LIONS vs WAR, Sunfoil Series 2015/16 at Johannesburg, December 27 - 30, 2015

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	lbw b Magala	5	51	75	0	0	9.80

Rassie van der Dussen	b Walters	8	8	14	2	0	100.00

Yassar Cook	c & b Birch	42	58	107	5	1	72.41

Dominic Hendricks	c †Fortuin b Gqamane	6	14	26	1	0	42.85

Qaasim Adams	lbw b Harmer	87	159	198	13	1	54.71

Nicky van den Bergh †	lbw b Ingram	63	91	129	9	0	69.23

Dwaine Pretorius	c Ackermann b Gqamane	20	38	51	4	0	52.63

Nono Pongolo	c Magala b Harmer	9	30	40	2	0	30.00

Hardus Viljoen	c White b Birch	23	45	64	2	1	51.11

Aaron Phangiso	not out	4	20	35	1	0	20.00
Pumelela Matshikwe	c Ackermann b Birch	4	4	10	1	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 10, nb 6, w 4)	20
TOTAL	85.2 Ov (RR: 3.41, 377 Mins)	291
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Rassie van der Dussen, 3.2 ov), 2-37 (Stephen Cook, 15.2 ov), 3-68 (Dominic Hendricks, 20.1 ov), 4-77 (Yassar Cook, 24.5 ov), 5-202 (Nicky van den Bergh, 56.2 ov), 6-244 (Qaasim Adams, 68.6 ov), 7-244 (Dwaine Pretorius, 69.1 ov), 8-263 (Nono Pongolo, 78.2 ov), 9-278 (Hardus Viljoen, 83.4 ov), 10-291 (Pumelela Matshikwe, 85.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	17.2	6	33	3	1.90	91	4	0	0	0
24.5 to MY Cook, driving on the up played back to the bowler who takes a good return catch in his follow through. 77/4 83.4 to GC Viljoen, playing off the back foot off the outside edge and taken by White at second slip. 278/9 85.2 to P Matshikwe, playing opf the back foot and edges through to ackermann who tkes a regulation catch at first slip. 291/10
Basheeru-Deen Walters	16	4	50	1	3.12	79	8	0	1	3
3.2 to HE van der Dussen, playing around the delivery batsman misses it and the ball clips the top of the bail and manages to dislodge it. 8/1
Sisanda Magala	12	1	68	1	5.66	49	11	1	2	1
15.2 to SC Cook, playing off the back foot huge appeal for lbw given. 37/2
Ayabulela Gqamane	13	2	48	2	3.69	59	6	1	0	2
20.1 to DA Hendricks, driving off the front foot chasing a wide delivery and edges through to the keeper. 68/3 69.1 to D Pretorius, driving off the front foot off the outside edge and taken by Ackermann at slip. 244/7
Simon Harmer	22	7	56	2	2.54	108	8	1	0	0
68.6 to MQ Adams, playing off the back foot hit on the back pad appeal for lbw and given. 244/6 78.2 to Z Pongolo, played off the front foot and loops a catch low down to Magala at short mid wicket. 263/8
Colin Ingram	5	0	26	1	5.20	16	3	0	0	0
56.2 to NJ van den Bergh, attempting to sweep hit on the front pad huge appeal for lbw turned down. 202/5

Warriors 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin Ackermann	c Adams b Viljoen	18	38	54	4	0	47.36

