20:T413,

Day 1 | Stumps⚪️🟡

Play is called off for the day due to bad light.

🐬Dolphins are 83/2 at the close of the first days play in our final home game of the season.

Here's hoping for better conditions the next 3 days🌤️#LionsCricket #ThePrideOfJozi #SpiritOfChampions #4DaySeries… pic.twitter.com/lNb72KoGdG
— DP World Lions (@LionsCricketSA) March 27, 2025

21:T693,

The Lions unleashed seamers Codi Yusuf and Lutho Sipamla at the visiting Dolphins’ opening batting duo of Sarel Erwee and Tshepang Dithole.

Erwee and Dithole batted together for almost 10 overs in tough, seaming and swinging conditions before Erwee was bowled by Sipamla in the 10th over to hand the Lions their first scalp of the day.

Shortly after, the heavens opened once again, sending the two teams to an early lunch with the Dolphins’ score reading 36/1, thus breaking the momentum Sipamla and Yusuf had built with the new ball.

When the rain subsided, the Lions’ quicks picked up where they left off, causing problems for the visiting batters, and it was not long before Tshepo Moreki got the better of left-handed batter Bryce Parsons (five).

Dithole was joined by last week’s centurion, Jason Smith, at the crease, and the right-handed batter quickly asserted his dominance over the Lions’ bowling attack.

The 30-year-old, who scored 117

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Lions vs Dolphins: Weather disrupts opening day of crucial Four-Day Series clash