Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Puttick	c †Kuhn b Mbhalati	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Alistair Gray	c †Kuhn b Joubert	10	30	52	1	0	33.33
Stiaan van Zyl	b Joubert	16	39	57	3	0	41.02
Justin Ontong (c)	lbw b Imran Tahir	25	53	74	3	1	47.16
Richard Levi	lbw b Joubert	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Vernon Philander	c du Plessis b Joubert	31	84	99	4	0	36.90
Ryan Canning †	lbw b Joubert	122	192	227	17	2	63.54
Rory Kleinveldt	c Mbhalati b Joubert	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Claude Henderson	c †Kuhn b Joubert	0	2	4	0	0	0.00
Gurshwin Rabie	lbw b Imran Tahir	3	17	21	0	0	17.64
Pepler Sandri	not out	14	108	145	1	0	12.96
Extras	(lb 1, nb 6)	7
Total	88.4 Ov (RR: 2.57, 354 Mins)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Andrew Puttick, 1.5 ov), 2-22 (Alistair Gray, 10.6 ov), 3-33 (Stiaan van Zyl, 14.3 ov), 4-33 (Richard Levi, 14.5 ov), 5-71 (Justin Ontong, 28.3 ov), 6-91 (Vernon Philander, 41.3 ov), 7-91 (Rory Kleinveldt, 41.6 ov), 8-99 (Claude Henderson, 43.2 ov), 9-113 (Gurshwin Rabie, 48.5 ov), 10-228 (Ryan Canning, 88.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Basheeru-Deen Walters	11	4	35	0	3.18	54	6	0	0	2
Ethy Mbhalati	18	5	50	1	2.77	86	6	0	0	3
1.5 to AG Puttick, . 1/1
Pierre Joubert	18.4	5	38	7	2.03	96	7	0	0	0
10.6 to AJA Gray, . 22/2 14.3 to S van Zyl, . 33/3 14.5 to RE Levi, . 33/4 41.3 to VD Philander, . 91/6 41.6 to RK Kleinveldt, . 91/7 43.2 to CW Henderson, . 99/8 88.4 to RCC Canning, . 228/10
Imran Tahir	30	11	48	2	1.60	152	3	1	0	0
28.3 to JL Ontong, . 71/5 48.5 to GR Rabie, . 113/9
Roelof van der Merwe	5	0	24	0	4.80	20	3	1	0	0
Farhaan Behardien	2	1	8	0	4.00	10	2	0	0	0
Gulam Bodi	1	0	6	0	6.00	4	1	0	0	1
Faf du Plessis	3	0	18	0	6.00	12	1	1	0	0

Titans 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Blake Snijman	c †Canning b Ontong	49	108	163	6	0	45.37
Heino Kuhn †	lbw b Philander	5	24	29	1	0	20.83
Jacques Rudolph	b Sandri	23	49	72	4	0	46.93
Gulam Bodi	b Philander	63	103	140	7	1	61.16
Faf du Plessis	b Philander	57	144	202	8	0	39.58
Farhaan Behardien	lbw b Philander	54	102	113	5	1	52.94
Pierre Joubert (c)	not out	47	154	223	5	0	30.51
Roelof van der Merwe	c Gray b van Zyl	37	117	147	3	0	31.62
Imran Tahir	c Puttick b Gray	16	30	27	1	1	53.33
Basheeru-Deen Walters	b Philander	1	4	10	0	0	25.00
Ethy Mbhalati	c & b Kleinveldt	2	22	26	0	0	9.09
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 2, w 2)	6
Total	142.3 Ov (RR: 2.52, 585 Mins)	360
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Heino Kuhn, 7.5 ov), 2-65 (Jacques Rudolph, 23.6 ov), 3-98 (Blake Snijman, 37.1 ov), 4-172 (Gulam Bodi, 57.4 ov), 5-254 (Farhaan Behardien, 87.4 ov), 6-257 (Faf du Plessis, 89.2 ov), 7-318 (Roelof van der Merwe, 124.1 ov), 8-341 (Imran Tahir, 131.5 ov), 9-342 (Basheeru-Deen Walters, 134.2 ov), 10-360 (Ethy Mbhalati, 142.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Rory Kleinveldt	26.3	10	63	1	2.37	132	8	0	2	1
142.3 to NE Mbhalati, . 360/10
Vernon Philander	31	9	60	5	1.93	151	6	0	0	0
7.5 to HG Kuhn, . 10/1 57.4 to GH Bodi, . 172/4 87.4 to F Behardien, . 254/5 89.2 to F du Plessis, . 257/6 134.2 to BD Walters, . 342/9
Gurshwin Rabie	20	7	42	0	2.10	101	6	0	0	0
Pepler Sandri	14	2	57	1	4.07	55	7	0	0	1
23.6 to JA Rudolph, . 65/2
Justin Ontong	11	1	45	1	4.09	45	3	2	0	0
37.1 to BD Snijman, . 98/3
Stiaan van Zyl	22	7	45	1	2.04	112	6	1	0	0
124.1 to RE van der Merwe, . 318/7
Alistair Gray	18	4	46	1	2.55	76	4	0	0	0
131.5 to Imran Tahir, . 341/8

