Cricket tournament
Dates | 17 December 2015 (2015-12-17) – 10 April 2016 (2016-04-10) |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin |
Champions | Titans (5th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 30 |
Most runs | Heino Kuhn (1,126) |
Most wickets | Hardus Viljoen (47) |
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The 2015–16 Sunfoil Series was a first-class cricket competition held in South Africa from 17 December 2015 to 10 April 2016. Titans won the tournament following a 10-run victory against Cape Cobras in the final round of the competition.
Squads
Points table
Teams | Pld | W | L | D | A | Pts | Q |
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Titans | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 133 | 0.20 |
Lions | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 0.30 |
Knights | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 0.04 |
Cape Cobras | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 0.84 |
Dolphins | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 92 | 0.54 |
Warriors | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 71 | 0.04 |
Group stage
Visitor team → | Cape Cobras | Dolphins | Knights | Lions | Titans | Warriors |
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Home team ↓ | ||||||
Cape Cobras | Cape Cobras 9 Wickets |
Knights Inn & 102 Runs |
Match drawn | Titans 10 Runs |
Cobras Inn & 12 Runs | |
Dolphins | Match drawn | Dolphins 118 Runs |
Match drawn | Match drawn | Abandoned | |
Knights | Knights 3 Wickets |
Dolphins 63 Runs |
Lions 45 Runs |
Knights 5 Wickets |
Warriors 9 Wickets | |
Lions | Lions Inn & 78 Runs |
Lions 79 Runs |
Knights 10 Wickets |
Match drawn | Lions 203 Runs | |
Titans | Titans 10 Wickets |
Titans 4 Wickets |
Titans 359 Runs |
Match drawn | Titans 66 Runs | |
Warriors | Cobras 148 Runs |
Dolphins Inn & 54 Runs |
Knights 4 Wickets |
Warriors Inn & 101 Runs |
Titans 8 Wickets |
Home team won | Visitor team won | Match drawn | Match abandoned |
- Note: Click on the results to see match summary.
Fixtures
Round 1
17–20 December Scorecard |
(H) Cape Cobras | v | Knights |
243 (73 overs) Petersen 54(66) D Olivier 4/88 (14 overs) |
9/491d (154 overs) Coetsee 103 (179) D Piedt 4/121 (44 overs) | |
146 (69 overs) Duminy 35(84) van Schlkwyk 5/45 (17 overs) |
Knights won by an inning and 102 runs Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Umpires: Ryan Hendricks (RSA) and Brad White (RSA) Player of the match: Werner Coetsee (KNG) |
- Cape cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
17–20 December Scorecard |
(H) Lions | v | Dolphins |
214 (90.4 overs) Bavuma 57 (114) Savage 5/62 (28 overs) |
141 (52.2 overs) D Miller 62 (123) Pretorius 4/37 (16.2 overs) | |
8/316 (104 overs) van der Dussen 98 (255) Pillans 4/76 (26 overs) |
310 (106.5 overs) Khan 101 (183) Viljoen 6/113 (30.5 overs) |
Lions won by 79 runs New Wanderers, Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Clifford Isaacs (RSA) and Gerrie Pienaar (RSA) Player of the match: Hardus Viljoen (Dolphins) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat
17–20 December Scorecard |
(H) Titans | v | Warriors |
171 (46.1 overs) Theunis de Bruyn 48 (73) Walters 3/39 (12 overs) |
265 (87.4 overs) Ingram 74 (123) Rickards 3/72 (21 overs) | |
369 (111.2 overs) Kuhn 141 (226) Walters 5/49 (20.2 overs) |
209 (60.1 overs) Fortuin 72 (118) Wiese 3/28 (12.1 overs) |
Titans won by 66 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: A Holdstock (RSA) and Dennis Smith (RSA) Player of the match: Heino Kuhn (Titans) |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field
