31 Oct LIONS LAY DOWN EARLY MARKER WITH INNINGS VICTORY IN OPENING CSA 4-DAY SERIES ROUND
JOHANNESBURG: Imperial Lions made a strong start to their red-ball campaign when they sealed a convincing innings and 72-run win over the North West Dragons on day three of their CSA Four-Day Domestic Series Division One encounter at the Imperial Wanderers on Sunday.
All CSA Four-Day Domestic Series matches are streamed live on SuperSport’s YouTube channel, with the first round taking place between 29 October-01 November.
The Dragons began the day on 50/3 still needing 199 runs in their second innings to make the Lions bat again, with overnight batters Heino Kuhn (19) and captain Nicky van den Bergh looking to keep their side’s hopes alive.
That hope was further diminished when the Lions picked up two early wickets in the morning session and despite van den Bergh bringing up a commendable 70 off 88 balls, the Lions continued to pick up wickets at regular intervals during the day to eventually bowl out the Dragons for 177.
Malusi Siboto claimed leading figures of four for 21 runs while Duanne Olivier took three for 58 to wrap up the comfortable win.
In Bloemfontein the GbetsRocks posted an impressive first innings response against the home side, the ITEC Knights with talented batter Janneman Malan top-scoring with an unbeaten 139 off 203 balls alongside all-rounder Ferisco Adams (74*) as the visitors reached stumps with a 66-run lead on 386/7 with one day to play.
Meanwhile, the Gbets Warriors and Momentum Multiply Titans clash at SuperSport Park, Centurion is on the brink of a result with the Warriors needing 56 runs to win while the Titans require just three wickets to win. This was after Sibonelo Makhanya hit 74 off 124 balls to help the Titans to a healthy 359 all out second innings score, before the visitors were restricted to 180/7 at the end of the day.
At the Six Gun Grill Newlands in Cape Town, the home side Six Gun Grill Western Province were forced to follow-on after only managing 269 all out in their first innings reply, with Wayne Parnell notching up an undefeated 79 off 103 balls and former SA under-19 captain, Bryce Parsons (5-82) taking his maiden five-wicket haul.
In their second innings, Yaseen Vallie 76 (109) and David Bedingham 50 (49) were the only WP batters to manage a meaningful contribution with the Dolphins bowling well to leave their opponents 186/7 and 34 runs behind at the end of day three.
Day four of the CSA Four-Day Domestic Series takes place on Monday, 01 November and will be live from 10h00 on SuperSport’s YouTube channel.
CSA Four-Day Domestic Series Day 1 Scores:
Division One:
Gbets Warriors need 54 runs to win against Momentum Multiply Titans
Momentum Multiply Titans: 134 & 359 / 10 after 103.4 overs; S. Makhanya 74 (124), J. Hermann 62 (107); M. Nabe 4 – 89, R. Second 2 – 33
Gbets Warriors: 258 & 180 / 7 after 53.1 overs; M. Jansen 55 (59), L. Ngoepe 46* (74); J. Dala 2 – 18, N. Brand 1 – 2
Imperial Lions won by an innings and 72 runs
North West Dragons: 159 & 177 / 10 after 43.4 overs; N. van den Bergh 70* (88), W. Marshall 23 (16); M. Siboto 4 – 21, D. Olivier 3 – 58
Imperial Lions: 408
Six Gun Grill Western Province trail the Hollywoodbets Dolphins by 34 runs
Hollywoodbets Dolphins: 489 / 8 dec
Six Gun Grill WP: 269 / 10 after 89. 4 overs; W. Parnell 79* (103), D. Bedingham 62 (75); B. Parsons 5 – 82. K. Mungroo 2 – 35 & 186 / 7 (f/o) after 45.2 overs; Y. Vallie 76 (109), D. Bedingham 50 (49); D. Dupavillon 4 – 33, B. Parsons 2 – 59
GbetsRocks lead the ITEC Knights by 66 runs
ITEC Knights: 320 / 10
GbetsRocks: 386 / 7 after 107.3 overs; J. Malan 139* (203), F. Adams 74* (137); M. Budaza 3 – 75, M. Pretorius 2 – 69
Division Two:
Eastern Storm trail Hollywoodbets Tuskers by 281 runs
Hollywoodbets Tuskers: 440 / 6 dec after 110 overs; L. Schlemmer 153 (228), A. Mogakane 98 (160); T. Tlhokwe 2 – 57, C. August 2 – 92
Eastern Storm: 107 / 10 after 47 overs; S. Masondo 22 (32), K. Nyamathe 18 (77); K. Dudgeon 4 – 25, K. Mannikam 3 – 23 & 52 / 2 after 29.3 overs; W. Coulentianos 32* (77), D. Rossouw 16 (97); K. Dudgeon 1 – 1, M. Erlank 1 – 5
Limpopo Impalas need 353 runs to win against Eastern Cape Iinyathi
Eastern Cape iinyathi: 392 & 190 / 3 after 43.1 overs; J. Niemand 77 (95), J. Bossr 71 (113); N. Mahlaba 3 – 79
Limpopo Impalas: 192 / 10 after 76.2 overs; M. Nofal 58 (136), T. Hobson 33 (110); T. Kaber 6 – 75, C. Bosch 2 – 29 & 38 / 1 after 20 overs; A. Pillay 16* (63), L. Kaestner 4 (36); G. Peters 1 – 11
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