Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	c Gobind b Abbott	4	18	21	0	0	22.22

Craig Thyssen	c Miller b Kent	20	42	64	4	0	47.61

Arno Jacobs	c †Smit b Abbott	42	61	92	6	1	68.85

Zander de Bruyn	b Abbott	7	46	67	0	0	15.21

Ashwell Prince	c Gobind b Mlongo	28	86	118	5	0	32.55

Davy Jacobs (c)†	lbw b Gobind	29	51	83	4	0	56.86

Riaan Jeggels	c †Smit b Gobind	5	17	21	0	0	29.41

Darryl Brown	lbw b Abbott	3	25	39	0	0	12.00

Rusty Theron	not out	16	37	53	1	1	43.24
Andrew Birch	c & b Abbott	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Mario Olivier	c Amla b Hewer	4	8	16	0	0	50.00

Extras	(lb 2, nb 1, w 1)	4
Total	65.1 Ov (RR: 2.48, 292 Mins)	162
Fall of wickets 1-5 (JJ Smuts, 5.2 ov), 2-44 (Craig Thyssen, 15.2 ov), 3-76 (Arno Jacobs, 26.1 ov), 4-79 (Zander de Bruyn, 30.2 ov), 5-126 (Davy Jacobs, 49.1 ov), 6-138 (Ashwell Prince, 52.4 ov), 7-139 (Riaan Jeggels, 53.2 ov), 8-147 (Darryl Brown, 62.1 ov), 9-147 (Andrew Birch, 62.2 ov), 10-162 (Mario Olivier, 65.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Saidi Mlongo	14	6	36	1	2.57	65	0	0
Kyle Abbott	17	10	18	5	1.05	90	0	0
5.2 to JT Smuts, goes after a short one with a hook, thick edges high up, Gobind comes in from mid wicket to pouch a regulation catch. 5/1 26.1 to A Jacobs, snicks to the wicket keeper. 76/3 30.2 to Z de Bruyn, obviously picks the wrong line, drives, misses, of stump goes. 79/4 62.1 to DL Brown, trapped in front. 147/8 62.2 to ACR Birch, popos back a return catch. 147/9
Vyash Gobind	13	3	35	2	2.69	64	0	1
49.1 to DJ Jacobs, comes across and slightly forwrd top work th eball to leg, misses and the ball carrys on to the bottom of the pads, umpire Karl Hurter has no hesitation in raising the finger of fate. 126/5 53.2 to RR Jeggels, a gentle edge to the keeper. 139/7
Jon Kent	11	4	24	1	2.18	58	1	0
15.2 to CA Thyssen, half checked an aerial drive, ball loops to mid off. 44/2
Nicholas Hewer	10.1	1	47	1	4.62	46	0	0
52.4 to AG Prince, mistimed drive to off, high loop to backward point, a tremendous one handed take at ankle height. 138/6 65.1 to MW Olivier, a big hoik, ball comes off the top of th ebat and loop gently to the Dolphins captain at kid off. 162/10

Dolphins 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Imraan Khan	b Olivier	10	24	37	1	0	41.66

Cameron Delport	c †DJ Jacobs b Olivier	0	6	7	0	0	0.00

David Miller	lbw b Olivier	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Ahmed Amla (c)	lbw b Theron	6	15	19	1	0	40.00

HD Ackerman	lbw b Brown	7	14	22	1	0	50.00

Jon Kent	c †DJ Jacobs b Olivier	8	8	17	2	0	100.00

Daryn Smit †	c Thyssen b Birch	36	64	104	6	0	56.25

Kyle Abbott	b Olivier	8	14	18	1	0	57.14

Vyash Gobind	c †DJ Jacobs b Birch	21	69	103	2	0	30.43

Saidi Mlongo	not out	6	41	56	0	0	14.63
Nicholas Hewer	c A Jacobs b Theron	7	22	34	1	0	31.81

Extras	(lb 6, nb 7, w 1)	14
Total	45.1 Ov (RR: 2.72, 213 Mins)	123
Fall of wickets 1-3 (Cameron Delport, 1.4 ov), 2-3 (David Miller, 1.5 ov), 3-13 (Ahmed Amla, 6.3 ov), 4-19 (Imraan Khan, 7.6 ov), 5-33 (HD Ackerman, 10.5 ov), 6-33 (Jon Kent, 11.1 ov), 7-44 (Kyle Abbott, 13.6 ov), 8-107 (Daryn Smit, 32.1 ov), 9-112 (Vyash Gobind, 36.6 ov), 10-123 (Nicholas Hewer, 45.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rusty Theron	12.1	3	33	2	2.71	57	0	0
6.3 to AM Amla, ball comes in from off to hit the pads. 13/3 45.1 to ND Hewer, onto defense on back foot, ball touches the face of th ebat and glides to 1st slip. 123/10
Mario Olivier	9	1	38	5	4.22	42	0	7
1.4 to CS Delport, chases a widish ball leaving the left hander, touches and the keepr accepts the gift readily. 3/1 1.5 to DA Miller, ball keeps low and gets under the bat, plumb in front as the ball hits the pads. 3/2 7.6 to I Khan, tries to flick th eball away but misses, ball gets leg stump. 19/4 11.1 to JC Kent, awkward, nips back and glances off the face of th ebat to th ekeeper. 33/6 13.6 to KJ Abbott, beaten as t eball coms in from th eoff side to crash into th estumps. 44/7
Darryl Brown	11	3	23	1	2.09	56	0	0
10.5 to HD Ackerman, nips back from off to hit the batsman highup on th epads. 33/5
Andrew Birch	13	5	23	2	1.76	66	1	0
32.1 to D Smit, eventually succumbs to the enticing short one on leg, and he pulls straight to Thyssen at square leg. 107/8 36.6 to V Gobind, gets an edge to the keeper. 112/9

