 179/9 49.3 to Lazarus Mokoena, attempts a slog over cow corner but misses the delivery, bowler follows the old saying "you miss, I hit" and gets the middle stump knocked out the ground. 179/10
Adil Rashid	12	1	66	1	5.50	40	5	3	0	0
44.5 to B Barnard, playing off the back foot tryingo to work this behind square on the off side but unfortunately chops it on to his stumps. 169/7

England Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lyth	lbw b le Roux	25	29	37	5	0	86.20

Sam Robson	lbw b Arnold	1	4	5	0	0	25.00

Jonathan Trott (c)	not out	79	127	195	9	1	62.20
James Vince	lbw b Mokoena	6	9	12	1	0	66.66

Sam Billings	retired out	53	73	118	7	0	72.60
Jonny Bairstow †	b Arnold	0	5	8	0	0	0.00

Adil Rashid	not out	6	17	21	1	0	35.29
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 1)	6
Total	44 Ov (RR: 4.00, 199 Mins)	176/5d
Did not bat: Liam Plunkett, Mark Wood, Jack Brooks, Boyd Rankin, Alex Lees, Adam Riley, Craig Overton, Matt Dunn
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Sam Robson, 1.1 ov), 2-36 (Adam Lyth, 8.4 ov), 3-43 (James Vince, 11.3 ov), 4-158 (Sam Billings, 37.6 ov), 5-162 (Jonny Bairstow, 39.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Keith Dudgeon	7	0	49	0	7.00	23	8	0	0	0
Matthew Arnold	12	2	24	2	2.00	59	2	0	0	0
1.1 to SD Robson, stuck on the crease hit low on the front pad and given out by the umpire. 6/1 39.5 to JM Bairstow, playing off the front foot ball just nips back and clips the bails and is bowled. 162/5
Carmi le Roux	10	3	31	1	3.10	48	5	0	1	0
8.4 to A Lyth, stuck on the crease, bowler set it up very well and gets his man lbw. 36/2 37.6 to SW Billings, . 158/4
Lazarus Mokoena	6	2	26	1	4.33	24	4	0	0	0
11.3 to JM Vince, full delivery batsman plays off the front foot good stride in but still hit low on the front pad, huge appea lfor lbw and given. 43/3
Nono Pongolo	4	0	23	0	5.75	14	2	1	0	0
Zaid Saloojee	4	0	16	0	4.00	15	2	0	0	0
Yaseen Valli	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0

Gauteng Invitation XI 2nd Innings (T: 441 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Yassar Cook	c †Bairstow b Brooks	7	7	6	1	0	100.00

Karabo Mogotsi	b Rankin	8	27	46	1	0	29.62

Yaseen Valli	c †Bairstow b Wood	22	40	54	3	0	55.00

Wesley Landsdale	b Dunn	4	25	39	0	0	16.00

Bradley Dial	c Lees b Riley	35	81	102	3	0	43.20
Sizwe Masondo (c)†	b Plunkett	0	3	5	0	0	0.00

Brian Barnard	c Rankin b Rashid	18	21	33	3	0	85.71

Nono Pongolo	lbw b Rashid	3	17	15	0	0	17.64

Matthew Arnold	not out	2	20	35	0	0	10.00
Keith Dudgeon	not out	8	11	11	2	0	72.72
Extras	(b 9, lb 4)	13
Total	42 Ov (RR: 2.85, 173 Mins)	120/8
Did not bat: Dale Deeb, Lazarus Mokoena, Thamsanqa Rapelego, Zaid Saloojee, Carmi le Roux
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Yassar Cook, 1.5 ov), 2-38 (Karabo Mogotsi, 11.1 ov), 3-42 (Yaseen Valli, 14.1 ov), 4-56 (Wesley Landsdale, 19.6 ov), 5-57 (Sizwe Masondo, 20.5 ov), 6-94 (Brian Barnard, 29.3 ov), 7-99 (Nono Pongolo, 33.6 ov), 8-110 (Bradley Dial, 39.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Liam Plunkett	6	1	22	1	3.66	25	3	0	0	0
20.5 to S Masondo, playing back stuck on the crease ball keeps low and is bowled. 57/5
Jack Brooks	6	2	16	1	2.66	31	3	0	0	0
1.5 to MY Cook, down the leg side batsman plays a loose stroke and is caught brilliantly by Bairstow diving to his left. 11/1
Mark Wood	5	1	11	1	2.20	26	2	0	0	0
14.1 to Y Valli, pitched up no real foot work fishes outside off stump and gets teh faintest of edges through to the keeper. 42/3
Boyd Rankin	7	3	16	1	2.28	32	1	0	0	0
11.1 to K Mogotsi, pitched up batsma ncramped for room and is bowled with teh with the middle stump uprooted. 38/2
Matt Dunn	4	2	11	1	2.75	19	1	0	0	0
19.6 to WR Landsdale, played off the front foot batsaman misses a straight one and is bowled. 56/4
Adil Rashid	8	2	14	2	1.75	36	0	0	0	0
29.3 to B Barnard, clears the front leg looking to clear the mid off boundary but pick out Rankin running back. 94/6 33.6 to Z Pongolo, playing off the back foot hit low on the front pad in front and is given out. 99/7
Craig Overton	4	1	9	0	2.25	20	1	0	0	0
Adam Riley	2	1	8	1	4.00	10	2	0	0	0

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Mon, 05 Jan - day 1 - Eng Lions 1st innings 361/4 (Alex Lees 82*, Jonny Bairstow 32*, 90 ov)

