An overcast day greeted the two teams playing the first semi-final of the day in the Cricket SA T20 Challenge at St Georges Park in Gqeberha.
Going into the ground the Security Guard informed me with much conviction that the Dolphins would be the wiiners in this first clash. In hindsight I want some of what he was smoking!
Todays match was one in which we saw the Lowest Powerplay Figures, a Hat Trick, the Lowest Opening innings of the tournament and a Williams’ Maiden Record.
Momentum Titans Captain Theunis de Bruyn called the coin toss correctly and chose to bowl first against the Hollywood Bets Dolphins.
In some way the wickey chosen could favour Right Hand batsmen on the Duck Pond End and Left Hand batsmen on the PArk Drive side as it is situated slightly closer to the sea sde boundary than the one on the land side.
Opening for the Dolphins was Petersen and Roelofsen facing Williams – at the end of the 1st over the Dolphins were on 3/0 with Petersen on 3 runs.
The Titans Dala was obviously not happy with Petersen (3 from 7) scoring at all and bowled him out on the 1st ball of the second over. Next batsman up to the crease – De Swardt.
The 3rd over was a great one from Lizzard Williams – a maiden over (his second of the tournament) and the Dolphins struggling to get out of the blocks on 4/1 after 3 overs. To date only 9 maiden overs have been bowled in this tournament.
The first boundary of the match came in the 4th over – a four from Roelofsen to the ‘shorter’ boundary side.
Dala was on fire as he disrupted the Dolphins upper order with his second wicket of the day sending Grant Roelofsen (6 from 7 with 1 four) home. Shattering start for the Dolphins who slumped to 10/2 after 3.5 overs on a run rate of 2.5, Next batsman – Miller.
The carnage continued as Miller (0) was dismissed after being caught Phangiso at Short Mid Wicket bowled by Lizzard Williams. Dolphins on 11/3 after 4.3 overs and on a run rate of 2.4. Next batsman – Zondo.
At the end of the powerplay the Dolphins were bobbing on 17/3 with De Swardt the highest scorer on 7 runs making it the worst powerplay of the tournament thus far. On a run rate of 2.8 the batters were in disarray searching for a base to bat their way out of trouble.
Ruan De Swardt’s (10 from 20 with 1 four) hard work at steadying the ship fell to the bowling of Spin Ace Shamsi after being caught on th ebondary by Ferreira. Dolphins on 25/4 with a run rate of 3.2 with 12.1 overs left. Could we see a sub 80 score?
Not satisfied with a catch Shamsi came back with a clean bowling of Parsons (0) to take the Dolohins to 25/5 on a run rate of 3. Next Dolphin in was Phehlukwayo.
What happened to the team that toppled Western Province?
Hat Trick – Shamsi bowled Phehlukwayo (1 from 3) on the 1st ball of the 10th over. Dolphins crumbling as Eathan Bosch stepped up to the crease with the Dolphins on a 2.9 run rate.
At the halfway mark the Dolphins were really in trouble having posted 31 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and on a run rate of 3.1. The highest partnership so far was between Zondo and De Swardt on 14 runs and the highest scorer at this point was De Swardt (10). Bets were now being placed all over the world on when the Dolphins would run out of wickets before they ran out of overs.
An indication of just how poor the Dolphins batting was was in the second boundary only coi=ming in the 14th over after their first boundary in the 6th over – like watching a chicken being slowly strangled to death and not being able to do a thing about it.
50 Up for the Dolphins came from a six by Zondo putting the Dolphins on 53/6 after 63 minutes, 87 balls, 3 fours and 1 six. 5.3 overs left and a run rate of 3.7.
Some redemption for the Dolphins occured in the 15th over as Zondo klapped 2 sixes to help the Dolphins post their highest score for an over at 14 runs.
In over 16 the very first Extra was awarded for a leg bye.
NAd the pain intensified for the Dolphins in over 17 as Aya Gqamane came in for his second over. The prediction from the scoring team that Gqamane was consistent in always bowling his first over for 6 or 7 runs and then getting a wicket in the next over to bowl. And, they were not wrong as Gqanmane bowled to Eathan Bosch (12 from 25 with 1 four) caught behind by keeper de Kock. Dolphins on 66/7 after 16.2 overs and on a run rate of 4.
Not one run later the Dolphins were struggling again as the wicket of Khaya Zondo (33 from 33 with 2 sixes) fell to a great catch on the Duck Pond End boundary by Klaasen, who ran all of 20 meters to make it, off the bowling of Gqamane. Dolphins in heaps of trouble on 67/8 and a run rate of 4. Next batsman – Mungroo.
At the end of 20 overs the Dolphins posted 93/8 with a run rate of 4.7 The 93 runs came after 89 minutes, 124 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes and 6 extras.
The Titans need 94 runs to win.
The Titans put De Kock and De Bruyn (strike) in to bat against Dolphins opening bowler Mangroo. First four of the innings came on the 2nd ball from De Bruyn.
A big blow for the Titans came from the 1st delivery faced by De Kock as Mungroo clean bowled De Kock (0) on the last ball of the 1st over. Titans on 6/1 needing 88 runs from 114 balls to win. Next batsman in was Brevis.
An expensive 1st over for Eathan Bosch as De Bruyn hit 3 fours off of the over.
The next wicket to fall from the bowling of Mungroo was Theunis De Bruyn (18 from 12 with 1 four) was caught by Miller. Titans on 19/2 after 2.1 overs needing 75 runs to win. Next batsman ‘Safe hands’ Klaasen.
At the end of the powerplay the Titans were on 45/2 with a run rate of 7.5 needing 49 runs to win from 84 balls. At the crease were Brevis (18) and Klaasen (8).
