Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin Ingram	c & b McLaren	32	123	187	3	0	26.01

Johan Botha	c †Bossenger b McLaren	80	171	217	10	0	46.78

Zander de Bruyn (c)	c Dippenaar b McLaren	0	11	19	0	0	0.00

HD Ackerman	c Boje b Tshabalala	127	193	276	19	1	65.80

Arno Jacobs	c du Preez b Tshabalala	105	244	306	15	3	43.03

Murray Goodwin	c †Bossenger b Boje	27	52	65	1	0	51.92

Robin Peterson	c Bailey b Boje	33	47	55	4	1	70.21

Athenkosi Dyili †	st †Bossenger b Tshabalala	2	14	16	0	0	14.28

Mario Olivier	lbw b Tshabalala	6	10	17	0	1	60.00

Brent Kops	not out	1	3	11	0	0	33.33
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	b Tshabalala	7	8	6	0	1	87.50

Extras	(lb 4, nb 15)	19
Total	143.3 Ov (RR: 3.05, 592 Mins)	439
Fall of wickets: 1-107 (Colin Ingram, 44.6 ov), 2-115 (Zander de Bruyn, 48.6 ov), 3-120 (Johan Botha, 50.6 ov), 4-339 (HD Ackerman, 115.1 ov), 5-373 (Arno Jacobs, 125.4 ov), 6-402 (Murray Goodwin, 132.6 ov), 7-413 (Athenkosi Dyili, 137.5 ov), 8-425 (Robin Peterson, 140.5 ov), 9-431 (Mario Olivier, 141.5 ov), 10-439 (Lonwabo Tsotsobe, 143.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	24	8	72	0	3.00	122	12	0	0	2
Dillon du Preez	24	9	46	0	1.91	121	5	0	0	1
Ryan McLaren	29	8	75	3	2.58	152	11	0	0	5
44.6 to CA Ingram, drives straight but into McLaren following through. 107/1 48.6 to Z de Bruyn, pushes to off and edges quite thickly to Dippenaar at 2nd slip. 115/2 50.6 to J Botha, ball comes across the face of the bat, nicks and the wicket keeper takes an early Christmas present. 120/3
Roger Telemachus	17	3	62	0	3.64	80	11	0	0	1
Nicky Boje	31	5	112	2	3.61	122	9	5	0	0
132.6 to MW Goodwin, lunges forward, spin beats him and there is a little edge which the wiket keeper gobbles up. 402/6 140.5 to RJ Peterson, pulls to square leg, Bailey dives forward to take a ctchjut off the grass. 425/8
Thandi Tshabalala	18.3	2	68	5	3.67	81	4	2	0	6
115.1 to HD Ackerman, rives to the on side, ball keeps low and carries to Boje at mid on. 339/4 125.4 to A Jacobs, big drve, not middled, the ball goes high to deep of mid on, du Preez comes back and settles into position to complete a good catch. 373/5 137.5 to AZM Dyili, draws Dyili forward who misses the ba;; and Bossenger whips off the bails. 413/7 141.5 to MW Olivier, comes acroos and well back, ball beats the bat to hit the pads well in front. No hesitation by umpire Lambson. 431/9 143.3 to LL Tsotsobe, plays everywhere but on line, bll gets the middle stick. 439/10

Eagles 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jonathan Beukes	c †Dyili b Tsotsobe	14	11	14	3	0	127.27

