2010–11 MTN40

The 2010–11 MTN40 was a domestic one-day cricket championship in South Africa. It was the 30th time the championship was contested. The first match was played on 29 October 2010 and the final was on 10 December 2010 at SuperSport Park in Centurion. The trophy was won by the Knights after they defeated the Titans in the final.^[1]

2010–11 MTN40

Dates	29 October 2010 (2010-10-29) – 10 December 2010 (2010-12-10)
Administrator	Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	List A
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and playoffs
Champions	Knights
Participants	6
Most runs	Faf du Plessis (Titans) 567
Most wickets	Ryan McLaren (Knights) 19
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The format of the group stage was changed this year, with the six franchises divided into two groups of three. Teams in the same group would play each other twice each (once at home and once away), and each of the teams in the other group only once. The top two teams in each group would progress to the semi-finals, which would be played over two (home and away) legs. New innovations were introduced to the playing conditions this year, including each team naming 13 players instead of 11. Teams could use 11 of these players during each innings.^[2] All of these changes were scrapped after a single season.

Group stage

Points table

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Titans	7	6	1	0	0	2	26	0.846
2	Knights	7	3	4	0	0	1	13	0.113
3	Warriors	7	2	5	0	0	0	8	−0.763

Source: Cricinfo^[3]

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Dolphins	7	4	3	0	0	2	18	0.603
2	Lions	7	4	3	0	0	1	17	−0.032
3	Cape Cobras	7	2	5	0	0	0	8	−0.663

Source: Cricinfo^[3]

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

1st Legs

26 November 2010 Scorecard

Lions 299/8 (40 overs)	v	Titans 300/7 (38.4 overs)
Jonathan Vandiar 130 (108) Faf du Plessis 3/55 (7 overs)		Roelof van der Merwe 93 (51) Ethan O'Reilly 3/43 (8 overs)

Titans won by 3 wickets SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Murray Brown and Brian Jerling Player of the match: Roelof van der Merwe (Titans)

• Lions won the toss and decided to bat

28 November 2010 Scorecard

Dolphins 226/7 (40 overs)	v	Knights 227/6 (38.2 overs)
Ravi Bopara 64 (75) Jandre Coetzee 2/33 (7 overs)		Reeza Hendricks 64 (83) Kyle Abbott 2/37 (7 overs)

Knights won by 4 wickets Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Earl Hendrikse and Dennis Smith Player of the match: Johan van der Wath (Knights)

• Dolphins won the toss and decided to bat

2nd Legs

1 December 2010 Scorecard

Titans 287/8 (40 overs)	v	Lions 276 (39.2 overs)
Jacques Rudolph 79 (54) Paul Harris 3/48 (8 overs)		Jean Symes 72 (52) Roelof van der Merwe 5/41 (8 overs)

Titans won by 11 runs Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: Ian Howell and Brian Jerling

• Lions won the toss and decided to field

3 December 2010 Scorecard

Knights 215/6 (35 overs)	v	Dolphins 207/9 (35 overs)
Morne van Wyk 109 (103) Imran Tahir 4/24 (7 overs)		David Miller 63 (53) Jandre Coetzee 3/30 (7 overs)

Knights won by 8 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Johan Cloete and Karl Hurter

• Dolphins won the toss and decided to field

Final

10 December 2010 Scorecard

Titans 227 (39 overs)	v	Knights 152/2 (21.4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 111* (96) Ryan McLaren 3/23 (8 overs)		Morne van Wyk 85* (70) Roelof van der Merwe 1/21 (4.4 overs)

Knights won by 8 wickets (D/L method) SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Johan Cloete and Brian Jerling Player of the match: Morne van Wyk (Knights)

Statistics

Most Runs

Player	Team	Runs	Matches	I	NO	Highest score	Avg	Balls faced	Strike rate	100s	50s	0s	Fours	Sixes
Faf du Plessis	Titans	567	10	10	3	120*	81.00	575	98.60	3	2	0	44	7
Rilee Rossouw	Knights	439	10	10	1	102*	48.77	442	99.32	2	1	0	41	8
Justin Kreusch	Warriors	404	7	7	1	118	67.33	400	101.00	1	3	1	25	7
Jacques Rudolph	Titans	383	10	10	0	85	38.30	376	101.86	0	3	0	47	4
Zander de Bruyn	Lions	345	9	9	4	109*	69.00	348	99.13	1	3	2	28	6

Source: Cricinfo^[4]

Most Wickets

Player	Team	Wickets	Matches	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Best Figures	Avg	Econ	SR	5W
Ryan McLaren	Knights	19	10	73.0	7	386	4/42	20.31	5.28	23.0	0
Jandre Coetzee	Knights	17	10	62.0	1	333	3/30	19.58	5.37	21.8	0
Roelof van der Merwe	Titans	16	10	69.4	1	364	5/41	22.75	5.22	26.1	1
Imran Tahir	Dolphins	15	9	59.4	2	264	4/24	17.60	4.42	23.8	0
Ravi Bopara	Dolphins	15	9	48.4	0	313	5/63	20.86	6.43	19.4	1

Source: Cricinfo^[5]

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo