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The Battle of the Double D’s

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Match 20 in the Cricket South Africa T20 Challenge being contested at St Georges Park, Gqeberha between the Dolphins and the Dragons saw the Dolphins win the toss and elect to bowl to the Dragons.

Dolphins win the toss and elect to bowl - CSAT20 Challenge St Georges Park, Gqeberha

Coming into this clash the North West Dragons (9 points) and Hollywood Bets Dolphins (8 points) were slap bang in the middle of the tournament table in position 4 and 5 respectively.

The last time that these two teams met was in Bloemfontein on 8 October 2021 in the CSA T20 Provincial Cup when the Dolphins won by 8 wickets with 29 balls remaining (131/2) after being set a target of 128/8 by the Dragons.

It was deemed safe to say that this match had all the potential of being a close one.

Opening the batting for the North West Dragons were Marshall (strike) and Isaacs. Bowling the first ball for the Hollywood Bets Dolphins was Baartman.

The first wicket of Taahir Issacs fell after 4.2 overs as Phelukwa bowled him for 7 runs in Phelukwa’s first over of the match.

6 Balls later it was the turn of opening batsman, Marshall (14), who was clean bowled by Baartman.

The pressure continued from Baartman as he bowled a maiden over for the 6th over.

The North West Dragns accelerated past their bogey score of 80 (80 all out against WP on 15 February 2022) in fine form with a manificent Six from Pretrius at the start of the 13th over to place them on 85/2.

With 100 looming and Dwaine Pretorius on strike the big mement was too much as Bosch clean bowled Pretorius (39) on the first ball of the 15th over. A big blow for the Dragons.

It was left to Potgieter to bump the Dragons over the hump to 100 up after 66 minutes, 94 balls, 9 fours and 2 sixes.

It was only in the 18th over that the Dragons made a match of this one as they racked up 19 runs to take their total to 129/4 – but the punishment happened directly afterwards.

With less than two overs to go Ethan Bosch dominated the bowling with three wickets in quick succession – 2 wickets and a run out. The Dragons entered the last over on 131/7.

The rout continued with Baartman bowling Pongola on the 3rd ball of the last over.

The North West Dragons posted 135/8 after 20 ver – their second lowest total in this competition – from 123 balls in 92 minutes with 10 fours and 4 sixes, setting the Dolphins a traget of 136 to win.

The Dolphins opening batsmen were Keegan Petersen (on strike) and Grant Roelofsen with Johannes Diseko bowling with his unique ‘loop en val’ action.

At the end of over 6 the Dolphins were 38/0 with a Run Rate of 6.33 and a required Run Rate of 7.00. In contrast the Dragons at the end of 0ver 6 were on 27/2 with. a run rate of 4.5.

The 50 up partnership came after 33 minutes, 51 balls, 2 fours, 0 sixes and 7 Extras.

The first wicket to fall was that of Grant Roelofsen (19 off of 27 balls) bowled by Muthusamy paving the way for Ackerman to strut his stuff.

At the halfway mark the Dolphins (63/1) were tracking the Dragons (56/2) with 72 runs needed to win.

The vital wicket of Keegan Petersen (43 from 3 balls) fell to the bowling of Caleb Seleka with the Dolphins on 72 – next up to bat was the in-form Miller with hopes resting on him to pull the Dolphins up and over the hump.

Next to fall from the first ball of over 12 was Marques Ackerman (11from 9 balls) off the bowling of Pretorius opening the path for Zondo to face and make a difference.

A bit of tension enetred into the Dolphins batting order as they dipped below the runs required in overs 18 and 19 but with balls in the bag the resuklt was inevitable as Miller smashed a four to win the game for the Dolphins on 136/3 winning by 7 wickets.(35).

The Dragons set the Dolphins a target of 136 to win:

NORTH WEST INNINGS (20 OVERS MAXIMUM)

BATTING R B 4s 6s SR
Wesley Marshall b Baartman 14 14 2 0 100.00
Tahir Isaacs lbw b Phehlukwayo 7 14 0 0 50.00
Nicky van den Bergh † c & b Bosch 52 37 5 2 140.54
Dwaine Pretorius lbw b Bosch 39 34 2 2 114.70
Delano Potgieter c †Roelofsen b Ntini 7 8 0 0 87.50
Senuran Muthusamy run out (sub [R de Swardt]) 7 5 1 0 140.00
Nono Pongolo (c) b Baartman 1 2 0 0 50.00
Ndumiso Mvelase c †Roelofsen b Bosch 0 2 0 0 0.00
Eldred Hawken not out 2 2 0 0 100.00
Caleb Seleka not out 1 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (lb 2, w 3) 5
TOTAL (20 Ov, RR: 6.75) 135/8

Did not bat: Johannes Diseko

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Tahir Isaacs, 4.2 ov), 2-27 (Wesley Marshall, 5.2 ov), 3-99 (Dwaine Pretorius, 15.1 ov), 4-117 (Delano Potgieter, 17.3 ov), 5-130 (Nicky van den Bergh, 18.2 ov), 6-131 (Senuran Muthusamy, 18.4 ov), 7-131 (Ndumiso Mvelase, 18.6 ov), 8-133 (Nono Pongolo, 19.3 ov)
BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB
Ottniel Baartman 4 1 12 2 3.00 0 0
Prenelan Subrayen 3 0 23 0 7.66 0 0
Eathan Bosch 4 0 20 3 5.00 0 0
Thando Ntini 3 0 41 1 13.66 1 0
Andile Phehlukwayo 4 0 19 1 4.75 2 0
Bryce Parsons 2 0 18 0 9.00 0 0

