Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	c Puttick b Philander	0	5	3	0	0	0.00

Alviro Petersen (c)	c †Canning b Philander	44	81	123	6	0	54.32

Jonathan Vandiar	lbw b Langeveldt	14	31	50	1	0	45.16

Neil McKenzie	c Puttick b Henderson	145	239	332	19	1	60.66

Zander de Bruyn	c Gray b Henderson	157	263	374	23	1	59.69

Dale Deeb	b Philander	14	45	40	1	0	31.11

Jean Symes	c Gray b Henderson	1	11	23	0	0	9.09

Thami Tsolekile †	st †Canning b Henderson	10	14	16	1	0	71.42

Cliffe Deacon	lbw b Henderson	12	25	36	2	0	48.00

Friedel de Wet	lbw b Philander	20	31	43	0	1	64.51

Ethan O'Reilly	not out	14	34	33	1	0	41.17
Extras	(b 4, lb 16, nb 6, w 1)	27
Total	128.5 Ov (RR: 3.55, 539 Mins)	458
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Stephen Cook, 0.5 ov), 2-34 (Jonathan Vandiar, 12.3 ov), 3-97 (Alviro Petersen, 26.5 ov), 4-355 (Neil McKenzie, 91.5 ov), 5-378 (Dale Deeb, 102.6 ov), 6-389 (Jean Symes, 107.2 ov), 7-407 (Thami Tsolekile, 111.2 ov), 8-421 (Zander de Bruyn, 117.2 ov), 9-424 (Cliffe Deacon, 119.1 ov), 10-458 (Friedel de Wet, 128.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Vernon Philander	26.5	2	84	4	3.13	123	1	5
0.5 to SC Cook, that is what the doctor ordered, edged low to first slip and the early breakthrough is there. 1/1 26.5 to AN Petersen, OPhilander gets some shar bounce and finds the glove, simple catch for Canning as the Cobras claim their first bonus point. 97/3 102.6 to DR Deeb, lavish shot outside the off stump, but an inside edge drags it onto the stumps and the off stick disappears. 378/5 128.5 to F de Wet, steps into the line and is traped in front, is almost walking as umpire Howell gives him out. 458/10
Charl Langeveldt	26	3	100	1	3.84	109	0	0
12.3 to JD Vandiar, Vandiar has a poor record against the cobras and he fails again as this one nips back into him, umpire Howell thinks for a while and then raises the finger. 34/2
Rory Kleinveldt	21	3	76	0	3.61	91	0	1
Justin Kemp	2	1	7	0	3.50	9	0	0
Claude Henderson	35	5	90	5	2.57	163	0	0
91.5 to ND McKenzie, mistimed drive and straight to Puttick at mid on, although he had to dive forward to take the catch. that ends a record partnership for the Lions, falling just short of the SSS record of 264.. 355/4 107.2 to J Symes, bat pad to short leg where the ungainly Gray makes no mistake, Lions innings in free fall at last. 389/6 111.2 to TL Tsolekile, uses his feet but is outfoxed by the veteran spinner. 407/7 117.2 to Z de Bruyn, gets hold of it this time but not well enough to clear Gray at deep mid wicket. 421/8 119.1 to WA Deacon, looks to play across the line but is trapped in front, says Mr Hendricks. A fifer for Henderson now.. 424/9
Justin Ontong	2	0	17	0	8.50	8	0	0
Stiaan van Zyl	6	3	17	0	2.83	28	0	0
Alistair Gray	10	1	47	0	4.70	34	0	0

Cape Cobras 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Alistair Gray	c †Tsolekile b O'Reilly	14	42	68	2	0	33.33

Andrew Puttick	c Petersen b Deeb	35	84	110	3	0	41.66

Stiaan van Zyl	c Cook b Symes	41	99	128	6	0	41.41

Owais Shah	c O'Reilly b de Bruyn	151	339	447	14	3	44.54

Justin Ontong	c Deacon b Deeb	24	52	70	3	0	46.15

Justin Kemp (c)	lbw b Deeb	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Ryan Canning †	b O'Reilly	121	260	395	8	2	46.53