Loots Bosman	c †Dyili b Peterson	40	67	92	7	0	59.70

Boeta Dippenaar	c de Bruyn b Olivier	3	8	7	0	0	37.50

Ryan Bailey	c †Dyili b Botha	95	196	285	11	0	48.46

Nicky Boje (c)	c & b de Bruyn	51	135	148	5	1	37.77

Ryan McLaren	c & b Peterson	13	37	41	3	0	35.13

Wendell Bossenger †	lbw b Peterson	22	26	27	2	0	84.61

Johan van der Wath	c de Bruyn b Botha	3	9	11	0	0	33.33

Roger Telemachus	c & b Botha	11	25	27	2	0	44.00

Dillon du Preez	c de Bruyn b Botha	7	39	39	1	0	17.94

Thandi Tshabalala	not out	15	18	19	3	0	83.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 5)	15
Total	94.2 Ov (RR: 3.06, 359 Mins)	289
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Jonathan Beukes, 3.1 ov), 2-18 (Boeta Dippenaar, 4.4 ov), 3-89 (Loots Bosman, 22.1 ov), 4-199 (Nicky Boje, 62.1 ov), 5-223 (Ryan McLaren, 71.2 ov), 6-249 (Ryan Bailey, 78.3 ov), 7-253 (Wendell Bossenger, 79.4 ov), 8-257 (Johan van der Wath, 82.1 ov), 9-270 (Roger Telemachus, 88.4 ov), 10-289 (Dillon du Preez, 94.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mario Olivier	8	2	44	1	5.50	36	7	0	0	3
4.4 to HH Dippenaar, a push away from the body, edges to 1st slip. 18/2
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	12	4	29	1	2.41	59	4	0	0	0
3.1 to JA Beukes, showes th ebat to th eball which snips th eedge, well taken by the keeper. 15/1
Zander de Bruyn	14	5	26	1	1.85	75	5	0	0	1
62.1 to N Boje, de Bruyn holds that one back and turns it into a slower delivery, Boje gives an easy return catch. 199/4
Robin Peterson	32	7	97	3	3.03	144	14	0	0	1
22.1 to LE Bosman, played to off, brushes the bat, keeper takes. 89/3 71.2 to R McLaren, driven back hard, Peterson goes down to ankle hight to pik up a very sharp chance. 223/5 79.4 to W Bossenger, comes forward but heitatntly, ball hits the back leg, umpire Lambson does not take long to make up his mind. 253/7
Johan Botha	23.2	4	64	4	2.74	105	5	1	0	0
78.3 to RT Bailey, terrible outside off, Bailey has a wicked slash only to dge to Dyili. 249/6 82.1 to JJ van der Wath, ball turns sharply, catches the edge of the bat, de Bruyn goes backwards and down. Pouches it at shin height. 257/8 88.4 to R Telemachus, driven back hard, travels at knee height to Botha who bends down and takes it with both hands. 270/9 94.2 to D du Preez, ball spins past the bat which is on the defense, snicke the top outside edge, easy catch for de Bruyn at slip. 289/10
Arno Jacobs	2	0	5	0	2.50	7	0	0	0	0
Brent Kops	3	0	14	0	4.66	13	2	0	0	0

Warriors 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Colin Ingram	c Boje b McLaren	3	22	23	0	0	13.63

Johan Botha	lbw b McLaren	17	58	108	2	0	29.31

Zander de Bruyn (c)	c †Bossenger b van der Wath	9	15	23	1	0	60.00

HD Ackerman	c McLaren b van der Wath	1	7	7	0	0	14.28

Arno Jacobs	c Dippenaar b van der Wath	16	31	38	3	0	51.61

Murray Goodwin	lbw b Boje	32	36	76	5	0	88.88

Robin Peterson	c †Bossenger b McLaren	3	8	15	0	0	37.50

Athenkosi Dyili †	c †Bossenger b van der Wath	6	18	22	1	0	33.33

Mario Olivier	not out	10	40	50	0	0	25.00
Brent Kops	c McLaren b Boje	3	21	27	0	0	14.28