David White	c †van den Bergh b Pongolo	33	90	132	5	0	36.66

Yaseen Vallie	c †van den Bergh b Viljoen	9	10	22	2	0	90.00

Somila Seyibokwe	b Viljoen	0	4	4	0	0	0.00

Colin Ingram (c)	b Phangiso	8	28	42	0	0	28.57

Clyde Fortuin †	b Phangiso	26	72	95	2	0	36.11

Simon Harmer	lbw b Viljoen	1	9	14	0	0	11.11

Andrew Birch	lbw b Viljoen	9	15	24	2	0	60.00

Sisanda Magala	lbw b Phangiso	9	14	24	1	0	64.28

Ayabulela Gqamane	c Hendricks b Viljoen	14	36	49	1	0	38.88

Basheeru-Deen Walters	not out	23	17	21	3	1	135.29
Extras	(b 3, lb 4, nb 4, w 2)	13
TOTAL	54.5 Ov (RR: 2.97, 243 Mins)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Colin Ackermann, 13.1 ov), 2-53 (Yaseen Vallie, 17.1 ov), 3-53 (Somila Seyibokwe, 17.5 ov), 4-76 (Colin Ingram, 27.3 ov), 5-80 (David White, 28.2 ov), 6-87 (Simon Harmer, 31.5 ov), 7-105 (Andrew Birch, 37.4 ov), 8-119 (Sisanda Magala, 43.1 ov), 9-128 (Clyde Fortuin, 49.4 ov), 10-163 (Ayabulela Gqamane, 54.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hardus Viljoen	15.5	1	44	6	2.77	74	5	0	2	1
13.1 to CN Ackermann, driving off the front foot off the outside edge and a good low catch taken by Adams at second slip diving forward. 41/1 17.1 to MY Vallie, playing off the back foot off the outside edge and a regulation catch taken by the keeper. 53/2 17.5 to S Seyibokwe, pitched up beaten for raw pace and the off stump is sent cart wheeling, the batsman puffs his cheeks as he walks off the field. 53/3 31.5 to SR Harmer, pitched up hit low on the back pad huge appeal for lbw turned down. 87/6 37.4 to ACR Birch, full delivery hit low on the pad, trapped on the crease, massive appeal for lbw given and Viljoen punches the air in delight. 105/7 54.5 to A Gqamane, swings hard at a wide delivery catches the outside edge and taken by Hendricks at 3rd slip who holds onto the catch. 163/10
Dwaine Pretorius	12	2	40	0	3.33	60	7	0	0	1
Pumelela Matshikwe	13	4	19	0	1.46	67	1	0	0	1
Nono Pongolo	5	1	17	1	3.40	23	3	0	0	1
28.2 to DJ White, playing off the back foot trying to defend onto the off side ball clips the outside edge and good low catch by the keeper. 80/5
Aaron Phangiso	9	2	36	3	4.00	40	4	1	0	0
27.3 to CA Ingram, paying off the back foot misjudges the spin and is bowled. 76/4 43.1 to SSB Magala, playing off the back foot trapped on the crease appeal given out by the umpires. 119/8 49.4 to C Fortuin, comes down the track misjudges the delivery gets an inside edge and the ball rolls onto the stumps. 128/9

Lions 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook (c)	not out	168	256	350	16	0	65.62
Rassie van der Dussen	b Walters	28	102	154	2	0	27.45

Yassar Cook	c Seyibokwe b Harmer	35	85	96	5	0	41.17

Dominic Hendricks	c Harmer b Ackermann	21	42	54	1	1	50.00

Qaasim Adams	b Ackermann	2	9	16	0	0	22.22

Nicky van den Bergh †	not out	19	23	27	2	0	82.60
Extras	(b 11, lb 3, nb 7)	21
TOTAL	85 Ov (RR: 3.45, 350 Mins)	294/4d
Did not bat: Dwaine Pretorius, Nono Pongolo, Hardus Viljoen, Aaron Phangiso, Pumelela Matshikwe
Fall of wickets: 1-105 (Rassie van der Dussen, 35.2 ov), 2-183 (Yassar Cook, 59.5 ov), 3-244 (Dominic Hendricks, 74.5 ov), 4-256 (Qaasim Adams, 78.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andrew Birch	10	4	17	0	1.70	51	2	0	0	0
Basheeru-Deen Walters	9	1	28	1	3.11	40	2	0	0	1
35.2 to HE van der Dussen, playing off the back foot plays onto his stumps as the ball just clips the top off the bail. 105/1
Sisanda Magala	10	0	47	0	4.70	40	6	0	0	5
Simon Harmer	23	3	57	1	2.47	105	5	0	0	0
59.5 to MY Cook, driving off the front foot and hit straight to Seyibokwe at cover. 183/2
Ayabulela Gqamane	9	0	46	0	5.11	36	5	0	0	1
Colin Ingram	4	0	13	0	3.25	15	1	0	0	0
Colin Ackermann	18	2	63	2	3.50	69	4	1	0	0
74.5 to DA Hendricks, edged to first slip where Harmer takes a some what easy catch. 244/3 78.3 to MQ Adams, trying to up the scoring rate, tries an expansive slog sweep misses the delivery and is bowled. 256/4
Somila Seyibokwe	2	0	9	0	4.50	7	1	0	0	0

Warriors 2nd Innings (T: 423 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
David White	b Viljoen	4	6	5	1	0	66.66

