Overseas Matches 2007/08

LIONS v DOLPHINS Played at Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom, November 15, 16, 17, 18, 2007. SuperSport Series 2007/08 Match drawn. (Points: Lions 8.74, Dolphins 6.6) LIONS 1 B.D.Snijman c and b Friend 8 2 A.N.Petersen b Plunkett 64 3 W.L.Coetsee c Gobind b Plunkett 131 4 *N.D.McKenzie b Smit 164 5 J.L.Ontong c sub (S.Mlongo) b Plunkett 77 6 D.L.Makalima c Smit b Kent 0 7 †M.J.Harris not out 63 8 C.W.Henderson c Plunkett b Smit 12 9 G.J.P.Kruger b Smit 3 10 F.de Wet not out 20 11 S.J.Harmison Extras lb 2, w 1, nb 8 11 —— (8 wickets, declared) 553 FoW (1): 1-23 (1), 2-91 (2), 3-361 (3), 4-380 (6), 5-474 (5), 6-485 (4), 7-509 (8), 8-517 (9) DOLPHINS 1 I.Khan c McKenzie b Henderson 64 (2) c Harris b Kruger 1 2 D.J.Watson c Harris b Harmison 24 (1) c Petersen b de Wet 11 3 W.L.Madsen c Makalima b Harmison 39 (6) lbw b Harmison 38 4 *A.M.Amla b Kruger 123 lbw b Henderson 1 5 J.C.Kent c Harris b de Wet 0 lbw b de Wet 8 6 J.D.Vandiar c Coetsee b Henderson 18 (7) c Harris b Harmison 36 7 R.Gobind c McKenzie b Henderson 1 (3) lbw b Coetsee 43 8 J.Louw c Ontong b Henderson 33 b Kruger 6 9 L.E.Plunkett b Kruger 45 b Kruger 0 10 †D.Smit not out 13 not out 20 11 Q.Friend c Coetsee b de Wet 0 not out 0 Extras b 2, lb 6, w 1, nb 18 27 b 12, lb 10, w 1, nb 5 28 —— —— 387 (9 wickets) 192 FoW (1): 1-39 (1), 2-112 (2), 3-167 (3), 4-179 (5), 5-220 (6), 6-222 (7), 7-303 (8), 8-359 (4), 9-386 (9), 10-387 (11) FoW (2): 1-1 (1), 2-30 (2), 3-39 (4), 4-62 (5), 5-92 (3), 6-152 (7), 7-167 (6), 8-168 (9), 9-177 (8) Dolphins Bowling O M R W Louw 34 7 86 0 Friend 22 0 91 1 5nb Kent 21 6 65 1 Plunkett 23 2 100 3 3nb Smit 22.3 4 121 3 Vandiar 7 1 31 0 Khan 13 0 49 0 1w Watson 2 0 8 0 Lions Bowling O M R W O M R W de Wet 22.1 5 80 2 1nb 21 7 35 2 Kruger 21 3 70 2 7nb 19.2 9 33 3 3nb Harmison 14 2 67 2 1w,8nb 13 6 26 2 1w,1nb Henderson 33 8 115 4 1nb 27 11 48 1 Coetsee 12 1 47 0 9 3 16 1 Ontong (6) 2 0 12 0 1nb Umpires: J.D.Cloete and S.George. Referee: C.J.Mitchley. Toss: Dolphins Close of Play: 1st day: Lions (1) 380-3 (McKenzie 157*, Ontong 9*, 96 overs); 2nd day: Lions (1) 553-8 (Harris 63*, de Wet 20*, 144.3 overs); 3rd day: Dolphins (1) 357-7 (Amla 122*, Plunkett 33*, 92.4 overs). Man of the Match: N.D.McKenzie. W.L.Coetsee’s 131 took 249 balls in 350 minutes and included 12 fours. N.D.McKenzie’s 164 took 239 balls in 307 minutes and included 21 fours and 1 six. A.M.Amla’s 123 took 179 balls in 242 minutes and included 18 fours and 2 sixes. N.D.McKenzie retired not out in the Lions first innings having scored 157 (team score 380-3) - he returned when the score was 474-5. He was called up to the national squad as cover for A.B.de Villiers but was released before the toss. 374 South Africa in 2007/08