Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Richards	c †Makwetu b van Schalkwyk	62	111	164	10	0	55.85
Dominic Hendricks	lbw b van Schalkwyk	150	275	396	28	0	54.54

Reeza Hendricks	c †Makwetu b Kruger	17	43	55	2	0	39.53

Temba Bavuma	c van Tonder b Dry	9	18	22	2	0	50.00

Wihan Lubbe	c Mokoena b Dry	65	55	75	10	3	118.18

Nicky van den Bergh (c)†	lbw b Dry	21	41	61	4	0	51.21

Bjorn Fortuin	lbw b Dry	9	28	38	2	0	32.14

Nono Pongolo	c †Makwetu b van Schalkwyk	5	10	18	1	0	50.00

Malusi Siboto	c van Tonder b Dry	3	5	15	0	0	60.00

Eldred Hawken	c Budaza b van Schalkwyk	0	7	19	0	0	0.00

Beuran Hendricks	not out	2	7	8	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 5, nb 9, w 1)	15
Total	98.3 Ov (RR: 3.63, 439 Mins)	358
Fall of wickets: 1-146 (Joshua Richards, 36.5 ov), 2-170 (Reeza Hendricks, 50.2 ov), 3-185 (Temba Bavuma, 55.6 ov), 4-279 (Wihan Lubbe, 73.5 ov), 5-331 (Nicky van den Bergh, 87.2 ov), 6-343 (Dominic Hendricks, 90.4 ov), 7-353 (Nono Pongolo, 94.6 ov), 8-353 (Bjorn Fortuin, 95.2 ov), 9-356 (Malusi Siboto, 97.1 ov), 10-358 (Eldred Hawken, 98.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Corné Dry	22	5	84	5	3.81	101	15	0	1	0
55.6 to T Bavuma, Tries to pull that one, and hits straight to Van Tonder at short square leg. 185/3 73.5 to WJ Lubbe, tries the drive, gets the top of the bat and straight to Mokoena at mid-off. 279/4 87.2 to NJ van den Bergh, great delivey, has the height and plum! huge appeal by Dry and given. 331/5 95.2 to BC Fortuin, straight onto the pads and a massive appeal by Dry. It is given!. 353/8 97.1 to MP Siboto, tries to block on the front foot, edges to van Tonder at gully. 356/9
Beyers Swanepoel	15	4	55	0	3.66	70	11	0	0	1
Patrick Kruger	13	3	68	1	5.23	59	15	0	0	2
50.2 to RR Hendricks, caught behind trying to play straight. 170/2
Mbulelo Budaza	10	1	51	0	5.10	40	8	0	0	4
Shadley van Schalkwyk	23.3	6	54	4	2.29	115	8	0	0	2
36.5 to J Richards, . 146/1 90.4 to DA Hendricks, ball hits pads and a huge appeal, given. 343/6 94.6 to Z Pongolo, short delivery touches the edge and is caught behind, huge appeal and Pongolo starts walking immediately. 353/7 98.3 to EL Hawken, Tried to lift a full delivery, played straight to Budaza at mid-on, a few inches off the ground. 358/10
Tshepo Ntuli	14	3	22	0	1.57	70	2	0	0	0
Andries Gous	1	0	19	0	19.00	2	0	3	0	0

Knights 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Mokoena	lbw b Hawken	16	26	34	3	0	61.53

Raynard van Tonder	c †van den Bergh b Hawken	34	98	157	5	0	34.69

Andries Gous	c Bavuma b Hawken	0	11	19	0	0	0.00

Pite van Biljon (c)	c sub (K Rapulana) b Hawken	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Patrick Kruger	c †van den Bergh b BE Hendricks	17	27	49	4	0	62.96

Wandile Makwetu †	c Lubbe b BE Hendricks	5	11	11	1	0	45.45

Shadley van Schalkwyk	b BE Hendricks	28	67	114	2	1	41.79

Beyers Swanepoel	not out	9	8	22	2	0	112.50
Corné Dry	c Richards b Hawken	2	10	10	0	0	20.00

