Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	c Thyssen b Birch	3	10	12	0	0	30.00

Dominic Hendricks	c Birch b Meyer	24	67	85	3	0	35.82
Temba Bavuma	c †Jacobs b Williams	40	94	144	5	1	42.55

Jean Symes	c Kreusch b Meyer	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Zander de Bruyn	b Williams	81	98	178	11	1	82.65
Brett Pelser	c Kreusch b Meyer	7	15	21	1	0	46.66

Quinton de Kock †	c †Jacobs b Meyer	0	2	3	0	0	0.00

Shane Burger	not out	114	174	235	14	0	65.51
Dale Deeb	c JT Smuts b Meyer	6	24	35	0	0	25.00

Ethan O'Reilly	c †Jacobs b Williams	30	81	107	3	0	37.03

Craig Alexander	c †Jacobs b Birch	8	7	7	2	0	114.28

Extras	(b 5, lb 12, nb 5, w 3)	25
Total	94.5 Ov (RR: 3.56, 418 Mins)	338
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Stephen Cook, 2.5 ov), 2-47 (Dominic Hendricks, 19.1 ov), 3-47 (Jean Symes, 19.3 ov), 4-119 (Temba Bavuma, 36.2 ov), 5-132 (Brett Pelser, 41.1 ov), 6-132 (Quinton de Kock, 41.3 ov), 7-218 (Zander de Bruyn, 60.6 ov), 8-243 (Dale Deeb, 69.5 ov), 9-329 (Ethan O'Reilly, 93.2 ov), 10-338 (Craig Alexander, 94.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	21.5	5	58	2	2.65	103	7	0	0	3
2.5 to SC Cook, edges to 3rd slip,Thyssen takes it low. 5/1 94.5 to CJ Alexander, edges outside off to keeper. 338/10
Basheeru-Deen Walters	11	3	33	0	3.00	49	4	0	0	0
Reece Williams	22	3	85	3	3.86	94	12	0	0	2
36.2 to T Bavuma, looking to run it down past the slips edges to keeper. 119/4 60.6 to Z de Bruyn, . 218/7 93.2 to E O'Reilly, inside edge. 329/9
Lyall Meyer	20	1	70	5	3.50	88	10	0	1	0
19.1 to DA Hendricks, . 47/2 19.3 to J Symes, top edge behind the keeper,Kreusch running running from 1st slip completes the catch. 47/3 41.1 to BJ Pelser, edged to 2nd slip JT Smuts drops but Kreusch was quick to take the rebound. 132/5 41.3 to Q de Kock, edges outside off. 132/6 69.5 to DR Deeb, length ball edges to 2nd slip. 243/8
JJ Smuts	13	2	45	0	3.46	52	2	2	0	0
Justin Kreusch	5	2	20	0	4.00	22	4	0	0	0
Bevan Bennett	2	0	10	0	5.00	5	0	0	0	0

Warriors 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bevan Bennett	b Alexander	17	28	37	4	0	60.71
Michael Price	c †de Kock b Burger	72	183	252	8	0	39.34

JJ Smuts	b Alexander	35	56	74	5	0	62.50

Arno Jacobs †	lbw b Burger	24	28	39	5	0	85.71
Justin Kreusch (c)	c Deeb b Alexander	59	99	158	9	0	59.59

Craig Thyssen	c †de Kock b Burger	0	7	10	0	0	0.00

Kelly Smuts	c †de Kock b de Bruyn	8	17	25	1	0	47.05
Lyall Meyer	c Symes b O'Reilly	5	15	24	0	0	33.33

Andrew Birch	c Pelser b de Bruyn	6	9	27	1	0	66.66

Basheeru-Deen Walters	c de Bruyn b O'Reilly	2	17	17	0	0	11.76

Reece Williams	not out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2, w 1)	7
Total	76.2 Ov (RR: 3.07, 336 Mins)	235
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Bevan Bennett, 8.1 ov), 2-88 (JJ Smuts, 24.2 ov), 3-122 (Arno Jacobs, 33.3 ov), 4-184 (Michael Price, 60.2 ov), 5-186 (Craig Thyssen, 62.3 ov), 6-213 (Kelly Smuts, 67.5 ov), 7-227 (Justin Kreusch, 70.6 ov), 8-227 (Lyall Meyer, 71.5 ov), 9-235 (Basheeru-Deen Walters, 75.5 ov), 10-235 (Andrew Birch, 76.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Alexander	13	1	57	3	4.38	54	8	0	0	0
8.1 to BL Bennett, . 40/1 24.2 to JT Smuts, back of a length,takes off stump off the ground. 88/2 70.6 to JP Kreusch, fuller length drives to short cover Deeb fumbles before completing the catch. 227/7
Ethan O'Reilly	12	4	47	2	3.91	57	9	0	1	0
71.5 to L Meyer, good legth,looking to chip it over cover,drives straight to Symes at covers. 227/8 75.5 to BD Walters, opens the face of the bat only to edge to 1st slip. 235/9
Shane Burger	17	4	46	3	2.70	81	5	0	0	0
33.3 to A Jacobs, . 122/3 60.2 to ML Price, back of a length delivery gets the thick outside edge,de Kock dives to his right to take a good catch. 184/4 62.3 to CA Thyssen, length ball tips the toe of the bat trying to leave outside off another spectecular catch by de Kock. 186/5
Zander de Bruyn	19.2	6	47	2	2.43	97	7	0	0	2
67.5 to KR Smuts, . 213/6 76.2 to ACR Birch, edges to 2nd slip were Pelser is standing. 235/10
Dale Deeb	15	3	34	0	2.26	74	4	0	0	0

Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	c Kreusch b Meyer	34	62	94	3	0	54.83

Dominic Hendricks	c †Jacobs b Birch	41	87	121	7	0	47.12
Temba Bavuma	c JT Smuts b Birch	4	7	9	0	0	57.14

Jean Symes	c Walters b JT Smuts	38	70	80	5	0	54.28

Zander de Bruyn	b Birch	23	40	73	0	0	57.50

Brett Pelser	b Walters	14	35	53	1	0	40.00

Quinton de Kock †	c Price b Birch	35	35	60	3	0	100.00

Shane Burger	not out	3	8	24	0	0	37.50
Dale Deeb	b Birch	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 2, w 2)	10
Total	58 Ov (RR: 3.48, 261 Mins)	202/8d
Did not bat: Craig Alexander, Ethan O'Reilly
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Stephen Cook, 22.2 ov), 2-74 (Temba Bavuma, 23.6 ov), 3-87 (Dominic Hendricks, 27.5 ov), 4-148 (Jean Symes, 42.3 ov), 5-156 (Zander de Bruyn, 45.4 ov), 6-192 (Brett Pelser, 54.2 ov), 7-202 (Quinton de Kock, 57.1 ov), 8-202 (Dale Deeb, 57.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	19	4	42	5	2.21	85	2	0	0	0
23.6 to T Bavuma, outside edge to 2nd slip. 74/2 27.5 to DA Hendricks, . 87/3 45.4 to Z de Bruyn, length delivery keeps low and de Bruyn is bowled. 156/5 57.1 to Q de Kock, pulls straight to Price at mid on. 202/7 57.6 to DR Deeb, . 202/8
Basheeru-Deen Walters	13	0	62	1	4.76	49	9	0	0	1
54.2 to BJ Pelser, yolker length,Pelser misses the ball. 192/6
Lyall Meyer	11	1	42	1	3.81	47	5	0	2	1
22.2 to SC Cook, edges to the lone slip standind. 69/1
Reece Williams	3	0	8	0	2.66	13	1	0	0	0
JJ Smuts	8	0	30	1	3.75	29	1	0	0	0
42.3 to J Symes, loftsstraight to mid on. 148/4
Justin Kreusch	4	0	12	0	3.00	16	1	0	0	0

Warriors 2nd Innings (T: 306 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Price	c †de Kock b Alexander	40	69	120	4	0	57.97

Bevan Bennett	c Deeb b O'Reilly	1	21	24	0	0	4.76

JJ Smuts	b O'Reilly	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Arno Jacobs †	lbw b Burger	15	16	23	2	0	93.75
Justin Kreusch (c)	c de Bruyn b O'Reilly	17	57	86	1	1	29.82

Craig Thyssen	c Pelser b de Bruyn	16	21	31	3	0	76.19

Kelly Smuts	c de Bruyn b Burger	16	46	64	2	0	34.78

Lyall Meyer	b Alexander	15	64	76	2	0	23.43
Andrew Birch	lbw b Deeb	1	9	12	0	0	11.11
Basheeru-Deen Walters	not out	17	15	23	2	1	113.33
Reece Williams	b Deeb	4	8	7	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 12, lb 6, w 1)	19
Total	54.4 Ov (RR: 2.94, 237 Mins)	161
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Bevan Bennett, 5.4 ov), 2-18 (JJ Smuts, 5.6 ov), 3-40 (Arno Jacobs, 10.5 ov), 4-78 (Michael Price, 25.4 ov), 5-85 (Justin Kreusch, 29.1 ov), 6-97 (Craig Thyssen, 32.2 ov), 7-129 (Kelly Smuts, 45.3 ov), 8-134 (Andrew Birch, 48.4 ov), 9-156 (Lyall Meyer, 53.1 ov), 10-161 (Reece Williams, 54.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Craig Alexander	9	4	20	2	2.22	44	1	0	0	0
25.4 to ML Price, full and a bit straight,edged to keeper,de Kock takes it low. 78/4 53.1 to L Meyer, . 156/9
Ethan O'Reilly	14	6	39	3	2.78	69	5	0	1	0
5.4 to BL Bennett, good length,on the front foot edges to 3rd slip. 18/1 5.6 to JT Smuts, back of a length goes through between bat and pads to take the bails off. 18/2 29.1 to JP Kreusch, good length,on the front foot Kreusch edges to 1st slip. 85/5
Shane Burger	14	4	45	2	3.21	68	6	1	0	0
10.5 to A Jacobs, . 40/3 45.3 to KR Smuts, flashes hard outside off gets the top edge to 1st slip. 129/7
Zander de Bruyn	8	4	12	1	1.50	42	1	0	0	0
32.2 to CA Thyssen, outside edge to 3rd slip. 97/6
Dale Deeb	9.4	4	27	2	2.79	48	3	1	0	0
48.4 to ACR Birch, . 134/8 54.4 to RC Williams, . 161/10