Tue, 06 Jan - day 2 - Eng Lions 2nd innings 43/3 (Jonathan Trott 10*, 11.3 ov)

Wed, 07 Jan - day 3 - Gauteng XI 2nd innings 120/8 (42 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

England Lions 1st innings
England Lions: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls, 64 mins, 8x4, 0x6)
1st wicket: 52 runs off 85 balls in 64 mins (A Lyth 32, SD Robson 29, Ex 0)
SD Robson: 50 off 74 balls in 101 mins (9x4, 0x6)
England Lions: 100 runs in 29.0 overs (176 balls, 64 mins, 16x4, 0x6)
1st wicket: 100 runs off 176 balls in 122 mins (A Lyth 33, SD Robson 63, Ex 4)
England Lions: 150 runs in 44.2 overs (269 balls, 184 mins, 19x4, 1x6)
1st wicket: 150 runs off 269 balls in 184 mins (A Lyth 46, SD Robson 99, Ex 5)
SD Robson: 100 off 146 balls in 185 mins (11x4, 1x6)
A Lyth: 53 off 129 balls in 189 mins (9x4, 0x6)
England Lions: 200 runs in 52.1 overs (317 balls, 220 mins, 24x4, 3x6)
2nd wicket: 50 runs off 60 balls in 38 mins (A Lyth 29, AZ Lees 18, Ex 3)
A Lyth: 100 off 168 balls in 247 mins (15x4, 1x6)
England Lions: 250 runs in 61.2 overs (374 balls, 254 mins, 30x4, 3x6)
New ball taken at over 80.0 with the score 295/4
AZ Lees: 50 off 112 balls in 137 mins (6x4, 1x6)
England Lions: 300 runs in 80.2 overs (491 balls, 336 mins, 37x4, 4x6)
5th wicket: 51 runs off 63 balls in 41 mins (AZ Lees 24, JM Bairstow 22, Ex 5)
England Lions: 350 runs in 86.0 overs (526 balls, 360 mins, 41x4, 5x6)

Day 2

JM Bairstow: 50 off 80 balls in 110 mins (3x4, 1x6)
England Lions: 400 runs in 100.4 overs (614 balls, 426 mins, 45x4, 5x6)
1st innings of Gauteng Invitational XI:
Gauteng Invitational XI: 50 runs in 18.3 overs (117 balls, 83 mins, 4x4, 1x6)
Gauteng Invitational: 100 runs in 29.2 overs (183 balls, 126 mins, 9x4, 1x6)
Gauteng Invitational: 150 runs in 41.0 overs (254 balls, 170 mins, 14x4, 4x6)
7th wicket: 50 runs off 65 balls in 41 mins (B Barnard 29, Z Pongolo 20, Ex 1)
2nd innings of England Lions:

Day 3

England Lions: 50 runs in 14.4 overs (88 balls, 66 mins, 7x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 52 runs off 81 balls in 66 mins (IJL Trott 25, SW Billings 26, Ex 1)
England Lions: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (161 balls, 126 mins, 14x4, 0x6)
IJL Trott: 50 off 84 balls in 137 mins (5x4, 1x6)
4th wicket: 100 runs off 135 balls in 104 mins (IJL Trott 56, SW Billings 49, Ex 5)
SW Billings: 50 off 67 balls in 107 mins (7x4, 0x6)
England Lions: 150 runs in 35.1 overs (212 balls, 162 mins, 19x4, 1x6)
2nd Inngins of Gauteng Ivitational XI:
Gauteng Invitational: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls, 72 mins, 6x4, 0x6)
Gauteng Invitational: 100 runs in 34.1 overs (205 balls, 144 mins, 10x4,0x6)

Match Details

University of Johannesburg, Soweto
Toss	Gauteng Invitation XI, elected to field first
Series	England Lions tour of South Africa
Season	2014/15
Players per side	England Lions 15 (11 batting, 11 fielding); Gauteng Invitation XI 15 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Hours of play (local time)	10.30am start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	5,6,7 January 2015 - day (3-day match)
Umpires	Bongani Jele Brad White
Reserve Umpire	Jurie Sadler
Match Referee	Tiffie Barnes

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Innings

Player Name		R	B
MY Cook	caught	7	7
K Mogotsi	bowled	8	27
Y Valli	caught	22	40
WR Landsdale	bowled	4	25
B Dial	caught	35	81
S Masondo	bowled	0	3
B Barnard	caught	18	21
Z Pongolo	lbw	3	17
M Arnold	not out	2	20
KJ Dudgeon	not out	8	11
Extras	(b 9, lb 4)
Total	120(8 wkts; 42 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
LE Plunkett	6	1	22	1	3.66
JA Brooks	6	2	16	1	2.66
MA Wood	5	1	11	1	2.2
WB Rankin	7	3	16	1	2.28
MP Dunn	4	2	11	1	2.75
AU Rashid	8	2	14	2	1.75
C Overton	4	1	9	0	2.25
AEN Riley	2	1	8	1	4

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	11	Yassar Cook	Karabo Mogotsi
2nd	27	Yaseen Valli	Karabo Mogotsi
3rd	4	Yaseen Valli	Wesley Landsdale
4th	14	Bradley Dial	Wesley Landsdale
5th	1	Bradley Dial	Sizwe Masondo
6th	37	Bradley Dial	Brian Barnard
7th	5	Bradley Dial	Nono Pongolo
8th	11	Matthew Arnold	Bradley Dial
9th	10	Matthew Arnold	Keith Dudgeon

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