Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jonathan Beukes	lbw b Hall	40	82	129	9	0	48.78
Davy Jacobs	c †Harris b Terbrugge	99	167	229	16	1	59.28
Boeta Dippenaar	c van Jaarsveld b Kruger	55	195	255	8	0	28.20
Loots Bosman	c Ontong b Hall	51	89	125	7	0	57.30
Morne van Wyk (c)†	lbw b Kruger	1	4	7	0	0	25.00
Ryan Bailey	not out	85	144	242	10	1	59.02
Johan van der Wath	lbw b Terbrugge	25	45	68	3	1	55.55
Ryan McLaren	st †Harris b Coetsee	33	81	95	3	0	40.74
Dillon du Preez	c Bhayat b Coetsee	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Thandi Tshabalala	c Motaung b Coetsee	8	24	34	1	0	33.33
Victor Mpitsang	not out	8	9	14	0	0	88.88
Extras	(lb 4, nb 8, w 1)	13
Total	140 Ov (RR: 2.98, 604 Mins)	418/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Jonathan Beukes, 28.5 ov), 2-162 (Davy Jacobs, 52.4 ov), 3-251 (Loots Bosman, 84.2 ov), 4-252 (Morne van Wyk, 85.3 ov), 5-255 (Boeta Dippenaar, 89.5 ov), 6-293 (Johan van der Wath, 105.1 ov), 7-363 (Ryan McLaren, 126.6 ov), 8-365 (Dillon du Preez, 128.5 ov), 9-392 (Thandi Tshabalala, 136.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
David Terbrugge	29	8	67	2	2.31	-	-	-	0	2
Garnett Kruger	28	7	106	2	3.78	-	-	-	0	2
Andrew Hall	30	9	65	2	2.16	-	-	-	1	0
Goolam Bhayat	22	2	74	0	3.36	-	-	-	0	4
Werner Coetsee	27	5	75	3	2.77	-	-	-	0	0
Justin Ontong	4	0	27	0	6.75	-	-	-	0	0

Lions 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Adam Bacher	st †van Wyk b Tshabalala	41	72	101	6	0	56.94
William Motaung	c Bosman b Tshabalala	35	109	147	5	0	32.11
Justin Ontong	c Bosman b Tshabalala	36	80	135	6	0	45.00
Werner Coetsee	lbw b du Preez	3	5	6	0	0	60.00
Neil McKenzie (c)	b van der Wath	7	23	32	1	0	30.43
Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c †van Wyk b Mpitsang	8	18	28	1	0	44.44
Andrew Hall	c sub (GFJ Liebenberg) b du Preez	9	24	34	1	0	37.50
Matthew Harris †	not out	16	39	64	1	0	41.02
David Terbrugge	c Beukes b McLaren	5	22	34	1	0	22.72
Goolam Bhayat	c Bailey b McLaren	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Garnett Kruger	b Mpitsang	13	20	21	1	1	65.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 3, w 6)	17
Total	68.2 Ov (RR: 2.78, 304 Mins)	190
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Adam Bacher, 23.5 ov), 2-97 (William Motaung, 35.2 ov), 3-104 (Werner Coetsee, 36.3 ov), 4-117 (Neil McKenzie, 43.1 ov), 5-140 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 47.5 ov), 6-152 (Justin Ontong, 53.4 ov), 7-152 (Andrew Hall, 54.6 ov), 8-174 (David Terbrugge, 62.5 ov), 9-174 (Goolam Bhayat, 62.6 ov), 10-190 (Garnett Kruger, 68.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	9.2	0	40	1	4.28	-	-	-	1	0
Dillon du Preez	17	7	41	2	2.41	-	-	-	0	0
Ryan McLaren	18	5	32	2	1.77	-	-	-	1	0
Victor Mpitsang	9	0	23	2	2.55	-	-	-	0	3
Thandi Tshabalala	15	4	46	3	3.06	-	-	-	0	0

