Sunfoil: Lions salvage pride
Centuries by Stephen Cook and Reeza Hendricks enabled the Highveld Lions to end their Sunfoil campaign with a resounding nine-wicket win over the Cobras in Potchefstroom.
Centuries by Stephen Cook and Reeza Hendricks enabled the Highveld Lions to end their Sunfoil campaign with a resounding nine-wicket win over the Cobras in Potchefstroom.
Chris Morris’ 6-55 paved the way for the Titans to become the Sunfoil champions after a remarkable two-day match in which they beat the Knights by four wickets.
Rain prevented play in any of the final three Sunfoil matches, raising the possibility of a lucky lottery if or when any team gets on to the field.
If the Warriors fail to win the Sunfoil Series, they may point fingers at Werner Coetsee, whose six-wicket haul undermined their chase to victory over the Knights. He is our Turbo Bowler.
The Warriors fell eight runs short of what would have been a remarkable victory over the Knights, and which would have consolidated their position at the top of the Sunfoil table.
Whatever hopes the Cobras had of gaining a second Sunfoil victory were buried under a mountain of runs as they laboured to 393-3 in Paarl.
Simon Harmer’s five-for led a Warriors attack which put them in a strong position against the Knights in their Sunfoil match in East London.
With just over five points separating the top four on the Sunfoil Series log, the pressure is on all teams to win in the penultimate matches, starting Thursday.
Jon-Jon Smuts took two wickets off two balls in the dying moments to give the Warriors an incredible Sunfoil victory over the Titans in East London.
The Warriors have a tough decision ahead after they ended day three of their Sunfoil match on 151-1, a lead of 220 over log leaders Titans in East London.
A powerful display of lower order batting allowed the Knights to declare on 500-8, a lead of 283 over the Lions in their Sunfoil match in Kimberley.
Gihahn Cloete and Yaseen Vallie underpinned the Warriors’ push for domination over the Titans in their Sunfoil match in East London.
Dale Steyn is set to take to the field once more when the Titans meet the Warriors in the eighth round of the Sunfoil series.
Simon Harmer’s double six-fors in the latest round of Sunfoil matches earn him our Turbo Bowler accolade.
Simon Harmer put the Dolphins into a spin but the Warriors wobbled on day one of the Sunfoil Series in Port Elizabeth.