The 2009/10 MTN40 was a domestic List A cricket championship in South Africa. This was the 29th time the championship was contested. Each team plays each other twice in a home and away leg. The top four teams progress to the semi-finals, with the winners of the semi-finals going through to the final. Cricket South Africa has introduced trial rule changes; 40 overs per side, the batting team choosing powerplays, 12 players per side (rolling subs). The tournament has been rebranded from the MTN Domestic Championship to the MTN 40.

2009–10 MTN Domestic Championship
Dates28 October 2009 (2009-10-28) – 29 January 2010 (2010-01-29)
Administrator(s)Cricket South Africa
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
ChampionsTitans
Participants6
Most runsColin Ingram (Warriors) 600
Most wicketsRusty Theron (Warriors) 21

The competition started on 28 October 2009 and the final took place on 29 January 2010.

Teams

Stadiums

Stadium City Capacity Home Team
Sahara Park Newlands Cape Town25 000Nashua Cape Cobras
Boland Park Paarl10 000Nashua Cape Cobras
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead Durban25 000Nashua Dolphins
Pietermaritzburg Oval Pietermaritzburg12 000Nashua Dolphins
OUTsurance Oval Bloemfontein20 000Gestetner Diamond Eagles
De Beers Diamond Oval Kimberley11 000Gestetner Diamond Eagles
Liberty Life Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg34 000bizhub Highveld Lions
Senwes Park Potchefstroom9 000bizhub Highveld Lions
Willowmoore Park Benoni20 000Nashua Titans
Supersport Park Centurion20 000Nashua Titans
Sahara Oval St George's Port Elizabeth19 000Chevrolet Warriors
Buffalo Park East London15 000Chevrolet Warriors

Group stage

Points table

2009/10 MTN 40
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Ded Pts NRR For Against
1 Nashua Titans 10 7 1 0 2 2 0 34 0.592 1888/306.1 1784/320
2 Nashua Cape Cobras 10 7 2 0 1 3 0 33 0.585 2264/352 2099/359
3 Chevrolet Warriors 10 5 5 0 0 1 1 20 0.004 2157/378.5 2168/381
4 Nashua Dolphins 10 3 6 0 1 0 0 14 −0.271 1957/348.3 2027/344.2
5 Gestetner Diamond Eagles 10 3 7 0 0 1 0 13 −0.018 2433/388 2397/381.1
6 bizhub Highveld Lions 10 3 7 0 0 0 0 12 −0.800 2266/381.1 2490/369.1
Source: [1]

Point system

  • Win: 4 points
  • Tie, no result or abandoned: 2 points
  • Loss: 0 points
  • Bonus points: 1 point awarded if the run rate is sufficiently higher than that of the opposition.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

22 January 2010
Report
Warriors
274/4 (40 overs)
v
Cape Cobras
265/8 (40 overs)
Jacques Kallis 73 (55 balls)
Robin Peterson 1/30 (7 overs)
Justin Kemp 71 (55 balls)
Rusty Theron 4/48 (8 overs)
Warriors won by 9 runs
Boland Park, Paarl
Umpires: Z Ndamane & D Smith
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Warriors)
24 January 2010
Report
Dolphins
251/6 (40 overs)
v
Titans
236/9 (40 overs)
Hashim Amla 59 (58 balls)
Ethy Mbhalati 2/51 (8 overs)
AB de Villiers 61 (66 balls)
Daryn Smit 2/35 (7 overs)
Dolphins won by 15 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: MW Brown & S George

Final

29 January 2010
Report
Warriors
299/4 (40 overs)
v
Dolphins
228 (36.4 overs)
Ashwell Prince 128 (96 balls)
Andrew Hall 2/71 (8 overs)
Hashim Amla 68 (69 balls)
Wayne Parnell 3/27 (7 overs)
Warriors won by 71 runs
Buffalo Park, East London
Umpires: MW Brown & S George
Player of the match: Ashwell Prince (Warriors)

References

  1. ↑ "2009/10 MTN 40 Log". Retrieved 18 January 2010.
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