KZNI vs TIT – 24th Match

Commentary

End of Match! Titans win by 6 wickets

Match Highlights:
Neil Brand: 178(292)
Lhuan dre Pretorius: 119(97)
Ziyaad Abrahams: 5/86
Janco Smit: 4/46

KwaZulu-Natal Inland286/10 (101.2 ov, RR 2.82)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Malcolm Nofal c L Senokwane b T Ndwandwa	92	198	11	1	46.5
Ben Compton c BS Makhanya b D Jansen	28	75	3	0	37.3
Kagiso Rapulana b J Smit	21	41	2	0	51.2
Andile Mokgakane b AD Galiem	0	2	0	0	0.0
Ntando Zuma c BS Makhanya b D Jansen	14	35	2	0	40.0
Sean Gilson b J Smit	73	139	11	0	52.5
Matthew Urquhart lbw b J Smit	22	54	3	1	40.7
Sean Whitehead c R Moonsamy b J Smit	0	2	0	0	0.0
Daryn Dupavillon* Not out	11	31	2	0	35.5
Renaldo Meyer c N Brand b SR Harmer	2	23	0	0	8.7
Ziyaad Abrahams b SR Harmer	3	13	0	0	23.1

Extras20 (b 1, lb 5, w 9, nb 5, p 0)

Total286/10 (101.2 ov · 34 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Duan Jansen	19	3	65	2	3.42
Janco Smit	20	7	46	4	2.30
Simon Harmer	26.2	8	52	2	1.97
Dayyaan Galiem	16	4	37	1	2.31
Tsepo Ndwandwa	11	1	51	1	4.63
Neil Brand	3	0	11	0	3.66
Sibonelo Makhanya	6	1	18	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ben Compton 28 c BS Makhanya b D Jansen	70-1	24.1
Kagiso Rapulana 21 b J Smit	119-2	37.5
Andile Mokgakane 0 b AD Galiem	122-3	38.4
Ntando Zuma 14 c BS Makhanya b D Jansen	142-4	46.6
Malcolm Nofal 92 c L Senokwane b T Ndwandwa	199-5	69.6
Matthew Urquhart 22 lbw b J Smit	247-6	87.3
Sean Whitehead 0 c R Moonsamy b J Smit	247-7	87.5
Sean Gilson 73 b J Smit	270-8	91.2
Renaldo Meyer 2 c N Brand b SR Harmer	278-9	97.1
Ziyaad Abrahams 3 b SR Harmer	286-10	101.2

Titans541/10 (121.1 ov, RR 4.46)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lesego Senokwane b Z Abrahams	24	50	3	1	48.0
Keegan Petersen c N Zuma b Z Abrahams	85	128	15	0	66.4
Neil Brand c N Zuma b Z Abrahams	178	292	18	0	61.0
Lhuan dre Pretorius c N Zuma b Z Abrahams	119	97	16	3	122.7
Sibonelo Makhanya b R Meyer	17	26	2	0	65.4
Rivaldo Moonsamy lbw b SM Gilson	31	39	5	1	79.5
Dayyaan Galiem* Not out	56	78	7	1	71.8
Simon Harmer lbw b Z Abrahams	0	4	0	0	0.0
Duan Jansen st N Zuma b MJ Nofal	2	10	0	0	20.0
Janco Smit lbw b DM Dupavillon	0	3	0	0	0.0
Tsepo Ndwandwa b DM Dupavillon	0	3	0	0	0.0

Extras29 (b 18, lb 5, w 2, nb 4, p 0)

Total541/10 (121.1 ov · 66 fours, 6 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Daryn Dupavillon	22.1	2	82	2	3.69
Renaldo Meyer	15	2	61	1	4.06
Ziyaad Abrahams	22	5	86	5	3.90
Sean Whitehead	22	2	98	0	4.45
Sean Gilson	26	0	116	1	4.46
Andile Mokgakane	4	0	21	0	5.25
Malcolm Nofal	10	1	54	1	5.40

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Lesego Senokwane 24 b Z Abrahams	49-1	13.6
Keegan Petersen 85 c N Zuma b Z Abrahams	179-2	47.4
Lhuan dre Pretorius 119 c N Zuma b Z Abrahams	345-3	75.3
Sibonelo Makhanya 17 b R Meyer	379-4	83.2
Rivaldo Moonsamy 31 lbw b SM Gilson	438-5	94.3
Neil Brand 178 c N Zuma b Z Abrahams	520-6	115.1
Simon Harmer 0 lbw b Z Abrahams	520-7	115.5
Duan Jansen 2 st N Zuma b MJ Nofal	532-8	118.4
Janco Smit 0 lbw b DM Dupavillon	533-9	119.4
Tsepo Ndwandwa 0 b DM Dupavillon	541-10	121.1

