Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Puttick (c)	b Coetsee	32	86	136	4	0	37.20

Stiaan van Zyl	b du Preez	15	25	26	2	0	60.00

Hashim Amla	c †Second b van Schalkwyk	10	45	50	1	0	22.22

Keegan Petersen †	c †Second b van Schalkwyk	13	40	52	2	0	32.50

Jean-Paul Duminy	lbw b van Schalkwyk	35	84	98	4	0	41.66

Lesiba Ngoepe	c Erlank b Coetsee	18	26	33	4	0	69.23

Dane Piedt	c †Second b du Preez	0	20	25	0	0	0.00

Mthokozisi Shezi	c Erlank b van Schalkwyk	7	47	62	0	0	14.89

Tshepo Moreki	not out	3	24	47	0	0	12.50
Dane Paterson	c Erlank b van Schalkwyk	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Lizaad Williams	c & b Olivier	5	17	15	1	0	29.41

Extras	(lb 6, nb 1, w 1)	8
TOTAL	69 Ov (RR: 2.11, 277 Mins)	146
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Stiaan van Zyl, 6.4 ov), 2-43 (Hashim Amla, 18.6 ov), 3-76 (Keegan Petersen, 31.4 ov), 4-76 (Andrew Puttick, 32.6 ov), 5-106 (Lesiba Ngoepe, 42.1 ov), 6-112 (Dane Piedt, 49.1 ov), 7-133 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 57.5 ov), 8-139 (Mthokozisi Shezi, 65.2 ov), 9-139 (Dane Paterson, 65.3 ov), 10-146 (Lizaad Williams, 68.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	13	3	24	2	1.84	61	1	0	0	0
6.4 to S van Zyl, Left ball outside off stump on back foot, only to have it swing in and knock out the off stump. 21/1 49.1 to DL Piedt, Drives at a widish ball outside off stump and edges to the keeper. 112/6
Duanne Olivier	17	5	25	1	1.47	89	2	0	1	1
68.6 to LB Williams, The short ball finally does the job, as the batsman sways back and tamely pops up a return catch to the bowler in his follow-through. 146/10
Shadley van Schalkwyk	17	6	45	5	2.64	83	7	0	0	0
18.6 to HM Amla, Slight away movement just catches the outside edge of Amla's back defensive stroke and carries nicely to the keeper. 43/2 31.4 to KD Petersen, Plays back defensively, but an awayswinger takes the edge and carries low to the keeper. 76/3 57.5 to JP Duminy, Trapped on back foot by ball keeping low. 133/7 65.2 to M Shezi, Forward defensive push edged straight to second slip. 139/8 65.3 to D Paterson, Another defensive push edged, this one just carrying to second slip, who had to dive forward and scoop a hand under the ball. 139/9
Mbulelo Budaza	5	3	12	0	2.40	27	3	0	0	0
Werner Coetsee	17	8	34	2	2.00	87	5	0	0	0
32.6 to AG Puttick, Played back defensively, but surprised by a bit of extra pace and jams bat down too late to prevent his off stump from being uprooted. 76/4 42.1 to LC Ngoepe, Forward defensive push takes the outside edge and flies neatly to slip. 106/5

Knights 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Letlotlo Sesele	lbw b Piedt	66	133	212	9	0	49.62

