# 2010–11 MTN40

The 2010–11 MTN40 was a domestic one-day cricket championship in South Africa. It was the 30th time the championship was contested. The first match was played on 29 October 2010 and the final was on 10 December 2010 at SuperSport Park in Centurion. The trophy was won by the Knights after they defeated the Titans in the final.
The format of the group stage was changed this year, with the six franchises divided into two groups of three. Teams in the same group would play each other twice each (once at home and once away), and each of the teams in the other group only once. The top two teams in each group would progress to the semi-finals, which would be played over two (home and away) legs. New innovations were introduced to the playing conditions this year, including each team naming 13 players instead of 11. Teams could use 11 of these players during each innings. All of these changes were scrapped after a single season.

## Group stage
### Points table
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Titans | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0.846 |
| 2 | Knights | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.113 |
| 3 | Warriors | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.763 |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Dolphins | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.603 |
| 2 | Lions | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | −0.032 |
| 3 | Cape Cobras | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.663 |

## Knockout stage
### Semi-finals
#### 1st Legs

* 26 November 2010 Scorecard
| Lions 299/8 (40 overs) | v | Titans 300/7 (38.4 overs) |
| Jonathan Vandiar 130 (108) Faf du Plessis 3/55 (7 overs) | | Roelof van der Merwe 93 (51) Ethan O'Reilly 3/43 (8 overs) |
* Titans won by 3 wickets SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Murray Brown and Brian Jerling Player of the match: Roelof van der Merwe (Titans)
* Lions won the toss and decided to bat
* 28 November 2010 Scorecard
| Dolphins 226/7 (40 overs) | v | Knights 227/6 (38.2 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 64 (75) Jandre Coetzee 2/33 (7 overs) | | Reeza Hendricks 64 (83) Kyle Abbott 2/37 (7 overs) |
* Knights won by 4 wickets Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Earl Hendrikse and Dennis Smith Player of the match: Johan van der Wath (Knights)
* Dolphins won the toss and decided to bat

#### 2nd Legs

* 1 December 2010 Scorecard
| Titans 287/8 (40 overs) | v | Lions 276 (39.2 overs) |
| Jacques Rudolph 79 (54) Paul Harris 3/48 (8 overs) | | Jean Symes 72 (52) Roelof van der Merwe 5/41 (8 overs) |
* Titans won by 11 runs Wanderers, Johannesburg Umpires: Ian Howell and Brian Jerling
* Lions won the toss and decided to field
* 3 December 2010 Scorecard
| Knights 215/6 (35 overs) | v | Dolphins 207/9 (35 overs) |
| Morne van Wyk 109 (103) Imran Tahir 4/24 (7 overs) | | David Miller 63 (53) Jandre Coetzee 3/30 (7 overs) |
* Knights won by 8 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Johan Cloete and Karl Hurter
* Dolphins won the toss and decided to field

### Final

* 10 December 2010 Scorecard
| Titans 227 (39 overs) | v | Knights 152/2 (21.4 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 111* (96) Ryan McLaren 3/23 (8 overs) | | Morne van Wyk 85* (70) Roelof van der Merwe 1/21 (4.4 overs) |
* Knights won by 8 wickets (D/L method) SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Johan Cloete and Brian Jerling Player of the match: Morne van Wyk (Knights)

## Statistics
### Most Runs

| Player | Team | Runs | Matches | I | NO | Highest score | Avg | Balls faced | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 0s | Fours | Sixes |
| Faf du Plessis | Titans | 567 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 120* | 81.00 | 575 | 98.60 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 7 |
| Rilee Rossouw | Knights | 439 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 102* | 48.77 | 442 | 99.32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 8 |
| Justin Kreusch | Warriors | 404 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 118 | 67.33 | 400 | 101.00 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 7 |
| Jacques Rudolph | Titans | 383 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 85 | 38.30 | 376 | 101.86 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 4 |
| Zander de Bruyn | Lions | 345 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 109* | 69.00 | 348 | 99.13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 6 |
Source: Cricinfo

### Most Wickets

| Player | Team | Wickets | Matches | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Best Figures | Avg | Econ | SR | 5W |
| Ryan McLaren | Knights | 19 | 10 | 73.0 | 7 | 386 | 4/42 | 20.31 | 5.28 | 23.0 | 0 |
| Jandre Coetzee | Knights | 17 | 10 | 62.0 | 1 | 333 | 3/30 | 19.58 | 5.37 | 21.8 | 0 |
| Roelof van der Merwe | Titans | 16 | 10 | 69.4 | 1 | 364 | 5/41 | 22.75 | 5.22 | 26.1 | 1 |
| Imran Tahir | Dolphins | 15 | 9 | 59.4 | 2 | 264 | 4/24 | 17.60 | 4.42 | 23.8 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | Dolphins | 15 | 9 | 48.4 | 0 | 313 | 5/63 | 20.86 | 6.43 | 19.4 | 1 |
Source: Cricinfo