Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jean Symes	c †van Wyk b de Villiers	14	55	84	1	0	25.45

Neil McKenzie (c)	c Rossouw b du Preez	4	24	27	0	0	16.66

Alviro Petersen	c Dippenaar b Pietersen	37	86	130	6	0	43.02

Stephen Cook	c Dippenaar b du Preez	21	67	86	2	0	31.34

Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c †van Wyk b Mpitsang	6	29	41	1	0	20.68

Dane Vilas †	c †van Wyk b de Villiers	2	15	19	0	0	13.33

Cliffe Deacon	c †van Wyk b Mpitsang	0	15	25	0	0	0.00

Aaron Phangiso	not out	39	72	110	3	1	54.16
Friedel de Wet	lbw b Pietersen	20	47	63	3	0	42.55
Garnett Kruger	c †van Wyk b du Preez	4	17	16	0	0	23.52

Craig Alexander	c de Villiers b Pietersen	4	6	12	1	0	66.66

Extras	(lb 6, nb 3)	9
Total	71.4 Ov (RR: 2.23, 309 Mins)	160
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Neil McKenzie, 6.6 ov), 2-35 (Jean Symes, 19.4 ov), 3-81 (Alviro Petersen, 37.1 ov), 4-89 (Stephen Cook, 40.2 ov), 5-91 (Dane Vilas, 44.4 ov), 6-92 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 45.6 ov), 7-93 (Cliffe Deacon, 49.4 ov), 8-134 (Friedel de Wet, 65.2 ov), 9-139 (Garnett Kruger, 68.6 ov), 10-160 (Craig Alexander, 71.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	16	6	33	3	2.06	82	4	0	0	0
6.6 to ND McKenzie, edged to third slip. 11/1 40.2 to SC Cook, edged to second slip. 89/4 68.6 to GJP Kruger, another nick to the keeper. 139/9
Charl Pietersen	19.4	7	50	3	2.54	86	5	1	0	0
37.1 to AN Petersen, edged to second slip. 81/3 65.2 to F de Wet, . 134/8 71.4 to CJ Alexander, goes for another one, picks out the tall de Villiers who has no trouble pouching it at mid off. 160/10
Victor Mpitsang	11	4	18	2	1.63	55	2	0	0	1
45.6 to VB van Jaarsveld, another edge to the keeper. 92/6 49.4 to WA Deacon, another egde to the keeper. 93/7
Cornelius de Villiers	13	7	19	2	1.46	78	3	0	0	2
19.4 to J Symes, gets a fine edge. 35/2 44.4 to DJ Vilas, going after a wide one, gets the edge. 91/5
Ryan Bailey	8	0	30	0	3.75	33	3	0	0	0
Thandi Tshabalala	4	1	4	0	1.00	20	0	0	0	0

Eagles 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	lbw b Kruger	18	21	29	3	0	85.71
Reeza Hendricks	b de Wet	51	110	167	6	0	46.36

Rilee Rossouw	lbw b Kruger	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Boeta Dippenaar (c)	c †Vilas b Deacon	27	51	68	3	0	52.94

Ryan Bailey	b de Wet	22	53	73	2	0	41.50

Morne van Wyk †	c van Jaarsveld b Kruger	7	13	30	1	0	53.84

Thandi Tshabalala	c McKenzie b Kruger	14	30	39	2	0	46.66

Charl Pietersen	c †Vilas b Deacon	4	24	33	1	0	16.66

Dillon du Preez	c Symes b de Wet	12	32	45	1	0	37.50

Cornelius de Villiers	lbw b Deacon	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Victor Mpitsang	not out	1	11	25	0	0	9.09
Extras	(lb 2, nb 8, w 1)	11
Total	56.3 Ov (RR: 2.95, 259 Mins)	167
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Dean Elgar, 7.1 ov), 2-30 (Rilee Rossouw, 7.2 ov), 3-78 (Boeta Dippenaar, 22.4 ov), 4-123 (Reeza Hendricks, 36.6 ov), 5-128 (Ryan Bailey, 38.1 ov), 6-138 (Morne van Wyk, 43.3 ov), 7-153 (Thandi Tshabalala, 47.1 ov), 8-155 (Charl Pietersen, 50.5 ov), 9-155 (Cornelius de Villiers, 50.6 ov), 10-167 (Dillon du Preez, 56.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Friedel de Wet	17.3	3	39	3	2.22	87	5	0	0	0
36.6 to RR Hendricks, quick one crashes into the off stump. 123/4 38.1 to RT Bailey, another offstump pegged by de Wet and he's on a hat-trick. 128/5 56.3 to D du Preez, goes for the big one, caught out at deep cover. 167/10
Garnett Kruger	20	3	73	4	3.65	91	9	0	0	6
7.1 to D Elgar, . 30/1 7.2 to RR Rossouw, that's two in tow for Kruger!. 30/2 43.3 to MN van Wyk, goes on the pull but gets a top edge to second slip. 138/6 47.1 to MS Tshabalala, irst ball after lunch, edged to first slip. 153/7
Craig Alexander	7	0	40	0	5.71	25	4	0	1	1
Cliffe Deacon	12	4	13	3	1.08	64	1	0	0	1
22.4 to HH Dippenaar, going after one down leg, gets a faint nick and Vilas does well diving to his left. 78/3 50.5 to C Pietersen, goes on the pull, gets an edge. 155/8 50.6 to CJD de Villiers, doesn't come far enough forward, Deacon now on a hat-trick. 155/9

Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jean Symes	c †van Wyk b Pietersen	5	6	5	1	0	83.33
Neil McKenzie (c)	c †van Wyk b Bailey	22	88	132	3	0	25.00

Alviro Petersen	lbw b Pietersen	1	7	10	0	0	14.28
Stephen Cook	c Rossouw b Pietersen	0	3	6	0	0	0.00

Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c †van Wyk b de Villiers	88	121	170	15	0	72.72

Dane Vilas †	c †van Wyk b Mpitsang	32	52	77	6	0	61.53

Cliffe Deacon	c Mpitsang b Pietersen	25	60	91	5	0	41.66

Aaron Phangiso	b Mpitsang	0	7	10	0	0	0.00
Friedel de Wet	c †van Wyk b Mpitsang	11	27	44	1	1	40.74

Garnett Kruger	c Dippenaar b de Villiers	6	9	15	1	0	66.66

Craig Alexander	not out	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 3, nb 1, w 2)	6
Total	63.2 Ov (RR: 3.09, 284 Mins)	196
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Jean Symes, 1.1 ov), 2-7 (Alviro Petersen, 3.4 ov), 3-9 (Stephen Cook, 5.1 ov), 4-86 (Neil McKenzie, 30.4 ov), 5-145 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 44.4 ov), 6-161 (Dane Vilas, 48.1 ov), 7-161 (Aaron Phangiso, 50.2 ov), 8-186 (Friedel de Wet, 60.2 ov), 9-196 (Garnett Kruger, 62.5 ov), 10-196 (Cliffe Deacon, 63.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	17	5	48	0	2.82	84	8	1	0	0
Charl Pietersen	10.2	1	44	4	4.25	46	8	0	0	0
1.1 to J Symes, . 5/1 3.4 to AN Petersen, . 7/2 5.1 to SC Cook, edged to third slip, Rossouw bobles it but manages to hold on. 9/3 63.2 to WA Deacon, goes for a big one again, taken nicely running in from third man. 196/10
Victor Mpitsang	16	10	24	3	1.50	87	4	0	0	1
48.1 to DJ Vilas, first ball of the morning, edged to the keeper. 161/6 50.2 to AM Phangiso, . 161/7 60.2 to F de Wet, down leg, tries to leave it but gets a faint touch, good take by the keeper. 186/8
Cornelius de Villiers	10	1	50	2	5.00	41	8	0	1	0
44.4 to VB van Jaarsveld, goes for a huge drive, edges to the keeper. 145/5 62.5 to GJP Kruger, tries an odd-looking cut shot, edges to second slip. 196/9
Ryan Bailey	5	1	18	1	3.60	24	3	0	1	0
30.4 to ND McKenzie, gets an edge that is taken this time. 86/4
Thandi Tshabalala	5	1	9	0	1.80	24	1	0	0	0

Eagles 2nd Innings (T: 190 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Dean Elgar	c Deacon b Alexander	40	144	180	3	0	27.77

