The Dafabet Warriors will enjoy a home ground advantage when they meet DP World Lions at Dafabet St George’s Park for their third CSA 4-Day Franchise Series clash starting on Thursday, November 30.
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“We understand our home conditions very well. St George’s can be tricky, and we have shown over the last couple of seasons that we do understand our conditions and are hard to beat at home,” says Warriors batter/wicket keeper Rudi Second.
“We have had a pretty good start to the season. A draw against Northwest Dragons in Potchefstroom and then a really good one against Gbets Paarl Rocks last week. They have an experienced bowling and batting line-up, and we managed to get a win in three days.
“That will give us a lot of confidence going into this game against the DP World Lions. They are a really good team as well. One must never underestimate any Lions team,” he adds, saying that the Warriors will be focusing on their batting.
“We probably need to improve on our first innings batting, which has let us down in one or two games in the past season and so that is definitely a point that we will be focusing on going into this game”.
Dafabet Warriors are currently fourth in the CSA 4-Day Franchise Series log on 34.34 points.
DP World Lions currently lead with 40.24 points.
Neither side has lost so far in the series, after playing two games each.
The Dafabet Warriors squad for the match is Jordan Hermann, Diego Rosier, Matthew Breetzke (capt), Tristan Stubbs, Rudi Second, Sinethemba Qeshile, Patrick Kruger, Beyers Swanepoel, Renaldo Meyer, Siya Plaatjie, Alfred Mothoa, Andile Mogokane, Siya Simetu and Jiveshan Pillay.
“The team is looking very confident, and we back ourselves to get a win against the Lions,” says Second.
The match starts at 10:00 AM on Thursday,
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Dafabet Warriors Full 2023/24 Squad: Jordan Hermann, Matthew Breetzke, Diego Rosier, JP King, Sinethemba Queshile, Jiveshan Pillay, Siya Plaatjie, Renaldo Meyer, Nealan van Heerden, Beyers Swanepoel, Andile Mokgakane, Patrick Kruger, Sean Whitehead, Alfred Mothoa, Rudi Second, Liam Alder, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje, Siya Semethu, George van Heerden.
DP World Mens 2023/24 Squad: Temba Bavuma (Protea), Reeza Hendricks (Protea), Rassie Der Dussen (Protea), and Kagiso Rabada (Protea), Bjorn Fortuin (Protea), Sisanda Magala (Protea), Ryan Rickelton (Protea), Dominic Hendricks, Wiaan Mulder, Lutho Sipamla, Junaid Dawood, Zubayr Hamza, Tsepo Ndwandwa, Tshepo Moreki, Delano Potgieter, Joshua Richards, Mitch Van Buuren, Duanne Olivier, Codi Yusuf, Evan Jones, Malusi Siboto, Connor Esterhuizen.
DAY 1:
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
The first wicket to fall was that of Jordan Hermann – Warriors on 26/1 Hermann out (2).
The lunch break in the Dafabet Warriors vs DP World Lions CSA 4 Day Game saw the Warriors on 62/1. 30 overs bowled. Breetzke (25) and Pillay (29). Hermann was out on 2 runs after 11 balls caught van Buren.
Second Wicket – Mathew Breetzke caught on 42 runs off 93 balls with 7 fours. Warriors on 89/2 after 38.1 overs. Next batter – Stubbs.
Warriors hit their century with a 4 from Stubbs in the 41st over. Warriors on 103/2 with Stubbs (12) and Pillay (40) at the crease.
Stubbs 50 up – 55 off 152 balls, 7 fours and 2 sixes. Warriors on 139/2. Pillay (55).
150 up after 52 overs: 151/2 – Stubbs (41), Pillay (55)
Third Wicket – Pillay 65 from 182 (8 fours, 2 sixes) bowled Mulder. Warriors on 167/3. Stubbs (51) and next batter in was Rudi Second.
The 100 up for Stubbs came in the 79th over after he started the previous over with purpose stroking a magnificent four and then decided to calm down and play defensively rather than batting ‘hell for leather’. A quick scamper on the final ball gave Stubbs his 100 (126 balls, 12 fours and 2 sixes). Warriors on 255/3 with Second on 35.
Wicket – Rudi Second LBW by Codi Yusuf. Second walked after 35 runs off 71 with 5 fours. Next batter – Qeshile. Warriors on 263/4.
Wicket – Qeshile LBW Codi Yusuf. Qeshile walked on 7 runs from 10 balls. Warriors on 277/5 with Stubbs on 115. Next batter – Patrick Kruger.
Wicket – Patrick Kruger 20 off 20 balls with 4 fours – LBW Malusi Siboto. Sadly for Kruger he did no emulate his last score against the Lions of 135. Warriors on 310/6. Stubbs on 123.
Wicket – Stubbs bowled. 130 off 163 balls 17 fours and 2 sixes. Swanepoel (1) is joined by Meyer at the crease. Warriors on 313/7.
At close of play on the first day the Dafabet Warriors were on 341/17. At the crease were Swanepoel on 16 and Meyer on 9. Play continues on Friday.
DAY 2
NIght watchmen Meyer and Swanepoel opened the second day for the Dafabet Warriors and maged to take the overnight score of 341/7 to 389/8 before the first wicket of the day fell.