Rory Kleinveldt	c Vandiar b Deeb	1	9	12	0	0	11.11

Vernon Philander	c O'Reilly b Deeb	44	116	134	6	0	37.93

Claude Henderson	c & b de Wet	29	27	38	5	0	107.40

Charl Langeveldt	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(b 8, lb 6, nb 8, w 3)	25
Total	170.2 Ov (RR: 2.84, 713 Mins)	485
Fall of wickets 1-30 (Alistair Gray, 14.4 ov), 2-56 (Andrew Puttick, 25.3 ov), 3-117 (Stiaan van Zyl, 47.3 ov), 4-184 (Justin Ontong, 63.4 ov), 5-184 (Justin Kemp, 63.5 ov), 6-360 (Owais Shah, 134.5 ov), 7-367 (Rory Kleinveldt, 137.2 ov), 8-443 (Ryan Canning, 162.6 ov), 9-481 (Vernon Philander, 169.6 ov), 10-485 (Claude Henderson, 170.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Cliffe Deacon	28	4	98	0	3.50	124	1	2
Ethan O'Reilly	21	3	64	2	3.04	94	1	0
14.4 to AJA Gray, away swinger and he wanted a bit of it, but only an endge and he trudges off without needing to see the dreaded finger. 30/1 162.6 to RCC Canning, looking to run a back of a length ball to 3rd man, but off the toe of the bat it crashes into his midde stump, and he falls one short of hish highest FC score. 443/8
Friedel de Wet	25.2	5	69	1	2.72	116	0	0
170.2 to CW Henderson, tries the pull again, once again off teh toe of the bat and loops up an easy catch for the bowler, and at long last the first innings are complete. 485/10
Zander de Bruyn	21	3	52	1	2.47	97	1	4
134.5 to OA Shah, on the hook but he has hit it straight to o'reilly at fine leg, what a way to go after his patient innings. 360/6
Alviro Petersen	9	2	31	0	3.44	33	0	0
Dale Deeb	58	12	131	5	2.25	280	0	2
25.3 to AG Puttick, big blow to the Cobras, Puttick played for the spin but it was the arm ball and he dundged it to slip. 56/2 63.4 to JL Ontong, just as the partnership was getting somewhere Ontong gives it away, mistimed pull to mid wicket and well taken. 184/4 63.5 to JM Kemp, goes round the wicket and traps the skipper first ball, and Deeb is on a hat-trick. 184/5 137.2 to RK Kleinveldt, nudged to one of a possee of close fielders. 367/7 169.6 to VD Philander, goes for the lofted off drive again, but not as straight this time and O'Reilly takes a good diving catch to give Deeb his first 5-wicket haul in the SSS. 481/9
Jean Symes	8	1	26	1	3.25	27	0	0
47.3 to S van Zyl, bat pad catch to short leg, drinks com onto the field. 117/3

Lions 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	not out	48	159	182	4	0	30.18
Alviro Petersen (c)	c Puttick b Henderson	2	12	27	0	0	16.66

Jonathan Vandiar	lbw b Ontong	8	18	25	1	0	44.44

Zander de Bruyn	not out	48	113	129	4	1	42.47
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 2)	7
Total	50 Ov (RR: 2.26, 182 Mins)	113/2
Did not bat Jean Symes, Neil McKenzie, Thami Tsolekile †, Cliffe Deacon, Dale Deeb, Friedel de Wet, Ethan O'Reilly
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Alviro Petersen, 5.1 ov), 2-23 (Jonathan Vandiar, 12.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Vernon Philander	5	4	3	0	0.60	29	0	0
Charl Langeveldt	4	1	13	0	3.25	15	0	1
Claude Henderson	19	6	41	1	2.15	95	0	0
5.1 to AN Petersen, old man Henderson strikes first ball, Petersen plays a lofted off drive but it goes too high, Puttick runs round and settles under it, had to wait a while but takes it safely. 5/1
Justin Ontong	13	2	35	1	2.69	57	0	1
12.4 to JD Vandiar, up they go again and this time the news from umpire Hendrikse wa batter, they will go to lunch on that note. 23/2
Rory Kleinveldt	6	3	5	0	0.83	33	0	0
Alistair Gray	3	0	11	0	3.66	14	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 13 Jan

day 1 - Lions 1st innings 363/4 (Zander de Bruyn 131*, Dale Deeb 6*, 96 ov)

Fri, 14 Jan

day 2 - Cape Cobras 1st innings 175/3 (Owais Shah 56*, Justin Ontong 18*, 61 ov)

Sat, 15 Jan

day 3 - Cape Cobras 1st innings 416/7 (Ryan Canning 106*, Vernon Philander 20*, 157 ov)

Sun, 16 Jan

day 4 - Lions 2nd innings 113/2 (50 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

12th men: M Zondeki (Cobras) & CJ Alexander (Lions)

Lions 1st innings

50 in 15.3 overs, 76 min, 95 balls, 4 fours

3rd wicket partnership: 51 in 48 min, 62 balls, 8 fours (Petersen 25, McKenzie 22, extras 4)

Lunch: 97/3 (28 overs)

100 in 29.3 overs, 137 min, 181 balls, 12 fours

4th wicket partnership: 50 in 61 min, 84 balls, 7 fours (McKenzie 12, de Bruyn 36, extras 2)

150 in 41.6 overs, 192 min, 257 balls, 18 fours

ND MCKenzie 50 in 151 min, 96 balls, 6 fours

Z de Bruyn 50 in 101 min, 81 balls, 7 fours 1 six

4th wicket partnership: 100 in 113 min, 153 balls, 10 fours 2 sixes (McKenzie 40, de Bruyn 55, extras 5)

200 in 53.2 overs, 245 min, 325 balls, 21 fours 2 sixes

McKenzie used SC Cook as a runner from start of 54th over.

