Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Richards	c Thomson b Cartwright	3	26	32	0	0	11.53

Dominic Hendricks	c Thomson b Viljoen	13	33	50	3	0	39.39

Reeza Hendricks	c Mahlangu b Piedt	28	61	89	6	0	45.90

Kagiso Rapulana	c Thomson b Piedt	14	37	53	2	0	37.83

Wihan Lubbe	c de Bruyn b Viljoen	1	8	12	0	0	12.50

Nicky van den Bergh (c)†	lbw b Viljoen	0	3	8	0	0	0.00

Bjorn Fortuin	c de Bruyn b Cartwright	2	5	9	0	0	40.00

Nono Pongolo	c †Klaasen b Thomson	24	54	64	4	0	44.44

Malusi Siboto	c & b Thomson	22	39	69	3	0	56.41

Migael Pretorius	c †Klaasen b Galiem	32	39	45	7	0	82.05

Eldred Hawken	not out	14	15	34	3	0	93.33
Extras	(lb 12, nb 3)	15
Total	52.5 Ov (RR: 3.17, 237 Mins)	168
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Joshua Richards, 7.5 ov), 2-23 (Dominic Hendricks, 11.4 ov), 3-54 (Kagiso Rapulana, 23.3 ov), 4-67 (Wihan Lubbe, 26.4 ov), 5-67 (Reeza Hendricks, 27.3 ov), 6-67 (Nicky van den Bergh, 28.1 ov), 7-71 (Bjorn Fortuin, 29.2 ov), 8-112 (Nono Pongolo, 43.3 ov), 9-125 (Malusi Siboto, 45.3 ov), 10-168 (Migael Pretorius, 52.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Marcello Piedt	10	4	17	2	1.70	52	2	0	0	0
23.3 to K Rapulana, full outside off, gets the outside edge and the catch is taken by a diving second slip. 54/3 27.3 to RR Hendricks, full outside off, driven to the man at cover who takes a low catch above the ground. 67/5
Ryan Cartwright	14	5	42	2	3.00	66	7	0	0	0
7.5 to J Richards, full just outside off, gets the outside edge and is caught at second slip. 17/1 29.2 to BC Fortuin, full outside off, gets the outside edge to first slip. 71/7
Dayyaan Galiem	7.5	2	24	1	3.06	41	4	0	0	3
52.5 to M Pretorius, back of a length on the stumps, ball seams away and gets the outside edge through to the keeper. 168/10
Hardus Viljoen	17	5	51	3	3.00	84	10	0	0	0
11.4 to DA Hendricks, short outside off, gets the outside edge and caught at second slip. 23/2 26.4 to WJ Lubbe, full outside off, batsman drives and gets the outside edge to first slip. 67/4 28.1 to NJ van den Bergh, full on the stumps. Hits the pads just below the knee roll and the umpire gives him out. 67/6
Grant Thomson	4	0	22	2	5.50	17	5	0	0	0
43.3 to Z Pongolo, full outside off, draws the outside edge to the keeper. 112/8 45.3 to MP Siboto, full outside off, driven straigh back to the bowler who takes the catch in his followthrough. 125/9

Titans 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Victor Mahlangu	lbw b Fortuin	23	101	137	4	0	22.77
Tony de Zorzi	b Pretorius	11	10	22	2	0	110.00

