Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Petersen b de Wet	6	31	34	1	0	19.35
Adrian McLaren	c Petersen b Alexander	27	45	60	3	0	60.00
Jacques Rudolph	b Snijman	34	87	141	7	0	39.08
Boeta Dippenaar	c McKenzie b Alexander	5	7	15	1	0	71.42
Morne van Wyk (c)†	c Cook b Alexander	18	37	48	3	0	48.64
Ryan Bailey	c McKenzie b Henderson	41	76	108	9	0	53.94
Ryan McLaren	b Kruger	10	12	24	1	0	83.33
Dillon du Preez	b Alexander	16	82	109	1	0	19.51
Thandi Tshabalala	st †Harris b Henderson	13	33	35	2	0	39.39
Brent Kops	b Alexander	19	43	54	2	0	44.18
Victor Mpitsang	not out	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 3, w 1)	10
Total	76.2 Ov (RR: 2.60, 320 Mins)	199
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Dean Elgar, 7.6 ov), 2-36 (Adrian McLaren, 12.5 ov), 3-42 (Boeta Dippenaar, 16.2 ov), 4-84 (Morne van Wyk, 28.5 ov), 5-110 (Jacques Rudolph, 39.3 ov), 6-130 (Ryan McLaren, 45.1 ov), 7-155 (Ryan Bailey, 53.1 ov), 8-176 (Thandi Tshabalala, 61.2 ov), 9-198 (Dillon du Preez, 74.1 ov), 10-199 (Brent Kops, 76.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Garnett Kruger	12	3	35	1	2.91	22	2	0	1	1
45.1 to R McLaren, . 130/6
Friedel de Wet	19	6	39	1	2.05	57	3	0	0	0
Craig Alexander	17.2	3	73	5	4.21	50	10	0	0	0
28.5 to MN van Wyk, . 84/4 74.1 to D du Preez, . 198/9 76.2 to BB Kops, . 199/10
Heinrich le Roux	13	8	19	0	1.46	66	2	0	0	2
Blake Snijman	1	0	8	1	8.00	4	2	0	0	0
39.3 to JA Rudolph, . 110/5
Claude Henderson	14	7	19	2	1.35	73	2	0	0	0
53.1 to RT Bailey, . 155/7 61.2 to MS Tshabalala, . 176/8

Lions 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blake Snijman	lbw b du Preez	2	15	27	0	0	13.33
Stephen Cook	b du Preez	0	11	13	0	0	0.00
Alviro Petersen	c Dippenaar b du Preez	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Neil McKenzie (c)	c †van Wyk b du Preez	32	69	85	6	0	46.37
Matthew Harris †	b R McLaren	1	5	10	0	0	20.00
Heinrich le Roux	c Dippenaar b Mpitsang	6	30	38	0	0	20.00
Werner Coetsee	lbw b Mpitsang	3	9	9	0	0	33.33
Justin Ontong	c Rudolph b R McLaren	31	46	77	6	0	67.39
Friedel de Wet	c †van Wyk b du Preez	16	44	68	0	0	36.36
Garnett Kruger	b du Preez	4	7	9	1	0	57.14
Craig Alexander	not out	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 5, w 5)	14
Total	39.2 Ov (RR: 2.79, 175 Mins)	110
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Stephen Cook, 3.1 ov), 2-6 (Alviro Petersen, 3.3 ov), 3-11 (Blake Snijman, 5.5 ov), 4-12 (Matthew Harris, 8.2 ov), 5-40 (Heinrich le Roux, 20.2 ov), 6-48 (Werner Coetsee, 22.4 ov), 7-48 (Neil McKenzie, 23.3 ov), 8-104 (Friedel de Wet, 37.4 ov), 9-104 (Justin Ontong, 38.1 ov), 10-110 (Garnett Kruger, 39.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brent Kops	8	2	26	0	3.25	42	3	0	3	3
Dillon du Preez	15.2	6	40	6	2.60	72	6	0	0	0
3.1 to SC Cook, . 6/1 3.3 to AN Petersen, . 6/2 5.5 to BD Snijman, . 11/3 23.3 to ND McKenzie, . 48/7 37.4 to F de Wet, . 104/8 39.2 to GJP Kruger, . 110/10
Ryan McLaren	9	1	26	2	2.88	42	3	0	0	0
8.2 to MJ Harris, . 12/4 38.1 to JL Ontong, . 104/9
Victor Mpitsang	7	4	14	2	2.00	37	1	0	1	1
20.2 to HW le Roux, . 40/5 22.4 to WL Coetsee, . 48/6