Tea: 216/3 (59 overs)

4th wicket partnership: 151 in 158 min, 226 balls, 19 fours 2 sixes (McKenzie 72, de Bruyn 74, extras 5)

250 in 64.4 overs, 286 min, 393 balls, 30 fours 2 sixes

ND McKenzie 100 in 236 min, 167 balls, 14 fours 1 six; his 20th SSS and 38th FC century.

Z de Bruyn 100 in 208 min, 152 balls, 15 fours 1 six; his 14th SSS and 23rd FC century.

300 in 78.2 overs, 334 min, 476 balls, 36 fours 2 sixes

4th wicket partnership: 203 in 208 min, 310 balls, 25 fours 2 sixes (McKenzie 92, de Bruyn 103, extras 8)

New ball taken after 80 overs (306/3)

4th wicket partnership: 250 in 258 min, 379 balls, 32 fours 2 sixes (McKenzie 112, de Bruyn 128, extras 10)

350 in 90.1 overs, 387 min, 547 balls, 43 fours 2 sixes

The 4th wicket partnership of 258 between McKenzie and de Bruyn was the best for this wicket for the Lions - previously 217 by McKenzie and VB van Jaarsveld v Dolphins (Johannesburg) 2010/11.

Day 2

100 overs: Lions 369/4

Bonus points: Lions 5.38 batting, cobras 1 bowling.

100 overs: Lions 370/4.

Bonus points: Lions 5.40 batting, Cape Cobras 1 bowling

Z de Bruyn 150 in 346 min, 243 balls, 22 fours 1 six

400 in 110.3 overs, 474 min, 669 balls, 50 fours 2 sixes

450 in 125.2 overs, 539 min, 759 balls, 54 fours 3 sixes

Lunch: 448/9 (125 overs)

Cape Cobras 1st innings

50 in 23.3 overs, 101 min, 141 balls, 5 fours

Tea: 50/1 (24 overs)

100 in 40.1 overs, 170 min, 244 balls, 11 fours 1 six

3rd wicket partnership: 50 in 61 min, 93 balls, 6 fours 1 six (van Zyl 26, Shah 19, extras 5)

150 in 54.2 overs, 231 min, 332 balls, 15 fours 2 sixes

OA Shah 50 in 133 min, 89 balls, 6 fours 2 sixes

4th wicket partnership: 51 in 47 min, 66 balls, 6 fours 1 six (Shah 31, Ontong 17, extras 3)

Day 3

Cape Cobras 1st innings: 1x5 ball over (64th, bowled by Deeb)

200 in 70.3 overs, 301 min, 429 balls, 22 fours 2 sixes

New ball taken after 80 overs (226/5).

6th wicket partnership: 50 in 74 min, 110 balls, 8 fours (Shah 29, Canning 19, extras 2)

250 in 88.6 overs, 384 min, 541 balls, 25 fours 2 sixes

OA Shah 100 in 279 min, 196 balls, 10 fours 2 sixes; his first SSS and 40th FC century.

100 overs: Cape Cobras 273/5

Lunch: 257/5 (91 overs)

100 overs: 273/5

Bonus points: Cape Cobras 3.46 batting, Lions 2 bowling

6th wicket partnership: 101 in 167 min, 242 balls, 7 fours (Shah 60, Canning 38, extras 3)

300 in 106.4 overs, 455 min, 648 balls, 28 fours 3 sixes

6th wicket partnership: 150 in 231 min, 335 balls, 11 fours 1 six (Shah 81, Canning 60, extras 9)

350 in 125.5 overs, 527 min, 764 balls, 33 fours 3 sixes

OA Shah 150 in 440 min, 326 balls, 14 fours 3 sixes

The 6th wicket partnership of 176 between Owais Shah and Ryan Canning was a new record for the Cape Cobras - previously 155 by RE Levi and Canning vs Eagles at Bloemfontein, 2009/10.

RCC Canning 100 in 356 min, 235 balls, 6 fours 2 sixes; his 2nd SSS and 4th FC century; it also brought up the 400.

400 in 150.1 overs, 633 min, 911 balls, 36 fours 5 sixes

8th wicket partnership: 50 in 77 min, 121 min, 4 fours 1 six (Canning 28, Philander 20, extras 2)

Day 4

3rd new ball taken after 160 overs 9425/7)REM 93

450 in 164.4 overs, 683 min, 999 balls, 42 fours 5 sixes

Lions 2nd innings

Lunch: 23/2 (12.2 overs)

50 in 29.2 overs, 109 min, 178 balls, 4 fours)

3rd wicket partnership: 50 in 83 min, 151 balls, 5 fours (Cook 23, de Bruyn 26, extas 1)

100 in 45.3 overs, 164 min, 275 balls, 9 fours 1 six

Tea: 113/2 (50 overs)