Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	b de Villiers	51	145	205	6	0	35.17
Grant Mokoena	c Rossouw b Bailey	16	16	28	3	0	100.00

Jonathan Vandiar	c Dippenaar b du Preez	30	41	58	6	0	73.17

Neil McKenzie (c)	c †van Wyk b Bailey	99	187	251	14	0	52.94
Vaughn van Jaarsveld	c Rossouw b de Villiers	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Zander de Bruyn	c †van Wyk b du Preez	71	128	211	10	1	55.46

Thami Tsolekile †	b de Villiers	4	36	48	0	0	11.11
Cliffe Deacon	c de Lange b de Villiers	41	64	99	7	0	64.06

Monty Panesar	lbw b Tshabalala	10	16	24	2	0	62.50
Etienne Gerber	lbw b Tshabalala	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Pumelela Matshikwe	not out	9	17	31	1	0	52.94
Extras	(b 2, lb 12, nb 10, w 13)	37
Total	108.3 Ov (RR: 3.39, 485 Mins)	368
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Grant Mokoena, 6.2 ov), 2-71 (Jonathan Vandiar, 17.5 ov), 3-137 (Stephen Cook, 45.3 ov), 4-137 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 47.2 ov), 5-271 (Neil McKenzie, 77.5 ov), 6-290 (Thami Tsolekile, 87.4 ov), 7-312 (Zander de Bruyn, 96.1 ov), 8-330 (Monty Panesar, 101.1 ov), 9-330 (Etienne Gerber, 101.6 ov), 10-368 (Cliffe Deacon, 108.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	25	4	97	2	3.88	110	14	0	1	0
17.5 to JD Vandiar, tries to angle to third-man but gets the top edge to third slip. 71/2 96.1 to Z de Bruyn, short pitched,tries to cut it over slips only to get the laeding edge to keeper who takes a good catch. 312/7
Cornelius de Villiers	23.3	7	63	4	2.68	114	9	0	5	1
45.3 to SC Cook, . 137/3 47.2 to VB van Jaarsveld, . 137/4 87.4 to TL Tsolekile, . 290/6 108.3 to WA Deacon, pulled straight to de Lange fielding at cow corner. 368/10
Ryan Bailey	13	2	67	2	5.15	58	12	0	1	6
6.2 to TG Mokoena, short and wide,cuts straight to gully. 24/1 77.5 to ND McKenzie, . 271/5
Gino Vries	17	6	26	0	1.52	87	3	0	1	0
Con de Lange	17	3	39	0	2.29	80	4	1	0	0
Thandi Tshabalala	13	3	62	2	4.76	48	7	0	1	3
101.1 to MS Panesar, . 330/8 101.6 to E Gerber, . 330/9

Eagles 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reeza Hendricks	c Cook b Gerber	4	12	11	1	0	33.33

Dean Elgar	c †Tsolekile b Deacon	98	191	257	15	1	51.30

Rilee Rossouw	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	22	26	48	4	0	84.61

Boeta Dippenaar (c)	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	68	159	205	10	1	42.76

