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
Dates29 October 2010 (2010-10-29) – 10 December 2010 (2010-12-10)
Administrator(s)Cricket South Africa
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
ChampionsKnights
Participants6
Most runsFaf du Plessis (Titans) 567
Most wicketsRyan McLaren (Knights) 19

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 edit

Points table edit

Pool A edit

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 edit

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 edit

Semi-finals edit

1st Legs edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Most Runs edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "van Wyk leads Knights to win in finals". Cricinfo. 10 December 2010. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  2. ^ "New innovations boosts MTN40". Sport24. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Points Table". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. ^ Records MTN40, 2010/11 Most Runs, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. ^ Records MTN40, 2010/11 Most Wickets, Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-07-27.