KwaZulu-Natal Inland333/10 (96.2 ov, RR 3.45)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Malcolm Nofal lbw b SR Harmer	2	10	0	0	20.0
Ben Compton lbw b D Jansen	33	103	3	0	32.0
Kagiso Rapulana c L Pretorius b SR Harmer	21	32	3	0	65.6
Andile Mokgakane lbw b J Smit	94	135	17	1	69.6
Ntando Zuma c R Moonsamy b D Jansen	8	14	2	0	57.1
Sean Gilson lbw b T Ndwandwa	33	71	5	0	46.5
Matthew Urquhart lbw b SR Harmer	98	135	11	6	72.6
Sean Whitehead lbw b T Ndwandwa	9	11	2	0	81.8
Daryn Dupavillon lbw b T Ndwandwa	10	57	1	0	17.5
Renaldo Meyer b SR Harmer	5	8	1	0	62.5
Ziyaad Abrahams* Not out	0	8	0	0	0.0

Extras20 (b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 6, p 0)

Total333/10 (96.2 ov · 45 fours, 7 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Duan Jansen	16	2	60	2	3.75
Simon Harmer	40.2	10	136	4	3.37
Janco Smit	13	0	41	1	3.15
Tsepo Ndwandwa	17	4	64	3	3.76
Dayyaan Galiem	3.1	1	10	0	3.15
Sibonelo Makhanya	5.5	0	9	0	1.54
Neil Brand	1	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Malcolm Nofal 2 lbw b SR Harmer	3-1	1.6
Kagiso Rapulana 21 c L Pretorius b SR Harmer	35-2	11.1
Ben Compton 33 lbw b D Jansen	121-3	37.3
Ntando Zuma 8 c R Moonsamy b D Jansen	143-4	41.6
Andile Mokgakane 94 lbw b J Smit	188-5	54.5
Sean Gilson 33 lbw b T Ndwandwa	226-6	66.2
Sean Whitehead 9 lbw b T Ndwandwa	236-7	68.6
Daryn Dupavillon 10 lbw b T Ndwandwa	295-8	89.4
Renaldo Meyer 5 b SR Harmer	308-9	92.3
Matthew Urquhart 98 lbw b SR Harmer	333-10	96.2

Titans79/4 (18 ov, RR 4.38)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lesego Senokwane b SA Whitehead	14	25	2	0	56.0
Keegan Petersen c DM Dupavillon b SA Whitehead	29	36	6	0	80.6
Neil Brand c MJ Nofal b SA Whitehead	6	16	0	0	37.5
Lhuan dre Pretorius c MJ Nofal b SM Gilson	3	7	0	0	42.9
Sibonelo Makhanya* Not out	16	20	3	0	80.0
Rivaldo Moonsamy* Not out	10	5	1	1	200.0

Extras1 (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 1, p 0)

Total79/4 (18 ov · 12 fours, 1 sixes)

Did not batDayyaan Galiem, Simon Harmer, Duan Jansen, Janco Smit, Tsepo Ndwandwa

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Daryn Dupavillon	4	0	14	0	3.50
Sean Whitehead	8	2	31	3	3.87
Ziyaad Abrahams	3	0	11	0	3.66
Sean Gilson	3	0	23	1	7.66

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Lesego Senokwane 14 b SA Whitehead	31-1	8.1
Keegan Petersen 29 c DM Dupavillon b SA Whitehead	50-2	12.2
Neil Brand 6 c MJ Nofal b SA Whitehead	51-3	12.6
Lhuan dre Pretorius 3 c MJ Nofal b SM Gilson	63-4	15.6

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MatchKwaZulu-Natal Inland vs Titans, 24th Match

SeriesCSA 4 Day Series Division One

Date & timeSun, 1 Feb 2026 · 12:30 PM IST

VenueCity Oval, South Africa

TossKwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and chose to bat

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresSiphelele Gasa (South Africa), Abongile Sodumo (South Africa)

Match refereeGerrie Pienaar (South Africa)

Pitch

PitchFast & Bounce

BattingAverage

PacePace & Bounce

SpinSlow Spin

Weather

Condition<nil>

Temp25°C

Humidity86%

Wind4.9 km/h

Rain chance5%

Which team will win?

KwaZulu-Natal Inland13%

Titans50%

Draw37%

30 votes