Round 2
27–30 December Scorecard |
Dolphins | v | Knights (H) |
306 (105.2 overs) Smit 123* (217) du Preez 3/40 (20 overs) |
257 (77.3 overs) Second 122 (194) Maharaj 5/54 (30 overs) | |
106 (46.5 overs) van Jaarsveld 28 (24) Budaza 4/31 (8.5 overs) |
92 (36.3 overs) Hendricks 57 (108) Tahir 8/42 (15.3 overs) |
Dolphins win by 63 runs Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: A Holdstock (RSA) and Bongami Jele (RSA) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Dolphins) |
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
27–30 December Scorecard |
(H) Lions | v | Warriors |
291 (85.2 overs) Adams 87 (159) Birch 3/33 (17.2 overs) |
163 (54.5 overs) White 33 (90) Viljoen 6/44 (15.5 overs) | |
4/294d (85 overs) Cook 168* (256) Ackermann 2/63 (18 overs) |
219 (67.2 overs) Ackermann 89 (189) Viljoen 4/79 (20.2 overs) |
Lions won by 203 runs New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Allahudien Paleker (RSA) and Brad White (RSA) Player of the match: Stephen Cook (Lions) |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
27–30 December Scorecard |
(H) Titans | v | Cape Cobras |
362 (93 overs) de Kock 117 (133) Williams 4/47 (22 overs) |
107 (34.5 overs) Ontong 36* (49) Shamsi 5/22 (8.5 overs) | |
0/66 (6.4 overs) Kuhn 32* (18) Williams 0/19 (2 overs) |
320 (89.4 overs) Puttick 92 (202) Shamsi 7/63 (32.4 overs) |
Titans won by 10 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: S George (RSA) and Dennis Smith (RSA) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (Titans) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
7–10 January Scorecard |
(H) Dolphins | v | Warriors |
No result City Oval, Pietermaritzburg |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
7–10 January Scorecard |
(H) Cape Cobras | v | Lions |
4/570d (145 overs) Duminy 260* (409) Viljoen 1/61 (26 overs) |
252 (98 overs) Stephen Cook 118 (260) Peterson 5/62 (33 overs) | |
9/287 (140 overs) Pretorius 101 (178) Peterson 4/88 (46 overs) |
Match drawn Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: A Holdstock (RSA) and Dennis Smith (RSA) |
- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
7–10 January Scorecard |
Titans | v | Knights (H) |
141 (45.1 overs) Behardien 34 (50) Olivier 5/42 (14.1 overs) |
76 (33.4 overs) Rossouw 17 (19) Mbhalati 5/29 (6.4 overs) | |
187 (57.1 overs) Adams 69 (132) Budaza 3/26 (11.1 overs) |
5/255 (52.2 overs) Hendricks 69 (88) de Lange 3/64 (14.2 overs) |
Knights won by 5 wickets Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Lubabalo Geuma (RSA) and Brad White (RSA) Player of the match: Rilee Rossouw & Duanne Olivier (Knights) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 4
14–17 January Scorecard |
Lions | v | Knights (H) |
264 (109.1 overs) D Hendricks 80 (185) Tumi Masekela 7/38 (24.1 overs) |
221 (59.1 overs) Mnyanda 46 (64) Pretorius 3/35 (17 overs) | |
94 (26.5 overs) Stephen Cook 29 (54) Siboto 7/44 (13 overs) |
92 (44.5 overs) R Hendricks 20 (47) Pretorius 3/37 (11.5 overs) |
Lions won by 45 runs Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Bongami Jele (RSA) and Brad White (RSA) Player of the match: Tumi Masekela & Malusi Siboto (Lions) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
14–17 January Scorecard |
Dolphins | v | Titans (H) |
357 (91.4 overs) Smit 85 (111) Mbhalati 4/48 (20 overs) |
440 (125.2 overs) Kuhn 129 (219) Maharaj 5/103 (41.2 overs) | |
255 (87.1 overs) Khan 107 (231) Shamsi 3/38 (20 overs) |
6/175 (33.5 overs) Kuhn 62 (57) Maharaj 2/64 (13.5 overs) |
