Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luthando Mnyanda	c Bavuma b Siboto	33	97	145	5	0	34.02

Grant Mokoena	c van der Dussen b Alexander	4	16	30	1	0	25.00

Keegan Petersen	lbw b BE Hendricks	38	42	58	7	0	90.47

Pite van Biljon (c)	c †van den Bergh b BE Hendricks	67	129	229	7	3	51.93

Rudi Second †	c Siboto b Alexander	69	88	124	10	0	78.40

Andries Gous	c BE Hendricks b Fortuin	20	35	41	3	0	57.14

Ryan McLaren	c van der Dussen b BE Hendricks	5	25	44	1	0	20.00

Shadley van Schalkwyk	c †van den Bergh b Pretorius	13	21	32	2	0	61.90

Duanne Olivier	b BE Hendricks	4	11	19	1	0	36.36

Ottneil Baartman	b BE Hendricks	0	5	9	0	0	0.00

Mbulelo Budaza	not out	1	2	3	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 3, nb 4)	12
Total	77.5 Ov (RR: 3.41, 370 Mins)	266
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Grant Mokoena, 5.4 ov), 2-55 (Keegan Petersen, 16.5 ov), 3-85 (Luthando Mnyanda, 29.5 ov), 4-208 (Rudi Second, 57.2 ov), 5-242 (Andries Gous, 66.4 ov), 6-242 (Pite van Biljon, 67.3 ov), 7-261 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 74.2 ov), 8-261 (Ryan McLaren, 75.3 ov), 9-265 (Ottneil Baartman, 77.2 ov), 10-266 (Duanne Olivier, 77.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Beuran Hendricks	17.5	7	45	5	2.52	88	7	1	0	0
16.5 to KD Petersen, pitched up and stuck on the crease, hit low on the pad and huge appeal for lbw given. 55/2 67.3 to PJ van Biljon, playing off the back foot and gets an edge through to the keeper who takes a regulation catch. 242/6 75.3 to R McLaren, playing away from the body and edges through to van der Dussen who takes the catch at slip. 261/8 77.2 to OEG Baartman, coming around the wicket, batsman misses and bowler hits. Middle stump knocked back. 265/9 77.5 to D Olivier, playing off the front foot, misses the ball completely and is bowled. 266/10
Craig Alexander	15	2	57	2	3.80	68	8	1	0	3
5.4 to TG Mokoena, playing off the front foot and gets and edge and taken low down by van der Dussen at first slip. 9/1 57.2 to RS Second, short and pulled in the air and taken by Siboto at mid on. 208/4
Malusi Siboto	15	6	43	1	2.86	75	6	0	0	0
29.5 to LL Mnyanda, short delivery that does not get up much, batsman takes his eye off the ball and ball richochets off the bat and taken by Bavuma at gully running forward. 85/3
Migael Pretorius	16	2	70	1	4.37	67	12	0	0	1
74.2 to SC van Schalkwyk, wide outside off stump, batsman chases it and edges through to van den Bergh who takes an acrobatic catch to his left. 261/7
Bjorn Fortuin	12	2	40	1	3.33	52	4	1	0	0
66.4 to AGS Gous, playing off the front foot gets a leading edge and taken by BE Hendricks on the on side. 242/5
Stephen Cook	2	0	3	0	1.50	9	0	0	0	0

Lions 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	lbw b Baartman	30	61	78	5	0	49.18