Ryan Bailey	c de Bruyn b Deacon	66	126	193	9	0	52.38

Morne van Wyk †	c Matshikwe b Panesar	19	38	51	3	0	50.00

Con de Lange	c †Tsolekile b de Bruyn	13	48	61	2	0	27.08

Thandi Tshabalala	c Vandiar b de Bruyn	1	7	10	0	0	14.28
Dillon du Preez	lbw b de Bruyn	2	3	3	0	0	66.66
Cornelius de Villiers	run out (Matshikwe)	12	23	31	2	0	52.17
Gino Vries	not out	0	13	27	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 11, nb 10, w 2)	32
Total	105.5 Ov (RR: 3.18, 451 Mins)	337
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Reeza Hendricks, 2.6 ov), 2-51 (Rilee Rossouw, 14.1 ov), 3-198 (Dean Elgar, 63.1 ov), 4-202 (Boeta Dippenaar, 64.2 ov), 5-241 (Morne van Wyk, 76.1 ov), 6-287 (Con de Lange, 89.3 ov), 7-289 (Thandi Tshabalala, 91.3 ov), 8-291 (Dillon du Preez, 91.6 ov), 9-318 (Cornelius de Villiers, 98.6 ov), 10-337 (Ryan Bailey, 105.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Etienne Gerber	14	3	41	1	2.92	69	8	0	0	0
2.6 to RR Hendricks, flicks straight to mid-wicket. 8/1
Cliffe Deacon	22.5	1	86	2	3.76	108	14	0	0	8
63.1 to D Elgar, flicked down leg side, diving keeper completes catch. 198/3 105.5 to RT Bailey, hammered straight to mid-off and into the waiting hands of de Bruyn. 337/10
Pumelela Matshikwe	22	5	66	2	3.00	105	10	0	2	2
14.1 to RR Rossouw, flashing outside off gets the top edge to keeper. 51/2 64.2 to HH Dippenaar, feint dge, ball going down leg side, straight to keeper. 202/4
Zander de Bruyn	24	8	48	3	2.00	119	5	1	0	0
89.3 to CD de Lange, feint edge off a delivery that was nipping back at him. 287/6 91.3 to MS Tshabalala, . 289/7 91.6 to D du Preez, . 291/8
Monty Panesar	20	5	64	1	3.20	90	9	1	0	0
76.1 to MN van Wyk, spooned straight to mid-on. 241/5
Jonathan Vandiar	3	0	12	0	4.00	9	0	0	0	0

Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	c †van Wyk b Vries	32	87	91	4	0	36.78
Grant Mokoena	b de Villiers	6	34	53	1	0	17.64
Jonathan Vandiar	b du Preez	82	141	218	12	2	58.15
Neil McKenzie (c)	c †van Wyk b de Lange	22	85	120	1	0	25.88

Vaughn van Jaarsveld	b Tshabalala	4	7	12	1	0	57.14

Zander de Bruyn	c Vries b Tshabalala	10	5	4	1	1	200.00

Thami Tsolekile †	not out	59	144	198	7	0	40.97
Cliffe Deacon	not out	50	137	182	4	0	36.49
Extras	(b 14, lb 1, nb 13, w 8)	36
Total	104.3 Ov (RR: 2.88, 449 Mins)	301/6d
Did not bat: Etienne Gerber, Monty Panesar, Pumelela Matshikwe
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (Grant Mokoena, 11.4 ov), 2-73 (Stephen Cook, 26.3 ov), 3-139 (Neil McKenzie, 52.1 ov), 4-164 (Vaughn van Jaarsveld, 55.2 ov), 5-175 (Zander de Bruyn, 55.6 ov), 6-179 (Jonathan Vandiar, 59.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Dillon du Preez	20	8	50	1	2.50	102	7	0	0	4
59.5 to JD Vandiar, . 179/6
Cornelius de Villiers	21	5	51	1	2.42	105	7	0	6	2
11.4 to TG Mokoena, . 33/1
Gino Vries	18	4	47	1	2.61	85	5	0	0	0
26.3 to SC Cook, . 73/2
Ryan Bailey	13	2	33	0	2.53	65	1	1	2	4
Thandi Tshabalala	9	1	43	2	4.77	39	4	2	0	3
55.2 to VB van Jaarsveld, chopped onto his stumps. 164/4 55.6 to Z de Bruyn, went on the pull, straight down deep forward square leg's throat. 175/5
Con de Lange	23.3	5	62	1	2.63	105	7	0	0	0
52.1 to ND McKenzie, edged, regulation catch off the spinner. 139/3