Theunis de Bruyn	lbw b Hawken	120	209	322	17	0	57.41

Heinrich Klaasen †	b Hawken	2	12	11	0	0	16.66

Gregory Mahlokwana	c Fortuin b Hawken	14	55	63	2	0	25.45

Farhaan Behardien	c Lubbe b Fortuin	43	86	113	4	1	50.00

Grant Thomson (c)	c Rapulana b Fortuin	87	156	208	14	0	55.76

Dayyaan Galiem	c & b Fortuin	36	46	68	6	0	78.26

Hardus Viljoen	b Fortuin	26	40	46	3	1	65.00

Ryan Cartwright	not out	14	52	75	2	0	26.92
Extras	(lb 12, nb 2, w 2)	16
Total	127.3 Ov (RR: 3.07, 537 Mins)	392/9d
Did not bat: Marcello Piedt
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Tony de Zorzi, 5.2 ov), 2-87 (Victor Mahlangu, 30.4 ov), 3-94 (Heinrich Klaasen, 33.4 ov), 4-127 (Gregory Mahlokwana, 48.6 ov), 5-218 (Farhaan Behardien, 76.4 ov), 6-220 (Theunis de Bruyn, 80.6 ov), 7-290 (Dayyaan Galiem, 96.1 ov), 8-336 (Hardus Viljoen, 108.1 ov), 9-392 (Grant Thomson, 127.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Eldred Hawken	26	10	61	3	2.34	125	8	0	0	0
33.4 to H Klaasen, wide outside off, batsman swings his bat and inside edges the ball onto his leg stump. 94/3 48.6 to G Mahlokwana, full outside off, driven straight into cover's hands. 127/4 80.6 to TB de Bruyn, full outside off and swings back into the pads. 220/6
Migael Pretorius	26	4	80	1	3.07	-	-	-	0	0
Nono Pongolo	19	5	61	0	3.21	89	10	0	1	2
Malusi Siboto	25	4	75	0	3.00	117	13	0	1	0
Bjorn Fortuin	24.3	1	76	5	3.10	102	5	2	0	0
30.4 to VB Mahlangu, . 87/2 76.4 to F Behardien, full outside off, batsman tries to clear the boundary but skies it high into the air and caught by the man at mid-wicket. 218/5 96.1 to AD Galiem, full into the leg stump, batsman makes room and hits the ball hard and low to the bowler who takes a briliant diving catch to his left. 290/7 108.1 to GC Viljoen, full on the stumps, batsman clears his front leg and tries to slog but misses and gets bowled. 336/8 127.3 to GM Thomson, caught at deep mid on. 392/9
Wihan Lubbe	7	2	27	0	3.85	30	5	0	0	0

Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Richards	lbw b Cartwright	16	24	28	3	0	66.66
Dominic Hendricks	lbw b Thomson	42	78	128	8	0	53.84
Reeza Hendricks	lbw b Viljoen	82	115	156	14	0	71.30
Kagiso Rapulana	c †Klaasen b Cartwright	6	6	15	1	0	100.00

Wihan Lubbe	c Cartwright b Galiem	15	68	112	2	0	22.05

Nicky van den Bergh (c)†	c Thomson b Cartwright	4	14	25	1	0	28.57

Bjorn Fortuin	lbw b Mahlokwana	12	41	68	1	0	29.26
Nono Pongolo	c †Klaasen b Galiem	9	15	15	2	0	60.00
Malusi Siboto	lbw b Mahlokwana	6	12	14	1	0	50.00
Migael Pretorius	not out	11	24	30	1	0	45.83
Eldred Hawken	c Behardien b Viljoen	14	20	22	2	0	70.00

Extras	(b 9, lb 4, nb 1)	14
Total	69.2 Ov (RR: 3.33, 311 Mins)	231
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Joshua Richards, 7.1 ov), 2-120 (Dominic Hendricks, 29.2 ov), 3-135 (Kagiso Rapulana, 32.3 ov), 4-164 (Reeza Hendricks, 41.2 ov), 5-169 (Nicky van den Bergh, 46.1 ov), 6-181 (Wihan Lubbe, 55.2 ov), 7-197 (Nono Pongolo, 59.3 ov), 8-205 (Bjorn Fortuin, 60.5 ov), 9-206 (Malusi Siboto, 62.3 ov), 10-231 (Eldred Hawken, 69.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hardus Viljoen	21.2	7	59	2	2.76	100	9	0	0	0
41.2 to RR Hendricks, . 164/4 69.2 to EL Hawken, caught at mid off. 231/10
Ryan Cartwright	17	6	46	3	2.70	83	8	0	0	0
7.1 to J Richards, . 37/1 32.3 to K Rapulana, full on off, gets the outside edge and taken by the keeper diving to his right. 135/3 46.1 to NJ van den Bergh, full outside off, draws the batsman forward and gets the outside edge to wide second slip. 169/5
Dayyaan Galiem	16	3	61	2	3.81	74	11	0	0	1
55.2 to WJ Lubbe, full into the pads, flicked to mid-wicket who takes a diving catch to his right. 181/6 59.3 to Z Pongolo, . 197/7
Marcello Piedt	3	0	16	0	5.33	11	3	0	0	0
Grant Thomson	5	0	13	1	2.60	23	2	0	0	0
29.2 to DA Hendricks, . 120/2
Gregory Mahlokwana	7	0	23	2	3.28	29	3	0	0	0
60.5 to BC Fortuin, . 205/8 62.3 to MP Siboto, . 206/9