Extras		0
Total	42.4 Ov (RR: 2.34, 198 Mins)	100/9d
Did not bat: Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Colin Ingram, 5.4 ov), 2-20 (Zander de Bruyn, 10.3 ov), 3-22 (HD Ackerman, 12.1 ov), 4-46 (Arno Jacobs, 20.4 ov), 5-50 (Johan Botha, 23.3 ov), 6-54 (Robin Peterson, 25.6 ov), 7-63 (Athenkosi Dyili, 30.3 ov), 8-91 (Murray Goodwin, 35.1 ov), 9-100 (Brent Kops, 42.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	16.1	5	27	4	1.67	83	4	0	0	0
10.3 to Z de Bruyn, chases a ball wayward to off, a solid top edge to the wicket keeper. 20/2 12.1 to HD Ackerman, driving square to the off, not sweetly hit, goes to McLaren fielding wide of point. 22/3 20.4 to A Jacobs, chases wide outside off, a solid edge to Dippenaar at 2nd slip. 46/4 30.3 to AZM Dyili, moving away to off on the seam, Dyili hangs out the bat and the bll founds the edge, easy one for the keeper. 63/7
Dillon du Preez	5.5	2	21	0	3.60	27	2	0	0	0
Ryan McLaren	17	4	46	3	2.70	77	5	0	0	0
5.4 to CA Ingram, slower, driven to the on side, loops to short of mid on. Boje dives forward and takes the catch. 7/1 23.3 to J Botha, beaten by a good delivery, gets trapped well back. 50/5 25.6 to RJ Peterson, driving outside off, beaten by the swing, edges faintly to the wicket keper. 54/6
Nicky Boje	3.4	0	6	2	1.63	15	0	0	0	0
35.1 to MW Goodwin, trapped on the back foot. 91/8 42.4 to BB Kops, hooks, a top edge high to mid on where McLaren wits. 100/9

Eagles 2nd Innings (T: 251 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jonathan Beukes	c Ingram b de Bruyn	12	33	49	2	0	36.36

Loots Bosman	c †Dyili b Olivier	3	10	13	0	0	30.00

Boeta Dippenaar	b Tsotsobe	19	21	32	3	0	90.47

Ryan Bailey	c †Dyili b Olivier	8	21	36	1	0	38.09

Nicky Boje (c)	not out	81	157	-	8	0	51.59
Ryan McLaren	lbw b Olivier	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Wendell Bossenger †	c Tsotsobe b de Bruyn	11	13	18	2	0	84.61

Johan van der Wath	c Goodwin b Peterson	28	62	63	4	0	45.16

Roger Telemachus	c Botha b Peterson	17	41	53	3	0	41.46

Dillon du Preez	lbw b Olivier	0	36	50	0	0	0.00

Thandi Tshabalala	not out	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 10, w 3)	14
Total	65 Ov (RR: 2.96)	193/9
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Loots Bosman, 2.5 ov), 2-36 (Boeta Dippenaar, 9.6 ov), 3-36 (Jonathan Beukes, 10.2 ov), 4-62 (Ryan Bailey, 16.3 ov), 5-62 (Ryan McLaren, 16.6 ov), 6-77 (Wendell Bossenger, 20.3 ov), 7-128 (Johan van der Wath, 37.4 ov), 8-169 (Roger Telemachus, 49.5 ov), 9-190 (Dillon du Preez, 63.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mario Olivier	16	2	60	4	3.75	85	9	0	0	10
2.5 to LE Bosman, has a drive to a ball leaving the batsman, faint touch to the keeper. 5/1 10.2 to JA Beukes, a big drive to off but holes out to Ingram at deep extra cover. 36/3 16.3 to RT Bailey, ball pitches on a length, keeps low. The batsman gets an edge which the kepr takes rolling to his right. 62/4 16.6 to R McLaren, ball nips back trapping McLaren well in front. 62/5 63.4 to D du Preez, pitches up on the feet, gets du Preez well in line on the boot. 190/9
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	10	1	29	1	2.90	46	3	0	2	0
9.6 to HH Dippenaar, picks the wrong line, ball comes inside and shatters the stumps. 36/2
Zander de Bruyn	4	1	17	2	4.25	9	1	0	1	0
20.3 to W Bossenger, short, Bossenger pulls high, Tsotsobe comes round from dep bacjward leg to pouch the ball at fine leg. 77/6
Brent Kops	5	0	15	0	3.00	27	1	0	0	0
Johan Botha	13	5	27	0	2.07	61	3	0	0	0
Robin Peterson	17	6	44	2	2.58	78	6	0	0	0
37.4 to JJ van der Wath, on leg, a slog sweep goe wron and the ball loops to between square leg and mid wicket, Goodwin comes round grom square leg to complete. 128/7 49.5 to R Telemachus, a great catch. Hit solidly with a crossbat and low into the covers. Botha takes it at his stomach. 169/8

