Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	c †Vilas b Deacon	49	74	95	8	0	66.21

Craig Thyssen	c Alexander b Frylinck	13	37	55	2	0	35.13

Arno Jacobs	not out	64	155	251	6	1	41.29
Zander de Bruyn	c †Vilas b de Wet	8	8	13	2	0	100.00

Ashwell Prince	c & b de Wet	15	28	31	2	0	53.57

Davy Jacobs (c)†	c van Jaarsveld b Alexander	23	26	41	5	0	88.46

Justin Kreusch	lbw b Alexander	29	72	85	3	0	40.27

Johan Botha	c †Vilas b de Wet	6	17	25	1	0	35.29

Wayne Parnell	c †Vilas b de Wet	0	4	3	0	0	0.00

Lyall Meyer	lbw b Alexander	0	2	4	0	0	0.00

Rusty Theron	lbw b Alexander	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 5, lb 1, nb 6)	12
Total	69.5 Ov (RR: 3.13, 308 Mins)	219
Fall of wickets 1-37 (Craig Thyssen, 13.1 ov), 2-72 (JJ Smuts, 21.6 ov), 3-82 (Zander de Bruyn, 23.3 ov), 4-98 (Ashwell Prince, 32.4 ov), 5-146 (Davy Jacobs, 41.6 ov), 6-203 (Justin Kreusch, 63.1 ov), 7-218 (Johan Botha, 68.1 ov), 8-218 (Wayne Parnell, 68.5 ov), 9-219 (Lyall Meyer, 69.3 ov), 10-219 (Rusty Theron, 69.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Friedel de Wet	18	8	30	4	1.66	89	0	0
32.4 to AG Prince, drives back hard, great reflex by the bowler who gets his man with a return catch. 98/4 68.1 to J Botha, Botha goes across to pull across the line, gets an edge which the keeper accepts happily. 218/7 68.5 to WD Parnell, a bit hasty in the attempted drive, nicks to the keeper. 218/8
Craig Alexander	15.5	1	80	4	5.05	67	0	1
23.3 to Z de Bruyn, goes forward in defense, ball comes away from the bat to find a thick edge, easy take for the keeper. 82/3 41.6 to DJ Jacobs, as faint edge finds the ball on its way to the keeper. 146/5 63.1 to JP Kreusch, sharpish delivery, beats the bat as Kreusch comes across to protecty the line, ball beats the bat and hits the pads\. 203/6 69.3 to L Meyer, beats the bat but not the pads. 219/9 69.5 to J Theron, moves to flick down leg, misses, ball gets the pads low down at ankle level. 219/10
Cliffe Deacon	15	6	36	1	2.40	81	0	5
21.6 to JT Smuts, drives but only to edge the ball to the keeper. 72/2
Robbie Frylinck	9	1	31	1	3.44	39	0	0
13.1 to CA Thyssen, soft dismissal with a slower delivery. Thyssen drives lazily to off, ry, plays straight to mid on. 37/1
Aaron Phangiso	11	1	34	0	3.09	47	0	0
Jean Symes	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0

Lions 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jean Symes	c †DJ Jacobs b Meyer	28	48	58	5	0	58.33

Alviro Petersen (c)	lbw b Theron	80	177	262	7	1	45.19

Stephen Cook	b Theron	7	38	52	0	0	18.42

Mohammad Akoojee	c †DJ Jacobs b Meyer	15	46	58	1	0	32.60

Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c †DJ Jacobs b Kreusch	110	197	292	15	2	55.83