50 Up for the Titans came from a Brevis boundary placing the Titans on 51 after 34 minutes from 47 balls, 9 fours and 1 Eatra. Titans now needed 43 runs from 73 balls to win. A jog in St Georges Park one would think!
The fight back from the Dolphins continued wit the loss of the wicket of Heinrich Klaasen (10 from 23 wit h1 four) as Baartman caught him out off of the bowling of Eathan Bosch. Titans on 58/3 with 36 runs needed to win. Next batsman Makhanya.
At the halfway mark the Titans had reached 61/3 on a run rate of 6.1 needing 33 balls to win. In contrast the Dolphins at the same point in their innings were 31 runs for the loss of 6 wickets and on a run rate of 3.1.
Mungroo made up for his dropped catch earlier by taking the wicket of Brevis ( 38 from 30 with 4 fours and 1 six) caught by Petersen. Totans on 79/4 needing 15 runs to win. Next batsman – Ferreira.
And the macth ended in the same way that the Dolphins batted – the first ball of the 14th over was pushed behind by Makhanya, the batters ran for the one run required and then waited and watched whilst the ball trickled towards the boundary – no four bu a lot more interesting than watching paint dry!
Titans end on 94/4 in 14.1 overs and win by 6 wickets.
Dolphins set Titans a target of 94 to win:
DOLPHINS INNINGS (20 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keegan Petersen | b Dala | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |||
| Grant Roelofsen † | c Williams b Dala | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |||
| Ruan de Swardt | c Ferreira b Shamsi | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| David Miller | c Phangiso b Williams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Khaya Zondo | c Klaasen b Gqamane | 33 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 100.00 | |||
| Bryce Parsons | b Shamsi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Andile Phehlukwayo | b Shamsi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Eathan Bosch | c †de Kock b Gqamane | 12 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 48.00 | |||
| Prenelan Subrayen (c) | not out | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 118.18 | |||
| Kerwin Mungroo | not out | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 2, w 4) | 6 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 4.65) | 93/8 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Ottniel Baartman |
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Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Keegan Petersen, 1.1 ov), 2-10 (Grant Roelofsen, 3.5 ov), 3-11 (David Miller, 4.3 ov), 4-25 (Ruan de Swardt, 7.5 ov), 5-25 (Bryce Parsons, 7.6 ov), 6-27 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 9.1 ov), 7-66 (Eathan Bosch, 16.2 ov), 8-67 (Khaya Zondo, 16.4 ov) |
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lizaad Williams | 4 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Junior Dala | 3 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayabulela Gqamane | 3 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 6.66 | 3 | 0 |
| Aaron Phangiso | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 4 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewald Brevis | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
TITANS INNINGS (TARGET: 94 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theunis de Bruyn (c) | c Miller b Mungroo | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 150.00 | |||
| Quinton de Kock † | b Mungroo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Dewald Brevis | c Petersen b Mungroo | 38 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 126.66 | |||
| Heinrich Klaasen | c Baartman b Bosch | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43.47 | |||
| Sibonelo Makhanya | not out | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 163.63 | |||
| Donavon Ferreira | not out | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (w 2) | 2 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (14.1 Ov, RR: 6.63) | 94/4 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Ayabulela Gqamane, Junior Dala, Aaron Phangiso, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi |
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Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Quinton de Kock, 0.6 ov), 2-19 (Theunis de Bruyn, 2.1 ov), 3-58 (Heinrich Klaasen, 9.3 ov), 4-79 (Dewald Brevis, 12.1 ov) |
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerwin Mungroo | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Eathan Bosch | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 8.66 | 1 | 0 |
| Ottniel Baartman | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.66 | 0 | 0 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo | 3.1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 7.26 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Parsons | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | 0 | 0 |
Still to come:
- 25/02/2022: 14:30 – Semi Final 2 – Western Province v Rocks.
- 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
19 February 2022:
WP: 140/5 in 20 overs
Titans: 1443/ in 19.3 overs
Titans win by 7 wickets.
PoM: Quinton de Kock and Lizzard Williams
Lions: 142/6 in 20 overs
Warriors: 144/5 in 15.5 overs
Warriors win by 5 wickets
PoM: Wihan Lubbe and Tsepo Ndwandwa
20 February 2022:
Gbets Rocks: 119/9 in 20 overs
Hollywood Bets Dolphins: 111/9 in 20 overs
Rocks win by 8 runs
PoM: Pieter Malan and Ziyaad Abrahams
ITEC Knights: 127/8 in 20 overs
Imperial Lions: 130/5 in 19.1 overs
Lions win by 5 wickets
PoM: Tshepo Ntuli and Mitchell Van Buuren
22 February 2022:
Dragons: 167/4 in 20 overs.
Titans: 134/7 in 20 overs
Dragons win by 33 runs
PoM: Heinrich Klaasen and Aaron Phangiso
ITEC Knights: 164/5 in 20 overs
GBets Rocks: 161/2 in 20 overs
Knights win by 3 runs
PoM: Ziyaad Abrahams and Christoffel Klijnhans
23 February 2022:
Dolphins: 148/5 in 20 overs
Western Province: 83/10 in 15.4 overs
Dolphins win by 65 runs.
PoM: Prenalan Subrayen and Khaya Zondo
Dragons: 169/5 in 20 overs
Warriors: 159/9 in 20 overs
Dragons win by 10 runs
PoM: Lwandiswa Zuma and Heino Kuhn
25 February 2022:
Dolphins: 93/8 in 20 overs
Titans: 94/4 in 14.1 overs
Titans win by 6 wickets
PoM: T Shamsi (2nd award) and D Brevis
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