Lions v North West Dragons - Cricket - BBC Sport

Tue 21 Oct 2025 - Fri 24 Oct 2025CSA 4-Day Domestic Series - Day 4 of 4

North West Dragons win by 8 wickets

Lions 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Richards,caught and bowled de Swardt Richards, caught and bowled de Swardt	0	7	7	0	0	9	0.00
D Hendricks,caught Forrester, bowled de Swardt D Hendricks, caught Forrester, bowled de Swardt	6	18	16	1	0	33	33.33
Makwetu,caught Prince, bowled Mothoa Makwetu, caught Prince, bowled Mothoa	9	13	10	2	0	14	69.23
van Buuren,bowled Nyaku van Buuren, bowled Nyaku	8	53	48	1	0	68	15.09
Seletswane,caught Hermann, bowled Nyaku Seletswane, caught Hermann, bowled Nyaku	1	21	20	0	0	33	4.76
Esterhuizen,not out Esterhuizen, not out	100	195	154	15	2	282	51.28
Potgieter,caught Hlatuka, bowled de Swardt Potgieter, caught Hlatuka, bowled de Swardt	77	130	99	14	0	185	59.23
Fortuin,bowled Nyaku Fortuin, bowled Nyaku	9	26	22	1	0	31	34.62
Swanepoel,caught Hermann, bowled Cloete Swanepoel, caught Hermann, bowled Cloete	5	10	8	1	0	13	50.00
Sipamla,caught Hermann, bowled Hlatuka Sipamla, caught Hermann, bowled Hlatuka	1	2	1	0	0	3	50.00
Plaatjie,run out Cloete Plaatjie, run out Cloete	4	12	11	1	0	17	33.33
Extras, no balls 8, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 19 Extras, no balls 8, wides 4, byes 0, leg byes 7, total 19
Total,239 all out 79.5 overs Total,239 all out 79.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
de Swardt	15.0	10	18	3	82	0	0	3	0	1.20
Mothoa	12.0	3	44	1	58	0	0	9	0	3.66
Nyaku	13.0	4	36	3	63	5	0	4	0	2.76
Forrester	15.0	6	27	0	79	0	2	3	0	1.80
Lubbe	5.0	2	7	0	27	0	0	1	0	1.40
Cloete	13.5	2	74	1	56	0	1	12	2	5.34
Hlatuka	6.0	0	26	1	26	3	0	4	0	4.33

Fall of wicket	Batter
4 for 1 (2.1 overs)	Richards
15 for 2 (5.3 overs)	Makwetu
17 for 3 (6.6 overs)	D Hendricks
20 for 4 (15.1 overs)	Seletswane
25 for 5 (21.6 overs)	van Buuren
177 for 6 (66.1 overs)	Potgieter
197 for 7 (72.4 overs)	Fortuin
205 for 8 (75.4 overs)	Swanepoel
210 for 9 (76.1 overs)	Sipamla
239 for 10 (79.5 overs)	Plaatjie

North West Dragons 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Ngoepe,caught Makwetu, bowled Swanepoel Ngoepe, caught Makwetu, bowled Swanepoel	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Prince,leg before wicket, bowled Plaatjie Prince, leg before wicket, bowled Plaatjie	48	78	60	8	0	124	61.54
Malan,caught Esterhuizen, bowled Swanepoel Malan, caught Esterhuizen, bowled Swanepoel	8	9	6	1	0	11	88.89
Lubbe,caught Esterhuizen, bowled Plaatjie Lubbe, caught Esterhuizen, bowled Plaatjie	26	61	50	3	0	93	42.62
Hermann,caught van Buuren, bowled Sipamla Hermann, caught van Buuren, bowled Sipamla	27	21	12	6	0	41	128.57
de Swardt,caught Esterhuizen, bowled Swanepoel de Swardt, caught Esterhuizen, bowled Swanepoel	7	15	12	1	0	27	46.67
Forrester,not out Forrester, not out	78	133	100	8	3	192	58.65
Nyaku,leg before wicket, bowled Swanepoel Nyaku, leg before wicket, bowled Swanepoel	16	35	29	1	0	48	45.71
Hlatuka,leg before wicket, bowled Swanepoel Hlatuka, leg before wicket, bowled Swanepoel	4	3	2	1	0	8	133.33
Cloete,caught Richards, bowled Plaatjie Cloete, caught Richards, bowled Plaatjie	7	29	26	1	0	45	24.14
Mothoa,caught D Hendricks, bowled Plaatjie Mothoa, caught D Hendricks, bowled Plaatjie	24	47	41	6	0	83	51.06
Extras, no balls 1, wides 5, byes 3, leg byes 2, total 11 Extras, no balls 1, wides 5, byes 3, leg byes 2, total 11
Total,256 all out 72.0 overs Total,256 all out 72.0 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Swanepoel	23.0	3	84	5	107	0	0	15	0	3.65
Sipamla	19.0	5	57	1	94	1	0	6	1	3.00
Fortuin	8.0	2	26	0	37	0	0	3	1	3.25
Potgieter	8.0	2	30	0	37	0	1	5	0	3.75
Plaatjie	14.0	2	54	4	65	0	4	7	1	3.85