Reeza Hendricks	c †Vilas b de Wet	5	12	19	0	0	41.66

Rilee Rossouw	c †Vilas b Kruger	20	41	71	3	0	48.78

Boeta Dippenaar (c)	c Deacon b Alexander	43	108	224	4	0	39.81

Ryan Bailey	c †Vilas b Alexander	0	4	3	0	0	0.00

Morne van Wyk †	lbw b Alexander	1	6	7	0	0	16.66

Dillon du Preez	c †Vilas b de Wet	16	27	35	2	0	59.25

Thandi Tshabalala	b de Wet	7	9	10	0	0	77.77

Charl Pietersen	b Kruger	6	27	21	1	0	22.22

Cornelius de Villiers	lbw b Deacon	35	40	50	5	0	87.50

Victor Mpitsang	not out	0	0	4	0	0	-
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 2)	7
Total	69.3 Ov (RR: 2.58, 315 Mins)	180
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Reeza Hendricks, 4.6 ov), 2-54 (Rilee Rossouw, 21.5 ov), 3-91 (Dean Elgar, 41.1 ov), 4-91 (Ryan Bailey, 41.5 ov), 5-93 (Morne van Wyk, 43.2 ov), 6-110 (Dillon du Preez, 50.3 ov), 7-122 (Thandi Tshabalala, 52.4 ov), 8-131 (Charl Pietersen, 57.4 ov), 9-180 (Cornelius de Villiers, 68.6 ov), 10-180 (Boeta Dippenaar, 69.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Friedel de Wet	19	6	54	3	2.84	88	6	0	0	0
4.6 to RR Hendricks, edged. 18/1 50.3 to D du Preez, Du Prez continues going after everything wildly, this time gets a top edge. 110/6 52.4 to MS Tshabalala, middle stump out of the ground!. 122/7
Garnett Kruger	23	0	64	2	2.78	103	6	0	0	1
21.5 to RR Rossouw, edged to the lkeeper. 54/2 57.4 to C Pietersen, fine edge to the keeper. 131/8
Cliffe Deacon	16	4	30	1	1.87	78	2	0	1	0
68.6 to CJD de Villiers, YES!!!!. 180/9
Craig Alexander	11.3	2	28	4	2.43	54	4	0	1	0
41.1 to D Elgar, tries to fend off a shortish one, gets an edge to second slip. 91/3 41.5 to RT Bailey, edged to the keeper. 91/4 43.2 to MN van Wyk, caught in the crease. 93/5 69.3 to HH Dippenaar, edged to second slip, the Lions win it!. 180/10

Unlocking the magic of Statsguru

Close of Play

Thu, 12 Mar - day 1 - Knights 1st innings 66/2 (Reeza Hendricks 26*, Boeta Dippenaar 17*, 18 ov)

Fri, 13 Mar - day 2 - Lions 2nd innings 161/5 (Dane Vilas 32*, Cliffe Deacon 10*, 48 ov)

Sat, 14 Mar - day 3 - Knights 2nd innings 54/1 (Dean Elgar 27*, Rilee Rossouw 20*, 21 ov)

Sun, 15 Mar - day 4 - Knights 2nd innings 180 (69.3 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Eagles 100 runs in 131 mins off 182 balls in 29.1 overs, 12x4
RR Hendricks 50 runs in 160 mins off 102 balls,9x4
Eagles 150 runs in 211 mins off 285 balls in 46.1 overs, 18x4
Lions 2nd innings
Lions 50 runs in 61 mins off 84 balls in 13.6 overs, 10x4
50 partnership for McKenzie & van Jaarsveld in 56 mins off 78 balls, 10x4 (McKenzie 12, van Jaarsveld 39, extras 0)
VB van Jaarsveld 50 runs in 76 mins off 59 balls, 10x4
Lions 100 runs in 147 mins off 200 balls in 33.1 overs, 18x4
52 partnership for van Jaarsveld & Vilas in 49 mins off 66 balls, 9x4 (van Jaarsveld 29, Vilas 22, extras 1)
Lions 150 runs in 198 mins off 273 balls in 45.2 overs, 26x4

Day 3

Day 4

Eagles 100 runs in 215 mins off 290 balls in 47.5 overs, 10x4
Eagles 150 runs in 280 mins off 375 balls in 62 overs, 14x4

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Lions, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2008/09
Player Of The Match	Friedel de Wet
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	12,13,14,15 March 2009 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Johan Cloete Karl Hurter
Reserve Umpire	Dennis Smith
Match Referee	Shaid Wadvalla
Points	Lions 15.2, Eagles 5.34

SuperSport Series News

Titans win third SuperSport title

A summary of the latest round of SuperSport Series matches

Lions clinch tense nine-run win

A summary of the latest round of SuperSport Series matches

South African players released for domestic duty

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has decided to allow the current South African Test squad to turn out for their domestic teams between the second and third Tests against Australia

Peterson earns two-match suspension

Left-arm spinner Robin Peterson is the biggest casualty in a series of sentences passed by Cricket South Africa's disciplinary committee

Prince thwarts his former team

A round-up of the latest round of the SuperSport series as Ashwell Prince produces a match-saving innings against his former team

Instant answers to T20 questions

Ask a question

Eagles Innings

Player Name		R	B
D Elgar	caught	40	144
RR Hendricks	caught	5	12
RR Rossouw	caught	20	41
HH Dippenaar	caught	43	108
RT Bailey	caught	0	4
MN van Wyk	lbw	1	6
D du Preez	caught	16	27
MS Tshabalala	bowled	7	9
C Pietersen	bowled	6	27
CJD de Villiers	lbw	35	40
PV Mpitsang	not out	0	0
Extras	(b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 2)
Total	180(10 wkts; 69.3 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
F de Wet	19	6	54	3	2.84
GJP Kruger	23	0	64	2	2.78 (1 nb)
WA Deacon	16	4	30	1	1.87
CJ Alexander	11.3	2	28	4	2.43

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	Dean Elgar	Reeza Hendricks
2nd	36	Dean Elgar	Rilee Rossouw
3rd	37	Boeta Dippenaar	Dean Elgar
4th	0	Boeta Dippenaar	Ryan Bailey
5th	2	Boeta Dippenaar	Morne van Wyk
6th	17	Boeta Dippenaar	Dillon du Preez
7th	12	Boeta Dippenaar	Thandi Tshabalala
8th	9	Boeta Dippenaar	Charl Pietersen
9th	49	Boeta Dippenaar	Cornelius de Villiers
10th	0	Boeta Dippenaar	Victor Mpitsang

<1 / 3>

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

Full Table