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| MTN40 2009/10: Log
As at January 9, 2010:
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MTN 40 1st Semi Final:
Nashua Cape Cobras vs Chevrolet Warriors – 22 January 2010 – Boland Park
Teams:
Nashua Cape Cobras – Graeme Smith, Andrew Puttick (wk), Herschelle Gibbs, JP Duminy, Justin Kemp (capt), Justin Ontong, Stiaan van Zyl, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Rory Kleinveldt, Charl Langeveldt, Francois Plaatjies.
Chevrolet Warriors – Ashwell Prince, Justin Kreusch, Jacques Kallis, Colin Ingram, Mark Boucher (wk), Davey Jacobs (capt), Johan Botha, Nicky Boje, Rusty Theron, Wayne Parnell, Makhaya Ntini, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
MTN 40 2nd Semi Final:
Nashua Titans vs Nashua Dolphins – 24 January 2010 – SuperSport Park Centurion
Teams:
Titans squad: Pierre Joubert (capt), Farhaan Behardien, Gulam Bodi, AB de Villiers, Francois du Plessis, Paul Harris, Heino Kuhn, Ethy Mbhalati, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Jacques Rudolph, Blake Snijman, Roelof van der Merwe, Basheer Walters
Dolphins squad: Imraan Khan (capt), Hashim Amla, Loots Bosman, Ahmed Amla, Dale Benkenstein, Pierre de Bruyn, Daryn Smit, Andrew Hall, Johann Louw, Kyle Abbott, David Miller, Alfonso Thomas, Kyle Nipper.
Uncertain future for ODI cricket
The future of One Day International (ODI) cricket seems to be very uncertain. The effects of Twenty20 cricket (a.k.a Pro20 or T20) seem to be having a negative influence on the ODI game. Cricket Australia has said that the 2015 Cricket World Cup scheduled for Australia is not marketable. The England Cricket Board has scarped their domestic 50-over competition and replaced it with a 40-over game, while in South Africa we play a 45 over game in the MTN Domestic Championships.
Some people have suggested that the ODI game be split into two innings of 25 overs. I think this is a terrible idea; we’re just going to land up with two Twenty20 games in one.
There is simply too much Twenty20 cricket on the go, this year we’ve watched our domestic Twenty20 competition (the Standard Bank Pro20), the Indian Premier League (IPL), the ICC World Twenty20, and we’ll soon watch the Champions League and a few Twenty20 Internationals. That simply is more that a cricket enthusiast can absorb. I do believe there is a place for Twenty20 cricket, it should be use to grow the game and be used as an exhibition, the IPL, Champions league and world cups should be played where cricket is young and needs to be developed.
I have been watching cricket for about twenty years now, and I am a purest at heart. If we allow Twenty20 cricket to impact the ODI game, then it will surely have an impact on the format of test cricket, and we simply cannot allow that to happen.
The following article is a good read on the subject, and a source of some of the above: ODI Cricket on death row
Fixtures: MTN40
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| October 2009 | |||||
| 28 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Nashua Cape Cobras | Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 16:15 |
| 30 | Nashua Titans | v | Nashua Cape Cobras | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 16:15 |
| 30 | Diamond Eagles | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein | 16:15 |
| 30 | Nashua Dolphins | v | Chevrolet Warriors | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 16:15 |
| November 2009 | |||||
| 1 | Chevrolet Warriors | v | Nashua Cape Cobras | Buffalo Park, East London | 10:00 |
| 1 | Nashua Titans | v | Diamond Eagles | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 10:00 |
| 4 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Nashua Dolphins | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | 16:15 |
| 6 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | Nashua Dolphins | Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town | 16:15 |
| 6 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Nashua Titans | Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 16:15 |
| 8 | Nashua Dolphins | v | Diamond Eagles | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 10:00 |
| December 2009 | |||||
| 22 | Diamond Eagles | v | Nashua Titans | OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein | 16:15 |
| 23 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town | 16:15 |
| 26 | Chevrolet Warriors | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | St George`s Park, Port Elizabeth | 16:15 |
| 27 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | Nashua Titans | Boland Park, Paarl | 10:00 |
| 30 | Chevrolet Warriors | v | Nashua Titans | St George`s Park, Port Elizabeth | 16:15 |
| 30 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | Diamond Eagles | Boland Park, Paarl | 16:15 |
| January 2009 | |||||
| 2 | Chevrolet Warriors | v | Diamond Eagles | St George`s Park, Port Elizabeth | 16:15 |
| 6 | Nashua Dolphins | v | Nashua Cape Cobras | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 16:15 |
| 6 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Diamond Eagles | Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | 16:15 |
| 8 | Nashua Titans | v | Chevrolet Warriors | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 16:15 |
| 8 | Diamond Eagles | v | Nashua Cape Cobras | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | 16:15 |
| 8 | Nashua Dolphins | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | 16:15 |
| 10 | Diamond Eagles | v | Chevrolet Warriors | OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein | 10:00 |
| 10 | Nashua Titans | v | Nashua Dolphins | Willowmoore Park, Benoni | 10:00 |
| 13 | Chevrolet Warriors | v | Nashua Dolphins | Buffalo Park, East London | 16:15 |
| 15 | Nashua Cape Cobras | v | Chevrolet Warriors | Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town | 16:15 |
| 15 | Diamond Eagles | v | Nashua Dolphins | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | 16:15 |
| 15 | Nashua Titans | v | bizhub Highveld Lions | SuperSport Park, Centurion | 16:15 |
| 17 | Nashua Dolphins | v | Nashua Titans | Pietermaritzburg Oval | 10:00 |
| 17 | bizhub Highveld Lions | v | Chevrolet Warriors | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | 10:00 |
| 22 | TBA | v | TBA | TBA (SF1) | 16:15 |
| 24 | TBA | v | TBA | TBA (SF2) | 10:00 |
| 29 | TBA | v | TBA | TBA (Final) | 16:15 |
Martin van Jaarsveld leg slip catch
This is the first of our video posts on SA Cricket Blog, and it’s the start of many more as we bring you unbelievable catches, ludicrous run outs and magical batting. In the first video you’ll see Martin van Jaarsveld run past the keeper from first slip and take a catch at leg slip. It truly is amazing and helped the Titans to win the MTN Domestic Championship 2008/9.
MTN Domestic Final 2008/9
Eagles v Titans, MTN Domestic Championship final, Bloemfontein
January 17, 2009
The Titans won their second successive MTN Domestic Championship by beating the Eagles in Bloemfontein. The Titans bowling attack was lead by Paul Harris with a career best 5 for 27. The Eagles innings ended on 138. The Titans opening pair of Bodi and Snijman then made light work of the total and both made half centuries with Snijman not out on 53.
Having chosen to field the Titans opened the bowling with Roelof van der Merwe a left-arm spin bowler. The strategy worked perfectly and the Eagles were in trouble before the fifth over, after their poor start the Eagles had no chance of recovery as Harris took the lower order apart.
Bodi and Snijman showed that the bounce and consistency of the pitch wasn’t the problem and powered to an opening stand of 125. Setting up the victory for the Titans.
The players and management of the Titans should be proud of the team that they have built over the years, it’s starting to bear fruit with the Titans considered the best limited overs team in South Africa, currnetly holding both the MTN Domestic Championship and the Standard Bank Pro20 titles.
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