Eagles 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c †Harris b de Wet	20	58	82	2	0	34.48
Adrian McLaren	b Kruger	6	6	7	1	0	100.00
Jacques Rudolph	c Snijman b Kruger	15	29	31	1	0	51.72
Boeta Dippenaar	c †Harris b McKenzie	153	289	403	23	0	52.94
Morne van Wyk (c)†	c Snijman b Cook	41	65	77	6	0	63.07
Ryan Bailey	c †Harris b Kruger	9	53	71	1	0	16.98
Ryan McLaren	b de Wet	36	109	147	4	0	33.02
Dillon du Preez	b Alexander	25	42	47	3	0	59.52
Thandi Tshabalala	c de Wet b Alexander	18	23	31	3	0	78.26
Brent Kops	c Kruger b McKenzie	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Victor Mpitsang	not out	0	7	11	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 10, nb 8)	28
Total	112.4 Ov (RR: 3.11, 456 Mins)	351
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Adrian McLaren, 1.6 ov), 2-33 (Jacques Rudolph, 9.5 ov), 3-70 (Dean Elgar, 19.1 ov), 4-136 (Morne van Wyk, 39.4 ov), 5-180 (Ryan Bailey, 57.2 ov), 6-282 (Ryan McLaren, 92.4 ov), 7-328 (Dillon du Preez, 104.6 ov), 8-342 (Boeta Dippenaar, 109.2 ov), 9-342 (Brent Kops, 109.5 ov), 10-351 (Thandi Tshabalala, 112.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Friedel de Wet	26	6	54	2	2.07	127	5	0	0	0
19.1 to D Elgar, . 70/3 92.4 to R McLaren, . 282/6
Garnett Kruger	21	4	75	3	3.57	101	9	0	0	8
1.6 to AP McLaren, . 10/1 9.5 to JA Rudolph, . 33/2 57.2 to RT Bailey, . 180/5
Craig Alexander	17.4	2	91	2	5.15	71	15	0	0	0
104.6 to D du Preez, . 328/7 112.4 to MS Tshabalala, . 351/10
Heinrich le Roux	23	5	58	0	2.52	115	9	0	0	0
Stephen Cook	8	2	15	1	1.87	39	2	0	0	0
39.4 to MN van Wyk, . 136/4
Werner Coetsee	11	3	25	0	2.27	40	2	0	0	0
Neil McKenzie	6	2	13	2	2.16	29	2	0	0	0
109.2 to HH Dippenaar, . 342/8 109.5 to BB Kops, . 342/9

Lions 2nd Innings (T: 441 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	lbw b du Preez	8	16	19	2	0	50.00
Blake Snijman	c Dippenaar b du Preez	6	21	30	0	0	28.57
Werner Coetsee	c †van Wyk b Kops	60	110	151	8	0	54.54
Alviro Petersen	c †van Wyk b R McLaren	21	49	65	3	0	42.85
Neil McKenzie (c)	run out (R McLaren)	54	176	240	5	1	30.68
Justin Ontong	b Mpitsang	21	45	61	1	0	46.66
Matthew Harris †	c Dippenaar b R McLaren	41	120	168	6	0	34.16
Heinrich le Roux	c Dippenaar b du Preez	32	110	136	4	0	29.09
Friedel de Wet	c Rudolph b du Preez	26	87	114	4	0	29.88
Garnett Kruger	not out	25	49	63	5	0	51.02
Craig Alexander	lbw b Rudolph	4	10	20	0	0	40.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 5, w 8)	29
Total	131.2 Ov (RR: 2.48, 538 Mins)	327
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Stephen Cook, 4.4 ov), 2-21 (Blake Snijman, 6.4 ov), 3-68 (Alviro Petersen, 23.1 ov), 4-117 (Werner Coetsee, 39.6 ov), 5-158 (Justin Ontong, 55.4 ov), 6-210 (Neil McKenzie, 81.1 ov), 7-243 (Matthew Harris, 96.3 ov), 8-289 (Heinrich le Roux, 114.6 ov), 9-312 (Friedel de Wet, 126.4 ov), 10-327 (Craig Alexander, 131.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	33	11	72	4	2.18	169	10	0	0	0
4.4 to SC Cook, . 12/1 6.4 to BD Snijman, . 21/2 114.6 to HW le Roux, . 289/8 126.4 to F de Wet, . 312/9
Brent Kops	15	3	50	1	3.33	72	5	0	4	3
39.6 to WL Coetsee, . 117/4
Ryan McLaren	25	4	68	2	2.72	120	10	0	0	0
23.1 to AN Petersen, . 68/3 96.3 to MJ Harris, . 243/7
Victor Mpitsang	24	7	52	1	2.16	121	7	0	0	2
55.4 to JL Ontong, . 158/5
Thandi Tshabalala	22	6	47	0	2.13	107	3	1	0	0
Jacques Rudolph	12.2	4	22	1	1.78	64	3	0	0	0
131.2 to CJ Alexander, . 327/10