Titans won by 4 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Allahudien Paleker (RSA) and Gerrie Pienaar (RSA) Player of the match: Heino Kuhn (Titans) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
14–17 January Scorecard |
Cape Cobras | v | Warriors (H) |
325 (110.2 overs) Ontong 98 (189) Harmer 8/60 (33.2 overs) |
129 (33 overs) Gqamane 37* (53) Kleinveldt 4/41 (11.3 overs) | |
130 (44.2 overs) Ontong 28 (37) Walters 3/20 (11 overs) |
178 (51.5 overs) Ackermann 82 (140) Kleinveldt 5/30 (10.5 overs) |
Cape cobras win by 148 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Lubabalo Geuma (RSA) and Dennis Smith (RSA) Player of the match: Justin Ontong (Cap Cobras) Simon Harmer (Warriors) |
- Cape cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 5
21–24 January Scorecard |
(H) Dolphins | v | Cape Cobras |
405 (128.3 overs) Smit† 64 (146) Justin Ontong 2/89 (35 overs) |
216 (86.2 overs) Omphile Ramela 89 (208) Keshav Maharaj 5/62 (32.2 overs) | |
(F) 6/361 (132 overs) Omphile Ramela 107 (299) Keshav Maharaj 2/130 (61 overs) |
Match drawn Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: SD Harris and Bongani Jele Player of the match: Omphile Ramela |
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
21–24 January Scorecard |
Titans | v | Lions (H) |
294 (75.4 overs) Farhaan Behardien 108 (156) Dwaine Pretorius 6/66 (18.4 overs) |
295 (80.3 overs) Alviro Petersen 203 (252) Marchant de Lange 4/49 (13.3 overs) | |
8/169 (47.4 overs) Theunis de Bruyn 62 (90) Hardus Viljoen 6/75 (21.4 overs) |
Match drawn Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: JD Cloete and Lubabalo Gcuma Player of the match: Alviro Petersen |
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
21–24 January Scorecard |
(H) Warriors | v | Knights |
252 (99.1 overs) Colin Ingram 89 (162) Malusi Siboto 6/54 (25 overs) |
270 (114.5 overs) Pite van Biljon 96 (238) Basheeru-Deen Walters 3/42 (15 overs) | |
226 (85.3 overs) Yaseen Vallie 105 (233) Shadley van Schalkwyk 4/44 (16 overs) |
6/212 (59 overs) Rudi Second 65 (118) Sisanda Magala 2/40 (10 overs) |
Knights won by 4 wickets Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Allahudien Paleker and Brad White Player of the match: Malusi Siboto |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
3–6 March Scorecard |
(H) Lions | v | Cape Cobras |
580/7dec (138 overs) Dominic Hendricks 160 (340) Omphile Ramela 2/12 (1 overs) |
258 (87 overs) Andrew Puttick 73 (169) Bjorn Fortuin 3/87 (28 overs) | |
244 (f/o) (75.1 overs) Omphile Ramela 47 (147) Hardus Viljoen 4/42 (19.1 overs) |
Lions won by an innings and 78 runs Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Ryan Hendricks and Gerrie Pienaar |
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
3–6 March Scorecard |
(H) Titans | v | Knights |
277 (99.5 overs) Dean Elgar 79 (181) Duanne Olivier 5/53 (25 overs) |
122 (40.5 overs) Michael Erlank 27 (59) Marchant de Lange 4/34 (15.5 overs) | |
368/2dec (85 overs) Heino Kuhn 151* (244) Duanne Olivier 1/40 (11 overs) |
164 (49.1 overs) Michael Erlank 52 (122) Marchant de Lange 7/76 (16.1 overs) |
Titans won by 359 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Murray Brown and Abdullah Steenkamp Player of the match: Marchant de Lange and Heino Kuhn (Titans) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
3–6 March Scorecard |
Dolphins | v | Warriors (H) |
450/8dec (134.2 overs) Morne van Wyk 122 (147) Simon Harmer 3/70 (19 overs) |
209 (45.2 overs) Yaseen Vallie 86* (111) Daryn Dupavillon 5/49 (12 overs) | |
187 (f/o) (62 overs) Jerry Nqolo 64 (144) Andile Phehlukwayo 4/39 (11 overs) |
Dolphins won by an innings and 54 runs Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Clifford Isaacs and Jeff Wolhuter Player of the match: Daryn Dupavillon (Dolphins) |