Cape Cobras 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Andrew Puttick	c †Kuhn b Walters	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
Alistair Gray	c du Plessis b Mbhalati	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
Stiaan van Zyl	c du Plessis b Imran Tahir	37	144	194	3	0	25.69
Justin Ontong (c)	lbw b Walters	11	21	30	2	0	52.38
Richard Levi	lbw b Mbhalati	0	9	19	0	0	0.00
Vernon Philander	b Joubert	8	30	29	0	0	26.66
Ryan Canning †	lbw b Joubert	2	17	20	0	0	11.76
Rory Kleinveldt	c Walters b van der Merwe	20	33	33	2	0	60.60
Claude Henderson	b Joubert	3	36	30	0	0	8.33
Pepler Sandri	not out	4	14	17	1	0	28.57
Gurshwin Rabie	c Joubert b Imran Tahir	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2)	6
Total	52.4 Ov (RR: 1.72, 201 Mins)	91
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Andrew Puttick, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (Alistair Gray, 1.6 ov), 3-21 (Justin Ontong, 8.6 ov), 4-31 (Richard Levi, 14.1 ov), 5-43 (Vernon Philander, 22.3 ov), 6-54 (Ryan Canning, 28.1 ov), 7-75 (Rory Kleinveldt, 37.1 ov), 8-85 (Claude Henderson, 47.4 ov), 9-91 (Stiaan van Zyl, 52.1 ov), 10-91 (Gurshwin Rabie, 52.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Basheeru-Deen Walters	6	2	16	2	2.66	31	3	0	0	0
0.5 to AG Puttick, . 2/1 8.6 to JL Ontong, . 21/3
Ethy Mbhalati	6	2	11	2	1.83	30	1	0	0	0
1.6 to AJA Gray, . 4/2 14.1 to RE Levi, . 31/4
Imran Tahir	18.4	5	30	2	1.60	95	2	0	0	2
52.1 to S van Zyl, . 91/9 52.4 to GR Rabie, . 91/10
Pierre Joubert	12	8	16	3	1.33	64	1	0	0	0
22.3 to VD Philander, . 43/5 28.1 to RCC Canning, . 54/6 47.4 to CW Henderson, . 85/8
Roelof van der Merwe	10	3	14	1	1.40	51	1	0	0	0
37.1 to RK Kleinveldt, . 75/7

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Thu, 05 Mar - day 1 - Titans 1st innings 10/1 (Blake Snijman 5*, 7.5 ov)

Fri, 06 Mar - day 2 - Titans 1st innings 278/6 (Pierre Joubert 8*, Roelof van der Merwe 13*, 104 ov)

Sat, 07 Mar - day 3 - Cape Cobras 2nd innings 91 (52.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Cobras 1st innings
51 runs in 22.5 overs, 105 mins (133balls, 7 fours)
100 runs in 44.4 overs, 191 mins (270balls, 12 fours, 1 six)
R Canning: 53 runs in 124mins, 97 balls, 6 fours, 1 six
150 runs in 63.5 overs, 259 mins (385 balls, 19 fours, 2 six)
53 run partnership in 72 mins, 128 balls, 7 fours, 1 six (Sandri 7*, Canning 45*, ex 1)
new ball taken after 80 overs
R Canning: 103 runs in 197 mins, 162 balls, 14 fours, 2 sixes
200 runs in 82.2 overs, 325 mins (498 balls, 25 fours, 3 sixes)
100 run partnership: 128 mins, 221 balls, 13 fours, 2 sixes( Sandri 14*, Canning 84* EX 2)

