Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reeza Hendricks	c †Tsolekile b de Bruyn	29	65	102	5	0	44.61

Michael Erlank	c Bavuma b Morris	48	122	182	6	0	39.34

Rilee Rossouw	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	34	58	72	6	0	58.62

Boeta Dippenaar	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Ryan Bailey	c Cook b Morris	0	3	9	0	0	0.00

Morne van Wyk (c)†	c Morris b Deacon	29	43	74	5	0	67.44

Ryan McLaren	c Cook b Leie	28	74	96	3	0	37.83

Werner Coetsee	not out	78	154	227	7	2	50.64
Johan van der Wath	c Deacon b Matshikwe	37	84	96	6	0	44.04

Quinton Friend	b Deacon	31	66	100	5	0	46.96

Malusi Siboto	c de Bruyn b Deacon	0	3	3	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 8, nb 8, w 6)	24
Total	110.5 Ov (RR: 3.04, 484 Mins)	338
Fall of wickets 1-65 (Reeza Hendricks, 23.2 ov), 2-121 (Rilee Rossouw, 39.4 ov), 3-121 (Boeta Dippenaar, 39.5 ov), 4-121 (Michael Erlank, 40.2 ov), 5-122 (Ryan Bailey, 40.6 ov), 6-174 (Morne van Wyk, 56.5 ov), 7-192 (Ryan McLaren, 63.1 ov), 8-260 (Johan van der Wath, 87.2 ov), 9-338 (Quinton Friend, 110.2 ov), 10-338 (Malusi Siboto, 110.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Cliffe Deacon	25.5	9	76	3	2.94	127	1	6
56.5 to MN van Wyk, flashes outside off, great catch by Morris at 2nd slip, the delivery was wide. 174/6 110.2 to Q Friend, his beaten by the bounce looking to drive straight down the ground, Deacon sends bails flying. 338/9 110.5 to MP Siboto, thick outside edge to 3rd slip, de Bruyn takes it easy as it flies straight to him. 338/10
Pumelela Matshikwe	22	6	59	3	2.68	101	0	1
39.4 to RR Rossouw, insight edge through to keeper. 121/2 39.5 to HH Dippenaar, plays a length ball away from his body "silly short" and edges through to keeper. 121/3 87.2 to JJ van der Wath, the long awaited wicket, Matshikwe proves Mackie right for bringing him back on, he gets the edge of van der Wath to 2nd slip. 260/8
Chris Morris	25	4	71	2	2.84	118	2	0
40.2 to MN Erlank, length delivery, lifts a bit, Erlank is given no room to leave, his caught at gully. 121/4 40.6 to RT Bailey, good reflexes at short leg by cook, takes it on his right after Bailey was looking to glance a length ball to fine leg, Knights are falling apart here at the Bidvest. 122/5
Zander de Bruyn	18	4	45	1	2.50	90	0	0
23.2 to RR Hendricks, stays back in the crease and looks for the drive on the off, gets the faint edge through to keeper and walks immediately. 65/1
Eddie Leie	20	3	77	1	3.85	81	3	1
63.1 to R McLaren, he tries to deflect it to the leg side, cook dives to his left to complete a great catch. 192/7

Lions 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	lbw b van der Wath	12	20	26	1	0	60.00
Dominic Hendricks	b van der Wath	20	31	47	5	0	64.51

Jonathan Vandiar	c Dippenaar b McLaren	9	11	16	2	0	81.81

Neil McKenzie (c)	lbw b Siboto	73	143	201	12	0	51.04

Temba Bavuma	lbw b van der Wath	0	9	15	0	0	0.00
Zander de Bruyn	c †van Wyk b McLaren	92	170	219	15	0	54.11

Thami Tsolekile †	not out	35	97	139	4	0	36.08
Cliffe Deacon	c Dippenaar b McLaren	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Chris Morris	c †van Wyk b Coetsee	7	30	51	0	0	23.33