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1 (0.2 overs)	Ngoepe
12 for 2 (2.5 overs)	Malan
80 for 3 (22.6 overs)	Lubbe
97 for 4 (26.1 overs)	Prince
120 for 5 (30.5 overs)	Hermann
120 for 6 (31.1 overs)	de Swardt
139 for 7 (41.6 overs)	Nyaku
147 for 8 (43.4 overs)	Hlatuka
171 for 9 (54.1 overs)	Cloete
256 for 10 (71.6 overs)	Mothoa

Lions 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Richards,bowled Mothoa Richards, bowled Mothoa	18	38	29	2	0	59	47.37
D Hendricks,leg before wicket, bowled Nyaku D Hendricks, leg before wicket, bowled Nyaku	0	2	2	0	0	6	0.00
Makwetu,caught Forrester, bowled de Swardt Makwetu, caught Forrester, bowled de Swardt	9	12	9	0	1	15	75.00
van Buuren,leg before wicket, bowled Nyaku van Buuren, leg before wicket, bowled Nyaku	0	3	3	0	0	5	0.00
Seletswane,bowled Mothoa Seletswane, bowled Mothoa	38	112	96	7	0	153	33.93
Esterhuizen,leg before wicket, bowled de Swardt Esterhuizen, leg before wicket, bowled de Swardt	15	35	29	3	0	49	42.86
Potgieter,caught Nyaku, bowled Lubbe Potgieter, caught Nyaku, bowled Lubbe	29	56	44	4	0	89	51.79
Fortuin,not out Fortuin, not out	29	27	16	5	0	44	107.41
Swanepoel,leg before wicket, bowled Lubbe Swanepoel, leg before wicket, bowled Lubbe	2	7	6	0	0	7	28.57
Sipamla,bowled Nyaku Sipamla, bowled Nyaku	6	18	15	1	0	18	33.33
Plaatjie,leg before wicket, bowled Nyaku Plaatjie, leg before wicket, bowled Nyaku	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.00
Extras, no balls 12, wides 0, byes 3, leg byes 2, total 17 Extras, no balls 12, wides 0, byes 3, leg byes 2, total 17
Total,163 all out 49.5 overs Total,163 all out 49.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
de Swardt	10.0	4	25	2	50	0	0	4	0	2.50
Nyaku	11.5	0	74	4	52	12	0	10	1	6.25
Mothoa	8.0	2	12	2	41	0	0	1	0	1.50
Forrester	9.0	3	13	0	47	0	0	2	0	1.44
Cloete	6.0	2	10	0	32	0	0	2	0	1.66
Hlatuka	3.0	0	20	0	9	0	0	3	0	6.66
Lubbe	2.0	0	4	2	9	0	0	0	0	2.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
0 for 1 (1.2 overs)	D Hendricks
19 for 2 (4.4 overs)	Makwetu
24 for 3 (5.6 overs)	van Buuren
38 for 4 (12.1 overs)	Richards
68 for 5 (22.6 overs)	Esterhuizen
123 for 6 (40.1 overs)	Seletswane
135 for 7 (43.2 overs)	Potgieter
139 for 8 (45.3 overs)	Swanepoel
163 for 9 (49.4 overs)	Sipamla
163 for 10 (49.5 overs)	Plaatjie

North West Dragons 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Ngoepe,caught Richards, bowled Fortuin Ngoepe, caught Richards, bowled Fortuin	17	19	12	3	0	28	89.47
Prince,leg before wicket, bowled Plaatjie Prince, leg before wicket, bowled Plaatjie	21	29	20	4	0	49	72.41
Malan,not out Malan, not out	41	46	24	6	0	62	89.13
Lubbe,not out Lubbe, not out	67	46	17	9	2	43	145.65
Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 1 Extras, no balls 0, wides 1, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 1
Total,147 for 2 23.2 overs Total,147 for 2 23.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Sipamla	5.0	1	26	0	22	0	0	6	0	5.20
Swanepoel	2.0	0	18	0	4	0	0	3	0	9.00
Fortuin	6.0	1	36	1	23	0	0	4	2	6.00
Plaatjie	4.0	0	36	1	10	0	1	7	0	9.00
D Hendricks	3.2	0	14	0	9	0	0	1	0	4.20
van Buuren	3.0	0	17	0	5	0	0	1	0	5.66

Fall of wicket	Batter
31 for 1 (5.2 overs)	Ngoepe
51 for 2 (10.3 overs)	Prince

home team, Lions

Dominic Hendricks , Captain
Joshua Richards
Wandile Makwetu
Richard Seletswane
Mitchell van Buuren
Connor Esterhuizen , Wicket Keeper
Delano Potgieter
Bjorn Fortuin
Beyers Swanepoel
Lutho Sipamla
Siya Plaatjie

away team, North West Dragons

Janneman Malan
Lesiba Ngoepe
Onke Nyaku
Wihan Lubbe , Captain
Rubin Hermann , Wicket Keeper
Dian Forrester
Ruan de Swardt
Alfred Mothoa
Achille Cloete
Meeka-eel Prince
Thobile Hlatuka

Lions
North West Dragons

home team, Lions

Dominic Hendricks , Captain
Joshua Richards
Wandile Makwetu
Richard Seletswane
Mitchell van Buuren
Connor Esterhuizen , Wicket Keeper
Delano Potgieter
Bjorn Fortuin
Beyers Swanepoel
Lutho Sipamla
Siya Plaatjie

Start Time:: 09:00
Toss:: North West Dragons won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: DP World Wanderers, Johannesburg
Officials:: Waldo Lategan, Arno Jacobs, Rudi Birkenstock