Warriors 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	b Hewer	77	171	251	7	1	45.02

Craig Thyssen	c Hewer b Mlongo	18	36	54	2	0	50.00

Arno Jacobs	c Amla b Smit	64	116	126	7	1	55.17

Zander de Bruyn	c Miller b Gobind	17	98	134	0	0	17.34

Ashwell Prince	run out (Miller/†Smit)	43	67	104	5	0	64.17

Davy Jacobs (c)†	c Mlongo b Smit	64	108	155	4	1	59.25

Riaan Jeggels	c †Smit b Smit	26	64	87	4	1	40.62

Darryl Brown	not out	14	38	62	2	0	36.84
Rusty Theron	c †Smit b Smit	1	7	9	0	0	14.28

Andrew Birch	not out	25	23	24	2	1	108.69
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2, w 2)	9
Total	121 Ov (RR: 2.95, 507 Mins)	358/8d
Did not bat Mario Olivier
Fall of wickets 1-31 (Craig Thyssen, 14.2 ov), 2-136 (Arno Jacobs, 45.6 ov), 3-169 (JJ Smuts, 61.6 ov), 4-209 (Zander de Bruyn, 76.6 ov), 5-239 (Ashwell Prince, 85.4 ov), 6-300 (Riaan Jeggels, 105.3 ov), 7-317 (Davy Jacobs, 113.1 ov), 8-318 (Rusty Theron, 115.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Kyle Abbott	19	2	56	0	2.94	91	0	1
Jon Kent	13	4	45	0	3.46	57	0	0
Vyash Gobind	23	2	51	1	2.21	78	1	0
Saidi Mlongo	18	5	36	1	2.00	113	0	0
14.2 to CA Thyssen, pulls but possibly a bit flat, Hewer takes it.. 31/1 76.6 to Z de Bruyn, seems to be a slower delivery, hit straight to cover. 209/4
Nicholas Hewer	20	3	77	1	3.85	81	1	0
61.6 to JT Smuts, comes forward to play to the off, ball comes through the gate and removesd middle and off. 169/3
Daryn Smit	28	6	88	4	3.14	126	0	1
45.6 to A Jacobs, softdismissal as Jacobs pulls gently to square leg. 136/2 105.3 to RR Jeggels, hits straigh back into the hnds of the bowler. 300/6 113.1 to DJ Jacobs, going for it but holes out at cow corner. 317/7 115.3 to J Theron, caught slightly unawares and pops the ball back to the bowler. 318/8

Dolphins 2nd Innings (T: 398 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Imraan Khan	c Brown b Olivier	43	97	159	3	0	44.32

Cameron Delport	c Thyssen b Olivier	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

David Miller	c de Bruyn b Olivier	19	28	31	2	0	67.85

Ahmed Amla (c)	lbw b Birch	26	46	84	6	0	56.52

HD Ackerman	c A Jacobs b Brown	27	49	98	4	0	55.10

Jon Kent	lbw b Olivier	15	33	38	2	0	45.45

Daryn Smit †	run out (de Bruyn)	3	14	19	0	0	21.42

Kyle Abbott	not out	12	13	28	3	0	92.30
Vyash Gobind	c de Bruyn b Brown	4	10	16	0	0	40.00