Eagles 2nd Innings (T: 333 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reeza Hendricks	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	42	67	80	6	0	62.68
Dean Elgar	c †Tsolekile b Deacon	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
Rilee Rossouw	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	37	45	67	5	2	82.22
Boeta Dippenaar (c)	not out	1	29	35	0	0	3.44
Ryan Bailey	not out	27	22	27	4	1	122.72
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3)	7
Total	27 Ov (RR: 4.22, 108 Mins)	114/3
Did not bat: Morne van Wyk †, Con de Lange, Dillon du Preez, Cornelius de Villiers, Thandi Tshabalala, Gino Vries
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Dean Elgar, 1.2 ov), 2-84 (Rilee Rossouw, 17.4 ov), 3-85 (Reeza Hendricks, 19.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Pumelela Matshikwe	8	3	19	2	2.37	42	4	0	0	0
17.4 to RR Rossouw, . 84/2 19.2 to RR Hendricks, . 85/3
Cliffe Deacon	4	0	21	1	5.25	16	4	0	0	1
1.2 to D Elgar, . 0/1
Zander de Bruyn	4	0	24	0	6.00	14	4	0	0	1
Monty Panesar	9	2	20	0	2.22	42	1	1	0	0
Stephen Cook	1	0	9	0	9.00	4	0	1	0	0
Jonathan Vandiar	1	0	17	0	17.00	3	2	1	0	1

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Thu, 10 Dec - day 1 - Lions 1st innings 290/6 (Zander de Bruyn 58*, Cliffe Deacon 0*, 88 ov)

Fri, 11 Dec - day 2 - Knights 1st innings 195/2 (Dean Elgar 97*, Boeta Dippenaar 62*, 61.3 ov)

Sat, 12 Dec - day 3 - Lions 2nd innings 139/2 (Jonathan Vandiar 59*, Neil McKenzie 22*, 52 ov)

Sun, 13 Dec - day 4 - Knights 2nd innings 114/3 (27 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Lions 50 runs in 12 0vers ,57 mins off 77 balls, 9x4,0x6
Lions 100 runs in 33.5 0vers ,153 mins off 208 balls, 14x4,0x6
50 partnership for Cook & Mckenzie in 93 mins off 133 balls, 5x4 0x6 (Cook 23, Mckenzie 23, extras 5)
Second Ball change at 39.5 overs, 122/2
SC Cook 50 Runs in 195 mins off 139 balls 6x4 0x6
Lions 150 runs in 51.4 0vers ,233 mins off 316 balls, 22x4,0x6
ND Mckenzie 50 Runs in 167 mins off 107 balls 8x4 0x6
50 partnership for Mckenzie & de Bruyn in 53 mins off 84 balls, 7x4 1x6 (Mckenzie 27, de Bruyn 20 extras 3)
Lions 200 runs in 63.5 0vers ,278 mins off 393 balls, 27x4,1x6
100 partnership for Mckenzie & de Bruyn in 86 mins off 130 balls, 14x4 1x6 (Mckenzie 55, de Bruyn 37 extras 8)
Lions 250 runs in 71.3 0vers ,311 mins off 441 balls, 34x4,1x6
Z de Bruyn 50 Runs in 114 mins off 81 balls 7x4 1x6
New Ball taken at 80 overs, 274/5

Day 2

Lions 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (over number 103 bowled by CJD de Villiers)
Lions 300 runs in 92.3 0vers ,408 mins off 571 balls, 39x4,1x6
Lions 350 runs in 106 0vers ,473 mins off 654 balls, 47x4,1x6
Eagles 50 runs in 13.3 0vers ,55 mins off 81 balls, 10x4,0x6
Eagles 100 Runs in 32.5 overs,139 mins off 201 balls 16x4 1x6
50 partnership for Elgar & Dippenaar in 79 mins off 115 balls, 6x4 1x6 (Elgar 25, Dippenaar 21 extras 4)
D Elgar 50 Runs in 144 mins off 111 balls 7x4 1x6
100 partnership for Elgar & Dippenaar in 142 mins off 215 balls, 12x4 1x6 (Elgar 49, Dippenaar 42 extras 9)
Eagles 150 Runs in 48.5 overs,193 mins off 301 balls 22x4 1x6
HH Dippenaar 50 Runs in 155 mins off 120 balls 8x4 0x6

