- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.5 inside edge to the pads and at 3rd slip JN Malan takes a splendid catch 3/13.1 bowled him! Full and Ramela drags it on 4/217.3 guided to 3rd manish region and JN Malan takes another blinder 71/323.3 short once more and jumps up and gets a feather of it 82/719.4 played straight to Bedingham , runs down the wicket and is sent back , doesnt make his ground 78/422 leaves it alone and gets the bails on its way 81/522.5 looks to defend and beats the outside edge and he loses his off stump 82/626.4 looks to leave and hits hit dead on the pads and umpire obliges 84/832.1 looks to swing hard and is castled 104/1031.3 bowled him! Full and castled the stumps 104/9Extras4 (lb 1, nb 3)TOTAL104 all out (32.1 Overs, RR: 3.23, 152 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Stephen Cook, 1.5 ov), 2-4 (Omphile Ramela, 3.1 ov), 3-71 (Dominic Hendricks, 17.3 ov), 4-78 (Wihan Lubbe, 19.4 ov), 5-81 (Nicky van den Bergh, 21.6 ov), 6-82 (Dwaine Pretorius, 22.5 ov), 7-82 (Reeza Hendricks, 23.3 ov), 8-84 (Malusi Siboto, 26.4 ov), 9-104 (Migael Pretorius, 31.3 ov), 10-104 (Aaron Phangiso, 32.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB LB Williams 11 3 40 3 3.63 0 1 T Bokako 9 1 31 3 3.44 0 0 M Nabe 3 0 15 0 5 0 0 JF Smith 9.1 3 17 3 1.85 0 2
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR83 on the front foot to defend and gets a good edge to 2nd slip 311/57.2 drives and feathers through to the keeper 29/125.3 bowled him! looking to fend and is gone through 97/273 back of a length and looks to defend and plays it on 275/380 looking to leave it and edges it and keeper takes a spectacular catch 299/4104.2 looks to cut and finds the outside edge 407/6118 looks to reverse swee[p and tuck in front 478/7127.2 looks to go big and gives a simple catch at cover 529/10124.3 runs after playing it straight to D Pretorius whose direct hit is aided but Williams jumping to evade the ball 505/8126.2 looks to attack and misses it and is bowled 521/9Extras26 (b 1, lb 9, nb 14, w 2)TOTAL529 all out (127.2 Overs, RR: 4.15, 533 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Pieter Malan, 7.2 ov), 2-97 (Zubayr Hamza, 25.3 ov), 3-275 (David Bedingham, 72.6 ov), 4-299 (Aviwe Mgijima, 79.6 ov), 5-311 (Janneman Malan, 82.6 ov), 6-407 (Kyle Verreynne, 104.2 ov), 7-478 (Jason Smith, 117.6 ov), 8-505 (Lizaad Williams, 124.3 ov), 9-521 (Tladi Bokako, 126.2 ov), 10-529 (Dane Piedt, 127.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB BE Hendricks 27 6 101 5 3.74 0 2 M Pretorius 23 3 106 1 4.6 0 2 MP Siboto 27 2 92 1 3.4 2 5 D Pretorius 20.2 1 70 1 3.44 0 4 AM Phangiso 20 2 100 0 5 0 1 WJ Lubbe 8 0 44 1 5.5 0 0 OA Ramela 2 0 6 0 3 0 0
- 14.1 looks to defend and gets a little feather on it through to the keeper 36/147.4 looks to defend and stuck in front , umpire obliges 129/252.3 looks to drive and gets a healthy edge to Hamza at second slip 157/397.2 inside edge onto the pad and Bedingham takes another good catch 344/795.2 plays a flick and Bedingham under the helmet takes a superb catch 341/596 looking to get off the mark and gets an edge to first slip 341/6101 looks to duck and hit on the helmet , low enough to be given LBW 353/8101.5 misses a drive and is bowled 354/9102 misses it and is struck in front 354/10Extras17 (b 7, lb 6, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL354 all out (102 Overs, RR: 3.47, 422 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Omphile Ramela, 14.1 ov), 2-129 (Dominic Hendricks, 47.4 ov), 3-157 (Reeza Hendricks, 52.3 ov), 4-214 (Stephen Cook, 67.1 ov), 5-341 (Nicky van den Bergh, 95.2 ov), 6-341 (Dwaine Pretorius, 95.6 ov), 7-344 (Wihan Lubbe, 97.2 ov), 8-353 (Aaron Phangiso, 100.6 ov), 9-354 (Migael Pretorius, 101.5 ov), 10-354 (Beuran Hendricks, 101.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB LB Williams 17 2 64 2 3.76 1 2 T Bokako 12 1 56 1 4.66 0 1 JN Malan 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 DL Piedt 43 5 118 7 2.74 0 0 M Nabe 12 1 48 0 4 0 0 JF Smith 15 1 47 0 3.13 0 0 Zubayr Hamza 1 0 4 0 4 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Lions , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
8,9.10 October 2018 (4-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Cape Cobras 25.74, Lions 2