Omphile Ramela	c †Second b Baartman	14	37	55	3	0	37.83

Dominic Hendricks	c Mnyanda b McLaren	30	91	125	4	0	32.96

Temba Bavuma (c)	c †Second b Budaza	94	127	195	15	0	74.01

Rassie van der Dussen	lbw b Budaza	32	44	89	5	0	72.72

Nicky van den Bergh †	c †Second b Baartman	59	86	152	10	0	68.60

Bjorn Fortuin	c †Second b Olivier	28	89	104	3	0	31.46

Malusi Siboto	lbw b McLaren	33	50	68	4	0	66.00

Migael Pretorius	c †Second b McLaren	12	13	22	2	0	92.30

Beuran Hendricks	c Mnyanda b McLaren	13	21	27	2	0	61.90

Craig Alexander	not out	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 14, nb 12, w 6)	32
Total	102.1 Ov (RR: 3.69, 453 Mins)	377
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Omphile Ramela, 13.1 ov), 2-50 (Stephen Cook, 17.4 ov), 3-134 (Dominic Hendricks, 40.5 ov), 4-209 (Rassie van der Dussen, 55.6 ov), 5-227 (Temba Bavuma, 61.1 ov), 6-316 (Bjorn Fortuin, 85.5 ov), 7-333 (Nicky van den Bergh, 91.1 ov), 8-356 (Migael Pretorius, 96.2 ov), 9-376 (Malusi Siboto, 100.4 ov), 10-377 (Beuran Hendricks, 102.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Duanne Olivier	25	3	82	1	3.28	113	12	0	0	6
85.5 to BC Fortuin, playing away from the body, takes the edge and Second takes a good catch diving to his right. 316/6
Ryan McLaren	25.1	4	82	4	3.25	114	13	0	0	0
40.5 to DA Hendricks, short and wide and cut to Mnyanda at point who dives to his left to complete the catch. 134/3 96.2 to M Pretorius, looks to drive straight and feathers it through to Second. 356/8 100.4 to MP Siboto, full into the pads and hit adjacent to the stumps , given !. 376/9 102.1 to BE Hendricks, full and swings hard and skies it , simple catch for Mnyanda. 377/10
Ottneil Baartman	18	3	62	3	3.44	83	8	0	2	1
13.1 to OA Ramela, playing off the back foot, short pitched delivery which the batsman tries to get under control but only manages to edge through to the keeper for a straight forward catch. 37/1 17.4 to SC Cook, playing off the back foot, trapped on the crease and huge appeal for lbw given. 50/2 91.1 to NJ van den Bergh, short delivery that nearly takes the batsman's head off, gets a glove on that one and the keeper takes a regulation catch. 333/7
Mbulelo Budaza	14	2	60	2	4.28	62	8	0	0	5
55.6 to HE van der Dussen, pitched up and stuck on the crease, huge appeal for lbw given. 209/4 61.1 to T Bavuma, down the leg side and batsman gloves the ball to the keeper who takes a regulation catch. 227/5
Shadley van Schalkwyk	18	1	72	0	4.00	75	12	0	0	0
Keegan Petersen	2	0	5	0	2.50	7	0	0	0	0

Knights 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luthando Mnyanda	c DA Hendricks b Alexander	3	8	14	0	0	37.50

Grant Mokoena	c Bavuma b Pretorius	15	33	49	2	0	45.45

Keegan Petersen	lbw b BE Hendricks	44	58	93	6	0	75.86

Pite van Biljon (c)	c Pretorius b Alexander	0	1	6	0	0	0.00

Rudi Second †	b Alexander	17	15	24	4	0	113.33

Andries Gous	b Pretorius	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Ryan McLaren	not out	1	11	24	0	0	9.09
Shadley van Schalkwyk	c Bavuma b BE Hendricks	0	5	8	0	0	0.00

Duanne Olivier	b BE Hendricks	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Ottneil Baartman	b BE Hendricks	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Mbulelo Budaza	run out (Ramela)	0	1	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 5, nb 4)	9
Total	22.3 Ov (RR: 3.95, 119 Mins)	89
Fall of wickets: 0-1* (Grant Mokoena, retired not out), 1-3 (Luthando Mnyanda, 1.6 ov), 2-9 (Pite van Biljon, 3.1 ov), 3-42 (Rudi Second, 7.6 ov), 4-86 (Grant Mokoena, 18.2 ov), 5-87 (Andries Gous, 18.4 ov), 6-87 (Keegan Petersen, 19.3 ov), 7-87 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 21.2 ov), 8-87 (Duanne Olivier, 21.4 ov), 9-87 (Ottneil Baartman, 21.6 ov), 10-89 (Mbulelo Budaza, 22.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Beuran Hendricks	8	2	24	4	3.00	37	3	0	0	0
19.3 to KD Petersen, fuller and comes back a tad and hits him on the pad , and given. 87/6 21.2 to SC van Schalkwyk, angled in to the pads , moves a tad away from him and a good edge carries chest height to Bavuma. 87/7 21.4 to D Olivier, looks for the boomimg drive and misses the bat ,disturbs the timber. 87/8 21.6 to OEG Baartman, leaves a good length ball and clips a bail on its way through. 87/9
Craig Alexander	6	0	36	3	6.00	25	6	0	0	2
1.6 to LL Mnyanda, a tad wide of off stump and a good edge carries to 2nd slip. 3/1 3.1 to PJ van Biljon, looks to pull and skies it , fielder underneath it and comfortable take. 9/2 7.6 to RS Second, full and left alone and..oh no , its castled the stumps and Alexander wheels away in celebration. 42/3
Malusi Siboto	3	1	7	0	2.33	15	1	0	0	0
Bjorn Fortuin	1	0	3	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	0
Migael Pretorius	4.3	1	14	2	3.11	22	2	0	0	2
back of a length and looks to defend and a healthy edge to 2nd slip. 1/0 18.2 to TG Mokoena, back of a length and looks to defend and a healthy edge to 2nd slip. 86/4 18.4 to AGS Gous, looks to defend and beats the edge , castled the stumps and Migeal Pretorius has another. 87/5

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Close of Play

Mon, 22 Oct - day 1 - Lions 1st innings 4/0 (Stephen Cook 4*, Omphile Ramela 0*, 2.2 ov)

Tue, 23 Oct - day 2 - Lions 1st innings 333/7 (Malusi Siboto 15*, Migael Pretorius 0*, 91.4 ov)

Wed, 24 Oct - day 3 - Knights 2nd innings 89 (22.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