Wicket – Meyer, caught behind by van Buren off of the bowling of Mulder for 20 runs from 32 balls with 3 fours. Warriors on 389/8. New batter – Siya Semetu.
Wicket – Swanepoel caught behind by Riaan Mulder for 61 runs off of 57 balls with 4 fours and 1 six. Warriors on 397/9. Next batter – Alfred Mothoa.
400 Up – the 400 up mark for the Dafabet Warriors came from a four stroked away past Mulder by Semethu. Warriors on 402/9.
And the first innings is over as the dafabet Warriors post 402/10.
DP World Lions Innings:
Richards and Hendricks opened the batting for the DP World Lions with Richards opening the score with a four off of the bowling of Swanepoel who was bowling really quick.
Wicket – Richards caught behind by Stubbs off of bowling by Swanepoel. 4 runs off of 5 balls. Lions on 4/1. New batter – Connor Esterhuizen.
Wicket – Hendricks walks on ZERO after being caught behind off the bowling of Mulder. Lions on 4/2. Next batter Rickleton.
3rd Wicket – Esterhuisen walks on 5 runs off of 44 balls – bowled by Renaldo Meyer. Lions in a bit of trouble on 23/3. Wiaan Mulder next up to the crease.
4th Wicket – Rickleton out – caught behind. 41 runs off 59 balls with 6 fours. Lions on 75/4.
5th Wicket – Mulder out (LBW) 22 runs off 57 with 2 fours. Lions on 75/5.
6th Wicket – Wandile Makwetu out on 6 runs off 9 balls with 1 four. Lions on 85/6. Next batter Fortuin.
7th Wicket – Fortuin (bowled Mulder) out. Lions on 89/7. Next batter Siboto.
8th Wicket – Siboto bowled on 2 runs after facing 2 balls. Lions on 91/8. Next batter Cody Yusuf.
9th Wicket – van Buuren bowled for 4 runs off 26 balls with 1 four. Lions on 97/9.
10 Wicket – Cody Yusuf (10 runs). Lions close their first innings on 108/10 at 3:20 pm.
Dafabet Warriors Second Innings:
In a baffling move the Warriors elected to bat despite the worsening conditions and high winds with gusts measured at 52 knots at sea.
Pillay and Hermann were off to a slow start and had only posted 8/0 after 4 overs.
With the wind continuing to play havoc and, after replacing the bails an hour earlier with heavier ones, the umpires removed the bails completely at 4:15 pm. According to Law 8.5: During bad weather conditions like heavy rains and winds captains and umpires can agree to play the game without bails, as it is hard to set them up.
1st Wicket – Jordan Hermann on 5 runs. Warriors on 16/1. Next up – Mathew Breetzke.
2nd Wicket – Mathew Breetzke (3) caught by Esterhuisen off the bowling of Fortuin. Warriors on 33/2. Next batter – Stubbs.
3rd Wicket – Stubbs (3) bowled. Warriors on 38/3. Nest batter – Rudi Second.
4th Wicket – Second, caught behind on 9 off 16 balls with 1 four. Warriors on 60/4. Next batter – Sinethemba Queshile.
The Warriors ended Day 2 and their 2nd innings at 6:00 pm on 80/4 with Pillay (41) and Qeshile (10) at the crease.
DAY 3
5th Wicket – Qeshile (14 off 16 balls) caught Esterhuisen. Next Batter – Kruger
6th Wicket – Pillay caught and bowled Fortuin for 57 runs off 125 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes. Warriors on 132/6. Next batter – Swanepoel.
7th Wicket – Kruger (46 runs from 37 balls with 6 fours and 2 sixes) caught off of the bowling of van Buuren. Warriors declare on 169/7 leaving the Lions to score 464 for the win.
DP World Lions 2nd Innings:
Richards and Hendricks opened the 2nd innings for the Lions.
1st Wicket – Hendricks (6 runs from 24 balls with 1 four) bowled by Renaldo Meyer. Lions on 20/1. Next batter – Esterhuisen.
2nd Wicket – Joshua Richards (21 runs off 47 balls with 2 fours and 1 six) bowled Renaldo Meyer. Next batter – Rickleton. Lions on 39/2.
3rd Wicket – Rickleton (LBW by Rudi Second) 3 runs off 18 balls. Lions on 47/3. Next batter – Mulder.
4th Wicket – Esterhuisen (Caught Meyer, bowled Mothoa) 25 runs off 76 with 2 fours. Lions on 66/4. Next batter – van Buuren.
5th Wicket – Mulder (38 runs off 68 with 7 fours) bowled by Patrick Kruger. Lions on 123/5.
6th Wicket – van Buuren (26 runs off 44 balls with 2 fours and 1 six) bowled by Kruger. Lions on 133/6. Next batter – Fortuin.
7th Wicket – Fortuin (5 runs off of 9 balls) bowled Mothoa. Lions on 139/7. Next batter – Siboto.
8th Wicket – Mawethu (7 runs from 14 balls with 1 four) LBW Kruger. Lions on 139/8. Next batter – Yusuf.
9th Wicket – Cody Yusuf (2 runs from 18 balls) – caught and bowled. Lions on 153/9. Need 310 to win. New batter – Maphaka.
10th Wicket – Maphaka bowled Second. Lions finish on 158/10.
Dafabet Warriors win by 305 runs.
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