Dane Vilas †	st †DJ Jacobs b Smuts	9	41	64	2	0	21.95

Cliffe Deacon	c †DJ Jacobs b de Bruyn	13	58	78	1	0	22.41

Aaron Phangiso	c Botha b Meyer	53	124	163	7	1	42.74

Robbie Frylinck	b Kreusch	1	5	7	0	0	20.00

Friedel de Wet	c Thyssen b Botha	17	65	79	1	0	26.15

Craig Alexander	not out	4	8	18	1	0	50.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, nb 2, w 2)	12
Total	134.1 Ov (RR: 2.60, 570 Mins)	349
Fall of wickets 1-45 (Jean Symes, 13.4 ov), 2-62 (Stephen Cook, 26.2 ov), 3-97 (Mohammad Akoojee, 39.4 ov), 4-156 (Alviro Petersen, 62.2 ov), 5-196 (Dane Vilas, 76.3 ov), 6-251 (Cliffe Deacon, 94.4 ov), 7-273 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 106.5 ov), 8-275 (Robbie Frylinck, 108.2 ov), 9-328 (Friedel de Wet, 129.5 ov), 10-349 (Aaron Phangiso, 134.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rusty Theron	27	8	74	2	2.74	129	0	1
26.2 to SC Cook, raises arms to leave, ball comes in and hits the off stump. 62/2 62.2 to AN Petersen, comes back sharply and hits the pads, a huge appeal and the New Zealand umpire raises the finger to the delight of Rusty who get his 100th first class victim. 156/4
Wayne Parnell	26	10	54	0	2.07	127	0	0
Zander de Bruyn	18	3	57	1	3.16	81	2	0
94.4 to WA Deacon, Deacon's patience runs out and he chases yet another wide delivery but can only edge to 1st slip where q diving keeper ta. 251/6
Lyall Meyer	22.1	5	42	3	1.89	107	0	0
13.4 to J Symes, edges to the keeper, seems reluctant to take the walk but when the umpire gives him the finger he has no choice. 45/1 39.4 to M Akoojee, fishing on off, ball is quite wide, edged to the keeper. 97/3 134.1 to AM Phangiso, a big drive, ball climbs high Botha takes the ball over his shoulder. 349/10
Johan Botha	25	6	70	1	2.80	116	0	1
129.5 to F de Wet, tries to pull, but goes to Thyssen at short square leg. 328/9
Justin Kreusch	7	2	14	2	2.00	40	0	0
106.5 to VB van Jaarsveld, drives, nicks, easycatch for the keeper. 273/7 108.2 to R Frylinck, comes across, picks the wrong line, misses, stumps are hit. 275/8
JJ Smuts	9	1	30	1	3.33	43	0	0
76.3 to DJ Vilas, bamboozled, Smuts draws Villas out witha short ball, Vilas misses, and Davy Jacobs is waiting forthe ball and whips off the bails. 196/5

Warriors 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
JJ Smuts	c Akoojee b Deacon	20	49	67	3	0	40.81