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Thu, 07 Dec - day 1 - Warriors 1st innings 285/3 (HD Ackerman 94*, Arno Jacobs 66*, 96 ov)

Fri, 08 Dec - day 2 - Knights 1st innings 131/3 (Ryan Bailey 44*, Nicky Boje 21*, 41 ov)

Sat, 09 Dec - day 3 - Warriors 2nd innings 54/6 (Murray Goodwin 5*, 26 ov)

Sun, 10 Dec - day 4 - Knights 2nd innings 193/9 (65 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Warriors 1st Innings 50 in 97 mins (22.3overs) 7x4, 0x6
Warriors 1st Innings - 1st Wicket p'ship 53 between Ingram and Botha in 97 mins from 136 balls, Ingram 16, Botha 35, Extras 2 - (7x4, 0x6)
Warriors 1st Innings - Botha 50 in 124 mins from 99 balls (7x4, 0x6)
Warriors 1st Innings 101 in 176 mins (42.6overs) 13x4, 0x6
Warriors 1st Innings - 1st Wicket p'ship 101 between Ingram and Botha in 176 mins from 260 balls, Ingram 31, Botha 67, Extras 3 - (13x4, 0x6)
Warriors 1st Innings 153 in 250 mins (58.1overs) 20x4, 1x6
Warriors 1st Innings 4th Wicket p'ship 51 between Ackerman and Jacobs in 54 mins from 81 balls, Ackerman 33, Jacobs 18, Extras 5 - (7x4, 1x6)
Warriors 1st Innings - Ackerman 50 in 82 mins from 58 balls (8x4, 1x6)
Warriors 1st Innings 200 in 305 mins (70.5 overs) 28x4, 1x6
Warriors 1st Innings 4th Wicket p'ship 100 between Ackerman and Jacobs in 108 mins from 164 balls, Ackerman 64, Jacobs 28, Extras 8 - (16x4, 1x6)
New ball taken after 84 overs
Warriors 1st Innings 250 in 364 mins (86.1 overs) 34x4, 2x6
Warriors 1st Innings - Jacobs 50 in 154 mins from 123 balls (9x4, 1x6)
Warriors 1st Innings 4th Wicket p'ship 152 between Ackerman and Jacobs in 171 mins from 255 balls, Ackerman 84, Jacobs 59, Extras 9 - (23x4, 2x6)

Day 2

Warriors 1st Innings - Ackerman 102 in 203 mins from 142 balls (16x4, 1x6)
Warriors 1st Innings . Score after 100 overs 294/3
Warriors 1st Innings 300 in 422 mins (100.6 overs) 42x4, 3x6
Warriors 1st Innings 4th Wicket p'ship 203 between Ackerman and Jacobs in 335 mins from 351 balls, Ackerman 116, Jacobs 77, Extras 10 - (31x4, 3x6)
Warriors 1st Innings 350 in 490 mins (116.1 overs) 47x4, 4x6
Warriors 1st Innings - Jacobs 103 in 293 mins from 232 balls (15x4, 3x6)
Warriors 1st Innings 400 in 547 mins (132.2 overs) 51x4, 4x6
Eagles 1st Innings 50 in 64 mins (14.4 overs) 7x4, 0x6
Eagles 1st Innings 100 in 112 mins (39.4 overs) 14x4, 0x6

