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| February 2010 | ||||||
| 3 | Nashua Dolphins | v | Nashua Titans | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 18:00 | |
| 5 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town | 18:00 | |
| 5 | Chevrolet Warriors | v | Diamond Eagles | Buffalo Park, East London | 18:00 | |
| 7 | Nashua Dolphins | v | Chevrolet Warriors | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 14:30 | |
| 7 | Nashua Titans | v | Nashua Cape Cobras | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 14:30 | |
| 10 | Nashua Dolphins | v | Diamond Eagles | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 18:00 | |
| 10 | Nashua Titans | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | Willowmoore Park, Benoni | 18:00 | |
| 12 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Chevrolet Warriors | Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 18:00 | |
| 13 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | Nashua Dolphins | Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town | 18:00 | |
| 14 | Diamond Eagles | v | Nashua Titans | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | 14:30 | |
| 17 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | Diamond Eagles | Boland Park, Paarl | 18:00 | |
| 19 | Chevrolet Warriors | v | Nashua Cape Cobras | St George`s Park, Port Elizabeth | 18:00 | |
| 19 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Nashua Dolphins | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | 18:00 | |
| 21 | Diamond Eagles | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein | 14:30 | |
| 21 | Nashua Titans | v | Chevrolet Warriors | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 14:30 | |
| 24 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Nashua Titans | SF1: Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 18:00 | |
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v | Nashua Cape Cobras | SF2: St George`s Park, Port Elizabeth | 18:00 | |
| March 2010 | ||||||
| 3 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | Chevrolet Warriors | SF3: Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town | 18:00 | |
| 5 | Nashua Titans | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | SF4: SuperSport Park, Centurion | 18:00 | |
| 8 | TBA | v | TBA | Semi-final 5/6 (round 3 / if needed) | 18:00 | |
| 12 | TBA | v | TBA | Final | 18:00 | |
Catch of the Pro20 by Reeza Hendricks
The Standard Bank Pro20 game between the Cape Cobras and Eagles last Wednesday evening produced the catch of the series. Reeza Hendricks took this amazing catch to dismiss Andrew Puttick.
The Eagles went on to win the game by 8 wickets, thanks to an unbeaten 85 runs from their captain Morne van Wyk.
This video was sent in by: @Boundary_Rider via Twitter
Standard Bank Pro20 log
2010 Standard Bank Pro20 Log was last updated:22th February 2010
| P | W | L | Tied | NR | Bonus | Penalty | Pts | Net RR | |
| Chevrolet Warriors | 5 | 4 |
0 |
- | - | - |
- | 16 |
-0.077 |
| Nashua Titans | 5 |
3 |
1 |
- | 1 |
1 |
- | 15 |
1.117 |
| Highveld Lions | 5 |
3 |
2 | - |
- | - | - | 12 | -0.179 |
| Cape Cobras | 5 |
2 |
3 |
- | - | 1 |
- |
9 |
0.152 |
| Chevrolet Diamond Eagles | 5 |
2 |
3 |
- | - |
- | - | 8 |
-0.059 |
| Nashua Dolphins |
5 |
0 | 4 |
- |
1 | - | 1 | 1 |
-0.740 |
Pro20 News
In this weeks Pro20 update, we have a captain falling, opening batsmen scoring runs and the IPL muscling in on domestic cricket in South Africa.
This last weekends Pro20 results:
Friday 5th, Cape Cobras beat the Highveld Lions by 42 runs
Sunday 7th, Titans beat the Cape Cobras by 17 runs (D/L shortened game)
Sunday 7th, Warriors beat the Dolphins by 23 runs
note: So far in the Standard Bank Pro20 the team batting first has won every game
Neil McKenzie gets the sack
News of the day is that Highveld Lions captain Neil McKenzie has been relieved of his duties as captain, but will stay on as a senior player in the team. McKenzie has been the captain of the Lions since 2004, and truth be told the Lions have not done well for a long time now. The Lions have announced that Alviro Petersen will captain the team upon his return from India, in the mean time wicket keeper Thami Tsolekile will lead the team. I would suggest that the newly appoint coach of The Lions, Dave Nosworthy, is building a new team and new leadership from within.
IPL Muscles in on domestic cricket
Earlier in the year Shane Warne mentioned that this was going to be a massive year for him, and he now seems to have shown his hand, it was announced that the IPL team The Rajasthan Royals that Warne captained, had struck a deal where the following teams; Hampshire, Cape Cobras and Trinidad and Tobago along with a yet-to-be-confirmed Australia state team, would form an international Twenty20 (Pro20) brand. Each team will now play under the Royals name.
I’m not too keen on this idea, why does one of South Africa’s leading domestic teams need to be influenced by and IPL team? This move seems to cement the notion of big money taking over cricket, it’s now on our door step, the IPL is having a direct influence on our domestic game. More to follow on this story….
Gulam Bodi gets player of the week
Titans opening batsman is my choice for Pro20 player of the week. Bodi hit an impressive 88* runs of just 44 balls in his innings against The Cobras at SuperSport park. His innings included six 6’s and seven 4’s. Bodi would have had the chance to have made is maiden Pro20 century had it not been for a reduced innings due to rain.
Change of Venue:
Cricket South Africa has announced that the Standard Bank Pro20 match between the Nashua Titans and the bizhub Highveld Lions, due to be played on Wednesday, 10 February 2010, has been moved from Willowmoore Park in Benoni, to SuperSport Park in Centurion, because of a waterlogged field. This is great news for the Titans, Willowmore Park is a grave yard for Titans cricket.
Pro20 : Titans rock defending champions
The Titans hosted the defending Standard Bank Pro20 champions The Cobras on Sunday afternoon at SuperSport Park. Before the game started there were rain clouds all around the stadium, having shared the points with the Dolphins the week before due to rain, the Titans could not afford another non-result due to the weather.
The Cobras won the toss and elected to bowl, which I found strange due to the chance the game could be affected due to rain, I’d always choose to bat under those circumstances. The Cobras premier bowler Charl Langeveldt opened the bowling, and was immediately hit for consecutive boundaries. This set the tone, the Titans batsmen put on 53 runs from 5 overs before lightening and then rain stopped play.
After the rain interval the game was reduced to 12 overs, which only gave the batsmen license to go for the big shots, and it was Bodi that came off. In his innings Gulam Bodi scored 88 runs from just 44 balls which included six 6’s and seven 4’s. The Titans ended their shortened inning on 136/1.
Needing 11.3 runs per over, The Cobras were under pressure from the first over. Andrew Puttick got them off to a flyer, before he was out caught and bowled by Basheeru-Deen Walters for just 9 runs. The ever powerful Herschelle Gibbs came in at three, and rocked the party. Gibbs hit 6’s all over the park before he got bogged down by the bowling of Titans captain Pierre Jouburt and Roelof van der Merwe. The two bowlers stopped the flow of runs and the pressure told. Gibbs was out caught by a brilliant Albie Morkel catch two short of his half century. The fall of his wicket was the beginning of the end, the game was already in the bag by the time Morkel bowled the penultimate over, taking two wickets.
In the end the Titans won comfortably ensuring that their Standard Bank Pro20 hopes stayed alive. The Cobras on the other hand have some thinking to do, their bowling was poor which resulted in massive pressure on their batsmen.
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