Into the final stretch of the Cricket SA Challenge with Match 25 of the 31 match series being contested between the North West Dragons and Multiply Titans at St Georges Park in Gqeberha on Tueseday 22 February 2022.
This is a match in which the Warriors would be rooting for a win by the Titans as that would keep their semi-final hopes alive. Western Province, Titans and the Rocks have all qualified for a semi-final spot. If the Dragons win both remaining matches (against Titans and Warriors) they will be the 4th qualifier. If the Dolphins lose to Western Province (on 23 February 2022 at 10h00) they are out. THEN either the Dragons or Warriors (playing the last play off game on 23 February at 14h30) get a shot. BUT, if the Dolphins win against Western Province then the Warriors are out.
The North West Dragons won the toss and elected to bowl. De Kock and De Bruyn stepped out to bat for the Titans and De Kock faced the first ball from Diseko.
The Titans signalled their desire to make a match of this in the first over with De Kock racing to 5 and De Bruyn to 1 run in the first over and with their first boundary (4) on ball number 9 closing the 2nd over on 13/1 with a run rate of 6.5.
But, things did not go all De Kock’s (34 from 17 with 6 fours and 1 six) way as he lost his wicket on the last ball of the third over from a magnificent catch by Kuhn off of the bowling of Hawken. Next batsman was Dewald Brevis. Titans on a 10.1 run rate at 41/1.
Brevis’ time at the crease was expensive (0 from 2) as Pretorius ripped through his wicket – clean bowled and the Titans on 42/2 with a 9.3 run rate. Next batsman was Klassen.
It certainly looked like the Titans wanted to hit 200 runs as they raced to their 50 up in 24 minutes off of 34 balls with 6 fours, 2 sixes and 3 Extras and a run rate of 9.5.
The last over of the powerplay saw the Titans pile on 19 runs to end on 62/2 with a run rate of 10.33.
But the Dragons were not done fighting as a fine catch by Diseko put paid to Theunis De Bruyn’s (25 from 19 with 3 fours and 1 six) assault, bowled by Muthusamy and the Titans on 66/3.
Bit of a disappointment for Titans Btasman Number 5 – Siboneleo Makhanya (5 from 8) as he was caught on the boundary just below the Media Centre by Marshall off the bowling of Muthusamy – 10.4 overs to go and the Titans wer on 78/4.
At the halfway mark the Titans were on 79/4 after 43 minutes, 62 balls, 10 fours, 2 sixes and 3 Extras with a run rate of 7.9.
The Titans reached 100 runs after 57 minutes, 85 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes and 3 Extras with Klaasen (28) and Ferreira (5) at the crease and a slowing down run rate of 7.1.
The 50 partnership between Klaasen (21) and Ferriera (39) occured after a magnificent six by Ferreira and took 30 minutes from 48 balls with 2 fours, 2 sixes and 3 Extras. Titans on 130/4 with a run rate of 7.6.
Looking like they had an important date at 12h00 the Titans raced to 150 up after 79 minutes from 120 balls with 16 fours, 4 sixes and 9 Extras wiuth a run rate of 8.1. At the crease were Ferreira (35) and Klaasen (45).
Klaasen reached his 50 in the final over after 63 minutes at the crease and facing 39 balls with 12 dots, 5 fours and 1 six. Titans on 158/4 with 4 balls to go.
The Titans finished their allotted 20 overs on 167/4 which came from 128 balls over 85 minutes with 18 Fours, 4 Sixes, 12 Extras and a run rate of 8.3.
The Dragons needed 168 to win.
After the break the Dragons sent Marshall (strike) and Kuhn in to face Williams.
With their first over done and dusted the Dragons were tracking the Titans on 6/0 with 162 runs needed to win with a run rate of 6.
Cricket can be a cruel Mistress as the Dragons lost the wicket of Wesley Marshall (6 from 4) on ball number 8 – run out by Shamsi/De Kock off the bowling of Dala. Run rate 5.3 and Titans on 8/1.
On the stroke end of the powerplay Heino Kuhn’s (17 from 16) wicket fell LBW to the bowling of Gqamane.
That left the Dragons, at end of the powerplay, on 42 runs for the loss of 2 wickets and a run rate of 7. WIth 84 balls in hand the Dragons needed 126 to win. In contrast the Titans ended their powerplay on 62/2 with a run rate of 10.33.
50 Up for the Dragons came after 34 minutes, 49 balls, 6 fours and 2 extras with a run rate of 6.6.
The Dragons first six of the match came off of the bat of Nicky Van den Bergh on the first ball of over number 9, BUT Phangiso was having none of that and was responsible for Van den Berg’s wicket (9 from 6) the very next ball which was caught by Gqamane. Dragons on 59/3 with a run rate of 7.3. The Dragons needed 109 runs to win.