Day 2

Titans 1st innings
53 runs in 20 overs, 84 mins (121 balls, 7 fours)
51 run partnership in 67 mins, 90 balls, 8 fours ( Snijman 31*, Rudolph 19*, ex 1)
100runs in 37.2 overs, 167 mins (225 balls. 15 fours)
50 run partnership in 52 mins, 78 balls, 6 fours ( Du Plessis 24*, Bodi 25* ex 1)
150 runs in 51.1 overs, 221 mins (309 balls, 20 fours)
G Bodi: 52 runs in 120 mins, 85 balls, 5 fours, 1 six
20 runs in 73.5 overs, 307 mins (445 balls, 26 fours, 1 six)
50 run partnership in 81 mins, 132 balls, 6 fours ( Du Plessis 14*, Behardien 35* ex 1)
F du Plessis: 50 runs in 169 mins, 128 ball, 7 fours
F Behardien: 54 runs in 102 mins, 97 balls, 5 fours, 1 six
250 runs in 85.5 overs, 349 mins (517balls, 30 fours, 2 sixes)
new ball taken at the end of 86th over

Day 3

Titans 1st innings
Drinks: Titans 288/6 in 116.0 overs (P Joubert 13*, RE van der Merwe 18*)
300 runs in 117.3 overs, 489 mins (709 balls, 33 fours, 2 sixes)
7th wicket partnership: 61 runs in 147 mins, 211 balls, 3 fours (P Joubert 22*, RE van der Merwe 37, Extras 2)
Drinks: Titans 324/7 in 126.0 overs (P Joubert 24*, Imran Tahir 6*)
Lunch: Titans 345/9 in 136.0 overs (P Joubert 33*, NE Mbhalati 1*)
350 runs in 137.5 overs, 571 mins (831 balls, 38 fours, 3 sixes)
Titans gained a 1st innings lead of 132 runs
Cape Cobras 2nd innings
Tea: Cape Cobras 43/5 in 23.0 overs (S van Zyl 20*, RCC Canning 0*)
50 runs in 25.5 overs, 106 mins (156 balls, 5 fours)
Drinks: Cape Cobras 72/6 in 36.0 overs (S van Zyl 29*, RK Kleinveldt 17*)
Cape Cobras 91 ao in 52.4 overs; Titans winning by an innings and 41 runs
Bonus Points for the match:
Cape Cobras: Batting 2.56, Bowling 2 (Total = 4.56)
Titans: Batting 3.5, Bowling 4, Outright Win 10 (Total = 17.5)
Man of the Match: P Joubert (Titans)
Scorer Day 3: VF Vergotine

Match Details

Boland Bank Park, Paarl
Toss	Cape Cobras, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2008/09
Player Of The Match	Pierre Joubert
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00
Match days	5,6,7 March 2009 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Derek Walker Marais Erasmus
Reserve Umpire	Shaun George
Match Referee	Barry Lambson
Points	Titans 17.5, Cape Cobras 4.56

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Cape Cobras Innings

Player Name		R	B
AG Puttick	caught	0	5
AJA Gray	caught	0	6
S van Zyl	caught	37	144
JL Ontong	lbw	11	21
RE Levi	lbw	0	9
VD Philander	bowled	8	30
RCC Canning	lbw	2	17
RK Kleinveldt	caught	20	33
CW Henderson	bowled	3	36
PSE Sandri	not out	4	14
GR Rabie	caught	0	3
Extras	(lb 4, nb 2)
Total	91(10 wkts; 52.4 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
BD Walters	6	2	16	2	2.66
NE Mbhalati	6	2	11	2	1.83
Imran Tahir	18.4	5	30	2	1.6 (2 nb)
P Joubert	12	8	16	3	1.33
RE van der Merwe	10	3	14	1	1.4

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	Andrew Puttick	Alistair Gray
2nd	2	Alistair Gray	Stiaan van Zyl
3rd	17	Justin Ontong	Stiaan van Zyl
4th	10	Richard Levi	Stiaan van Zyl
5th	12	Vernon Philander	Stiaan van Zyl
6th	11	Ryan Canning	Stiaan van Zyl
7th	21	Rory Kleinveldt	Stiaan van Zyl
8th	10	Claude Henderson	Stiaan van Zyl
9th	6	Pepler Sandri	Stiaan van Zyl
10th	0	Pepler Sandri	Gurshwin Rabie

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SuperSport Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
TITNS	10	5	0	5	117.3
Eagls	10	5	4	1	109.87
LIONS	10	2	2	6	78.9
WAR	9	2	3	4	75.74
COBRA	9	1	3	5	66.02
DOLPH	10	0	3	7	56.88

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