Cook steps down as Lions skipper
Stephen Cook has resigned as captain of the Highveld Lions with immediate effect.
Stephen Cook has resigned as captain of the Highveld Lions with immediate effect.
The Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) has announced that they have changed their name to the Central Gauteng Lions.
Geoffrey Toyana has left his role as head coach of the Highveld Lions by mutual consent and will become their high-performance coach on 1 May.
The Highveld Lions were on the rack again as bad light stopped play when they were 159-8 against the Knights in Kimberley.
Career-best figures (5-56) by Aaron Phangiso helped the Highveld Lions claim the advantage on day one of their Sunfoil Series encounter against the Warriors.
A brilliant 83 by Rassie van der Dussen gave the Highveld Lions a four-wicket win in a One-Day Cup match against the Warriors in East London.
Hardus Viljoen took 3-43 and struck 30 off 28 balls at the death to claim a victory off the last ball for the Lions against the Dolphins at Senwes Park on Saturday.
Jon-Jon Smuts and Christiaan Jonker steered the Warriors home, as they eased past the Lions by six wickets on Wednesday.
The Dolphins and the Warriors beat the table-topping Titans and Cobras respectively, to book their places in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge semi-finals.
The battle for semifinal places in the Ram Slam T20 series is getting hot, and all teams know they have to make a move, starting Wednesday.
Keegan Petersen scored his first T20 half-century for the Knights in their washed out match against the Lions in Bloemfontein.
Highveld Lions head coach Geoffrey Toyana says that the high-flying Titans are not unbeatable.
The Cobras squeezed out a six-run win against the Lions at Boland Park, defending a target of 146 for their first T20 Ram Slam Challenge victory.
Mangaliso Mosehle’s half-century topped JP Duminy’s 54, as the Lions handed the Cobras their second Ram Slam T20 defeat.
Watch the Titans beat the Lions by eight wickets in the second match of a double header at SuperSport Park on Sunday.