Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bevan Bennett	c Conway b Friend	8	10	11	2	0	80.00

Michael Price	c †Smit b Friend	41	82	115	5	0	50.00

JJ Smuts	c Khan b Imran Tahir	33	37	71	7	0	89.18

Arno Jacobs †	c †Smit b Imran Tahir	10	28	51	2	0	35.71

Craig Thyssen	st †Smit b Imran Tahir	13	28	34	2	0	46.42

Justin Kreusch (c)	c van Jaarsveld b Imran Tahir	29	57	90	2	1	50.87

Kelly Smuts	b Imran Tahir	45	111	130	3	0	40.54

Nicky Boje	not out	59	86	130	4	1	68.60
Andrew Birch	c †Smit b Shezi	14	9	14	0	2	155.55

Basheeru-Deen Walters	b Friend	19	42	49	1	1	45.23

Reece Williams	lbw b Imran Tahir	1	13	11	0	0	7.69

Extras	(lb 7, nb 8)	15
Total	82.3 Ov (RR: 3.47, 358 Mins)	287
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Bevan Bennett, 2.4 ov), 2-61 (JJ Smuts, 15.4 ov), 3-92 (Michael Price, 23.2 ov), 4-106 (Arno Jacobs, 28.5 ov), 5-115 (Craig Thyssen, 32.1 ov), 6-173 (Justin Kreusch, 50.4 ov), 7-205 (Kelly Smuts, 64.3 ov), 8-230 (Andrew Birch, 67.4 ov), 9-280 (Basheeru-Deen Walters, 79.3 ov), 10-287 (Reece Williams, 82.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Quinton Friend	18	3	60	3	3.33	86	11	0	0	0
2.4 to BL Bennett, a sharpish bouncer, catches Bennett by surprise as he backs away, the ball tracks back and follows the batsman who cannot pull the bat away. The ball comes off the splice and loops to 3rd slip. An easy catch. 8/1 23.2 to ML Price, has a go, nicks to the keeper. 92/3 79.3 to BD Walters, comes forward, ball comes back and gets the batsman neck and crop. 280/9
Kyle Abbott	10	3	22	0	2.20	51	2	0	0	4
Mthokozisi Shezi	9	1	33	1	3.66	39	3	1	0	3
67.4 to ACR Birch, chases a ball seaming away, snicks, well taken by the keeper. 230/8
Imran Tahir	35.3	1	134	6	3.77	146	9	4	0	1
15.4 to JT Smuts, has a go by taking on the spinner, miscues to mid off. 61/2 28.5 to A Jacobs, down leg, flashes at the ball, brushes the ball which is taken by the bkeeper. 106/4 32.1 to CA Thyssen, enticed into leaving crease to pull to mid wicket. Misses and Smit takes and whips off the bails. 115/5 50.4 to JP Kreusch, edges to 1st slip. 173/6 64.3 to KR Smuts, comes forward to defend, the ball finds the gate qand runs into the stumps. 205/7 82.3 to RC Williams, Williams finds himself trapped with nowhere to go. 287/10
Jon Kent	10	1	31	0	3.10	46	3	0	0	0

Dolphins 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Imraan Khan (c)	lbw b Birch	6	36	53	1	0	16.66

Devon Conway	lbw b Birch	10	30	37	1	0	33.33

Mthokozisi Shezi	lbw b Boje	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

Divan van Wyk	lbw b Boje	47	136	177	5	0	34.55

Ahmed Amla	b Kreusch	76	195	237	12	0	38.97

Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c Thyssen b Birch	55	104	161	6	0	52.88