Colin Ackermann	lbw b Pongolo	89	189	277	15	0	47.08

Yaseen Vallie	lbw b Pretorius	0	4	5	0	0	0.00

Somila Seyibokwe	c †van den Bergh b Viljoen	1	5	11	0	0	20.00

Colin Ingram (c)	c SC Cook b Matshikwe	9	24	36	2	0	37.50

Clyde Fortuin †	c †van den Bergh b Pretorius	39	90	123	5	0	43.33

Simon Harmer	lbw b Matshikwe	2	15	26	0	0	13.33

Andrew Birch	c Phangiso b Viljoen	21	26	31	2	1	80.76

Sisanda Magala	lbw b Matshikwe	23	27	39	5	0	85.18

Ayabulela Gqamane	b Viljoen	13	10	18	3	0	130.00

Basheeru-Deen Walters	not out	5	10	14	1	0	50.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 1, nb 2, w 3)	13
TOTAL	67.2 Ov (RR: 3.25, 296 Mins)	219
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (David White, 0.6 ov), 2-7 (Yaseen Vallie, 1.6 ov), 3-8 (Somila Seyibokwe, 4.3 ov), 4-39 (Colin Ingram, 13.4 ov), 5-117 (Clyde Fortuin, 43.5 ov), 6-129 (Simon Harmer, 48.6 ov), 7-158 (Andrew Birch, 55.5 ov), 8-201 (Colin Ackermann, 63.5 ov), 9-201 (Sisanda Magala, 64.1 ov), 10-219 (Ayabulela Gqamane, 67.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Hardus Viljoen	20.2	5	79	4	3.88	94	15	0	3	0
0.6 to DJ White, wide outside off stump plays it onto the stumps and is bowled. 6/1 4.3 to S Seyibokwe, playing off the back foot and gets a nick down the leg side and well taken by the keeper diving to his left. 8/3 55.5 to ACR Birch, short delivery playing off the back foot off the shoulder of the bat and simple catch taken by Phanigso at gully. 158/7 67.2 to A Gqamane, backs away from the stumps and is clean bowled to give Viljoen 10 for the match and in back-to-back matches. 219/10
Dwaine Pretorius	13	4	32	2	2.46	65	6	0	0	0
1.6 to MY Vallie, playing off the back foot hit on back pad huge appeal for lbw given. 7/2 43.5 to C Fortuin, wide outside off stump chases a wide one and edges through the keeper who takes a good catch to his right. 117/5
Aaron Phangiso	13	4	38	0	2.92	59	5	0	0	0
Pumelela Matshikwe	15	4	50	3	3.33	66	6	1	0	1
13.4 to CA Ingram, edges one to the captain at slip. 39/4 48.6 to SR Harmer, pitched up hit on the front pad hit low on the front pad and given out. 129/6 64.1 to SSB Magala, full delivery hit on the pad and huge appeal for lbw given. 201/9
Nono Pongolo	5	2	10	1	2.00	27	2	0	0	1
63.5 to CN Ackermann, pitched up hit low on the pad playing deep in the crease and Pongolo celebrates the big wicket of Ackermann. 201/8
Dominic Hendricks	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0

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Sun, 27 Dec - day 1 - Warriors 1st innings 9/0 (Colin Ackermann 5*, David White 4*, 1 ov)

Mon, 28 Dec - day 2 - Lions 2nd innings 98/0 (Stephen Cook 62*, Rassie van der Dussen 25*, 32 ov)

Tue, 29 Dec - day 3 - Warriors 2nd innings 104/4 (Colin Ackermann 45*, Clyde Fortuin 34*, 36 ov)

Wed, 30 Dec - day 4 - Warriors 2nd innings 219 (67.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

NJ van den Bergh and SSB Magala have now played in 50 First-Class Matches
1st Innings of Lions:
Lions: 50 runs in 18.0 overs ( 108 balls, 89 mins, 6x4, 1x6)
Lions: 100 runs in 34.1 overs ( 210 balls, 165 mins, 12x4, 1x6)
5th wicket: 52 runs off 97 balls in 73 mins ( MQ Adams 26, NJ van der Bergh 25,Ex 1)
Lions: 150 runs in 45.3 overs ( 278 balls, 217 mins, 19x4, 2x6)
MQ Adams: 50 off 85 balls in 115 mins (7x4, 1x6)
5th wicket: 101 runs off 155 balls in 113 mins ( MQ Adams 55, NJ van der Bergh 45,Ex 1)
NJ van den Bergh: 50 off 78 balls in 118 mins (7x4, 0x6)
Lions: 250 runs in 73.3 overs ( 447 balls, 319 mins, 35x4, 2x6)
New ball taken at over 80.0 with the score 271/8
Score after 85.2 overs 291 ao.
Bonus points: Batting: 3.82 Points Bowling: 4 Points
1st Innings of Warriors:

