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Lions beat Cape Cobras by 5 wickets

Newlands, Cape Town, . Lions won the toss and chose to bowl.

Cape Cobras117/620 ov
Lions120/518.2 ov
Lions won by 5 wickets
Lions won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Lions won the toss and chose to bowl. Cape Cobras made 117 for 6 in 20 overs, Dane Vilas 30 from 36 balls and Owais Shah 25 from 32 balls. Chris Morris took 2 for 21.

Lions reached 120 for 5 in 18.2 overs, Alviro Petersen 46 from 36 balls and Sohail Tanvir 28 from 24 balls. Beuran Hendricks took 3 for 17.

Lions won by 5 wickets.

Key performers

Cape Cobras innings

117/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Richard Levic Imran Tahir b CH Morrisc Imran Tahir b CH Morris06000.00
Dane Vilas †b GC Viljoenb GC Viljoen30364083.33
Azhar Mahmoodc Sohail Tanvir b CH Morrisc Sohail Tanvir b CH Morris121020120.00
Owais Shahb Imran Tahirb Imran Tahir25321078.13
Justin Ontongnot outnot out21*2120100.00
Qaasim Adamslbw b Sohail Tanvirlbw b Sohail Tanvir9800112.50
Vernon Philanderc ND McKenzie b Sohail Tanvirc ND McKenzie b Sohail Tanvir120050.00
Johann Louwnot outnot out5*500100.00
Extras(b 1, lb 2, w 11)(b 1, lb 2, w 11)14
Total20 Ov (RR 5.85)20 Ov (RR 5.85)117/6
Fall of wickets: 6-1 (RE Levi, 1.3 ov), 26-2 (Azhar Mahmood, 4.3 ov), 78-3 (DJ Vilas, 13.4 ov), 81-4 (OA Shah, 14.3 ov), 98-5 (MQ Adams, 17.3 ov), 100-6 (VD Philander, 18 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Sohail Tanvir402426.00113010
Chris Morris402125.25152020
Hardus Viljoen402315.75112010
Aaron Phangiso401704.25110020
Imran Tahir302618.6752010
Dwaine Pretorius10303.0030000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stRE Levi 0(6) & DJ Vilas 4(3)69
2ndDJ Vilas 6(8) & Azhar Mahmood 12(10)2018
3rdDJ Vilas 20(25) & OA Shah 24(30)5255
4thJL Ontong 1(3) & OA Shah 1(2)35
5thMQ Adams 9(8) & JL Ontong 8(10)1718
6thVD Philander 1(2) & JL Ontong 1(1)23
7thJL Ontong 11(7) & J Louw 5(5)17*12

Lions innings

120/5(18.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Quinton de Kock †b BE Hendricksb BE Hendricks06000.00
Gulam Bodic †DJ Vilas b CK Langeveldtc †DJ Vilas b CK Langeveldt10112090.91
Alviro Petersenc VD Philander b BE Hendricksc VD Philander b BE Hendricks463670127.78
Neil McKenziec †DJ Vilas b Azhar Mahmoodc †DJ Vilas b Azhar Mahmood3120025.00
Sohail Tanvirc †DJ Vilas b BE Hendricksc †DJ Vilas b BE Hendricks282413116.67
Jean Symesnot outnot out12*920133.33
Dwaine Pretoriusnot outnot out15*1311115.38
Extras(lb 2, w 3, nb 1)(lb 2, w 3, nb 1)6
Total18.2 Ov (RR 6.55)18.2 Ov (RR 6.55) · Target 118 from 20 ov120/5
Fall of wickets: 2-1 (Q de Kock, 1.2 ov), 28-2 (GH Bodi, 4.2 ov), 43-3 (ND McKenzie, 7.1 ov), 92-4 (Sohail Tanvir, 14.3 ov), 92-5 (AN Petersen, 14.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Vernon Philander402506.25143110
Beuran Hendricks401734.25132000
Charl Langeveldt3.2036110.8095111
Azhar Mahmood411513.75160100
Johann Louw302508.3383110
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stQ de Kock 0(6) & GH Bodi 0(2)28
2ndAN Petersen 15(9) & GH Bodi 10(9)2618
3rdND McKenzie 3(12) & AN Petersen 12(5)1517
4thSohail Tanvir 28(24) & AN Petersen 19(20)4944
5thAN Petersen 0(2) & J Symes 0(0)02
6thD Pretorius 15(13) & J Symes 12(9)28*21

Commentary

End of innings: LIO 120/5 (18.2 ov)
18.35Nb
CK Langeveldt to J Symes, FOUR
18.24
CK Langeveldt to J Symes, FOUR
18.10
CK Langeveldt to J Symes, no run
End of over 1810 runsLIO 111/5601201
J Symes 4(6)D Pretorius 15(13)Azhar Mahmood 4-1-15-1
17.61
Azhar Mahmood to J Symes, 1 run
17.50
Azhar Mahmood to J Symes, no run
17.42
Azhar Mahmood to J Symes, 2 runs
17.31
Azhar Mahmood to D Pretorius, 1 run
17.20
Azhar Mahmood to D Pretorius, no run
17.16
Azhar Mahmood to D Pretorius, SIX
End of over 173 runsLIO 101/5010101
D Pretorius 8(10)J Symes 1(3)BE Hendricks 4-0-17-3
16.61
BE Hendricks to D Pretorius, 1 run
16.50
BE Hendricks to D Pretorius, no run
16.41
BE Hendricks to J Symes, 1 run
16.30
BE Hendricks to J Symes, no run
16.21
BE Hendricks to D Pretorius, 1 run
16.10
BE Hendricks to D Pretorius, no run
End of over 165 runsLIO 98/5400010
J Symes 0(1)D Pretorius 6(6)J Louw 3-0-25-0
15.60
J Louw to J Symes, no run
15.51
J Louw to D Pretorius, 1 run
15.40
J Louw to D Pretorius, no run
15.30
J Louw to D Pretorius, no run
15.20
J Louw to D Pretorius, no run
15.14
J Louw to D Pretorius, FOUR
End of over 152 runs, 2 wktsLIO 93/501W0W1
D Pretorius 1(1)J Symes 0(0)BE Hendricks 3-0-14-3
14.61
BE Hendricks to D Pretorius, 1 run
14.5W
BE Hendricks to AN Petersen, OUT
AN Petersen c VD Philander b BE Hendricks 46(36) [4s-7 6s-0] · FoW 92/5 (14.5 ov)
14.40
BE Hendricks to AN Petersen, no run
14.3W
BE Hendricks to Sohail Tanvir, OUT
Sohail Tanvir c †DJ Vilas b BE Hendricks 28(24) [4s-1 6s-3] · FoW 92/4 (14.3 ov)