Day 3

Eagles 200 runs in 264 mins off 393 balls, 30x4, 2x6
Eagles 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (70th over - Deacon)
Eagles 250 runs in 327 mins off 485 balls, 37x4, 2x6
New ball taken after 80 overs score 256/5
Eagles 300 runs in 401 mins off 574 balls, 42x4, 2x6
Bailey 50 runs in 152 mis off 91 balls, 7x4, 0x6, 19th half century
Lions 50 runs in 91 mins off 123 balls, 7x4, 0x6
Lions 100 runs in 180 mins off 238 balls, 12x4, 0x6
Vandiar 50 runs in 146 mins off 85 balls, 7x4, 1x6 (6th half century)
Lions 3rd wicket partnership 50 runs in 84 mins off 106 balls, Vandiar 30, McKenzie 13, extras 7, 2x4, 2x6
Batting points Eagles 4.46
Bowling points Lions 4

Day 4

Lions 150 runs in 248 mins off 332 balls, 16x4, 2x6
Lions 200 runs in 296 mins off 412 balls, 21x4, 3x6
7th wicket partnership 50 runs in 76 mins off 127 balls, 2x4, 0x6, Tsolekile 18, Deacon 24, extras 8
New ball after 83 overs score 234/6
Lions 250 runs in 405 mins off 563, 24x4, 3x6
Lions 7th wicket partnership 100 runs in 163 mins off 249 balls, 9x4, 0x6, Tsolekile 48, Deacon 40, extras 7
Tsolekile 50 runs in 178 mins off 136 balls, 6x4, 0x6 (17th half century)
Lions 300 runs in 455 mins off 646 balls, 31x4, 3x6
Deacon 50 runs in 182 mins off 137 balls, 4x4, 0x6 (11th half century)
Eagles 50 runs in 43 mins off 68 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Eagles 2nd wicket partnership 50 runs in 43 mins off 60 balls, 7x4, 1x6, Hendricks 23, Rossouw 24, 5 extras
Eagles 100 runs in 102 mins off 153 balls, 14x4, 2x6
Match drawn
Man of the match Thami Tsolekile

Match Details

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss	Lions, elected to bat first
Series	SuperSport Series
Season	2009/10
Player Of The Match	Thami Tsolekile
Hours of play (local time)	10.00 start, Lunch 12.10-12.50, Tea 15.00-15.20, Close 17.30
Match days	10,11,12,13 December 2009 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Karl Hurter Zed Ndamane
Reserve Umpire	Roderick Ellis
Match Referee	Shaid Wadvalla
Points	Lions 8.52, Eagles 7.46

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Eagles Innings

Player Name		R	B
RR Hendricks	caught	42	67
D Elgar	caught	0	2
RR Rossouw	caught	37	45
HH Dippenaar	not out	1	29
RT Bailey	not out	27	22
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3)
Total	114(3 wkts; 27 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
P Matshikwe	8	3	19	2	2.37
WA Deacon	4	0	21	1	5.25 (1 nb)
Z de Bruyn	4	0	24	0	6 (1 nb)
MS Panesar	9	2	20	0	2.22
SC Cook	1	0	9	0	9
JD Vandiar	1	0	17	0	17 (1 nb)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Dean Elgar	Reeza Hendricks
2nd	84	Reeza Hendricks	Rilee Rossouw
3rd	1	Boeta Dippenaar	Reeza Hendricks
4th	29	Boeta Dippenaar	Ryan Bailey

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SuperSport Series

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
COBRA	10	6	1	3	130.72
TITNS	10	5	2	3	112.28
LIONS	10	2	4	4	100.44
Eagls	10	2	4	4	86.44
WAR	10	3	5	2	83.12
DOLPH	10	2	4	4	75.18

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