Jon Kent	lbw b Birch	40	113	163	6	0	35.39

Daryn Smit †	c †Jacobs b Williams	9	26	39	1	0	34.61

Kyle Abbott	b Boje	8	42	45	1	0	19.04

Quinton Friend	c Boje b Walters	27	38	64	2	1	71.05

Imran Tahir	not out	32	36	52	4	1	88.88
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 7, w 1)	15
Total	125.1 Ov (RR: 2.59, 521 Mins)	325
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Devon Conway, 8.5 ov), 2-13 (Mthokozisi Shezi, 9.5 ov), 3-21 (Imraan Khan, 12.2 ov), 4-124 (Divan van Wyk, 53.5 ov), 5-187 (Ahmed Amla, 72.3 ov), 6-235 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 92.4 ov), 7-251 (Daryn Smit, 102.2 ov), 8-262 (Jon Kent, 110.5 ov), 9-270 (Kyle Abbott, 113.6 ov), 10-325 (Quinton Friend, 125.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	31	9	94	4	3.03	145	14	1	0	2
8.5 to DP Conway, ball comes in from off striking the pads. This time it looks pretty plumb, and the umpire agrees. 12/1 12.2 to I Khan, ball comes in from the leg side and hits the pads, the appeal is upheld much to the batsman's surprise. 21/3 92.4 to VB van Jaarsveld, cuts straight to gully's waiting hands. 235/6 110.5 to JC Kent, pitches outside off, comes back to hit the pads. This time the umpire agrees that it would have hit the stumps. 262/8
Basheeru-Deen Walters	24.1	6	51	1	2.11	128	6	0	1	1
125.1 to Q Friend, goes for a big one but holes out at mid on. 325/10
Nicky Boje	42	8	111	3	2.64	192	13	1	0	0
9.5 to M Shezi, finds himself trapped in front. 13/2 53.5 to DJ van Wyk, shuffles across once too often and gets trapped in front. 124/4 113.6 to KJ Abbott, beaten by the turn of the ball. 270/9
Reece Williams	16	2	39	1	2.43	68	3	0	0	3
102.2 to D Smit, goes forward to defend, the ball finds the outside edge and goes through to the keeper. It's only a faint touch but it's enough for umpire Dennis Smith to give him the finger. 251/7
JJ Smuts	2	0	7	0	3.50	7	0	0	0	1
Justin Kreusch	10	4	16	1	1.60	53	3	0	0	0
72.3 to AM Amla, keeps straight, Amla possibly playsa bit early and the ball goes through. A breakthrough. 187/5

Warriors 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bevan Bennett	c van Wyk b Imran Tahir	8	36	49	2	0	22.22

Michael Price	lbw b Imran Tahir	8	32	42	1	0	25.00
JJ Smuts	c †Smit b Friend	2	9	11	0	0	22.22

Arno Jacobs †	lbw b Imran Tahir	51	107	144	7	0	47.66

Craig Thyssen	c Friend b Imran Tahir	41	57	86	8	0	71.92

Justin Kreusch (c)	b Friend	19	41	66	2	0	46.34

Kelly Smuts	b Kent	9	30	30	0	0	30.00

Nicky Boje	not out	16	31	61	1	0	51.61
Andrew Birch	b Imran Tahir	5	10	15	1	0	50.00

