Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c †Harris b de Wet	10	48	68	1	0	20.83

Loots Bosman	run out (le Roux)	23	49	91	4	0	46.93

Ryan Bailey	c †Harris b le Roux	19	61	89	2	0	31.14

Boeta Dippenaar (c)	c McKenzie b le Roux	66	143	211	8	0	46.15

Adrian McLaren †	c le Roux b Alexander	8	7	8	2	0	114.28

Petrus Koortzen	c McKenzie b le Roux	6	22	27	0	0	27.27

Ryan McLaren	c Coetsee b le Roux	22	95	124	1	0	23.15

Dillon du Preez	c †Harris b le Roux	3	13	25	0	0	23.07

Cornelius de Villiers	lbw b Henderson	0	5	6	0	0	0.00

Thandi Tshabalala	not out	6	19	21	1	0	31.57
Victor Mpitsang	c Petersen b le Roux	3	7	16	0	0	42.85

Extras	(lb 6, nb 3, w 2)	11
Total	77.4 Ov (RR: 2.27, 345 Mins)	177
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Dean Elgar, 14.5 ov), 2-41 (Loots Bosman, 19.3 ov), 3-70 (Ryan Bailey, 33.3 ov), 4-79 (Adrian McLaren, 34.5 ov), 5-94 (Petrus Koortzen, 41.1 ov), 6-157 (Boeta Dippenaar, 67.5 ov), 7-166 (Ryan McLaren, 71.3 ov), 8-167 (Cornelius de Villiers, 72.6 ov), 9-169 (Dillon du Preez, 73.4 ov), 10-177 (Victor Mpitsang, 77.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Friedel de Wet	23	10	45	1	1.95	119	7	0	0	0
14.5 to D Elgar, and the probing line finally gets the breakthrough, he gets the outside edge, and Harris makes no mistake.. 31/1
Craig Alexander	14	1	40	1	2.85	65	6	0	1	0
34.5 to AP McLaren, lofted to third man, le Roux makes no mistake, judges the height well and gets under it. 79/4
Johnson Mafa	15	3	39	0	2.60	74	5	0	1	2
Heinrich le Roux	16.4	4	29	6	1.74	83	2	0	0	1
33.3 to RT Bailey, and the new bolwer gets immediate reward! Just a fine edge and Harris takes his second. 70/3 41.1 to PJ Koortzen, egded to first slip and the captain takes it .. 94/5 67.5 to HH Dippenaar, edged and gone! Well bowld from Heinrich. 157/6 71.3 to R McLaren, and another one goes behind, success for le Roux yet again. 166/7 73.4 to D du Preez, le Roux gets five, an edge again, and Harris takes his third catch. 169/9 77.4 to PV Mpitsang, hooked to sq leg, Petersen times his jump well and takes a good catch, and thats it, Eagles all out for 177. 177/10
Claude Henderson	9	0	18	1	2.00	42	1	0	0	0
72.6 to CJD de Villiers, big stirde in and hit on the front pad, big appeal and the umpire thinks a lot, given!. 167/8

Lions 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blake Snijman	b du Preez	21	54	60	1	1	38.88

Alviro Petersen	lbw b de Villiers	10	25	45	1	0	40.00

Werner Coetsee	c †AP McLaren b R McLaren	40	102	130	5	1	39.21

Neil McKenzie (c)	lbw b du Preez	22	53	89	3	0	41.50

Justin Ontong	c Elgar b R McLaren	13	37	69	2	0	35.13

Heinrich le Roux	lbw b Mpitsang	0	11	14	0	0	0.00

Matthew Harris †	not out	30	75	116	3	0	40.00
Claude Henderson	c †AP McLaren b du Preez	8	24	40	1	0	33.33