Close of Play
- Mon, 8 Oct - day 1 - Cape Cobras 1st innings 204/2 (JN Malan 90*, DG Bedingham 65*, 53 ov)
- Tue, 9 Oct - day 2 - Lions 2nd innings 11/0 (SC Cook 7*, OA Ramela 4*, 5 ov)
- Wed, 10 Oct - day 3 - Lions 2nd innings 354 (102 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 50 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls,72 mins, 6x4, 0x6)
- 2nd wicket: 50 runs off 73 balls 50 mins ( SC Cook 22 , DA Hendricks 24, Ex 4)
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 100 runs in 29.5 overs (180 balls,122 mins, 15x4, 0x6)
- SC Cook: 50 off 88 balls in 125 mins (7x4, 0x6)
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 150 runs in 51.4 overs (312 balls,205 mins, 20x4, 0x6)
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 200 runs in 62.2 overs (377 balls,251 mins, 24x4, 1x6)
- SC Cook: 100 off 185 balls in 255 mins (11x4, 0x6)
- 4th wicket: 51 runs off 72 balls 49 mins ( SC Cook 22 , WJ Lubbe 21, Ex 8)
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 250 runs in 76.3 overs (462 balls,306 mins, 29x4, 2x6)
- WJ Lubbe: 50 off 80 balls in 107 mins (6x4, 2x6)
- 5th wicket: 50 runs off 77 balls 47 mins ( WJ Lubbe 25 , NJ van den Bergh 25, Ex 0)
- New ball taken at over 80 with the score 264/4
- NJ van den Bergh: 50 off 61 balls in 82 mins (5x4, x6)
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 300 runs in 88.1 overs (533 balls,353 mins, 36x4, 2x6)
- 5th wicket: 100 runs off 130 balls 85 mins ( WJ Lubbe 43 , NJ van den Bergh 56, Ex 1)
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 350 runs in 98.4 overs (596 balls, 405 mins, 41x4, 3x6)
- Match points: bizhub Highveld Lions: Bat: 0 Bowl: 2 Match: 0 Total: 2
- Match points: WSB Cape Cobras: Bat: 5.74 Bowl: 4 Match: 16 Total: 25.74
- Player of the Match: DL-R Piedt(WSB Cape Cobras)
- JN Malan: 100 off 185 balls in 254 mins (12x4, 1x6)
- JN Malan and DG Bedingham have now achieved the highest 3rd wicket partenship for the Cobras v Lions.The previous was 142 by AJA Gray and J-P Duminy.
- 3rd wicket: 150 runs off 232 balls 156 mins ( JN Malan 52 , DG Bedingham 91, Ex 8)
- WSB Cape Cobras: 250 runs in 63.4 overs (393 balls, 262 mins, 29x4, 6x6)
- DG Bedingham: 100 off 146 balls in 176 mins (13x4, 3x6)
- New ball taken at over 80 with the score 299/4
- WSB Cape Cobras: 300 runs in 81.1 overs (500 balls, 332 mins, 33x4, 6x6)
- WSB Cape Cobras: 350 runs in 94.2 overs (581 balls, 386 mins, 40x4, 7x6)
- 6th wicket: 51 runs off 75 balls 50 mins ( K Verreynne 36 , JF Smith 13, Ex 2)
- K Verreynne: 50 off 55 balls in 79 mins (18x4, 1x6)
- Score after 100 overs: 387/5 Bonus pts: Bat 5.74 Bowl 2
- WSB Cape Cobras: 400 runs in 101.6 overs (626 balls, 418 mins, 46x4, 8x6)
- WSB Cape Cobras: 450 runs in 112.5 overs (691 balls, 467 mins, 53x4, 8x6)
- JF Smith: 50 off 87 balls in 135 mins (6x4, 0x6)
- 7th wicket: 53 runs off 63 balls 42 mins ( JF Smith 24 , DL-R Piedt 29, Ex 0)
- WSB Cape Cobras: 500 runs in 122.6 overs (753 balls, 507 mins, 58x4, 8x6)
- DL-R Piedt: 50 off 61 balls in 84 mins (9x4, 0x6)
- Second Innings of the Lions
- DL-R Piedt: 100th First-Class match
- First Innings of the Lions
- Tladi Bokako : 150 First-Class Wickets
- DA Hendricks : 6000 First-Class runs
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls, 56 mins, 9x4, 0x6)
- 3rd wicket: 52 runs off 59 balls 42 mins ( DA Hendricks 24 , RR Hendricks 27, Ex 1)
- bizhub Highveld Lions: 100 runs in 31.1 overs (190 balls,147 mins, 17x4, 0x6)
- Score after 32.1 overs: 104 ao. Bonus pts: Bat 0 Bowl 4
- First Innings of the Cobras
- JN Malan : 2000 First-Class Runs
- WSB Cape Cobras: 50 runs in 15.3 overs (95 balls, 65 mins, 9x4, 0x6)
- 2nd wicket: 50 runs off 82 balls 53 mins ( JN Malan 25 , Zubayr Hamza 24, Ex 1)
- JN Malan: 50 off 76 balls in 99 mins (10x4, 1x6)
- WSB Cape Cobras: 100 runs in 25.4 overs (157 balls, 105 mins, 15x4, 3x6)
- 3rd wicket: 54 runs off 69 balls 49 mins ( JN Malan 16 , DG Bedingham 37, Ex 1)
- WSB Cape Cobras: 150 runs in 36.5 overs (225 balls, 152 mins, 20x4, 5x6)
- DG Bedingham: 50 off 69 balls in 92 mins (7x4, 2x6)
- 3rd wicket: 100 runs off 151 balls 101 mins ( JN Malan 37 , DG Bedingham 60, Ex 3)
- WSB Cape Cobras: 200 runs in 52.1 overs (320 balls, 212 mins, 23x4, 6x6)
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