Basheeru-Deen Walters	lbw b Imran Tahir	3	27	24	0	0	11.11

Reece Williams	run out (Shezi)	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 3, lb 3, nb 1)	7
Total	63.4 Ov (RR: 2.65, 276 Mins)	169
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Michael Price, 10.5 ov), 2-21 (Bevan Bennett, 12.3 ov), 3-25 (JJ Smuts, 13.1 ov), 4-99 (Craig Thyssen, 33.3 ov), 5-130 (Arno Jacobs, 46.1 ov), 6-140 (Justin Kreusch, 49.4 ov), 7-149 (Kelly Smuts, 53.3 ov), 8-156 (Andrew Birch, 56.1 ov), 9-168 (Basheeru-Deen Walters, 62.5 ov), 10-169 (Reece Williams, 63.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kyle Abbott	10.4	3	29	0	2.71	45	6	0	0	1
Quinton Friend	14	6	26	2	1.85	72	5	0	0	0
13.1 to JT Smuts, Playing away and nicked off. The keeper takes a straightforward catch. 25/3 49.4 to JP Kreusch, The ball seems to be going past off-stump and the batsman subsequently leaves it. This turns out to be a mistake as the ball swings in and knocks the bails off.. 140/6 53.3 to KR Smuts, The batsman tries to glance it down to fine leg. The ball hits the pad and continues to hit leg stump.. 149/7
Imran Tahir	26	2	82	6	3.15	111	9	0	0	0
10.5 to ML Price, . 18/1 12.3 to BL Bennett, Bat-pad, caught at shortleg. 21/2 33.3 to CA Thyssen, Hit high into the cloudles blue sky. A fielder races into position at mid-on, but has quite a wait before comfortably taking the catch.. 99/4 46.1 to A Jacobs, The batsman goes onto his knee to try and sweep the ball. The ball hits his pads and the umpire gives a seemingly easy decision. 130/5 56.1 to ACR Birch, An attempted block which sees the ball hit the off-stump.. 156/8 62.5 to BD Walters, Yet another shout for LBW, but this one is succesful as the batsman tries to play a defensive shot, but misses and allowa the ball to hit his pads.. 168/9
Jon Kent	12	3	22	1	1.83	69	2	0	0	0
Imraan Khan	1	0	4	0	4.00	3	0	0	0	0

Dolphins 2nd Innings (T: 132 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway	lbw b Walters	5	10	7	1	0	50.00

Imraan Khan (c)	not out	73	122	151	11	0	59.83
Divan van Wyk	b Walters	2	15	35	0	0	13.33

Ahmed Amla	not out	41	73	107	5	0	56.16
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 5, w 1)	13
Total	35.5 Ov (RR: 3.73, 151 Mins)	134/2
Did not bat: Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Jon Kent, Daryn Smit †, Kyle Abbott, Mthokozisi Shezi, Quinton Friend, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Devon Conway, 1.3 ov), 2-32 (Divan van Wyk, 9.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	9	2	35	0	3.88	44	5	0	1	4
Basheeru-Deen Walters	10	2	32	2	3.20	48	5	0	0	1
1.3 to DP Conway, Another LBW shout which gets given this time.. 7/1 9.5 to DJ van Wyk, comes forward and plays past the ball. "Crunch" as the ball hits the stumps. 32/2
Nicky Boje	9	0	29	0	3.22	36	2	0	0	0
Reece Williams	4	1	10	0	2.50	19	1	0	0	0
JJ Smuts	3.5	0	21	0	5.47	15	3	0	0	0

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Thu, 06 Jan - day 1 - Dolphins 1st innings 17/2 (Imraan Khan 6*, Divan van Wyk 0*, 11 ov)

Fri, 07 Jan - day 2 - Dolphins 1st innings 259/7 (Jon Kent 37*, Kyle Abbott 4*, 107 ov)

Sat, 08 Jan - day 3 - Dolphins 2nd innings 32/1 (Imraan Khan 22*, Divan van Wyk 2*, 9 ov)

Sun, 09 Jan - day 4 - Dolphins 2nd innings 134/2 (35.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Warriors 1st Innings
13.1 overs - 50 in 65 minutes from 83 balls (9x4,0x6)
2nd wicket 50 partnership in 70 minutes from 80 balls, ML Price 16, JT Smuts 33, Extras 4 (9x4, 0x6)
25.3 overs - 100 in 125 minutes from 157 balls (17x4,0x6)
44.5 overs - 150 in 201 minutes from 274 balls (20x4,1x6)
6th wicket 50 partnership in 66 minutes from 102 balls, JP Kreusch 23, KR Smuts 25, Extras 2 (3x4, 1x6)
61.3 overs - 200 in 270 minutes from 375 balls (24x4,1x6)
73.1 overs - 250 in 319 minutes from 446 balls (26x4,5x6)
N Boje 50 in 115 minutes from 71 balls (4x4, 1x6)
9th wicket 50 partnership in 48 minutes from 71 balls, N Boje 27, BD Walters 19, Extras 4 (2x4, 2x6)
Dolphins 1st Innings