Tshepo Ntuli	lbw b Pongolo	21	49	51	2	1	42.85

Mbulelo Budaza	b BE Hendricks	11	8	9	1	1	137.50

Extras	(lb 3, nb 11, w 1)	15
Total	50.5 Ov (RR: 3.10, 245 Mins)	158
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Grant Mokoena, 7.2 ov), 2-30 (Andries Gous, 11.1 ov), 3-30 (Pite van Biljon, 11.2 ov), 4-68 (Patrick Kruger, 21.4 ov), 5-75 (Wandile Makwetu, 23.4 ov), 6-91 (Raynard van Tonder, 31.6 ov), 6-97* (Beyers Swanepoel, retired not out), 7-101 (Corné Dry, 35.2 ov), 8-135 (Tshepo Ntuli, 47.2 ov), 9-142 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 48.6 ov), 10-158 (Mbulelo Budaza, 50.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Beuran Hendricks	13.5	1	54	4	3.90	63	7	1	0	6
21.4 to PE Kruger, edged the shorter delivery, caught behind by van den Bergh. Taking a comfortable catch. 68/4 23.4 to W Makwetu, tries to flick onto the leg side, but plays straight into Lubbe's hands at leg gully, taking a comfortable catch. 75/5 48.6 to SC van Schalkwyk, pitched inline and knocks the stumps off. 142/9 50.5 to M Budaza, inline and hitting the stumps. 158/10
Eldred Hawken	12	2	36	5	3.00	58	5	1	0	2
7.2 to TG Mokoena, full delivery hits the pads and an appeal by Hawken, it is given out. 22/1 11.1 to AGS Gous, attempts to drive on a shorter delivery, edges and Bavuma takes a comfortable catch at 3rd slip. 30/2 11.2 to PJ van Biljon, Tries to clip one onto the leg side and instead plays directly into the substituted fielders hands. Rapulana goes low to catch inches of the ground. 30/3 31.6 to R van Tonder, back of length delivery, tries to block and edges to van den Bergh, taking a comfortable catch. 91/6 35.2 to CA Dry, comfortable catch at short leg as Dry was looking to pull he short delivery. 101/7
Malusi Siboto	12	5	23	0	1.91	63	4	0	1	1
Bjorn Fortuin	7	1	15	0	2.14	32	0	1	0	0
Nono Pongolo	6	1	27	1	4.50	26	4	0	0	2
47.2 to T Ntuli, straight onto the pads, Huge appeal and its given. 135/8

Knights 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Grant Mokoena	c †van den Bergh b Hawken	29	95	143	4	0	30.52

Raynard van Tonder	b BE Hendricks	9	22	31	1	0	40.90

Tshepo Ntuli	c Lubbe b BE Hendricks	0	4	4	0	0	0.00

Andries Gous	c †van den Bergh b Hawken	12	12	18	3	0	100.00

Pite van Biljon (c)	lbw b Siboto	56	75	142	9	0	74.66

Patrick Kruger	c BE Hendricks b Fortuin	9	14	23	1	0	64.28

Wandile Makwetu †	c RR Hendricks b Fortuin	58	82	99	10	1	70.73

Shadley van Schalkwyk	b Fortuin	9	23	27	1	0	39.13

Beyers Swanepoel	c Richards b Fortuin	7	14	15	1	0	50.00

Corné Dry	lbw b BE Hendricks	5	5	12	1	0	100.00

Mbulelo Budaza	not out	0	4	12	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 9, nb 7, w 1)	25
Total	57.1 Ov (RR: 3.83, 268 Mins)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Raynard van Tonder, 6.2 ov), 2-17 (Tshepo Ntuli, 6.6 ov), 3-31 (Andries Gous, 10.5 ov), 4-96 (Grant Mokoena, 28.5 ov), 5-119 (Patrick Kruger, 33.2 ov), 6-149 (Pite van Biljon, 40.1 ov), 7-172 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 47.5 ov), 8-192 (Beyers Swanepoel, 51.6 ov), 9-209 (Corné Dry, 54.3 ov), 10-219 (Wandile Makwetu, 57.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Beuran Hendricks	16	1	67	3	4.18	74	11	1	1	3
6.2 to R van Tonder, Bowled through the gate. 17/1 6.6 to T Ntuli, fended off the backfoot and pops a catch to Lubbe at leg gully. 17/2 54.3 to CA Dry, full delivery in line and hits the pads. A huge appeal and given. 209/9
Eldred Hawken	10	0	37	2	3.70	44	5	0	0	3
10.5 to AGS Gous, Drives of the front foot, takes the edge and through to the keeper. 31/3 28.5 to TG Mokoena, attempts to pull to the leg side and edges to NJ van den Bergh with a comfortable catch behind the stumps. 96/4
Malusi Siboto	13	3	42	1	3.23	59	7	0	0	0
40.1 to PJ van Biljon, full length hits the pads and a massive appeal, It is given!. 149/6
Nono Pongolo	6	0	17	0	2.83	28	2	0	0	1
Bjorn Fortuin	12.1	2	39	4	3.20	56	6	0	0	0
33.2 to PE Kruger, attempts to flick one down leg and gets the leading edge to BE Hendricks at mid-wicket. 119/5 47.5 to SC van Schalkwyk, attempts to block, full delivery finds the gap between bat and pad and knocks the stumps. 172/7 51.6 to B Swanepoel, fends into Richards hands at short square leg. 192/8 57.1 to W Makwetu, comes down the track trying to heave the ball over long-on and gets an edge that that flies to RR Hendricks at slip who takes a superb catch. 219/10

Lions 2nd Innings (T: 20 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Richards	not out	20	22	21	2	1	90.90
Reeza Hendricks	not out	0	9	21	0	0	0.00
Extras		0
Total	5.1 Ov (RR: 3.87, 21 Mins)	20/0
Did not bat: Dominic Hendricks, Temba Bavuma, Wihan Lubbe, Nicky van den Bergh (c)†, Bjorn Fortuin, Nono Pongolo, Malusi Siboto, Eldred Hawken, Beuran Hendricks

