Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rudi Second	c Ontong b Smith	21	20	36	3	0	105.00

Patrick Kruger	c Levi b Smith	74	49	66	7	4	151.02

David Miller	b Linde	2	4	6	0	0	50.00

Pite van Biljon (c)	b Linde	17	12	12	0	1	141.66

Diego Rosier	c Smith b Paterson	27	12	14	2	2	225.00

Tumelo Bodibe †	b Paterson	7	6	16	1	0	116.66

Marchant de Lange	b Paterson	22	10	11	3	1	220.00

Dillon du Preez	not out	4	5	8	0	0	80.00
Shadley van Schalkwyk	c Smith b Pollard	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

Tshepo Ntuli	not out	0	0	1	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 3)	10
Total	20 Ov (RR: 9.20, 88 Mins)	184/8
Did not bat: Lwandiswa Zuma
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Rudi Second, 8.5 ov), 2-87 (David Miller, 10.1 ov), 3-114 (Pite van Biljon, 12.5 ov), 4-150 (Patrick Kruger, 15.5 ov), 5-156 (Diego Rosier, 16.3 ov), 6-180 (Marchant de Lange, 18.3 ov), 7-181 (Tumelo Bodibe, 18.6 ov), 8-182 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 19.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rory Kleinveldt	3	0	15	0	5.00	12	1	1	1	0
Dane Paterson	4	0	40	3	10.00	10	6	1	0	0
16.3 to DS Rosier, moving across his stumps and whipped straight into the hands of Smith at mid wicket who takes the catch at a good height. 156/5 18.3 to M de Lange, yorker batsman fails to keep it out and is clean bowled. 180/6 18.6 to TM Bodibe, yorker batsman fails to keep it out and is clean bowled. 181/7
Kieron Pollard	4	0	29	1	7.25	7	3	0	1	0
19.5 to SC van Schalkwyk, clears the front leg and hit high in the air and well taken by Smith who this time around looked comfortable under the ball. 182/8
George Linde	4	0	34	2	8.50	7	1	2	1	0
10.1 to DA Miller, trying to reverse sweep misses the ball completely and is bowled. 87/2 12.5 to PJ van Biljon, batsman gives himself to much room and is bowled. 114/3
Tshepo Moreki	1	0	14	0	14.00	2	0	2	0	0
Jason Smith	2	0	25	2	12.50	3	2	2	0	0
8.5 to RS Second, trying to clear the fence mistimed off the bottom half of the bat hit in the air and Ontong runs in from long on who completes the catch. 72/1 15.5 to PE Kruger, driven off the front foot and well taken by Levi at extra cover. 150/4
Aviwe Mgijima	2	0	20	0	10.00	2	3	0	0	0

Cape Cobras (T: 185 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Richard Levi	b de Lange	25	16	16	4	1	156.25

Cebo Tshiki	c van Schalkwyk b de Lange	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

Jason Smith	lbw b Ntuli	12	12	33	0	0	100.00

Justin Ontong (c)	lbw b du Preez	1	5	5	0	0	20.00

Keegan Petersen †	c Second b Kruger	39	29	38	6	0	134.48

Kieron Pollard	c de Lange b Kruger	5	8	17	0	0	62.50

Aviwe Mgijima	c Rosier b Zuma	2	4	14	0	0	50.00

George Linde	run out (van Biljon/†Bodibe)	30	17	28	1	3	176.47

Rory Kleinveldt	c Second b van Schalkwyk	17	9	8	2	1	188.88

Dane Paterson	not out	6	1	11	0	1	600.00
Tshepo Moreki	c van Schalkwyk b de Lange	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 4, nb 1, w 4)	9
Total	17.2 Ov (RR: 8.42, 88 Mins)	146
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Cebo Tshiki, 1.1 ov), 2-31 (Richard Levi, 3.4 ov), 3-32 (Justin Ontong, 4.4 ov), 4-53 (Jason Smith, 7.5 ov), 5-76 (Kieron Pollard, 11.1 ov), 6-88 (Keegan Petersen, 11.6 ov), 7-109 (Aviwe Mgijima, 14.1 ov), 8-127 (Rory Kleinveldt, 15.5 ov), 9-146 (George Linde, 17.1 ov), 10-146 (Tshepo Moreki, 17.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	3	1	19	1	6.33	12	2	1	0	0
4.4 to JL Ontong, pitched up trying to work the ball onto the on side,misses the ball and is given out lbw. 32/3
Marchant de Lange	3.2	0	17	3	5.10	12	2	0	2	0
1.1 to C Tshiki, pitched up trying to work it onto the on side leading edge taken by van Schakwyk running back at mid wicket. 2/1 3.4 to RE Levi, pitche up trying to pick up another boundary beaten for pace as de Lange sends the stumps cartwheeling. 31/2 17.2 to TL Moreki, good length delivery off the outside and taken by van Schalkwyk at backward point. 146/10
Shadley van Schalkwyk	3	0	31	1	10.33	9	5	1	0	0
15.5 to RK Kleinveldt, hit off the back foot high in the air and Second under the ball completes the catch after having a quick glance at his distance from the mid wicket boundary rope. 127/8
Lwandiswa Zuma	4	0	20	1	5.00	11	1	0	0	0
14.1 to A Mgijima, an innovative dink-shot gone wrong off the face of the bat and popped up to Rosier at backward point. 109/7
Tshepo Ntuli	2	0	25	1	12.50	4	1	2	0	1
7.5 to JF Smith, playing off the back foot trapped in front and huge appeal for lbw given. 53/4
Patrick Kruger	2	0	30	2	15.00	3	2	2	1	0
11.1 to KA Pollard, clears the front leg and hit high in the air and taken by de Lange at long on. 76/5 11.6 to KD Petersen, comes down the track and gifts a catch to Second at deep cover who makes good ground to his right. 88/6

Match Flow

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 47 runs, 0 wickets)
Knights: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (41 balls, 27 mins, 6x4, 1x6)
1st wicket: 50 runs off 41 balls in 27 mins ( RS Second 14, PE Kruger 31, Ex 5)
PE Kruger: 50 off 34 balls in 37 mins (4x4, 4x6)
Knights: 150 runs in 15.4 overs (97 balls, 66 mins, 12x4, 7x6)

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Cape Cobras, elected to field first
Series	CSA T20 Challenge
Season	2016/17
Batsman of The Match	Patrick Kruger
Bowler of The Match	Marchant de Lange
Hours of play (local time)	13.30 start, First Session 13.30-14.55, Interval 14.55-15.15, Second Session 15.15-16.40
Match days	12 November 2016 - day (20-over match)
Umpires	Allahuddien Paleker Bongani Jele
TV Umpire	Shaun George
Reserve Umpire	Adrian Holdstock
Match Referee	Barry Lambson
Points	Knights 5, Cape Cobras 0

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Cape Cobras Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
D du Preez	3	1	19	1	6.33
M de Lange	3.2	0	17	3	5.1
SC van Schalkwyk	3	0	31	1	10.33
LM Zuma	4	0	20	1	5
T Ntuli	2	0	25	1	12.5 (1 nb)
PE Kruger	2	0	30	2	15

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