LIO vs NWD – 15th Match

Commentary

End of Match! North West Dragons win by

Match Highlights:
Connor Esterhuizen: 100(195)
Dian Forrester: 78(133)
Beyers Swanepoel: 5/84
Siya Plaatjie: 4/54

Lions239/10 (79.5 ov, RR 2.99)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Richards c & b R de Swardt	0	7	0	0	0.0
Dominic Hendricks c D Forrester b R de Swardt	6	18	1	0	33.3
Wandile Makwetu c ME Prince b SA Mothoa	9	13	2	0	69.2
Mitchell Van Buuren b O Nyaku	8	53	1	0	15.1
Onkgomoditse Seletswane c RA Herman b O Nyaku	1	21	0	0	4.8
Connor Esterhuizen* Not out	100	195	15	2	51.3
Delano Potgieter c T Hlatuka b R de Swardt	77	130	14	0	59.2
Bjorn Fortuin b O Nyaku	9	26	1	0	34.6
Beyers Swanepoel c RA Herman b A Cloete	5	10	1	0	50.0
Lutho Sipamla c RA Herman b T Hlatuka	1	2	0	0	50.0
Siya Plaatjie runout (A Cloete)	4	12	1	0	33.3

Extras19 (b 0, lb 7, w 4, nb 8, p 0)

Total239/10 (79.5 ov · 36 fours, 2 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ruan de Swardt	15	10	18	3	1.20
Shimane Alfred Mothoa	12	3	44	1	3.66
Onke Nyaku	13	4	36	3	2.76
Dian Forrester	15	6	27	0	1.80
Wihan Lubbe	5	2	7	0	1.40
Achille Cloete	13.5	2	74	1	5.34
Thabile Hlatuka	6	0	26	1	4.33

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Joshua Richards 0 c & b R de Swardt	4-1	2.1
Wandile Makwetu 9 c ME Prince b SA Mothoa	15-2	5.3
Dominic Hendricks 6 c D Forrester b R de Swardt	17-3	6.6
Onkgomoditse Seletswane 1 c RA Herman b O Nyaku	20-4	15.1
Mitchell Van Buuren 8 b O Nyaku	25-5	21.6
Delano Potgieter 77 c T Hlatuka b R de Swardt	177-6	66.1
Bjorn Fortuin 9 b O Nyaku	197-7	72.4
Beyers Swanepoel 5 c RA Herman b A Cloete	205-8	75.4
Lutho Sipamla 1 c RA Herman b T Hlatuka	210-9	76.1
Siya Plaatjie 4 runout (A Cloete)	239-10	79.5

North West Dragons256/10 (72 ov, RR 3.55)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lesiba Ngoepe c W Makwetu b B Swanepoel	0	2	0	0	0.0
Meeka Eel Prince lbw b S Plaatjie	48	78	8	0	61.5
Janneman Malan c C Esterhuizen b B Swanepoel	8	9	1	0	88.9
Wihan Lubbe c C Esterhuizen b S Plaatjie	26	61	3	0	42.6
Rubin Hermann c M V Buuren b L Sipamla	27	21	6	0	128.6
Ruan de Swardt c C Esterhuizen b B Swanepoel	7	15	1	0	46.7
Dian Forrester* Not out	78	133	8	3	58.6
Onke Nyaku lbw b B Swanepoel	16	35	1	0	45.7
Thabile Hlatuka lbw b B Swanepoel	4	3	1	0	133.3
Achille Cloete c J Richards b S Plaatjie	7	29	1	0	24.1
Shimane Alfred Mothoa c DA Hendricks b S Plaatjie	24	47	6	0	51.1

Extras11 (b 3, lb 2, w 5, nb 1, p 0)

Total256/10 (72 ov · 36 fours, 3 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Beyers Swanepoel	23	3	84	5	3.65
Lutho Sipamla	19	5	57	1	3.00
Bjorn Fortuin	8	2	26	0	3.25
Delano Potgieter	8	2	30	0	3.75
Siya Plaatjie	14	2	54	4	3.85