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 7
10–13 March Scorecard |
Titans | v | Dolphins (H) |
451/8d (106 overs) Qaasim Adams 123* (158) Daryn Dupavillon 3/87 (22 overs) |
306/4d (91.2 overs) Sarel Erwee 108 (232) Marchant de Lange 3/92 (29 overs) | |
208/4d (53.4 overs) Heino Kuhn 80 (126) Keshav Maharaj 2/64 (19.4 overs) |
336/6 (67 overs) Vaughn van Jaarsveld 122 (156) Marchant de Lange 4/90 (15 overs) |
Match drawn Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Clifford Isaacs and Gerrie Pienaar Player of the match: Vaughn van Jaarsveld (Dolphins) |
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
10–13 March Scorecard |
Warriors | v | Cape Cobras (H) |
217 (65.5 overs) Yaseen Vallie 104 (127) Dane Paterson 4/41 (16.5 overs) |
404 (136.5 overs) Wayne Parnell 111* (146) Simon Harmer 4/68 (38.5 overs) | |
175 (57.4 overs) JJ Smuts 61 (113) Dane Piedt 2/23 (8.4 overs) |
Cape Cobras won by an innings and 12 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Allahudien Paleker and Dennis Smith Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (Cape Cobras) |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
10–13 March Scorecard |
(H) Lions | v | Knights |
144 (53.4 overs) Stephen Cook 43 (95) Duanne Olivier 3/34 (14 overs) |
248 (89.1 overs) Rudi Second 70 (157) Hardus Viljoen 3/74 (23 overs) | |
218 (68.4 overs) Stephen Cook 42 (90) Duanne Olivier 4/63 (19.4 overs) |
117/0 (34.2 overs) Reeza Hendricks 58* (112) |
Knights won by 10 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma and Brad White Player of the match: Rudi Second (Knights) |
- Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on Day 1.
Round 8
18–21 March Scorecard |
Lions | v | Dolphins (H) |
516/5d (138.2 overs) Dominic Hendricks 167 (304) Keshav Maharaj 4/161 (51 overs) |
259/9 (89 overs) Daryn Smit 88 (171) Bjorn Fortuin 4/67 (25 overs) | |
Match drawn City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma and Clifford Isaacs Player of the match: Dominic Hendricks (Lions) and Rassie van der Dussen (Lions) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
18–21 March Scorecard |
Cape Cobras | v | Knights (H) |
337 (111.4 overs) Dane Vilas 157 (216) Werner Coetsee 4/62 (23.4 overs) |
372 (99.2 overs) Werner Coetsee 149 (181) Dane Piedt 5/106 (37.2 overs) | |
291 (95.1 overs) Omphile Ramela 109 (201) Shadley van Schalkwyk 4/21 (14.1 overs) |
259/7 (60.3 overs) Pite van Biljon 82* (140) Lizaad Williams 3/49 (11 overs) |
Knights won by 3 wickets Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Bongani Jele and Brad White Player of the match: Werner Coetsee (Knights) |
- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
18–21 March Scorecard |
(H) Warriors | v | Titans |
282 (67.4 overs) Somila Seyibokwe 101 (157) Tabraiz Shamsi 7/93 (19.4 overs) |
399 (115.1 overs) Qaasim Adams 167 (261) JJ Smuts 3/38 (16.1 overs) | |
256 (74.4 overs) Colin Ackermann 72 (174) Tabraiz Shamsi 5/80 (29.4 overs) |
145/2 (29.1 overs) Heino Kuhn 67 (89) Basheeru-Deen Walters 1/34 (10.1 overs) |
Titans won by 8 wickets St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Allahudien Paleker and Dennis Smith Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (Titans) |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 9
31 March – 3 April Scorecard |
(H) Knights | v | Warriors |
128 (51 overs) Rudi Second 41* (114) Jerry Nqolo 4/11 (8 overs) |
165 (74.1 overs) Sisanda Magala 36 (82) Malusi Siboto 4/19 (19 overs) | |
131 (34.4 overs) Shadley van Schalkwyk 30 (73) Anrich Nortje 5/34 (10 overs) |