R McLaren (vkb Knights)- 150th First-Class Match
AGS Gous (vkb Knights) - Franchise debut
1st Innings of vkb Knights:
vkb Knights: 50 runs in 15.2 overs (94 balls, 81 mins, 8x4, 0x6)
vkb Knights: 100 runs in 32.2 overs (196 balls, 160 mins, 15x4, 2x6)
4th wicket: 53 runs off 61 balls 52 mins ( PJ van Biljon 24 , RS Second 24, Ex 5)
vkb Knights: 150 runs in 43.3 overs (264 balls, 216 mins, 22x4, 2x6)
4th wicket: 100 runs off 139 balls 106 mins ( PJ van Biljon 43 , RS Second 51, Ex 6)
PJ van Biljon: 50 off 94 balls in 165 mins (6x4, 3x6)
vkb Knights: 200 runs in 55.3 overs (336 balls, 264 mins, 28x4, 3x6)
vkb Knights: 250 runs in 70.6 overs (430 balls, 333 mins, 34x4, 3x6)
Score after 77.5 overs: 266 ao. Bonus pts: Bat 3.32 Bowl 4
1st Innings of bizhub Highveld Lions:

Day 2

bizhub Highveld Lions: 50 runs in 17.2 overs (109 balls, 76 mins, 8x4, 0x6)
bizhub Highveld Lions: 100 runs in 28.3 overs (178 balls, 128 mins, 14x4, 0x6)
T Bavuma has now achieved 6 500 First-Class runs
3rd wicket: 50 runs off 67 balls 49 mins ( DA Hendricks 13, T Bavuma 29, Ex 8)
T Bavuma: 50 off 65 balls in 109 mins (8x4, 0x6)
bizhub Highveld Lions: 150 runs in 44.1 overs (272 balls, 197 mins, 22x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 53 runs off 53 balls in 41 mins ( T Bavuma 33, HE van der Dussen 19, Ex 1)
bizhub Highveld Lions: 200 runs in 53.6 overs (333 balls, 242 mins, 30x4, 0x6)
bizhub Highveld Lions: 250 runs in 65.6 overs (407 balls, 296 mins, 37x4, 0x6)
6th wicket: 53 runs off 72 balls 50 mins ( NJ van den Bergh 31, BC Fortuin 10, Ex 12)
bizhub Highveld Lions: 300 runs in 79.3 overs (490 balls, 352 mins, 44x4, 0x6)
New ball taken at over 80.0 with the score 302/5

Day 3

NJ van den Bergh: 50 off 106 balls in 67 mins (10x4, 0x6)
bizhub Highveld Lions: 350 runs in 94.3 overs (580 balls, 418 mins, 49x4, 0x6)
Score after 100 overs: 372/8. Bonus pts: Bat 5.44 Bowl 3
2nd innings of vkb Knights
TG Mokoena (2) retired hurt on 0 from 1/0 to 42/3
vkb Knights: 50 runs in 11.2 overs (69 balls, 62 mins, 8x4, 0x6)
bizhub Highveld Lions Bonus points: Batting: 5.44 Points Bowling: 4 Points
vkb Knights points: Batting: 3.32 Bowling: 3 points
Match points: bizhub Highveld Lions: Bat: 5.44 Bowl: 4 Match: 16 Total: 25.44
Match points: vkb Knights: Bat: 3.32 Bowl: 3 Match: 0 Total: 6.32
Player of the Match: BE Hendricks(bizhub Highveld Lions)

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Knights, elected to bat first
Series	4-Day Franchise Series
Season	2018/19
Player Of The Match	Beuran Hendricks
Match days	22,23,24 October 2018 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Adrian Holdstock Stephen Harris
Match Referee	Laurence Matroos
Points	Lions 25.44, Knights 6.32

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Knights Innings

Player Name		R	B
LL Mnyanda	caught	3	8
TG Mokoena	caught	15	33
KD Petersen	lbw	44	58
PJ van Biljon	caught	0	1
RS Second	bowled	17	15
AGS Gous	bowled	0	3
R McLaren	not out	1	11
SC van Schalkwyk	caught	0	5
D Olivier	bowled	0	2
OEG Baartman	bowled	0	2
M Budaza	run out	0	1
Extras	(lb 5, nb 4)
Total	89(10 wkts; 22.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BE Hendricks	8	2	24	4	3
CJ Alexander	6	0	36	3	6 (2 nb)
MP Siboto	3	1	7	0	2.33
BC Fortuin	1	0	3	0	3
M Pretorius	4.3	1	14	2	3.11 (2 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Grant Mokoena	Luthando Mnyanda
2nd	3	Luthando Mnyanda	Keegan Petersen
3rd	6	Pite van Biljon	Keegan Petersen
4th	33	Rudi Second	Keegan Petersen
5th	44	Grant Mokoena	Keegan Petersen
6th	1	Andries Gous	Keegan Petersen
7th	0	Ryan McLaren	Keegan Petersen
8th	0	Ryan McLaren	Shadley van Schalkwyk
9th	0	Ryan McLaren	Duanne Olivier
10th	0	Ryan McLaren	Ottneil Baartman
11th	2	Ryan McLaren	Mbulelo Budaza

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4-Day Franchise Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LIONS	10	7	2	1	195.22
COBRA	10	6	2	2	186
WAR	10	3	4	3	143.84
KNGHT	10	2	4	3	113.04
DOLPH	10	1	4	5	110.16
TITNS	10	1	4	4	104.66

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