Lions 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William Motaung	c Dippenaar b du Preez	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Adam Bacher	b McLaren	6	15	22	0	0	40.00
Justin Ontong	c Beukes b McLaren	58	105	154	5	1	55.23
Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c Mpitsang b Tshabalala	58	108	143	9	0	53.70
Neil McKenzie (c)	b McLaren	55	108	147	8	0	50.92
Andrew Hall	c Dippenaar b Tshabalala	5	20	34	0	0	25.00
Matthew Harris †	st †van Wyk b Tshabalala	28	63	88	2	0	44.44
Werner Coetsee	b Mpitsang	34	54	71	6	0	62.96
David Terbrugge	c †van Wyk b McLaren	25	40	49	4	0	62.50
Goolam Bhayat	not out	10	22	47	2	0	45.45
Garnett Kruger	b McLaren	3	15	21	0	0	20.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 5, w 7)	17
Total	91.1 Ov (RR: 3.27, 391 Mins)	299
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (William Motaung, 0.2 ov), 2-10 (Adam Bacher, 5.2 ov), 3-125 (Justin Ontong, 35.6 ov), 4-131 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 38.4 ov), 5-160 (Andrew Hall, 46.5 ov), 6-216 (Matthew Harris, 68.3 ov), 7-218 (Neil McKenzie, 69.5 ov), 8-252 (David Terbrugge, 81.4 ov), 9-285 (Werner Coetsee, 86.5 ov), 10-299 (Garnett Kruger, 91.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	16	4	62	1	3.87	-	-	-	0	0
Ryan McLaren	27.1	6	87	5	3.20	-	-	-	2	0
Victor Mpitsang	20	11	25	1	1.25	-	-	-	1	1
Thandi Tshabalala	28	2	120	3	4.28	-	-	-	0	4

Eagles 2nd Innings (T: 72 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Davy Jacobs	not out	48	49	69	8	0	97.95
Jonathan Beukes	not out	25	46	69	5	0	54.34
Extras	(lb 1)	1
Total	15.5 Ov (RR: 4.67, 69 Mins)	74/0
Did not bat: Boeta Dippenaar, Loots Bosman, Morne van Wyk (c)†, Ryan Bailey, Johan van der Wath, Ryan McLaren, Dillon du Preez, Thandi Tshabalala, Victor Mpitsang

Bowling	O	M	R	ECON	0s	4s	6s
David Terbrugge	6	1	28	4.66	-	-	-
Andrew Hall	6	1	26	4.33	-	-	-
Garnett Kruger	3.5	0	19	4.95	-	-	-

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Thu, 10 Mar - day 1 - Knights 1st innings 217/2 (Boeta Dippenaar 43*, Loots Bosman 28*, 72.3 ov)

Fri, 11 Mar - day 2 - Lions 1st innings 104/3 (Justin Ontong 21*, 36.3 ov)

Sat, 12 Mar - day 3 - Lions 2nd innings 222/7 (Werner Coetsee 1*, David Terbrugge 4*, 71.2 ov)

Sun, 13 Mar - day 4 - Knights 2nd innings 74/0 (15.5 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Eagles 50 runs in 58 minutes off 74 balls, 12.1 overs, 10x4, 0x6
Partnership of 53 for Beukes and Jacobs in 58 minutes off 74 balls, 10x4, 0x6 (Beukes 22, Jacobs 30, Extras 1)
Players leave the field due to rain at 11:31 with Eagles on 71/0 after 19 overs. Players back on the field at 12:30 after an early lunch
Jacobs 51 runs in 105 minutes off 76 balls, 9x4, 0x6
Eagles 100 runs in 133 minutes off 181 balls, 29.2 overs, 19x4, 0x6
Partnership of 50 for Jacobs and Dippenaar in 74 minutes off 103 balls, 7x4, 1x6 (Jacobs 34, Dippenaar 14, Extras 2)
Eagles 150 runs in 209 minutes off 289 balls, 46.6 overs, 26x4, 1x6
Eagles 200 runs in 273 minutes off 386 balls, 63.1 overs, 33x4, 1x6
Partnership of 50 for Dippenaar and Bosman in 61 minutes off 92 balls, 8x4, 0x6 (Dippenaar 25, Bosman 25, Extras 0)
Players leave the field due to bad light at 16:28 with Eagles on 217/2 after 72.3 overs