Saidi Mlongo	c Jeggels b Olivier	3	3	5	0	0	100.00

Nicholas Hewer	c A Jacobs b Olivier	0	3	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(lb 6, nb 6, w 2)	14
Total	48.4 Ov (RR: 3.41, 245 Mins)	166
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Cameron Delport, 1.2 ov), 2-36 (David Miller, 7.5 ov), 3-80 (Ahmed Amla, 24.6 ov), 4-109 (Imraan Khan, 32.5 ov), 5-134 (Jon Kent, 40.1 ov), 6-141 (Daryn Smit, 43.4 ov), 7-141 (HD Ackerman, 43.5 ov), 8-162 (Vyash Gobind, 47.1 ov), 9-166 (Saidi Mlongo, 48.1 ov), 10-166 (Nicholas Hewer, 48.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rusty Theron	12	2	51	0	4.25	50	0	3
Mario Olivier	15.4	3	59	6	3.76	71	0	2
1.2 to CS Delport, ball seams away and the batsman, cuts, edges, a fantastic dive to his left and Thyssen catches at full stretch in one hand. 0/1 7.5 to DA Miller, driven low to extra cover, diving forward and to his left, de Bruyn grabs the ball inches above the ground. 36/2 32.5 to I Khan, tries to flick away, mistimed to Brown. 109/4 40.1 to JC Kent, comes into line, misses, ball hits the pads, umpire agrees with the appeal and raises his finger. 134/5 48.1 to S Mlongo, ball comes across the body, edges to 3rd slip. 166/9 48.4 to ND Hewer, edged to 1st slip. 166/10
Andrew Birch	10	2	25	1	2.50	51	0	1
24.6 to AM Amla, shuffles over, misses the ball which hits the pads, pretty plumb I would think. 80/3
Zander de Bruyn	5	1	15	0	3.00	23	0	0
JJ Smuts	2	0	4	0	2.00	8	0	0
Darryl Brown	4	1	6	2	1.50	21	2	0
43.5 to HD Ackerman, edged to 1st slip. 141/7 47.1 to V Gobind, a lazy uppish drive to mid off. 162/8

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Close of Play

Thu, 26 Mar

day 1 - Dolphins 1st innings 51/7 (Daryn Smit 8*, Vyash Gobind 0*, 15.4 ov)

Fri, 27 Mar

day 2 - Warriors 2nd innings 141/2 (JJ Smuts 58*, Zander de Bruyn 1*, 52.4 ov)

Sat, 28 Mar

day 3 - Dolphins 2nd innings 98/3 (Imraan Khan 38*, HD Ackerman 12*, 30 ov)

Sun, 29 Mar

day 4 - Dolphins 2nd innings 166 (48.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Day 2

Dolphins 1st Innings - 8th wicket partnership 50 runs from 75 balls in 54 mins (D Smit 29, V Gobind 16

Dolphins 1st Innings - 100 runs in 29.4 overs (146 mins, 186 balls, 14x4,0x6)

Warriors 1st Innings - 50 runs in 22.1 overs (91 mins, 133 balls, 5x4,0x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - I Khan replaces D smit as wicket keeper

Warriors 2nd Innings - 2nd wicket partnership 50 runs from 77 balls in 58 mins (JT Smuts 22, A Jacobs 28

Warriors 2nd Innings - 100 runs in 34.6 overs (143 mins, 210 balls, 11x4,2x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - JT Smuts: 50 runs off 110 balls in 159 mins (5x4, 1x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - A Jacobs: 100 runs off 98 balls in 110 mins (6x4, 1x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 2nd wicket partnership 100 runs from 178 balls in 119 mins (JT Smuts 39, A Jacobs 62

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Day 3

D Smit resumes wicket keeper role at during Warriors second innings at over 52.4

Warriors 2nd Innings - 100 runs in 56.3 overs (228 mins, 339 balls, 15x4,2x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - Over 69 - I Khan replaces D Smit as wicket keeper

Warriors 2nd Innings - 150 runs in 56.3 overs (228 mins, 339 balls, 15x4,2x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 200 runs in 73.1 overs (304 mins, 439 balls, 20x4,2x6)

C Delport replacing I Khan as wicket keeper after over 81

D Smit replaces C Delport as wicket keeper after over 82

New ball taken after over 82

Warriors 2nd Innings - 250 runs in 90.6 overs (378 mins, 547 balls, 22x4,3x6)

Warriors 2 nd Innings - C Delport replacing D Smit as wicket keeper after 103 overs

Warriors 2nd Innings - 6th wicket partnership 50 runs from 89 balls in 64 mins (DJ Jacobs 28, RR Jeggels 20

Warriors 2nd Innings - 300 runs in 104.5 overs (437 mins, 631 balls, 29x4,4x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - DJ Jacobs: 50 runs off 88 balls in 135 mins (4x4, 0x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 350 runs in 119.5 overs (501 mins, 722 balls, 33x4,5x6)

Dolphins 2nd Innings - 50 runs in 8.5 overs (48 mins, 59 balls, 7x4,0x6)

Day 4

Dolphins 2nd Innings - 100 runs in 30.4 overs (148 mins, 185 balls, 13x4,0x6)

Dolphins 2nd Innings - 150 runs in 44.6 overs (227 mins, 276 balls, 20x4,0x6)

Man of the Match: MW Olivier

Points: Warriors 15.24 : 1.24 batting, 4 bowling, 10 match. Dolphins 4 : 0 batting, 4 bowling

Warrior won by 231 runs

Match Details

GroundSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth

TossDolphins, elected to field first

Series

SuperSport Series

Season2008/09

Player Of The Match

Mario Olivier

Hours of play (local time)10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30

Match days26,27,28,29 March 2009 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

PointsWarriors 15.24, Dolphins 4

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