Rudi Second †	lbw b Paterson	2	5	3	0	0	40.00

Michael Erlank	lbw b Moreki	45	149	219	6	0	30.20

Diego Rosier	lbw b Moreki	61	127	182	9	0	48.03

Pite van Biljon	c †Petersen b Piedt	53	98	120	6	0	54.08

Tumelo Bodibe	c Puttick b Moreki	66	136	186	9	0	48.52

Werner Coetsee (c)	c Shezi b Duminy	103	179	235	10	0	57.54

Shadley van Schalkwyk	st †Petersen b Piedt	11	23	28	1	1	47.82

Dillon du Preez	b Piedt	51	59	67	6	1	86.44

Duanne Olivier	not out	2	21	17	0	0	9.52
Mbulelo Budaza	not out	2	4	11	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 8, nb 10, w 4)	29
TOTAL	154 Ov (RR: 3.18, 637 Mins)	491/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Rudi Second, 0.6 ov), 2-120 (Letlotlo Sesele, 46.5 ov), 3-122 (Michael Erlank, 49.1 ov), 4-230 (Pite van Biljon, 79.4 ov), 5-261 (Diego Rosier, 90.4 ov), 6-364 (Tumelo Bodibe, 124.4 ov), 7-392 (Shadley van Schalkwyk, 130.6 ov), 8-478 (Dillon du Preez, 148.6 ov), 9-484 (Werner Coetsee, 149.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dane Paterson	8	2	14	1	1.75	40	1	0	0	0
0.6 to RS Second, Hit low down looking to work the ball to leg off back foot and overbalancing somewhat. 3/1
Lizaad Williams	24	2	94	0	3.91	99	13	0	1	2
Mthokozisi Shezi	18	0	60	0	3.33	78	8	0	0	2
Dane Piedt	44	9	121	4	2.75	194	10	2	0	0
46.5 to LLL Sesele, Played back and looked to glance that to leg. 120/2 79.4 to PJ van Biljon, Big forcing shot off the back foot gets a thin edge to the keeper. 230/4 130.6 to SC van Schalkwyk, Went on the big drive again, missed and lifted the back foot momentarily for Petersen to whip off the bails. 392/7 148.6 to D du Preez, Went on the drive, beaten by turn and had his off stump knocked back. 478/8
Tshepo Moreki	23	1	75	3	3.26	105	10	0	1	6
49.1 to MN Erlank, Shoulders arms on the back foot and is nailed by an inswinger as Moreki switches to bowling around the wicket. 122/3 90.4 to DS Rosier, Got him this time - played back defensively and again the ball kept somewhat low. 261/5 124.4 to TM Bodibe, Slashes again outside off stump on the back foot looking to edge the ball over the slips, but Puttick at first slip leaps up and successfully grabs it. 364/6
Beuran Hendricks	22	5	60	0	2.72	103	9	0	1	0
Stiaan van Zyl	3	0	13	0	4.33	9	1	0	0	0
Jean-Paul Duminy	12	2	39	1	3.25	47	4	0	0	0
149.6 to WL Coetsee, Top-edged sweep skied high to the man at short fine leg. 484/9

Cape Cobras 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Puttick (c)	c †Second b Olivier	3	5	6	0	0	60.00

Stiaan van Zyl	c van Schalkwyk b Olivier	21	21	40	4	0	100.00

Hashim Amla	c Erlank b Olivier	23	21	25	5	0	109.52

Jean-Paul Duminy	lbw b Coetsee	27	40	55	3	2	67.50

Keegan Petersen †	c Rosier b van Schalkwyk	54	66	83	10	0	81.81

Lesiba Ngoepe	c & b Olivier	11	39	52	1	0	28.20

Dane Piedt	c du Preez b Erlank	12	55	71	1	0	21.81

Mthokozisi Shezi	not out	50	112	133	9	0	44.64
Beuran Hendricks	b Budaza	27	28	35	6	0	96.42

Tshepo Moreki	lbw b Erlank	6	43	34	1	0	13.95

Lizaad Williams	lbw b Erlank	1	10	7	0	0	10.00

Extras	(lb 4, nb 2, w 2)	8
TOTAL	73 Ov (RR: 3.32, 275 Mins)	243
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Andrew Puttick, 1.2 ov), 2-48 (Hashim Amla, 6.5 ov), 3-49 (Stiaan van Zyl, 8.1 ov), 4-98 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 20.5 ov), 5-146 (Keegan Petersen, 29.1 ov), 6-148 (Lesiba Ngoepe, 32.6 ov), 7-178 (Dane Piedt, 47.5 ov), 8-215 (Beuran Hendricks, 58.2 ov), 9-239 (Tshepo Moreki, 70.4 ov), 10-243 (Lizaad Williams, 72.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	5	0	36	0	7.20	18	7	0	0	0
Duanne Olivier	14	1	88	4	6.28	56	17	0	1	2
1.2 to AG Puttick, Top-edged hook skied for an easy catc to the keeper. 8/1 6.5 to HM Amla, Back foot forcing shot flies head-height to third slip, who makes n omistake. 48/2 8.1 to S van Zyl, Firm front foot push outside off stump flies head-high to gulley. 49/3 32.6 to LC Ngoepe, Digs it in short, the batsman goes for the pull and top-edges it, where it loops high back to the bowler. 148/6
Shadley van Schalkwyk	15	10	20	1	1.33	83	2	1	0	0
29.1 to KD Petersen, Lifted back foot drive tamely straight at cover. 146/5
Werner Coetsee	24	13	34	1	1.41	126	2	1	0	0
20.5 to JP Duminy, Pushes forward defensively but misses that and they all go up - as does the umpire's finger. 98/4
Mbulelo Budaza	5	1	29	1	5.80	23	7	0	1	0
58.2 to BE Hendricks, Stumps trimmed as he looks to whip this one through the leg side on the back foot. 215/8
Michael Erlank	10	2	32	3	3.20	44	5	0	0	0
47.5 to DL Piedt, Goes on another drive, but miscues it and loops a catch to cover. 178/7 70.4 to TL Moreki, Goes back on stumps to force off back foot, misses and is struck halfway up the pad. 239/9 72.6 to LB Williams, Hit on toe looking to sweep and missing, and that wraps up the innings victory for the Knights!. 243/10

