Delano Potgieter rescued the DP World Lions from 85-5 to a respectable total of 242-7 after choosing to bat first in their final CSA One-Day Cup group match against Goldrush Boland at Boland Park in Paarl on Saturday.
Allrounder Potgieter, renowned for his lower order rescue acts, made a top score of 91from 78 balls and dominated a sixth wicket partnership of 78 with Richard Seletswane who contributed 28 from 56 balls.
The top order perished to the left arm spin of 26-year-old Yves Kamanzi (10-1-38-4) who gained appreciable turn on a dry, used pitch which was slower and even more awkward for batting than usual at the venue.
Opener Joshua Richards laboured to 14 from 35 balls before pulling Glenton Stuurman (10-3-48-1) to deep midwicket and Reeza Hendricks (27 off 49) bottom-edged a pull against left arm seamer Akhona Mnyaka (2-63) onto his stumps.
Zubayr Hamza (31) mistimed a pull against Kamanzi straight to midwicket, Temba Bavuma (0) defensively edged his fourth ball to ‘keeper Clyde Reeves-Fortuin and Mitchell van Buuren (8) edged a wide drive against Kamanzi to Gavin Kaplan at slip giving Kamanzi his third wicket.
Seletswane (28 off 56) sliced a drive to deep cover gifting Kamanzi his fourth wicket in the 41st over and Beyers Swanepoel (4) was bowled by a delivery from Mnyaka which kept low, as many did, and the innings crashed again to 168-7.
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Toss concluded, and all protocol observed.
🦁DP World Lions won the toss and will bat first.
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Potgieter struck just four fours and three sixes but rotated the strike and ran hard reaching 50 from 54 balls to keep the Lions innings alive until it was transformed in the final three overs with Stuurman leaking 19 runs from the 48th and Lions captain Bjorn Fortuin smashing four fours in his unbeaten 30 from 25 deliveries.
The visitors are top of the log with 23 points, two ahead of the Dafabet Warriors who play against the Moothee Ram Tuskers at St.George’s Park in their final group match.
A Lions victory will guarantee them direct passage into the final consigning the Warriors to play in the Qualifier against the third placed team.
BOLAND: : Grant Roelofsen, Blayde Capell, Gavin Kaplan, Clyde Reeves-Fortuin (captain/wkt), Jhedli van Briesies, Nathan Jacobs, Imraan Manack, Jevano Baron, Glenton Stuurman, Yves Kamanzi, Akhona Mnyaka
LIONS: Reeza Hendricks, Joshua Richards, Zubayr Hamza, Temba Bavuma, Mitchell van Buuren (wkt), Delano Potgieter, Richard Seletswane, Beyers Swanepoel, Bjorn Fortuin (captain), Codi Yusuf, Nqaba Peter