Day 3

Eagles 1st Innings - Bailey 51 in 139 mins from 111 balls (7x4, 0x6)
Eagles 1st Innings 4th Wicket p'ship 51 between Bailey and Boje in 77 mins from 144 balls, Bailey 30, Boje 21, Extras 0 - (4x4, 1x6)
Eagles 1st Innings 150 in 175 mins (47.1 overs) 19x4, 1x6
Eagles 1st Innings 4th Wicket p'ship 100 between Bailey and Boje in 127 mins from 210 balls, Bailey 51, Boje 44, Extras 5 - (11x4, 1x6)
Eagles 1st Innings - Boje 50 in 146 mins from 132 balls (5x4, 1x6)
Eagles 1st Innings 200 in 248 mins (63.4 overs) 25x4, 1x6
Eagles 1st Innings 250 in 310 mins (79.2 overs) 31x4, 1x6
Warriors 2nd Innings 50 in 105 mins (22.5 overs) 7x4, 0x6

Day 4

van der Wath replaced by du Preez having strained muscle in over 32.1, Warriors 2nd Innings
Warriors 2nd Innings 100 in 197 mins (42.1 overs) 12x4, 0x6
Warriors declared their second Innings closed at lunch on the 4th day
Eagles 2nd Innings 50 in 66 mins (13.5 overs) 8x4, 0x6
v d Wath used JA Beukes as a runner in the Eagles 2nd Innings
Eagles 2nd Innings 100 in 137 mins (28.6 overs) 14x4, 0x6.
Eagles 1st Innings 7th Wicket p'ship 50 between Boje and van der Wath in 58 mins from 99 balls, Boje 20, van der Wath 27, Extras 3 - (6x4, 0x6)
Eagles 2nd Innings - Boje 51 in 138 mins from 80 balls (6x4, 0x6)
Eagles 2nd Innings 150 in 207 mins (45.1 overs) 19x4, 0x6
Points: Warriors 7.88 (Batting 3.88, Bowling 4), Eagles 3.78 (Batting 2.78, Bowling 1)

Match Details

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss	Warriors, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2006/07
Player Of The Match	HD Ackerman
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.20-13.00, Tea 15.20-15.40, Close 18.00
Match days	7,8,9,10 December 2006 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Barry Lambson Gerrie Pienaar
Reserve Umpire	Bernard Harrison
Match Referee	Rushdie Magiet
Points	Warriors 7.88, Eagles 4.78

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Eagles Innings

Player Name		R	B
JA Beukes	caught	12	33
LE Bosman	caught	3	10
HH Dippenaar	bowled	19	21
RT Bailey	caught	8	21
N Boje	not out	81	157
R McLaren	lbw	0	3
W Bossenger	caught	11	13
JJ van der Wath	caught	28	62
R Telemachus	caught	17	41
D du Preez	lbw	0	36
MS Tshabalala	not out	0	3
Extras	(lb 1, nb 10, w 3)
Total	193(9 wkts; 65 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MW Olivier	16	2	60	4	3.75 (10 nb)
LL Tsotsobe	10	1	29	1	2.9
Z de Bruyn	4	1	17	2	4.25
BB Kops	5	0	15	0	3
J Botha	13	5	27	0	2.07
RJ Peterson	17	6	44	2	2.58

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	5	Loots Bosman	Jonathan Beukes
2nd	31	Boeta Dippenaar	Jonathan Beukes
3rd	0	Jonathan Beukes	Ryan Bailey
4th	26	Nicky Boje	Ryan Bailey
5th	0	Nicky Boje	Ryan McLaren
6th	15	Nicky Boje	Wendell Bossenger
7th	51	Nicky Boje	Johan van der Wath
8th	41	Nicky Boje	Roger Telemachus
9th	20	Nicky Boje	Dillon du Preez
10th	3	Nicky Boje	Thandi Tshabalala

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SuperSport Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
TITNS	10	8	0	2	149.24
LIONS	10	4	3	3	107.18
Eagls	10	3	2	5	95.72
WAR	10	1	3	6	78.84
DOLPH	10	2	5	3	74.16
COBRA	10	0	5	5	47.94

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