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Lesiba Ngoepe 0 c W Makwetu b B Swanepoel	0-1	0.2
Janneman Malan 8 c C Esterhuizen b B Swanepoel	12-2	2.5
Wihan Lubbe 26 c C Esterhuizen b S Plaatjie	80-3	22.6
Meeka Eel Prince 48 lbw b S Plaatjie	97-4	26.1
Rubin Hermann 27 c M V Buuren b L Sipamla	120-5	30.5
Ruan de Swardt 7 c C Esterhuizen b B Swanepoel	120-6	31.1
Onke Nyaku 16 lbw b B Swanepoel	139-7	41.6
Thabile Hlatuka 4 lbw b B Swanepoel	147-8	43.4
Achille Cloete 7 c J Richards b S Plaatjie	171-9	54.1
Shimane Alfred Mothoa 24 c DA Hendricks b S Plaatjie	256-10	71.6

Lions163/10 (49.5 ov, RR 3.27)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Joshua Richards b SA Mothoa	18	38	2	0	47.4
Dominic Hendricks lbw b O Nyaku	0	2	0	0	0.0
Wandile Makwetu c D Forrester b R de Swardt	9	12	0	1	75.0
Mitchell Van Buuren lbw b O Nyaku	0	3	0	0	0.0
Onkgomoditse Seletswane b SA Mothoa	38	112	7	0	33.9
Connor Esterhuizen lbw b R de Swardt	15	35	3	0	42.9
Delano Potgieter c O Nyaku b W Lubbe	29	56	4	0	51.8
Bjorn Fortuin* Not out	29	27	5	0	107.4
Beyers Swanepoel lbw b W Lubbe	2	7	0	0	28.6
Lutho Sipamla b O Nyaku	6	18	1	0	33.3
Siya Plaatjie lbw b O Nyaku	0	1	0	0	0.0

Extras17 (b 3, lb 2, w 0, nb 12, p 0)

Total163/10 (49.5 ov · 22 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Ruan de Swardt	10	4	25	2	2.50
Onke Nyaku	11.5	0	74	4	6.25
Shimane Alfred Mothoa	8	2	12	2	1.50
Dian Forrester	9	3	13	0	1.44
Achille Cloete	6	2	10	0	1.66
Thabile Hlatuka	3	0	20	0	6.66
Wihan Lubbe	2	0	4	2	2.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Dominic Hendricks 0 lbw b O Nyaku	0-1	1.2
Wandile Makwetu 9 c D Forrester b R de Swardt	19-2	4.4
Mitchell Van Buuren 0 lbw b O Nyaku	24-3	5.6
Joshua Richards 18 b SA Mothoa	38-4	12.1
Connor Esterhuizen 15 lbw b R de Swardt	68-5	22.6
Onkgomoditse Seletswane 38 b SA Mothoa	123-6	40.1
Delano Potgieter 29 c O Nyaku b W Lubbe	135-7	43.2
Beyers Swanepoel 2 lbw b W Lubbe	139-8	45.3
Lutho Sipamla 6 b O Nyaku	163-9	49.4
Siya Plaatjie 0 lbw b O Nyaku	163-10	49.5

North West Dragons147/2 (23.2 ov, RR 6.30)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lesiba Ngoepe c J Richards b BC Fortuin	17	19	3	0	89.5
Meeka Eel Prince lbw b S Plaatjie	21	29	4	0	72.4
Janneman Malan* Not out	41	46	6	0	89.1
Wihan Lubbe* Not out	67	46	9	2	145.7

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

Total147/2 (23.2 ov · 22 fours, 2 sixes)

Did not batRubin Hermann, Ruan de Swardt, Dian Forrester, Onke Nyaku, Thabile Hlatuka, Achille Cloete, Shimane Alfred Mothoa

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Lutho Sipamla	5	1	26	0	5.20
Beyers Swanepoel	2	0	18	0	9.00
Bjorn Fortuin	6	1	36	1	6.00
Siya Plaatjie	4	0	36	1	9.00
Dominic Hendricks	3.2	0	14	0	4.20
Mitchell Van Buuren	3	0	17	0	5.66

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Lesiba Ngoepe 17 c J Richards b BC Fortuin	31-1	5.2
Meeka Eel Prince 21 lbw b S Plaatjie	51-2	10.3

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MatchLions vs North West, 15th Match

SeriesCSA 4 Day Series Division One

Date & timeTue, 21 Oct 2025 · 1:30 PM IST

VenueThe Wanderers Stadium, South Africa

TossNorth West Dragons won the toss and chose to bowl

FormatFirst Class

UmpiresArno Jacobs (South Africa), Waldo Lategan (South Africa)

Match refereeRudi Birkenstock (South Africa)

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Which team will win?

Lions36%

North West Dragons36%

Draw27%

11 votes