DOLPHINS INNINGS (TARGET: 136 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS)

BATTING R B 4s 6s SR
Keegan Petersen b Seleka 43 36 3 1 119.44
Grant Roelofsen † b Muthusamy 19 27 0 0 70.37
Marques Ackerman b Potgieter 11 9 1 0 122.22
David Miller (c) not out 35 26 2 1 134.61
Khaya Zondo not out 19 16 1 0 118.75
Extras (lb 5, nb 2, w 2) 9
TOTAL (18.4 Ov, RR: 7.28) 136/3

Did not bat: Bryce Parsons, Andile Phehlukwayo, Prenelan Subrayen, Eathan Bosch, Ottniel Baartman, Thando Ntini

Fall of wickets: 1-60 (Grant Roelofsen, 9.4 ov), 2-72 (Keegan Petersen, 10.6 ov), 3-81 (Marques Ackerman, 12.1 ov)
BOWLING O M R W ECON WD NB
Johannes Diseko 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0
Eldred Hawken 3.4 0 19 0 5.18 0 2
Dwaine Pretorius 4 0 27 0 6.75 1 0
Senuran Muthusamy 3 0 15 1 5.00 0 0
Caleb Seleka 2 0 16 1 8.00 0 0
Nono Pongolo 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
Ndumiso Mvelase 1 0 9 0 9.00 0 0
Delano Potgieter 2 0 23 1 11.50 1 0

Still to come:

  • 19/02/2022: 10:00 – Western Province vs Titans and 14:30 – Warriors vs Lions
  • 20/02/2022: 10:00 – Dolphins vs Rocks and 14:30 – Lions vs Knights
  • 22/02/2022: 10:00 – Dragons vs Titans and 14:30 – Rocks vs Knights
  • 23/02/2022: 10:00 – Western Province vs Dolphins and 14:30 – Warriors vs Dragons
  • 25/02/2022: 10:00 – Semi Final 1 and 14:30 – Semi Final 2
  • 27/02/20: 10:00 – FINAL

CSA T20 Challenge Scores to DATE:

7 February 2022:

Rocks: 142/6 in 20 overs.
WP: 143/4 in 17 overs
Western Province won by 6 wickets
PoM: RE Levi and GF Linde

Warriors: 163/8 in 20 overs
Titans: 155/8 in 20 overs
Warriors won by 8 runs
PoM: JJ Smuts and T Stubbs

8 February 2022:

Dragons: 136/6 in 20 overs
Lions: 125/5 in 20 overs
North West Dragons won by 11 runs
PoM: MB Van Buuren and JN Diseko

Knights: 128/5 in 20 overs
Dolphins: 130/2 in 18 overs
Dolphins won by 8 wickets
PoM: KD Pietersen and P Subrayen

9 February 2022:

Warriors: 163/5 in 20 overs
Western Province: 164/3 after 17.1 overs
Western Province won by 7 wickets
PoM: RE Levi and MA Nabe

Titans: 158/2 after 20 overs
Rocks: 155/8 in 20 overs
Titans won by 3 runs
PoM: Q de Kock and CJ Dala

10 February 2022:

Knights: 94/9 in 20 overs
Dragons: 95/2 in 10.1 overs
North West Dragons won by 8 wickets
PoM: WB MArshall and S Muthusamy

Lions: 156/8 in 20 overs
Dolphins: 148/2 in 20 overs
Lions won by 8 runs
PoM: SSB Magala and SSB Magala

12 February 2022:

Dolphins: 211/5 in 20 overs
Warriors: 191/6 in 20 overs
Dolphins won by 20 runs
PoM: T Stubbs and OEG Baartman

Titans: 151/6 in 20 overs
Knights: 124 in 19 overs
Titans won by 27 runs
PoM: H Klaasen and LB Williams

13 February 2022:

Lions: 140/5 in 20 overs
WP: 141/5 in 19.1 overs
WP won by 5 wickets
PoM: T de Zorzi and BE Hendricks

Rocks: 182/6 in 20 overs
Dragons: 182/3 in 20 overs
Tied then Rocks won in the Super Over.
PoM: D Pretorius and FC Adams

14 February 2022:

Dolphins: 134/4 in 19 overs
Titans: 137/3 in 16.3 overs
Titans won by 7 wickets
PoM: DA Miller and AM Phangiso

Warriors: 170/5 in 20 overs
Knights: 173/1 in 18.4 overs
Knights won by 9 wickets
PoM: GJ Snyman and GJ Snyman

15 February 2022:

Rocks: 160/4 in 20 overs
Lions: 116 in 17.2 overs
Rocks won by 44 runs
PoM: PJ Malan and S von Berg

WP: 164/8 in 20 overs
Dragons: 80 in 17.4 overs
Western Province won by 84 runs
PoM: WD Parnell and BE Hendricks

17 February 2022:

Lions: 148/6 in 20 overs
Titans: 152/3 in 18.1 overs
Titans won by 7 wickets
PoM: TB de Bruyn and T Shamsi

Warriors: 156/6 in 20 overs
Rocks: 160/7 in 19.4 overs
Rocks won by 3 wickets
PoM: MJ Copeland and S von Berg

18 February 2022:

Knights: 126/8 in 20 overs
WP: 130/4 in 15.5 overs
Western Province win by 6 wickets
PoM: J Bird and J Dawood

Dragons: 135/8 in 20 overs
Dolphins: 136/3 in 18.4 overs
Dolphins win by 7 wickets
PoM: Keegann Petersen and Ottneil Baartman

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