All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

270 Mario Olivier Warriors v Eagles, 2007/08 SuperSport Series OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein on 29, 30 November, 1, 2 December 2007 (4-day match) Toss won by Eagles Eagles won by ten wickets Umpires: GH Pienaar, DJ Smith Warriors 108 and 215 (CJD de Villiers 5-65); Eagles 300 (HH Dippenaar 112, MW Olivier 10-65) and 24-0 Eagles first innings D Elgar lbw b Olivier 43 LE Bosman b Olivier 46 JA Rudolph lbw b Olivier 41 *HH Dippenaar c Ackerman b Olivier 112 +MN van Wyk c Ingram b Olivier 0 RT Bailey c Ackerman b Olivier 2 D du Preez lbw b Olivier 2 CJD de Villiers lbw b Olivier 3 MS Tshabalala lbw b Olivier 1 J Coetzee not out 23 PV Mpitsang c DJ Jacobs b Olivier 0 Extras (lb 7, nb 10, w 10) 27 Total (all out, 92.3 overs) 300 Fall of wickets 1-102, 2-115, 3-182, 4-182, 5-188, 6-204, 7-210, 8-224, 9-297, 10-300 Warriors bowling: LL Tsotsobe 16-2-62-0, MW Olivier 26.3-4-65-10, J Theron 20-3-59-0, Z de Bruyn 18-4-52-0, L Meyer 3-0-18-0, RJ Peterson 4-0-23-0, A Jacobs 5-0-14-0 Warriors: CA Ingram, CA Thyssen, Z de Bruyn (capt), A Jacobs, HD Ackerman, DJ Jacobs (wk), RJ Peterson, L Meyer, J Theron, MW Olivier, LL Tsotsobe South African cricket used to be easy to understand with teams bearing obviously geographically-based names such as Natal and Transvaal playing for the Currie Cup. However, the franchise system has made understanding a little more difficult. It was adopted in 2004/05 for South Africa’s primary domestic inter-provincial four-day competition (then named the SuperSport Series) in order to provide a stepping-stone between the domestic and international game. The six franchised sides played each other twice on a league basis. Warriors were the combined Eastern Province and Border team, whilst Free State won a sole franchise and named themselves Eagles. Mario Olivier was born in Pretoria in 1982. He had a fairly short, but varied, first-class career, playing 59 matches in eight seasons. As well as 26 matches for Warriors, he played for Cape Cobras and Titans, and in