Friedel de Wet	c R McLaren b Mpitsang	7	17	22	0	0	41.17

Craig Alexander	c Koortzen b de Villiers	0	10	11	0	0	0.00

Johnson Mafa	run out (Elgar/†AP McLaren)	5	4	9	1	0	125.00

Extras	(lb 15, nb 2, w 1)	18
Total	68.2 Ov (RR: 2.54, 306 Mins)	174
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Alviro Petersen, 11.3 ov), 2-34 (Blake Snijman, 14.6 ov), 3-85 (Neil McKenzie, 35.1 ov), 4-109 (Werner Coetsee, 40.4 ov), 5-115 (Heinrich le Roux, 43.5 ov), 6-125 (Justin Ontong, 50.5 ov), 7-146 (Claude Henderson, 59.2 ov), 8-160 (Friedel de Wet, 63.6 ov), 9-161 (Craig Alexander, 66.5 ov), 10-174 (Johnson Mafa, 68.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	20	3	45	3	2.25	95	3	1	0	0
14.6 to BD Snijman, middle stump gets dislodged, Snijman plays an expansive drive and misses and du Preez hits. 34/2 35.1 to ND McKenzie, strange dismissal, McKenzie far down the wicket, struck on the pad, and its given. 85/3 59.2 to CW Henderson, and another one gone behind. Eagles are into the Lions tail now. 146/7
Victor Mpitsang	18	3	46	2	2.55	85	4	1	0	2
43.5 to HW le Roux, unfortunate! Big stride in and its given. 115/5 63.6 to F de Wet, edged and taken at first slip. 160/8
Cornelius de Villiers	16.2	3	47	2	2.87	78	7	0	0	0
11.3 to AN Petersen, struck on the pad, confident appeal, umpire takes a while to think about it, and its gone. 24/1 66.5 to CJ Alexander, top edge, goes up high, caught at extra cover. 161/9
Ryan McLaren	14	5	21	2	1.50	75	3	0	1	0
40.4 to WL Coetsee, edged and gone, the lunch break seems to have done the bowlers well. 109/4 50.5 to JL Ontong, what a catch! Lofted shot in the air to sq leg, Elgar jumps and dives to his right, takes a superb catch and there is a slight break in monotony. 125/6

Eagles 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Loots Bosman	c le Roux b Alexander	5	5	6	1	0	100.00
Dean Elgar	lbw b Mafa	11	32	52	2	0	34.37

Ryan Bailey	c Coetsee b Alexander	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Boeta Dippenaar (c)	c Ontong b le Roux	44	104	162	7	0	42.30

Adrian McLaren †	b Mafa	15	29	40	2	0	51.72

Petrus Koortzen	lbw b Alexander	0	13	14	0	0	0.00

Ryan McLaren	c †Harris b Alexander	51	115	186	4	0	44.34

Dillon du Preez	b Alexander	12	14	13	2	0	85.71
Cornelius de Villiers	c †Harris b Mafa	8	47	59	1	0	17.02

Thandi Tshabalala	c †Harris b le Roux	2	26	46	0	0	7.69
Victor Mpitsang	not out	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 1, w 1)	15
Total	64.3 Ov (RR: 2.52, 295 Mins)	163
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Loots Bosman, 1.2 ov), 2-5 (Ryan Bailey, 1.4 ov), 3-30 (Dean Elgar, 11.3 ov), 4-54 (Adrian McLaren, 19.4 ov), 5-55 (Petrus Koortzen, 22.6 ov), 6-105 (Boeta Dippenaar, 37.2 ov), 7-118 (Dillon du Preez, 40.3 ov), 8-139 (Cornelius de Villiers, 53.2 ov), 9-163 (Thandi Tshabalala, 63.5 ov), 10-163 (Ryan McLaren, 64.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Friedel de Wet	16	5	22	0	1.37	83	2	0	0	0
Craig Alexander	18.3	4	61	5	3.29	91	12	0	0	0
1.2 to LE Bosman, . 5/1 1.4 to RT Bailey, edged and gone. What is going on here?. 5/2 22.6 to PJ Koortzen, struck on the back pad, no hesitation this time, out!. 55/5 40.3 to D du Preez, . 118/7 64.3 to R McLaren, fine nick to the feeper, McLaren walks. 163/10
Johnson Mafa	14	5	22	3	1.57	78	1	0	1	1
11.3 to D Elgar, Mafa gets his first wicket in the match, Elgar on he back foot, struck on the pad, and gone. 30/3 19.4 to AP McLaren, and after a long delay during which McLaren had something in his eye, Mafa gets middle stump to move. 54/4 53.2 to CJD de Villiers, standard nick to the keeper. 139/8
Heinrich le Roux	16	1	45	2	2.81	63	4	0	0	0
37.2 to HH Dippenaar, goes on the drive, but doesn't keep it down and Ontong pounces on it at backward point. 105/6 63.5 to MS Tshabalala, . 163/9

Lions 2nd Innings (T: 167 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alviro Petersen	b du Preez	5	30	29	1	0	16.66

Blake Snijman	c Koortzen b du Preez	18	39	61	2	0	46.15

Werner Coetsee	c †AP McLaren b Mpitsang	1	7	8	0	0	14.28

Neil McKenzie (c)	c †AP McLaren b R McLaren	15	48	88	2	0	31.25

Justin Ontong	c †AP McLaren b Mpitsang	17	54	70	2	0	31.48

Heinrich le Roux	c †AP McLaren b du Preez	11	26	43	2	0	42.30

Matthew Harris †	c Dippenaar b du Preez	8	35	48	0	0	22.85

Claude Henderson	not out	17	18	32	4	0	94.44
Friedel de Wet	c †AP McLaren b de Villiers	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Craig Alexander	c †AP McLaren b de Villiers	2	6	9	0	0	33.33