Pumelela Matshikwe	run out (†van Wyk/van der Wath)	0	3	16	0	0	0.00
Eddie Leie	b van der Wath	4	14	32	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 10, lb 6, nb 12)	28
Total	86.1 Ov (RR: 3.24, 384 Mins)	280
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Stephen Cook, 6.1 ov), 2-44 (Jonathan Vandiar, 9.4 ov), 3-44 (Dominic Hendricks, 10.1 ov), 4-52 (Temba Bavuma, 12.4 ov), 5-214 (Neil McKenzie, 55.4 ov), 6-237 (Zander de Bruyn, 64.4 ov), 7-237 (Cliffe Deacon, 64.5 ov), 8-264 (Chris Morris, 76.6 ov), 9-267 (Pumelela Matshikwe, 80.1 ov), 10-280 (Eddie Leie, 86.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	21.1	3	79	4	3.73	94	0	1
6.1 to SC Cook, . 27/1 10.1 to DA Hendricks, what a ball, this one nips back in and goes through bat and pads to hit top of off. 44/3 12.4 to T Bavuma, . 52/4 86.1 to E Leie, . 280/10
Quinton Friend	13	1	58	0	4.46	54	0	3
Ryan McLaren	22	4	74	3	3.36	104	0	5
9.4 to JD Vandiar, after hitting a beautiful short, he chases a wide delivery and edges to 3rd slip. 44/2 64.4 to Z de Bruyn, his beaten by an excellent delivery, length ball gets a faint edge through to keeper. 237/6 64.5 to WA Deacon, full on legs tries to play it to fine leg but there's a short fine leg fielder in place, and takes a brilliant catch diving to his left Dippenaar. 237/7
Malusi Siboto	17	4	26	1	1.52	87	0	3
55.4 to ND McKenzie, this time there's no inside edge and the umpire quickly raises his finger. 214/5
Werner Coetsee	13	2	27	1	2.07	62	0	0
76.6 to CH Morris, pulls a short pitched delivery straight to short leg, Erlank is on the knee and the ball flies straight to keeper. 264/8

Knights 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Reeza Hendricks	c †Tsolekile b Matshikwe	75	147	202	13	0	51.02

Michael Erlank	lbw b de Bruyn	14	32	43	3	0	43.75

Rilee Rossouw	c McKenzie b Morris	20	23	48	5	0	86.95

Boeta Dippenaar	c †Tsolekile b Morris	46	87	117	7	0	52.87

Ryan Bailey	c Vandiar b Matshikwe	1	8	16	0	0	12.50

Morne van Wyk (c)†	c McKenzie b de Bruyn	16	22	36	2	1	72.72

Ryan McLaren	not out	41	49	85	6	0	83.67
Werner Coetsee	lbw b Deacon	14	31	41	1	0	45.16

Johan van der Wath	c †Tsolekile b de Bruyn	16	12	16	3	0	133.33

Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 8)	21
Total	67.1 Ov (RR: 3.93, 304 Mins)	264/8d
Did not bat Quinton Friend, Malusi Siboto
Fall of wickets 1-29 (Michael Erlank, 9.5 ov), 2-85 (Rilee Rossouw, 20.5 ov), 3-168 (Reeza Hendricks, 47.1 ov), 4-168 (Boeta Dippenaar, 48.1 ov), 5-170 (Ryan Bailey, 49.4 ov), 6-195 (Morne van Wyk, 55.1 ov), 7-236 (Werner Coetsee, 64.3 ov), 8-264 (Johan van der Wath, 67.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Cliffe Deacon	14	5	67	1	4.78	64	0	6
64.3 to WL Coetsee, finally he gets his man out, this time the umpire raises his finger but it looked like was going down leg from up here. 236/7
Pumelela Matshikwe	16	5	55	2	3.43	75	0	0
47.1 to RR Hendricks, length ball, edged through to keeper. 168/3 49.4 to RT Bailey, length ball, skied to mid-on trying to pull. 170/5
Zander de Bruyn	13.1	1	45	3	3.41	60	0	2
9.5 to MN Erlank, this wicket takes us to lunch. 29/1 55.1 to MN van Wyk, edged through to Mckenzie at 1st slip, de Bruyn strikes with his first delivery of the day. 195/6 67.1 to JJ van der Wath, skies this one high up in the skies, both Tsolekile and Deacon go after it and Tsolekile calls for it, goot catch. 264/8
Chris Morris	18	6	62	2	3.44	86	0	0
20.5 to RR Rossouw, full outside off, drives in the air to Mckenzie at mid off. 85/2 48.1 to HH Dippenaar, edges through to keeper down the leg side looking to flick. 168/4
Eddie Leie	6	0	22	0	3.66	23	0	0

Lions 2nd Innings (T: 323 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stephen Cook	lbw b Friend	6	29	37	0	0	20.68

Dominic Hendricks	c Hendricks b Friend	4	13	16	1	0	30.76

Jonathan Vandiar	c Rossouw b Siboto	19	38	68	2	0	50.00

Neil McKenzie (c)	not out	27	57	99	3	0	47.36
Temba Bavuma	lbw b Siboto	13	23	31	1	1	56.52
Zander de Bruyn	b Friend	3	14	17	0	0	21.42