Day 2

Warriors: 50 runs in 15.0 overs ( 94 balls, 65 mins, 9x4, 0x6)
Warriors: 100 runs in 36.2 overs ( 223 balls, 164 mins, 13x4, 0x6)
Warriors: 150 runs in 53.2 overs ( 326 balls, 240 mins, 19x4, 1x6)
Score after 54.5 overs 163 ao.
Bonus points: Batting: 1.26 Points Bowling: 4 Points
2nd Innings of Lions:
1st wicket: 51 runs off 104 balls in 78 mins ( SC Cook 29, HE van der Dussen 16,Ex 6)
Lions: 50 runs in 16.3 overs ( 104 balls, 78 mins, 5x4, 0x6)
SC Cook: 50 off 97 balls in 123 mins (4x4, 0x6)

Day 3

1st wicket: 100 runs off 204 balls in 143 mins ( SC Cook 62, HE van der Dussen 27,Ex 11)
Lions: 100 runs in 32.5 overs ( 204 balls, 143 mins, 7x4, 0x6)
Lions: 150 runs in 46.1 overs ( 284 balls, 206 mins, 15x4, 0x6)
2nd wicket: 53 runs off 67 balls in 53 mins ( SC Cook 23, MY Cook 26,Ex 4)
SC Cook: 100 off 171 balls in 243 mins (10x4, 0x6)
Lions: 200 runs in 64.2 overs ( 393 balls, 271 mins, 19x4, 1x6)
3rd wicket: 50 runs off 81 balls in 48 mins ( SC Cook 31, DA Hendricks 19 ,Ex 2)
Lions: 250 runs in 76.5 overs ( 468 balls, 315 mins, 21x4, 1x6)
SC Cook: 100 off 240 balls in 320 mins (14x4, 0x6)
2nd Innings of Warriors:
Warriors: 50 runs in 18.0 overs ( 110 balls, 79 mins, 8x4, 0x6)
4th wicket: 50 runs off 103 balls in 69 mins ( CN Ackermann 21, C Fortuin 26 ,Ex 3)
Warriors: 100 runs in 34.3 overs ( 210 balls, 143 mins, 17x4, 0x6)
CN Ackermann: 50 off 135 balls in 178 mins (10x4, 0x6)
Warriors: 150 runs in 54.3 overs ( 332 balls, 235 mins, 21x4, 1x6)
Warriors: 200 runs in 62.4 overs ( 381 balls, 271 mins, 30x4, 1x6)
Match points: Lions: Bat: 3.82 Bowl: 4 Match: 10 Total: 17.82
Match points: Warriors: Bat: 1.26 Bowl: 4 Match: 0 Total: 5.26
Man of the Match: SC Cook (Lions)

MATCH DETAILS

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Warriors, elected to field first
Series	Sunfoil Series
Season	2015/16
Player Of The Match	Stephen Cook
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	27,28,29,30 December 2015 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Allahudien Paleker Brad White
Reserve Umpire	Gerrie Pienaar
Match Referee	Tiffie Barnes
Points	Lions 17.82, Warriors 5.26

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Warriors Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
DJ White	bowled	4	6
CN Ackermann	lbw	89	189
MY Vallie	lbw	0	4
S Seyibokwe	caught	1	5
CA Ingram	caught	9	24
C Fortuin	caught	39	90
SR Harmer	lbw	2	15
ACR Birch	caught	21	26
SSB Magala	lbw	23	27
A Gqamane	bowled	13	10
BD Walters	not out	5	10
Extras	(b 7, lb 1, nb 2, w 3)
Total	219(10 wkts; 67.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
GC Viljoen	20.2	5	79	4	3.88
D Pretorius	13	4	32	2	2.46
AM Phangiso	13	4	38	0	2.92
P Matshikwe	15	4	50	3	3.33 (1 nb)
Z Pongolo	5	2	10	1	2 (1 nb)
DA Hendricks	1	0	2	0	2

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	6	David White	Colin Ackermann
2nd	1	Yaseen Vallie	Colin Ackermann
3rd	1	Somila Seyibokwe	Colin Ackermann
4th	31	Colin Ingram	Colin Ackermann
5th	78	Colin Ackermann	Clyde Fortuin
6th	12	Colin Ackermann	Simon Harmer
7th	29	Andrew Birch	Colin Ackermann
8th	43	Colin Ackermann	Sisanda Magala
9th	0	Ayabulela Gqamane	Sisanda Magala
10th	18	Basheeru-Deen Walters	Ayabulela Gqamane

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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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