Craig Thyssen	c †Vilas b de Wet	16	25	32	2	0	64.00

Arno Jacobs	c †Vilas b Frylinck	76	192	281	8	1	39.58

Zander de Bruyn	lbw b Alexander	10	10	17	1	0	100.00

Ashwell Prince	c Petersen b Frylinck	77	177	260	8	1	43.50

Davy Jacobs (c)†	c †Vilas b de Wet	20	45	52	3	0	44.44

Justin Kreusch	c †Vilas b Deacon	14	37	54	2	0	37.83

Johan Botha	c Deacon b Frylinck	29	79	117	4	0	36.70

Wayne Parnell	c †Vilas b Frylinck	23	43	67	3	0	53.48

Lyall Meyer	c †Vilas b Phangiso	0	2	5	0	0	0.00

Rusty Theron	not out	1	12	5	0	0	8.33
Extras	(b 5, lb 2, nb 3)	10
Total	111.2 Ov (RR: 2.65)	296
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Craig Thyssen, 8.1 ov), 2-44 (JJ Smuts, 15.5 ov), 3-56 (Zander de Bruyn, 18.3 ov), 4-195 (Arno Jacobs, 71.1 ov), 5-212 (Ashwell Prince, 79.2 ov), 6-230 (Davy Jacobs, 84.4 ov), 7-242 (Justin Kreusch, 91.3 ov), 8-292 (Wayne Parnell, 107.3 ov), 9-294 (Lyall Meyer, 108.4 ov), 10-296 (Johan Botha, 111.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Friedel de Wet	28	10	49	2	1.75	145	0	0
8.1 to CA Thyssen, edges to the keeper. 23/1 84.4 to DJ Jacobs, a checked drive, ball edges on the off side to the keeper. 230/6
Craig Alexander	23	5	100	1	4.34	100	0	0
18.3 to Z de Bruyn, picks the wrong line as he drives, misses, ball continues on its line hitting the pads. No hesitation frfrom th umpire. 56/3
Cliffe Deacon	23	11	50	2	2.17	133	0	2
15.5 to JT Smuts, holds back the ball which Smuts scoops to mid wicket. 44/2 91.3 to JP Kreusch, a lazyish defensive shot, edges and the keeper catches, Kreusch doesn't even wait for the result of the appeal before walking bck towards the change room. 242/7
Robbie Frylinck	22.2	6	48	4	2.14	95	0	1
71.1 to A Jacobs, flicking at the ball but not cleanly, nicks to the keeper. 195/4 79.2 to AG Prince, ball seams away from the lefthander who plays aslow lzy drive only to get a thick edge, bll goes to Petersen at slip. 212/5 107.3 to WD Parnell, goes on a pull, top edges, ball goes very high and Villas calls for it and gets into position to allow the ball to descend gently into his gloves. 292/8 111.2 to J Botha, soft drive to mid on, staright to the fielder. 296/10
Aaron Phangiso	14	2	40	1	2.85	61	0	0
108.4 to L Meyer, another catch to Villas. 294/9
Alviro Petersen	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0

Lions 2nd Innings (T: 167 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Jean Symes	lbw b Botha	65	92	127	4	0	70.65

Alviro Petersen (c)	c †DJ Jacobs b Parnell	3	4	12	0	0	75.00

Aaron Phangiso	c Prince b Meyer	8	19	33	1	0	42.10

Dane Vilas †	c †DJ Jacobs b Kreusch	36	35	56	4	0	102.85

Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c Smuts b Botha	10	17	20	0	1	58.82

Cliffe Deacon	not out	8	11	21	0	0	72.72
Friedel de Wet	c Meyer b Botha	3	3	7	0	0	100.00

Robbie Frylinck	not out	8	11	10	1	0	72.72
Extras	(b 5, lb 2)	7
Total	32 Ov (RR: 4.62, 146 Mins)	148/6
Did not bat Mohammad Akoojee, Stephen Cook, Craig Alexander
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Alviro Petersen, 3.1 ov), 2-36 (Aaron Phangiso, 11.1 ov), 3-107 (Dane Vilas, 22.5 ov), 4-128 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 27.3 ov), 5-130 (Jean Symes, 27.6 ov), 6-134 (Friedel de Wet, 29.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Rusty Theron	10	0	37	0	3.70	38	0	0
Wayne Parnell	7	1	31	1	4.42	29	0	0
3.1 to AN Petersen, going on the drive to accelerate the chase Peterren edges to the keeper. 12/1
Lyall Meyer	6	0	22	1	3.66	21	0	0
11.1 to AM Phangiso, haves a go with a drive, mis timed, ball scoops up to Prince at mid-off. 36/2
Justin Kreusch	3	0	25	1	8.33	5	0	0
22.5 to DJ Vilas, chases a widish ball otside off, a solid edge to the keeper, he walks. 107/3
Johan Botha	6	0	26	3	4.33	16	0	0
27.3 to VB van Jaarsveld, a big swooping pull, Smuts is at mid wicket to accept the v. 128/4 27.6 to J Symes, has a big go, misses, ball hits the feet and the umpire sticks up the finger. 130/5 29.1 to F de Wet, having a huge drive, Meyer on the ropes at long off catches. 134/6

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Close of Play

Thu, 26 Feb

day 1 - Lions 1st innings 61/1 (Alviro Petersen 26*, Stephen Cook 7*, 24 ov)

Fri, 27 Feb

day 2 - Lions 1st innings 277/8 (Aaron Phangiso 5*, Friedel de Wet 1*, 109 ov)