Johnson Mafa	c R McLaren b de Villiers	0	4	8	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 5, nb 3, w 1)	9
Total	44.1 Ov (RR: 2.33, 202 Mins)	103
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Alviro Petersen, 7.1 ov), 2-22 (Werner Coetsee, 8.5 ov), 3-28 (Blake Snijman, 13.5 ov), 4-62 (Neil McKenzie, 29.1 ov), 5-66 (Justin Ontong, 30.1 ov), 6-81 (Heinrich le Roux, 37.5 ov), 7-84 (Matthew Harris, 39.6 ov), 8-85 (Friedel de Wet, 40.3 ov), 9-87 (Craig Alexander, 42.3 ov), 10-103 (Johnson Mafa, 44.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Victor Mpitsang	11	2	28	2	2.54	53	3	0	0	3
8.5 to WL Coetsee, pushes forward at one, but misjudges the length, get's a thick edge to the keeper. 22/2 30.1 to JL Ontong, fine nick. 66/5
Dillon du Preez	13	5	29	4	2.23	66	5	0	0	0
7.1 to AN Petersen, batsman walking across his stumps ever so slightly, trying to flick it away on the leg sde, a hint of movement and leg stump gets knocked back. 21/1 13.5 to BD Snijman, goes on the pull but mistimes and it just pops up to mid wicket. 28/3 37.5 to HW le Roux, goes at a wide one, McLaren take a good catch. 81/6 39.6 to MJ Harris, edged to second slip. 84/7
Cornelius de Villiers	11.1	3	18	3	1.61	55	1	0	1	0
40.3 to F de Wet, . 85/8 42.3 to CJ Alexander, tries to avoid a short one, but gets a nick. 87/9 44.1 to JT Mafa, goes for a wild swing. 103/10
Ryan McLaren	9	2	23	1	2.55	45	4	0	0	0
29.1 to ND McKenzie, flashes at a wide one. 62/4

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Thu, 13 Dec - day 1 - Lions 1st innings 2/0 (Blake Snijman 1*, Alviro Petersen 0*, 2.3 ov)

Fri, 14 Dec - day 2 - Knights 2nd innings 80/5 (Boeta Dippenaar 29*, Ryan McLaren 13*, 31 ov)

Sat, 15 Dec - day 3 - Lions 2nd innings 103 (44.1 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Eagles 100 runs in 162 mins off 211 balls in 34.5 overs, 14x4
50 partnership for Dippenaar and R McLaren in 57 mins off 80 balls, 8x4 (Contributions: Dippenaar 25, R McLaren 22, Extras 3)
Eagles 150 runs in 261 mins off 341 balls in 56.3 overs, 19x4
R McLaren 50 runs in 176 mins off 109 balls, 4x4
Lions 2nd innings
Lions 50 runs in 114 mins off 161 balls in 26.2 overs, 6x4
Lions 100 runs in 201 mins off 268 balls in 44 overs, 13x4

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Eagles, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2007/08
Player Of The Match	Ryan McLaren
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	13,14,15,16 December 2007 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Karl Hurter Murray Brown
Reserve Umpire	Lourens Engelbrecht
Match Referee	Enver Mall
Points	Eagles 15.54, Lions 5.48

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LIONS Innings

Player Name		R	B
AN Petersen	bowled	5	30
BD Snijman	caught	18	39
WL Coetsee	caught	1	7
ND McKenzie	caught	15	48
JL Ontong	caught	17	54
HW le Roux	caught	11	26
MJ Harris	caught	8	35
CW Henderson	not out	17	18
F de Wet	caught	0	1
CJ Alexander	caught	2	6
JT Mafa	caught	0	4
Extras	(lb 5, nb 3, w 1)
Total	103(10 wkts; 44.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
PV Mpitsang	11	2	28	2	2.54 (3 nb)
D du Preez	13	5	29	4	2.23
CJD de Villiers	11.1	3	18	3	1.61
R McLaren	9	2	23	1	2.55

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	21	Alviro Petersen	Blake Snijman
2nd	1	Werner Coetsee	Blake Snijman
3rd	6	Neil McKenzie	Blake Snijman
4th	34	Neil McKenzie	Justin Ontong
5th	4	Justin Ontong	Heinrich le Roux
6th	15	Matthew Harris	Heinrich le Roux
7th	3	Claude Henderson	Matthew Harris
8th	1	Claude Henderson	Friedel de Wet
9th	2	Claude Henderson	Craig Alexander
10th	16	Claude Henderson	Johnson Mafa

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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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