Thami Tsolekile †	not out	1	2	5	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 8, w 1)	10
Total	28 Ov (RR: 2.96, 136 Mins)	83/5
Did not bat Cliffe Deacon, Chris Morris, Eddie Leie, Pumelela Matshikwe
Fall of wickets 1-9 (Dominic Hendricks, 3.4 ov), 2-18 (Stephen Cook, 7.6 ov), 3-54 (Jonathan Vandiar, 17.2 ov), 4-71 (Temba Bavuma, 23.6 ov), 5-81 (Zander de Bruyn, 27.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Johan van der Wath	7	2	21	0	3.00	34	0	0
Quinton Friend	7	0	28	3	4.00	30	0	6
3.4 to DA Hendricks, faint outside edge and his caught by other Hendricks at 1st slip. 9/1 7.6 to SC Cook, keeps low and it hits him on the front foot. 18/2 27.3 to Z de Bruyn, full toss, de Bruyn is late to play it and his bails go flying. 81/5
Malusi Siboto	7	0	19	2	2.71	35	1	2
17.2 to JD Vandiar, plays this one late and edges to 2nd slip. 54/3 23.6 to T Bavuma, . 71/4
Ryan McLaren	7	2	14	0	2.00	33	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 26 Jan

day 1 - Knights 1st innings 250/7 (Werner Coetsee 34*, Johan van der Wath 29*, 81 ov)

Fri, 27 Jan

day 2 - Lions 1st innings 243/7 (Thami Tsolekile 13*, Chris Morris 1*, 66.4 ov)

Sat, 28 Jan

day 3 - Knights 2nd innings 146/2 (Reeza Hendricks 64*, Boeta Dippenaar 35*, 39.4 ov)

Sun, 29 Jan

day 4 - Lions 2nd innings 83/5 (28 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Knights 1st innings

Knights: 50 runs in 18.5 overs in 83 mins (117 balls)

1st wicket: 50 runs in 117 balls (RR Hendricks 21, MN Erlank 25, Extras 6)

Knights: 100 runs in 32.4 overs off 143 mins (201 balls)

2nd wicket: 50 runs in 82 balls (MN Erlank 18, RR Rossouw 33, Extras 1)

Knights: 150 runs in 50.3 overs off 229 mins (310 balls)

6th wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (MN van Wyk 28, R McLaren 18, Extras 4)

Ball change: 201/7 (66.2 ov)

Knights; 200 runs in 65.5 overs off 293 mins (404 balls)

8th wicket: 50 runs in 88 balls (WL Coetsee 22, JJ van der Wath 26, Extras 3)

Knights: 250 runs in 80.5 overs off 352 mins ( 494 balls)

Day 2

WL Coetsee: 50 runs in 150 mins off 99 balls (4x4, 2x6)

Knights: 300 runs in 95.2 overs off 418 mins (582 balls)

9th wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (WL Coetsee 31, Q Friend 17, Extras 2)

Bonus Points: Knights- bat 4.28, Lions- bowl 3

Lions 1st innings

Ball change: 48/3 (11.2 ov)

Lions: 50 runs in 11.5 overs off 59 mins (74 balls)

Lions: 100 runs in 27.4 overs off 131 mins (172 balls)

5th wicket: 50 runs off 96 balls (ND Mckenzie 20, Z de Bruyn 27, Extras 5)

ND Mckenzie: 50 runs off 92 balls in 124 mins (10x4)

Lions: 150 runs in 37.5 overs off 172 mins (234 balls)

5th wicket: 100 runs off 155 balls (ND Mckenzie 49, Z de Bruyn 44, Extras 8)

Lions: 200 runs in 48 overs off 218 mins (297 balls)

5th wicket: 150 runs off 222 balls (ND Mckenzie 62, Z de Bruyn 74, Extras 14)

End of Day: Lions- 243/7 in 66.4 overs (TL Tsolekile 13, CH Morris 1)

Day 3

Lions: 250 runs in 69.2 overs off 307 mins (427 balls)

New ball: 267/8 (80.0 ov)

Bonus Points: Lions- bat 3.6, Knights- bowl 4

Knights 2nd innings

Knights: 50 runs in 13.1 overs off 57 mins (82 balls)

2nd wicket: 50 runs off 53 balls (RR Hendricks 27, RR Rossouw 20, Extras 5)

Knights: 100 runs in 25.2 overs off 115 mins (156 balls)

RR Hendricks: 50 runs in 133 mins off 91 balls (8x4)

3rd wicket: 50 runs off 91 balls (RR Hendricks 16, HH Dippenaar 33, Extras 2)

End of Day 3: Knights- 146/2 in 39.4 overs (RR Hendricks 64, HH Dippenaar 35)

Day 4

Knights: 150 runs in 43.2 overs off 187 mins (265 balls)

Knights: 200 runs in 57.3 overs off 258 mins (350 balls)

Knights: 250 runs in 66.1 overs off 298 mins (404 balls)

Lions 2nd innings

Lions: 50 runs in 16.4 overs off 80 mins (107 balls)

Match Details

GroundNew Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

TossKnights, elected to bat first

Series

SuperSport Series

Season2011/12

Player Of The Match

Zander de Bruyn

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 January 2012 - day (4-day match)

Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

PointsKnights 8.28, Lions 6.6

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