Day 2

30.5 overs - 50 in 137 minutes from 189 balls (5x4,0x6)
4th wicket 50 partnership in 107 minutes from 156 balls, DJ van Wyk 20, AM Amla 26, Extras 6 (6x4, 0x6)
42.6 overs - 100 in 180 minutes from 264 balls (13x4,0x6)
4th wicket 100 partnership in 164 minutes from 252 balls, DJ van Wyk 43, AM Amla 48, Extras 12 (12x4, 0x6)
AM Amla 50 in 170 minutes from 129 balls (8x4, 0x6)
AM Amla 50 in 170 minutes from 129 balls (8x4, 0x6)
61.2 overs - 150 in 254 minutes from 375 balls (18x4,0x6)
5th wicket 50 partnership in 60 minutes from 94 balls, AM Amls 27, VB van Jaarsveld 22, Extras 1 (7x4, 0x6)
New Ball - Over 82.0 - 198/5
82.5 overs - 200 in 332 minutes from 504 balls (25x4,0x6)
VB van Jaarsveld 50 in 142 minutes from 90 balls (6x4, 0x6)
100.1overs - 250 in 415 minutes from 609 balls (32x4,0x6)

Day 3

117.6 overs - 300 in 487 minutes from 716 balls (36x4,2x6)
10th wicket 50 partnership in 48 minutes from 62 balls, Q Friend 22, Imran Tahir 28, Extras 0 (4x4, 2x6)
Warriors 2nd Innings
19.1overs - 50 in 77 minutes from 116 balls (8x4,0x6)
4th wicket 50 partnership in 63 minutes from 86 balls, A Jacobs 21, CA Thyssen 29, Extras 0 (9x4, 0x6)
34 overs - 100 in 145 minutes from 205 balls (17x4,0x6)
A Jacobs in 50 in 141 minutes from 102 balls (7x4, 0x6)
53.4 overs - 150 in 228 minutes from 323 balls (22x4, 0x6)
Dolphins 2nd Innings

Day 4

15.5 overs - 50 in 73 minutes from 99 balls (8x4,0x6)
I Kahn 50 in 98 minutes from 71 balls (9x4, 0x6)
I Kahn 50 in 98 minutes from 71 balls (9x4, 0x6)
3rd wicket 50 partnership in 70 minutes from 89 balls, I Kahn 29, AM Amla 17, Extras 5 (7x4, 0x6)
28.5 overs - 100 in 130 minutes from 179 balls (14x4,0x6)
Warriors 3.74 bat, bowl 2 = Total 5.74
Dolphins 2.98 bat, 4 bowl, 10 match = total 16.98

Match Details

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss	Warriors, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2010/11
Player Of The Match	Imran Tahir
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	6,7,8,9 January 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Dennis Smith Karl Hurter
Reserve Umpire	Clive Joubert
Match Referee	Dev Govindjee
Points	Dolphins 16.98, Warriors 5.74

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Dolphins Innings

Player Name		R	B
DP Conway	lbw	5	10
I Khan	not out	73	122
DJ van Wyk	bowled	2	15
AM Amla	not out	41	73
Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 5, w 1)
Total	134(2 wkts; 35.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
ACR Birch	9	2	35	0	3.88 (4 nb)
BD Walters	10	2	32	2	3.2 (1 nb)
N Boje	9	0	29	0	3.22
RC Williams	4	1	10	0	2.5
JT Smuts	3.5	0	21	0	5.47

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	7	Imraan Khan	Devon Conway
2nd	25	Imraan Khan	Divan van Wyk
3rd	98	Ahmed Amla	Imraan Khan

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SuperSport Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
COBRA	10	5	0	4	113.44
TITNS	10	3	3	4	102.9
LIONS	10	2	1	7	85.28
DOLPH	10	2	4	4	77.04
KNGHT	10	1	2	6	69.84
WAR	10	1	4	5	60.28

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