Day 2

New ball taken at 80.0 overs with Eagles on 230/2
Dippenaar 51 runs in 215 minutes off 169 balls, 8x4, 0x6
Bosman 51 runs in 118 minutes off 87 balls, 7x4, 0x6
Eagles 250 runs in 352 minutes off 510 balls, 83.4 overs, 40x4, 1x6
Eagles 279/5 after 100 overs
Eagles 300 runs in 460 minutes off 647 balls, 106.3 overs, 47x4, 2x6
Partnership of 53 for Bailey and McLaren in 66 minutes off 94 balls, 9x4, 0x6 (Bailey 33, McLaren 19, Extras 1)
Eagles 350 runs in 523 minutes off 740 balls, 121.5 overs, 54x4, 2x6
Bailey 50 runs in 188 minutes off 109 balls, 8x4, 0x6
Eagles 400 runs in 594 minutes off 832 balls, 137.1 overs, 56x4, 3x6
Lions 50 runs in 63 minutes off 87 balls, 14.3 overs, 8x4, 0x6
Partnership of 51 for Bacher and Motaung in 63 minutes off 87 balls, 8x4, 0x6 (Bacher 27, Motaung 21, Extras 3)
Lions 100 runs in 149 minutes off 215 balls, 35.4 overs, 14x4, 0x6

Day 3

Van der Wath injured in his 10th over (9.2 overs) with the Lions on 133/4 after 45.2 overs at 10h17. Mpitsang finished the over
Lions 150 runs in 230 minutes off 313 balls, 51.2 overs, 20x4, 0x6
BONUSPOINTS: Eagles batting 3.58, bowling 4, total 7.58
BONUSPOINTS: Lions bowling 2, batting 1.80, total 3.8
Lions 50 runs in 82 minutes off 113 balls, 18.5 overs, 4x4, 1x6
Partnership of 51 for Ontong and Van Jaarsveld in 75 minutes off 104 balls, 5x4, 1x6 (Ontong 32, Van Jaarsveld 17, Extras 2)
Bosman leaving the field injured in the 27th over (26.2 overs) with the Lions on 73/2 at 14h38
Lions 100 runs in 132 minutes off 184 balls, 30.1 overs, 11x4, 1x6
Ontong 51 runs in 133 minutes off 85 balls, 5x4, 1x6
Partnership of 101 for Ontong and Van Jaarsveld in 115 minutes off 162 balls, 13x4, 1x6 (Ontong 49, Van Jaarsveld 48, Extras 4)
Van Jaarsveld 50 runs in 126 minutes off 96 balls, 8x4, 0x6
Lions 150 runs in 183 minutes off 263 balls, 42.5 overs, 17x4, 1x6
Lions 200 runs in 277 minutes off 388 balls, 63.4 overs, 23x4, 1x6
Partnership of 50 for McKenzie and Harris in 87 minutes off 119 balls, 6x4, 0x6 (McKenzie 23, Harris 27, Extras 0)
McKenzie 50 runs in 135 minutes off 96 balls, 7x4, 0x6

Day 4

New ball taken at 80 overs with Lions on 241/7
Lions 250 runs in 349 minutes off 491 balls, 80.5 overs, 28x4, 1x6
Eagles 50 runs in 51 minutes off 71 balls, 11.5 overs, 10x4, 0x6
Partnership of 52 for Jacobs and Beukes in 51 minutes off 71 balls, 10x4, 0x6 (Jacobs 33, Beukes 18, Extras 1)

Match Details

Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom
Toss	Eagles, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2004/05
Player Of The Match	Ryan McLaren
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barry Lambson Murray Brown
Match Referee	Cyril Mitchley
Points	Eagles 17.38, Lions 3.8

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Eagles Innings

Player Name		R	B
DJ Jacobs	not out	48	49
JA Beukes	not out	25	46
Extras	(lb 1)
Total	74(0 wkts; 15.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	Econ
DJ Terbrugge	6	1	28	4.66
AJ Hall	6	1	26	4.33
GJP Kruger	3.5	0	19	4.95

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	74	Jonathan Beukes	Davy Jacobs

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SuperSport Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
Eagls	10	4	3	3	111.3
DOLPH	10	4	1	5	105.52
COBRA	10	4	3	3	103.08
TITNS	10	2	2	6	89.04
LIONS	10	3	3	4	87.6
WAR	10	1	6	3	75.68

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