Sat, 28 Feb

day 3 - Warriors 2nd innings 176/3 (Arno Jacobs 65*, Ashwell Prince 56*, 56 ov)

Sun, 01 Mar

day 4 - Lions 2nd innings 148/6 (32 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Warriors 1st Innings - 50 runs in 18.3 overs (80 mins, 112 balls, 7x4,0x6)

Warriors 1st Innings - 100 runs in 33.4 overs (148 mins, 206 balls, 15x4,0x6)

Warriors 1st Innings - 150 runs in 42.2 overs (186 mins, 259 balls, 22x4,1x6)

Warriors 1st Innings - A Jacobs: 50 runs off 114 balls in 169 mins (4x4, 1x6)

Warriors 1st Innings - 6th wicket partnership 50 runs from 102 balls in 67 mins (A Jacobs 23, JP Kreusch 26

Warriors 1st Innings - 200 runs in 61.1 overs (264 mins, 373 balls, 26x4,1x6)

Lions 1st Innings, ball replaced at 11.6 overs

Lions 1st Innings - 50 runs in 18.3 overs (81 mins, 111 balls, 7x4,0x6)

Day 2

Lions 1st Innings - 100 runs in 42.3 overs (183 mins, 255 balls, 12x4,0x6)

Lions 1st Innings - AN Pietersen: 50 runs off 115 balls in 183 mins (6x4, 0x6)

Lions 1st Innings - 4th wicket partnership 50 runs from 126 balls in 83 mins (AN Pietersen 40, VB van Jaarsveld 21

Lions 1st Innings - 150 runs in 60.4 overs (255 mins, 365 balls, 14x4,2x6)

Lions 1st Innings - VB van Jaarsveld: 50 runs off 100 balls in 141 mins (7x4, 2x6)

Lions 1st Innings - New Ball taken at 79.6 overs

Lions 1st Innings - 200 runs in 82.2 overs (352 mins, 495 balls, 23x4,3x6)

Lions 1st Innings - 250 runs in 94.1 overs (403 mins, 566 balls, 30x4,3x6)

Lions 1st Innings - VB van Jaarsveld: 100 runs off 182 balls in 241 mins (14x4, 2x6)

Day 3

Lions 1st Innings - 300 runs in 118.4 overs (515 mins, 715 balls, 35x4,3x6)

Lions 1st Innings - 9th wicket partnership 50 runs from 118 balls in 74 mins (F de Wet 31, AM Phangiso 10

Lions 1st Innings - AM Phangiso: 50 runs off 117 balls in 166 mins (7x4, 1x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 50 runs in 15.6 overs (70 mins, 98 balls, 5x4,0x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 100 runs in 31.5 overs (144 mins, 194 balls, 11x4,1x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 4th wicket partnership 50 runs from 97 balls in 70 mins (A Jacobs 30, AG Prince 18

Warriors 2nd Innings - A Jacobs: 50 runs off 113 balls in 153 mins (6x4, 1x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 150 runs in 45.2 overs (201 mins, 275 balls, 18x4,1x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 4th wicket partnership 100 runs from 174 balls in 123 mins (A Jacobs 53, AG Prince 44

Warriors 2nd Innings - AG Prince: 50 runs off 90 balls in 144 mins (7x4, 0x6)

Day 4

Warriors 2nd Innings - 200 runs in 72.5 overs (201 mins, 275 balls, 22x4,2x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - New ball tken after 79.6 overs

Warriors 2nd Innings - 250 runs in 93.5 overs (413 mins, 566 balls, 29x4,2x6)

Warriors 2nd Innings - 8th wicket partnership 50 runs from 95 balls in 66 mins (J Botha 26, WD Parnell 23

Lions 2nd Innings - 50 runs in 14.6 overs (63 mins, 90 balls, 4x4,0x6)

Match Details

GroundSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth

TossWarriors, elected to bat first

Series

SuperSport Series

Season2008/09

Player Of The Match

Dane Vilas

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 February, 1 March 2009 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

PointsWarriors 5.38, Lions 8.12

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