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Corné Dry	3	0	9	0	3.00	14	0	1	0	0
Shadley van Schalkwyk	2.1	0	11	0	5.07	8	2	0	0	0

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Close of Play

Mon, 06 Jan - day 1 - Lions 1st innings 331/4 (Dominic Hendricks 142*, Nicky van den Bergh 21*, 87 ov)

Tue, 07 Jan - day 2 - Knights 2nd innings 33/3 (Grant Mokoena 4*, Pite van Biljon 1*, 13 ov)

Wed, 08 Jan - day 3 - Lions 2nd innings 20/0 (5.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Lions 1st innings
Lions: 50 runs in 82.5 overs (79 balls, 58 mins, 11x4, 0x6)
1st wicket: 51 runs off 79 balls 58 mins (JM Richards 22,DA Hendricks 29, Ex 0)
DA Hendricks: 50 off 84 balls in 125 mins (12x4,0x6)
Lions: 100 runs in 28.3 overs (173 balls, 127 mins, 19x4, 0x6)
1st wicket: 100 runs off 173 balls 127 mins (JM Richards 44,DA Hendricks 54, Ex 2)
JM Richards: 50 off 91 balls in 134 mins (8x4,0x6)
Lions: 150 runs in 40.2 overs (246 balls, 180 mins, 28x4, 0x6)
Lions: 200 runs in 58.3 overs (255 balls, 256 mins, 37x4, 0x6)
DA Hendricks: 100 off 177 balls in 256 mins (21x4,0x6)
Ball change at over 68.2 with score 238/3
Lions: 250 runs in 68.5 overs (417 balls, 296 mins, 42x4, 3x6)
4th wicket: 53 runs off 74 balls 49 mins (DA Hendricks 20, WJ Lubbe 29, Ex 4)
WJ Lubbe: 50 off 47 balls in 66 mins (7x4,3x6)
New ball at over 80.0 with score 299/4
Lions: 300 runs in 80.2 overs (490 balls, 350 mins, 49x4, 3x6)
5th wicket: 50 runs off 77 balls 56 mins (DA Hendricks 25, NJ van den Bergh 21, Ex 4)

Day 2

DA Hendricks: 150 off 273 balls in 394 mins (28x4,0x6)
Lions: 350 runs in 91.4 overs (560 balls, 402 mins, 59x4, 3x6)
Score after 98.3 overs: 358 a.o Bonus pts: Bat 5.16 Bowl 4
Knights 1st innings
Knights: 50 runs in 17.2 overs (108 balls, 86 mins, 9x4, 0x6)
B Swanepoel (1) retired hurt on 0* from 97/6 to 135/8
Knights: 100 runs in 34.3 overs (216 balls, 170 mins, 14x4, 1x6)
Knights: 150 runs in 50.1 overs (313 balls, 242 mins, 20x4, 2x6)
Score after 50.5 overs: 158 a.o Bonus pts: Bat 1.16 Bowl 4
Lions: Bonus points: Batting: 5.16 Points Bowling: 4 Points
Knights:Bonus points: Batting: 1.16 Points Bowling: 4 points
Knights 2nd innings (f/o)
EL Hawken: 200 First-Class wickets

Day 3

Knights: 50 runs in 17.5 overs (112 balls, 86 mins, 6x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 50 runs off 86 balls 61 mins (TG Mokoena 19,PJ van Biljon 23, Ex 8)
Knights: 100 runs in 29.6 overs (188 balls, 150 mins, 12x4, 0x6)
PJ van Biljon: 50 off 71 balls in 132 mins (9x4, 0x6)
Knights: 150 runs in 40.6 overs (254 balls, 203 mins, 21x4, 0x6)
Knights: 200 runs in 53.1 overs (327 balls, 250 mins, 28x4, 1x6)
W Makwetu : 50 off 73 balls in 92 mins (9x4, 1x6)
Lions 2nd innings
Match points: Lions: Bat: 5.16 Bowl: 4 Match: 16 Total: 25.16
Match points: Knights: Bat: 1.16 Bowl: 4 Match: 0 Total: 5.16
Player of the Match: DA Hendricks(Lions)

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Lions, elected to bat first
Series	4-Day Franchise Series
Season	2019/20
Player Of The Match	Dominic Hendricks
Match days	6,7,8 January 2020 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Dennis Smith KN Ananthapadmanabhan
Match Referee	Gerrie Pienaar
Points	Lions 25.16, Knights 5.16

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LIONS Innings

Player Name		R	B
J Richards	not out	20	22
RR Hendricks	not out	0	9
Total	20(0 wkts; 5.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CA Dry	3	0	9	0	3
SC van Schalkwyk	2.1	0	11	0	5.07

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	20	Reeza Hendricks	Joshua Richards

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4-Day Franchise Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
LIONS	8	4	3	1	121.62
TITNS	8	2	1	5	113.16
WAR	8	2	2	4	112.1
KNGHT	8	2	1	5	112.02
DOLPH	8	2	3	3	98.58
COBRA	8	0	2	6	95.2

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