Titans 2nd Innings (T: 8 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tony de Zorzi	not out	6	6	5	1	0	100.00
Victor Mahlangu	not out	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2)	2
Total	1.4 Ov (RR: 4.80, 5 Mins)	8/0
Did not bat: Theunis de Bruyn, Heinrich Klaasen †, Gregory Mahlokwana, Farhaan Behardien, Dayyaan Galiem, Hardus Viljoen, Marcello Piedt, Ryan Cartwright, Grant Thomson (c)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Kagiso Rapulana	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0	0
Bjorn Fortuin	0.4	0	5	0	7.50	2	1	0	0	0

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Mon, 20 Jan - day 1 - Titans 1st innings 109/3 (Theunis de Bruyn 63*, Gregory Mahlokwana 7*, 41 ov)

Tue, 21 Jan - day 2 - Lions 2nd innings 37/0 (Joshua Richards 16*, Dominic Hendricks 20*, 7 ov)

Wed, 22 Jan - day 3 - Titans 2nd innings 8/0 (1.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Lions 1st Innings
Lions: 50 runs in 21.3 overs (131 balls, 97 mins, 9x4, 0x6)
Lions: 100 runs in 36.6 overs (224 balls, 165 mins, 16x4, 0x6)
Lions: 150 runs in 49.2 overs (298 balls, 228 mins, 26x4, 0x6)
Titans 1st Innings
Titans: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls, 88 mins, 10x4, 0x6)
Titans: 50 runs in 20.2 overs (122 balls, 88 mins, 10x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket partnership: 50 runs of 105 balls in 75 mins (Mahlangu 14, de Bruyn 36, Ext 0)
TB de Bruyn: 50 off 73 balls in 108 mins (9x4, 0x6)
Titans: 100 runs in 36.1 overs (218 balls, 162 mins, 16x4, 0x6)

Day 2

Titans: 150 runs in 57.6 overs (351 balls, 258 mins, 22x4, 0x6)
5th wicket partnership: 50 runs of 122 balls in 86 mins (de Bruyn 20, Behardien 27, Ext 3)
TB de Bruyn: 103 off 176 balls in 282 mins (15x4, 0x6)
Titans: 200 runs in 72.5 overs (441 balls, 315 mins, 27x4, 0x6)
New ball take - 220/5 at 80.0 Overs
Titans: 250 runs in 89.2 overs (540 balls, 385 mins, 36x4, 1x6)
7th wicket partnership: 50 runs of 63 balls in 48 mins (Thomson 26, Galiem 22, Ext 2)
Titans: 300 runs in 98.6 overs (598 balls, 426 mins, 42x4, 1x6)
GM Thomson: 50 off 112 balls in 151 mins (7x4, 0x6)
Titans: 350 runs in 115.5 overs (699 balls, 489 mins, 47x4, 2x6)
9th wicket partnership: 50 runs of 106 balls in 65 mins (Thomson 36, Cartwright 14, Ext 0)
Lions 2nd Innings

Day 3

Lions: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls, 36 mins, 10x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket partnership: 53 runs of 84 balls in 63 mins (DA Henricks 9, RR Hendricks 39, Ext 5)
Lions: 100 runs in 23.6 overs (144 balls, 105 mins, 18x4, 0x6)
RR Hendricks: 52 off 67 balls in 88 mins (10x4, 0x6)
Lions: 150 runs in 38.4 overs (233 balls, 175 mins, 25x4, 0x6)
Lions: 200 runs in 59.5 overs (360 balls, 278 mins, 32x4, 0x6)
Titans 2nd Innings
Match points: Titans: Bat: 4.14 Bowl: 4 Match: 16 Total: 24.14
Match points: Lions: Bat: 1.36 Bowl: 3 Match: 0 Total: 4.36

Match Details

SuperSport Park, Centurion
Toss	Lions, elected to bat first
Series	4-Day Franchise Series
Season	2019/20
Player Of The Match	Theunis de Bruyn
Match days	20,21,22 January 2020 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Abdoellah Steenkamp Stephen Harris
Match Referee	Gerrie Pienaar
Points	Titans 24.14, Lions 4.36

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Titans Innings

Player Name		R	B
T de Zorzi	not out	6	6
VB Mahlangu	not out	0	4
Extras	(b 2)
Total	8(0 wkts; 1.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rapulana	1	0	1	0	1
BC Fortuin	0.4	0	5	0	7.5

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	8	Victor Mahlangu	Tony de Zorzi

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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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