At the halfway mark the Dragons were on 76/3 with a run rate of 6.7. In contrast the Titans were on 79/4 after 43 minutes, 62 balls, 10 fours, 2 sixes and 3 Extras with a run rate of 7.9.
The wicket of Lesego Senokwane (31 from 32 with 17 dots, 3 fours and 1 six) fell to the bowling of Phangiso – that reverse sweep left his wicket wide open! Dragons now on 68/4 with 100 runs from 56 balls needed to win. Next batsman was Muthusamy.
A real silly shot from Dwaine Pretorius (3 from 9) saw the ball straight into the sky and down into the hands of Phangiso off the bowling of Brevis (revenge for his earlier dismissal by Pretorius?) putting the Dragons on 68/5 with 100 runs needed to win on a run rate of 6.
More pain for the Dragons just before their 100 as Senuran Muthsamy (22 from 15 with 3 fours) was caught behind by De Kock off the bowling of Gqamane leaving the Dragons with 70 runs to win from 27 balls on a run rate of 6.3. Next batsmen in was Hawken.
The Dragons marked their century after 66 minutes from 97 balls, 9 fours, 2 sixes and 3 extras with a run rate of 6.3 leaving them 68 runs to win from 25 balls. In contrast the Titans reached 100 runs after 57 minutes, 85 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes and 3 Extras with a run rate of 7.1.
Eldred Hawken’s (7 from 6) 6 minutes at the crease were cut short by De Kock catching Hawken behind from the bowling of Brevis. Needing 3 runs per remaining ball the Dragons hopes were fading fast.
And it took the Dragons 82 minutes to dash the Titans hopes. Titans finished their allotted 20 overs on 134/7 after 122 balls, 13 fours and 2 sixes.
Dragons won by 33 runs.
Multiply Titans set the North West Dragons a target of 168 to win:
TITANS INNINGS (20 OVERS MAXIMUM)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinton de Kock † | c Kuhn b Hawken | 34 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 200.00 | |||
| Theunis de Bruyn (c) | c Diseko b Muthusamy | 25 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 131.57 | |||
| Dewald Brevis | b Pretorius | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Heinrich Klaasen | not out | 54 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 131.70 | |||
| Sibonelo Makhanya | c Marshall b Muthusamy | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 62.50 | |||
| Donavon Ferreira | not out | 37 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 105.71 | |||
| Extras | (lb 4, nb 2, w 6) | 12 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 8.35) | 167/4 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Ayabulela Gqamane, Junior Dala, Aaron Phangiso, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi |
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Fall of wickets: 1-41 (Quinton de Kock, 3.6 ov), 2-42 (Dewald Brevis, 4.3 ov), 3-66 (Theunis de Bruyn, 7.2 ov), 4-78 (Sibonelo Makhanya, 9.2 ov) |
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes Diseko | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Eldred Hawken | 4 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 12.50 | 3 | 2 |
| Chad Classen | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwaine Pretorius | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | 2 | 0 |
| Senuran Muthusamy | 4 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Seleka | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Nono Pongolo | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 |
NORTH WEST INNINGS (TARGET: 168 RUNS FROM 20 OVERS)
| BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesley Marshall | run out (Shamsi/†de Kock) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |||
| Heino Kuhn | lbw b Gqamane | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 106.25 | |||
| Lesego Senokwane | b Phangiso | 31 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 96.87 | |||
| Nicky van den Bergh (c)† | c Gqamane b Phangiso | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 | |||
| Dwaine Pretorius | c Phangiso b Brevis | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Senuran Muthusamy | c †de Kock b Gqamane | 22 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 146.66 | |||
| Nono Pongolo | not out | 22 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 122.22 | |||
| Eldred Hawken | st †de Kock b Brevis | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 | |||
| Johannes Diseko | not out | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 2) | 3 | |||||||
| TOTAL | (20 Ov, RR: 6.70) | 134/7 | |||||||
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Did not bat: Caleb Seleka, Chad Classen |
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Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Wesley Marshall, 1.2 ov), 2-42 (Heino Kuhn, 5.6 ov), 3-59 (Nicky van den Bergh, 8.2 ov), 4-68 (Lesego Senokwane, 10.5 ov), 5-68(Dwaine Pretorius, 11.2 ov), 6-98 (Senuran Muthusamy, 15.3 ov), 7-107 (Eldred Hawken, 16.5 ov) |
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| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lizaad Williams | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Dala | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Phangiso | 4 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Ayabulela Gqamane | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 7.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewald Brevis | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
Still to come:
- 22/02/2022: 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
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
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