Lions and Warriors reach inaugural Pro20 Cup final

The DP World Lions beat the YesPlay Western Province Cobras by 16 runs at Newlands in Cape Town on Saturday to reach the final of the inaugural Pro20 Cup, where they will meet the Dafabet Warriors, according to SuperSport.

Seletswane leads Lions

Bjorn Fortuin won the toss and the Lions chose to bat, finishing on 194 for six. Opener Onkgomoditse Seletswane made a career-best 78 from 53 balls, with seven boundaries and three sixes, before he was dismissed, SuperSport reports.

Seletswane and Fortuin put on 42 for the first wicket before Fortuin fell for 29. Rassie van der Dussen made 24 from 22 balls, and wicketkeeper Connor Esterhuizen struck 38 from 16 deliveries with four fours and two sixes. SA Cricket Mag reports that Seletswane added 73 with Van der Dussen.

Cobras fall short

The Cobras were held to 178 for eight. Captain George Linde top-scored with 59, having reached his sixth T20 fifty, according to SuperSport.

Jiveshan Pillay (25) and Kashief Josephs (20) gave the hosts a start, but neither went on. Kyle Verreynne, on 24, was given out leg before by umpire Mazizi Gampu to Nqaba Peter, with the ball seeming to miss leg stump, SuperSport says. The report adds that the home side felt aggrieved by two umpiring decisions.

SA Cricket Mag reports that Peter dropped Linde on 32 but later dismissed him, which it describes as the pivotal moment as the Cobras ran out of resistance.

Warriors beat Boland

In the other semi-final, the Warriors won the toss, put Boland in and restricted them to 160 for seven, then won by eight wickets, SA Cricket Mag reports.

Jordan Hermann added 55 with JP King, who was stumped by Blayde Capell, then shared a third-wicket stand of 99 with Tristan Stubbs. Hermann finished unbeaten on 82 and was named Batter of the Match as the Warriors won in just over 18 overs.

The semi-final repeated last year's T20 Challenge final, which the Warriors won in a Super Over. Boland won last week's Super 8s meeting the same way, but there was no tie this time.

What comes next

SA Cricket Mag says the final is scheduled for 18h30. The sources do not give a date.