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Close of Play

Thu, 17 Dec - day 1 - Knights 1st innings 59/1 (Letlotlo Sesele 38*, Michael Erlank 15*, 25 ov)

Fri, 18 Dec - day 2 - Knights 1st innings 346/5 (Tumelo Bodibe 53*, Werner Coetsee 45*, 121 ov)

Sat, 19 Dec - day 3 - Cape Cobras 2nd innings 243 (73 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Cape Cobras First Innings
Cobras 50 in 82 mins from 19.5 overs (119 balls), 6x4
Lunch - Day 1: Cape Cobras 73-2 off 30 overs in 126 mins. AG Puttck 31*, KD Petersen 11*, Extras 6
Cape Cobras 100 in 163 mins off 40.2 overs (242 balls), 14x4
Tea - Day 1: Cape Cobras 135-7 off 64 overs in 252 mins. M Shezi 4*, TL Moreki 1*
Knights First Innings
Evening Drinks - Day 1: Knights 27-1 off 13 overs in 54 mins. LLL Sesele 18*, MN Erlank 6*
Knights 50 in 89 mins off 20.4 overs (125 balls). 6x4
50 partnership for 2nd wicket in 88 mins off 122 balls (7x4). Sesele 35, Erlank 14, extras 2
Stumps - Day 1: Knights 59-1 off 25 overs in 107 mins. LLL Sesele 38*, MN erlank 15*

Day 2

LLL Sesele 50 in 150 mins off 103 balls, 6x4
Morning Drinks - Day 2: Knights 95-1 off 39 overs in 173 mins. LLL Sesele 51*, MN Erlank 34*
Knights 100 up in 184 mins off 40.1 overs (247 balls), 13x4
100 partnership for the 2nd wicket in 181 mins off 241 balls. Sesesle 54, Erlank 38, Extras 8. 13x4
Lunch - Day 2: Knights 133-3 off 53 overs in 238 mins. DS Rosier 1*, PJ van Biljon 7*
Knights 150 in 255 mins off 56.6 overs (348 balls). 19x4
50 partnership for the 4th wicket in 59 mins off 85 balls. Rosier 23, van Biljon 21, Extras 6. 7x4
Afternoon Drinks - Day 2: Knights 188-3 off 70 overs in 308 mins. DS Rosier 33*, PJ van Biljon 28*
Knights 200 in 324 mins off 73.3 overs (447 balls). 26x4
Van Biljon's 50 in 113 mins off 93 balls, 6x4
100 partnership for the 4th wicket in 115 mins off 134 balls. Rosier 43, van Biljon 52, Extras 12
DS Rosier 50 in 130 mins off 97 balls, 7x4
Second new ball taken at 230-4 after 80 overs
Tea - Day 2: Knights 234-4 off 84 overs in 360 mins. DS Rosier 50*, TM Bodibe 1*
Knights 250 up in 382 mins off 89.1 overs (544 balls), 31x4
Evening Drinks - Day 2: Knights 297-5 off 98 overs in 427 mins. TM Bodise 32*, WL Coetsee 17*
Knights 300 in 430 mins off 99 overs (605 balls), 38x4
50 partnership for the 6th wicket in 61 mins off 78 balls. Bodibe 25, Coetsee 24, Extras 3
TM Bodibe 50 in 138 mins off 94 balls, 6x4
Stumps - Day 2: Knights 346-5 off 121 overs in 506 mins. TM Bodide 53*, WL Coetsee 45*

