Hendricks, Mulder lead Lions to CSA T20 Challenge title

Lions won the CSA T20 Challenge to add a second trophy to their cabinet this season, after also winning the first-class competition. Their latest triumph came two days before the announcement of South Africa's T20 World Cup squad. A few Lions players are in the running for South Africa's temporary crew, most eminently hitters Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks, who were the second and third-most noteworthy run-scorers in the competition. Hendricks was the legend of the last by scoring a 52-ball unbeaten 73 to secure an effective pursue of 166. His 50 years was his fourth of the mission, and saw him finish a run behind Rickelton on the run diagrams. On a gentle harvest time evening, Lions decided to bowl at the home ground and had Dolphins in immense difficulty at 103 for 6 in the fifteenth over. Jason Smith scored his initial fifty of the mission and partook in a 57-run seventh-wicket stand with Eathan Bosch to push Dolphins to a cutthroat score. Urgently, Smith scored 24 runs off legspinner Nqabayomzi Peter's last finished, to check the initial time in the opposition he had surrendered in excess of 30 runs. Peter completed as the second-most noteworthy wicket-taker with 20 at a normal of 9.50, one behind Siya Simetu and Beyers Swanepoel, and two a larger number of than his commander, Bjorn Fortuin. Left-arm spinner Fortuin could likewise come into South Africa's T20 World Cup plans, particularly after the manner in which he drove Lions in this competition. He took 2 for 24 in the last and kept an economy pace of 5.85 across their 16 matches. His consistency reflected that of Lions, who won 10 of their 14 gathering matches and the option to have a home semi and last. In any case, when Rickelton was excused in the powerplay for 18, Rassie van der Dussen trailed not too far behind for 6 and when previous public chief Temba Bavuma went for 7, they might have been concerned. Hendricks and Wiaan Mulder put on 85 for the fourth wicket and Mulder raised his most memorable 50 years of the competition to take Lions to triumph.