The DP World Lions host World Sports Betting Western Province in the final of the CSA 4-Day Franchise Series starting on Wednesday the 28th of February.
The Lions topped the log with 3 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws in their 7 matches. Western Province were close behind them getting 4 victories, 1 draw and they had 2 defeats.
LIONS
The Lions most recent match was away to the Titans where they lost the toss and were asked to bowl. They bowled the Titans out for 227 with Lutho Sipamla picking up 4 for 48. The Lions responded with 293 all out, built on the back of a Joshua Richards century at the top of the order. There were also strong contributions from Wiaan Mulder and Mitch van Buuren who both reached 50’s.
The Titans were then bowled out for 226 in their 2nd innings with Codi Yusuf the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 81. The Lions chased down the 164 required for victory with 5 wickets down and Ryan Rickelton top scoring with 64.
WESTERN PROVINCE
Western Province hosted the Dolphins in their last match and having won the toss elected to bat first. They went on to score a monstrous 592 for 6 declared with Gavin Kaplan top scoring with 173 and centuries to Kyle Verreynne and Daniel Smith.
They then bowled the Dolphins out for 202 runs with Beuran Hendricks getting 4 for 22 in 13 overs.
The Dolphins were forced to follow on and were bowled out for 131 with Kyle Simmonds the destroyer-in-chief with 7 for 39 off 15.4 overs. That moved Simmonds to joint top of the Most Wickets List with Bjorn Fortuin from the Lions, both have 28 wickets.
RECENT HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Lions hosted Western Province in Match 2 of the competition winning by 106 runs. For the Lions star performance were Mitch van Buuren with 117 in the 1st innings and Duanne Olivier with 5 wickets for 66. Ryan Rickelton scored a century for the Lions in their 2nd innings. Bjorn Fortuin picked up 5 for 86 as Western Province were bowled out for 274.
For Western Province Kyle Simmonds scored 120 in the 1st innings and Nandre Burger picked up 3 for 38 in 14 overs in the Lions 2nd innings.
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BETTING – Click here to bet
Lions 23/20
Draw 11/2
Western Province 23/20
Suggested Bet: Western Province 1st Innings, Top Bowler, Kyle Simmonds at 9/4
Simmonds has had a great season and comes into this game in excellent nick after his top class performance against the Dolphins.
Suggested Bet: 1st Innings Lions Top Batter, Ryan Rickelton at 9/4
Ryan Rickelton has been flying a bit under the radar in this Tournament, but he has put in some good innings and has averaged over 43 runs. He is a player who just seems to be getting better and better so I back him to be the 1st innings Top Bat for his team.
Suggested Bet: 1st Innings David Bedingham to score 50, YES, at 31/20
Bedingham has only played 3 matches as he was on tour in New Zealand where he was one of the few Proteas to come out with any credit. He is a quality batsman and I am looking for him to get at least a half-century in the 1st Innings.
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