Day 3

Knights 350 up in 509 mins off 121.6 overs (743 balls). 42x4
100 partnership for the 6th wicket in 126 mins off 198 balls. Bodibe 50, Coetsee 47, Extras 4
WL Coetsee 50 in 137 mins off 112 balls, 5x4
Knights 400 up in 558 mins off 132.2 (807 balls), 1x6 49x4
Morning Drinks - Day 3: Knights 421-7 off 136 overs in 572 mins. WL Coetsee 70*, D du Prees 22*
50 partnership for 8th wicket in 41 mins off 63 balls. Coetsee 15, Du Preez 33, Extras 2
Knights 450 in 601 mins off 143.2 overs (873 balls), 1x6, 52x4
D du Preez's 50 in 60 mins off 55 balls, 1x6 6x4
WL Coetsee 100 in 234 mins off 178 balls, 10x4
Lunch - Day 3: Knights 491-9 off 154 overs in 637 mins. D Olivier 2*, M Budaza 2*
Cape Cobras Second Innings
Cape Cobras 50 in 42 mins off 8.2 overs (52 balls), 10x4
Afternoon Drinks - Day 3: Cape Cobras 70-3 off 14 overs in 65 mins. JP Duminy 6*, KD Petersen 15*
Cape Cobras 100 in 92 mins off 21.1 overs (129 balls), 2x6 16x4
KD Petersen 50 in 76 mins off 60 balls, 9x4
Tea - Day 3: Cape Cobras 146-4 off 29 overs in 124 mins. KD Petersen 54*, LC Ngoepe 10*
Cape Cobras 150 in 148 mins off 34.3 (211 balls), 2x6, 23x4
Evening Drinks - Day 3: Cape Cobras 171-6 off 46 overs in 191 mins. DL Piedt 5*, M Shezi 19*
Cape Cobras 200 in 225 mins off 56.2 overs (342 balls), 2x6 32x4
M Shezi 50 in 132 mins off 112 balls, 9x4

Match Details

Newlands, Cape Town
Toss	Cape Cobras, elected to bat first
Series	Sunfoil Series
Season	2015/16
Player Of The Match	Werner Coetsee
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	17,18,19 December 2015 - day (4-day match)
COBRA Player Replacement	Substitute: Beuran Hendricks in, Dane Paterson out (2nd innings, 25 ov)
Umpires	Brad White Ryan Hendricks
Reserve Umpire	Abdoellah Steenkamp
Match Referee	Shaid Wadvalla
Points	Knights 18.02, Cape Cobras 2

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Cape Cobras Innings

Player Name		R	B
AG Puttick	caught	3	5
S van Zyl	caught	21	21
HM Amla	caught	23	21
JP Duminy	lbw	27	40
KD Petersen	caught	54	66
LC Ngoepe	caught	11	39
DL Piedt	caught	12	55
M Shezi	not out	50	112
BE Hendricks	bowled	27	28
TL Moreki	lbw	6	43
LB Williams	lbw	1	10
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2, w 2)
Total	243(10 wkts; 73 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
D du Preez	5	0	36	0	7.2
D Olivier	14	1	88	4	6.28 (2 nb)
SC van Schalkwyk	15	10	20	1	1.33
WL Coetsee	24	13	34	1	1.41
M Budaza	5	1	29	1	5.8
MN Erlank	10	2	32	3	3.2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	8	Andrew Puttick	Stiaan van Zyl
2nd	40	Hashim Amla	Stiaan van Zyl
3rd	1	Jean-Paul Duminy	Stiaan van Zyl
4th	49	Jean-Paul Duminy	Keegan Petersen
5th	48	Lesiba Ngoepe	Keegan Petersen
6th	2	Dane Piedt	Lesiba Ngoepe
7th	30	Mthokozisi Shezi	Dane Piedt
8th	37	Mthokozisi Shezi	Beuran Hendricks
9th	24	Mthokozisi Shezi	Tshepo Moreki
10th	4	Mthokozisi Shezi	Lizaad Williams

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Sunfoil Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
TITNS	10	6	1	3	133.2
LIONS	10	4	2	4	109.3
KNGHT	10	5	5	0	109.04
COBRA	10	3	5	2	92.84
DOLPH	10	3	3	3	92.54
WAR	10	2	7	0	71.04

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