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CSA Pro20Group stage, Group A · Match · T20

Lions beat Dolphins by 8 runs

Kingsmead, Durban, . Lions won the toss and chose to bat.

Lions202/420 ov
Dolphins194/620 ov
Lions won by 8 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Lions won the toss and chose to bat. Lions made 202 for 4 in 20 overs, Zubayr Hamza 66 from 38 balls and Reeza Hendricks 50 from 35 balls. Tristan Luus took 2 for 47.

Dolphins made 194 for 6 in 20 overs, Jason Smith 66 from 44 balls and SM Gilson 38 from 27 balls. Wiaan Mulder took 2 for 31.

Lions won by 8 runs.

Key performers

Lions innings

202/4(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Zubayr Hamzab T Luusb T Luus663864173.68
Reeza Hendrickslbw b P Subrayenlbw b P Subrayen503551142.86
Rassie van der Dussennot outnot out31*2412129.17
Mitchell Van Buurenlbw b T Luuslbw b T Luus370042.86
Connor Esterhuizen †b O Celeb O Cele381324292.31
Delano Potgieternot outnot out12*411300.00
Extras(w 1, nb 1)(w 1, nb 1)2
Total20 Ov (RR 10.10)20 Ov (RR 10.10)202/4
Fall of wickets: 102-1 (Zubayr Hamza, 10.3 ov), 122-2 (RR Hendricks, 13.2 ov), 133-3 (M Van Buuren, 15 ov), 189-4 (C Esterhuizen, 19.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Bryce Parsons3042014.0054300
Okuhle Cele403919.75104210
B Majola2021010.5061200
Prenelan Subrayen402817.0092100
Jason Smith302508.3322000
Tristan Luus4047211.7562401
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stZubayr Hamza 66(38) & RR Hendricks 36(25)10263
2ndHE van der Dussen 6(7) & RR Hendricks 14(10)2017
3rdM Van Buuren 3(7) & HE van der Dussen 8(3)1110
4thHE van der Dussen 17(14) & C Esterhuizen 38(13)5626
5thD Potgieter 12(4) & HE van der Dussen 0(0)13*4

Dolphins innings

194/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Khaya Zondoc PWA Mulder b L Sipamlac PWA Mulder b L Sipamla371943194.74
Bryce Parsonsc D Potgieter b PWA Mulderc D Potgieter b PWA Mulder121120109.09
Grant Roelofsen †lbw b D Potgieterlbw b D Potgieter251431178.57
Jason Smithc M Van Buuren b PWA Mulderc M Van Buuren b PWA Mulder664434150.00
SM Gilsonb Codi Yusufb Codi Yusuf382731140.74
H Viljoennot outnot out1*100100.00
G Phirib Codi Yusufb Codi Yusuf4310133.33
Prenelan Subrayennot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 1, w 9)(lb 1, w 9)10
Total20 Ov (RR 9.70)20 Ov (RR 9.70) · Target 203 from 20 ov194/6
Fall of wickets: 51-1 (K Zondo, 4.4 ov), 53-2 (B Parsons, 5.2 ov), 86-3 (G Roelofsen, 8.4 ov), 188-4 (JF Smith, 19 ov), 188-5 (SM Gilson, 19.1 ov), 192-6 (G Phiri, 19.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Codi Yusuf403829.50104210
Lutho Sipamla403719.2582300
Wiaan Mulder403127.75103030
Delano Potgieter2023111.5053110
Nqaba Peter4046011.5044200
Reeza Hendricks201809.0020100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stK Zondo 37(19) & B Parsons 12(9)5128
2ndG Roelofsen 2(2) & B Parsons 0(2)24
3rdJF Smith 9(8) & G Roelofsen 23(12)3320
4thSM Gilson 38(26) & JF Smith 57(36)10262
5thSM Gilson 0(1) & H Viljoen 0(0)01
6thG Phiri 4(3) & H Viljoen 0(0)43
7thP Subrayen 1(1) & H Viljoen 1(1)2*2

Commentary

End of innings: DOL 194/6 (20 ov)
End of over 206 runs, 2 wktsDOL 194/6W04W11
H Viljoen 1(1)P Subrayen 1(1)Codi Yusuf 4-0-38-2
19.61
Codi Yusuf to H Viljoen, 1 run
19.51
Codi Yusuf to P Subrayen, 1 run
19.4W
Codi Yusuf to G Phiri, OUT
G Phiri b Codi Yusuf 4(3) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 192/6 (19.4 ov)
19.34
Codi Yusuf to G Phiri, FOUR
19.20
Codi Yusuf to G Phiri, no run
19.1W
Codi Yusuf to SM Gilson, OUT
SM Gilson b Codi Yusuf 38(27) [4s-3 6s-1] · FoW 188/5 (19.1 ov)
End of over 1910 runs, 1 wktDOL 188/45Wd101Wd10WdW
SM Gilson 38(26)PWA Mulder 4-0-31-2
18.6W
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, OUT
JF Smith c M Van Buuren b PWA Mulder 66(44) [4s-3 6s-4] · FoW 188/4 (19 ov)
18.6Wd
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, wide
18.50
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, no run
18.41
PWA Mulder to SM Gilson, 1 run
18.4Wd
PWA Mulder to SM Gilson, wide
18.31
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, 1 run
18.20
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, no run
18.11
PWA Mulder to SM Gilson, 1 run
18.15Wd
PWA Mulder to SM Gilson, 5 wides
End of over 1813 runsDOL 178/3160114
JF Smith 65(40)SM Gilson 36(24)L Sipamla 4-0-37-1
17.64
L Sipamla to JF Smith, FOUR
17.51
L Sipamla to SM Gilson, 1 run
17.41
L Sipamla to JF Smith, 1 run
17.30
L Sipamla to JF Smith, no run
17.26
L Sipamla to JF Smith, SIX
17.11
L Sipamla to SM Gilson, 1 run
End of over 178 runsDOL 165/3021140
JF Smith 54(36)SM Gilson 34(22)PWA Mulder 3-0-21-1
16.60
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, no run
16.54
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, FOUR
16.41
PWA Mulder to SM Gilson, 1 run
16.31
PWA Mulder to JF Smith, 1 run
FIFTY for JF Smith (50 off 34)