95/1 (17.2 overs) Martin Walters 40 (39) Werner Coetsee 1/17 (4 overs) |
Warriors won by 9 wickets Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Brad White Player of the match: Anrich Nortje (Warriors) |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
31 March – 3 April Scorecard |
Dolphins | v | Cape Cobras (H) |
183 (46.3 overs) Vaughn van Jaarsveld 58 (85) Wayne Parnell 7/51 (15 overs) |
252 (88.5 overs) Dane Vilas 80 (98) Craig Alexander 5/62 (21 overs) | |
139 (45.4 overs) Senuran Muthusamy 34 (140) Wayne Parnell 5/54 (14 overs) |
74/1 (16.5 overs) Stiaan van Zyl 37* (48) Craig Alexander 1/13 (4 overs) |
Cape Cobras won by 9 wickets Newlands Stadium, Cape Town Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Bongani Jele Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (Cape Cobras) |
- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
31 March – 3 April Scorecard |
Lions | v | Titans (H) |
609 (132.2 overs) Dwaine Pretorius 118 (171) Tabraiz Shamsi 5/183 (39.2 overs) |
230 (83 overs) Henry Davids 90 (176) Dwaine Pretorius 4/24 (21 overs) | |
385/6 f/o (146.5 overs) Dean Elgar 173 (386) Pumelela Matshikwe 6/58 (31 overs) |
Match drawn Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: Dean Elgar (Titans) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 10
7–10 April Scorecard |
(H) Dolphins | v | Knights |
375 (126 overs) Vaughn van Jaarsveld 106 (158) Dillon du Preez 5/44 (25 overs) |
218 (78.1 overs) Michael Erlank 66 (174) Craig Alexander 6/60 (15.1 overs) | |
224/3d (55 overs) Imraan Khan 106* (155) Shadley van Schalkwyk 1/27 (7 overs) |
263 (88 overs) Rilee Rossouw 84 (133) Rabian Engelbrecht 4/43 (14 overs) |
Dolphins won by 118 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Anil Dandekar (Ind) and Shaun George Player of the match: Vaughn van Jaarsveld (Dolphins) |
- Knights won the toss and elected to field.
7–10 April Scorecard |
Titans | v | Cape Cobras (H) |
164 (43 overs) Henry Davids 74 (96) Wayne Parnell 5/62 (13 overs) |
285 (81.4 overs) Omphile Ramela 84 (148) Ethy Mbhalati 4/85 (19.4 overs) | |
256 (56.4 overs) Heino Kuhn 127 (148) Dane Piedt 7/106 (23.4 overs) |
125 (37.4 overs) Dane Vilas 25 (34) Rowan Richards 7/40 (16 overs) |
Titans won by 10 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Johan Cloete and Sam Nogajski (Aus) Player of the match: Heino Kuhn (Titans) and Rowan Richards (Titans) |
- Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
7–10 April Scorecard |
Lions | v | Warriors (H) |
68 (36 overs) Kagiso Rapulana 20 (63) Sisanda Magala 6/25 (12 overs) |
375 (109.4 overs) Colin Ackermann 65 (124) Hardus Viljoen 5/139 (36 overs) | |
206 (83.5 overs) Nicky van den Bergh 52 (127) Andrew Birch 3/42 (21 overs) |
Warriors won by an innings and 101 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Adrian Holdstock Player of the match: Sisanda Magala (Warriors) |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
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References
- "Titans crowned champions after Richards' seven". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- "Cape Cobras Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Dolphins Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Knights Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Lions Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Titans Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "Warriors Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- "2015–16 Sunfoil Series Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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