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Thu, 18 Oct - day 1 - Lions 1st innings 40/4 (Neil McKenzie 27*, Heinrich le Roux 6*, 17 ov)

Fri, 19 Oct - day 2 - Knights 2nd innings 210/5 (Boeta Dippenaar 85*, Ryan McLaren 13*, 71 ov)

Sat, 20 Oct - day 3 - Lions 2nd innings 147/4 (Neil McKenzie 20*, Justin Ontong 17*, 52 ov)

Sun, 21 Oct - day 4 - Lions 2nd innings 327 (131.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Eagles 1st innings
50 off 19.3 overs, 91 mins, 119 balls, 7x4
100 off 34.4 overs, 152 mins, 211 balls, 16x4
150 off 49.1 overs, 220 mins, 298 balls, 26x4
Eagles 2nd innings
50 runs 59 mins 82 balls 6x4
100 runs 128 mins 182 balls 11x4
150 runs 182 mins 275 balls 19x4
200 runs 268 mins 404 balls 24x4
250 runs 324 mins 499 balls 31x4 0x6
300 runs 402 mins 592 balls 37x4
350 runs 458 mins 683 balls 4x4
Lions 2nd innings
50 runs 75 mins 110 balls 6x4
100 runs 150 mins 213 balls 12x4
150 runs 224 mins 325 balls 16x4
200 runs 317 mins 463 balls 20x4 1x6
250 runs 410 mins 593 balls 29x4 1x6
300 runs 497 mins 732 balls 34x4 1x6

Match Details

De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Toss	Lions, elected to field first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2007/08
Player Of The Match	Boeta Dippenaar Dillon du Preez
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	18,19,20,21 October 2007 - day (4-day match)
LIONS Player Replacement	Substitute: Werner Coetsee in, Claude Henderson out (2nd innings, 18 ov)
Umpires	Earl Hendrikse Murray Brown
Reserve Umpire	Christo Conradie
Match Referee	Shaid Wadvalla
Points	Eagles 15.98, Lions 4

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LIONS Innings

Player Name		R	B
SC Cook	lbw	8	16
BD Snijman	caught	6	21
WL Coetsee	caught	60	110
AN Petersen	caught	21	49
ND McKenzie	run out	54	176
JL Ontong	bowled	21	45
MJ Harris	caught	41	120
HW le Roux	caught	32	110
F de Wet	caught	26	87
GJP Kruger	not out	25	49
CJ Alexander	lbw	4	10
Extras	(b 5, lb 11, nb 5, w 8)
Total	327(10 wkts; 131.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
D du Preez	33	11	72	4	2.18
BB Kops	15	3	50	1	3.33 (3 nb)
R McLaren	25	4	68	2	2.72
PV Mpitsang	24	7	52	1	2.16 (2 nb)
MS Tshabalala	22	6	47	0	2.13
JA Rudolph	12.2	4	22	1	1.78

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	12	Stephen Cook	Blake Snijman
2nd	9	Werner Coetsee	Blake Snijman
3rd	47	Alviro Petersen	Werner Coetsee
4th	49	Neil McKenzie	Werner Coetsee
5th	41	Neil McKenzie	Justin Ontong
6th	52	Neil McKenzie	Matthew Harris
7th	33	Matthew Harris	Heinrich le Roux
8th	46	Friedel de Wet	Heinrich le Roux
9th	23	Garnett Kruger	Friedel de Wet
10th	15	Garnett Kruger	Craig Alexander

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SuperSport Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
Eagls	10	5	1	4	117.52
WAR	10	3	2	5	98.12
COBRA	10	3	2	5	91.66
DOLPH	10	3	3	4	83.3
TITNS	10	1	3	6	68.2
LIONS	10	0	4	6	57.94
SACXI	-	-	-	-	-
ZIM	-	-	-	-	-

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