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Thu, 24 Mar - day 1 - Lions 1st innings 316/8 (Shane Burger 108*, Ethan O'Reilly 24*, 88.4 ov)

Fri, 25 Mar - day 2 - Warriors 1st innings 179/3 (Michael Price 71*, Justin Kreusch 25*, 58.3 ov)

Sat, 26 Mar - day 3 - Lions 2nd innings 184/5 (Brett Pelser 10*, Quinton de Kock 24*, 52.2 ov)

Sun, 27 Mar - day 4 - Warriors 2nd innings 161 (54.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Lions 1st Innings
Lions 50 runs in 97 mins off 131 balls,21.2 overs,5 x 4,0 x 6
4th wicket partnership: 50 runs in 59 mins off 89 balls,4 x 4,2 x 6 (T Bavuma 18,Z de Bruyn 27,Extras 5)
Lions 100 runs in 150 mins off 211 balls,34.3 overs,10 x 4,2 x 6
Z de Bruyn 50 runs in 98 mins off 65 balls,8 x 4,1 x 6
Lions 150 runs in 196 mins off 267 balls,43.4 overs,19 x 4,2 x 6
7th wicket partnership: 50 runs in 55 mins off 71 balls,6 x 4,0 x 6 (Z de Bruyn 24,S Burger 24,Extras 2)
Lions 200 runs in 251 mins off 343 balls,56.2 overs,25 x 4,2 x 6
New ball taken 282/8 (80.0 ov)
9th wicket partnership: 50 runs in 54 mins off 73 balls,4 x 4,0 x 6 (S Burger 24,E O'Reilly 21,Extras 5)
Lions 300 runs in 368 mins off 512 balls,84.2 overs,34 x 4,2 x 6

Day 2

Day 3

Wariorrs 200 runs in 278 mins off 394 balls,65.1 overs,28 x 4,0 x 3
JP Kreusch 50 runs in 135 mins off 90 balls,7 x 4,0 x 6
Lions 2nd Innings
Lions 50 runs in 69 mins off 100 balls,16.4 overs,7 x 4,0 x 6
1st wicket partnership: 50 runs in 69 mins off 100 balls,7 x 4,0 x 6 (SC Cook 22,DA Hendricks 26,Extras 3)
Lions 100 runs in 145 mins off 196 balls,32.1 overs,11 x 4,0 x 6
Lions 2nd innings: 1x5 ball over (over no 33)
4th wicket partnership: 50 runs in 47 mins off 63 balls,5 x 4,0 x 6 (J Symes 30,Z de Bruyn 17,Extras 3)
Lions 150 runs in 189 mins off 265 balls,43.4 overs,16 x 4,0 x 6
Change of ball:199/6 (56.1 ov)

Day 4

Lions 200 runs in 252 mins off 341 balls,56.2 overs,19 x 4,0 x 6
Warriors 2nd Innings
Warriors 50 runs in 61 mins off 79 balls,13.0 overs,5 x 4,0 x 6
Warriors 100 runs in 173 mins off 221 balls,36.4 overs,10 x 4,1 x 6
Warriors 150 runs in 226 mins off 315 balls,52.2 overs,14 x 4,2 x 6

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Warriors, elected to field first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2010/11
Player Of The Match	Shane Burger
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	24,25,26,27 March 2011 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Evan Gray Johan Cloete
Reserve Umpire	Karl Hurter
Match Referee	Dev Govindjee
Points	Lions 18.76, Warriors 6.7

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Warriors Innings

Player Name		R	B
ML Price	caught	40	69
BL Bennett	caught	1	21
JT Smuts	bowled	0	2
A Jacobs	lbw	15	16
JP Kreusch	caught	17	57
CA Thyssen	caught	16	21
KR Smuts	caught	16	46
L Meyer	bowled	15	64
ACR Birch	lbw	1	9
BD Walters	not out	17	15
RC Williams	bowled	4	8
Extras	(b 12, lb 6, w 1)
Total	161(10 wkts; 54.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CJ Alexander	9	4	20	2	2.22
E O'Reilly	14	6	39	3	2.78
S Burger	14	4	45	2	3.21
Z de Bruyn	8	4	12	1	1.5
DR Deeb	9.4	4	27	2	2.79

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	Bevan Bennett	Michael Price
2nd	0	Michael Price	JJ Smuts
3rd	22	Arno Jacobs	Michael Price
4th	38	Justin Kreusch	Michael Price
5th	7	Justin Kreusch	Craig Thyssen
6th	12	Craig Thyssen	Kelly Smuts
7th	32	Lyall Meyer	Kelly Smuts
8th	5	Lyall Meyer	Andrew Birch
9th	22	Lyall Meyer	Basheeru-Deen Walters
10th	5	Basheeru-Deen Walters	Reece Williams

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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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