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Benoni

(bɪˈnəʊnɪ)
n
(Placename) a city in NE South Africa: gold mines. Pop: 94 341 (2001)
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Be•no•ni

(bəˈnoʊ naɪ, -ni)

n.
a city in the NE of the Republic of South Africa near Johannesburg: gold mines. 167,000.
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``Child of my sorrow,'' he said, ``well shouldst thou be called Benoni, instead of Rebecca!
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KARACHI -- Lizelle Lee and Nadine de Klerk's unbroken second wicket century stand helped South Africa women win the five-match T20I series 3-2 against Pakistan women at Willowmoore Park in Benoni. Lee, who was later adjudged, player of the match returned undefeated on 75 off 48 balls with 11 fours and two sixes, while Klerk scored an unbeaten 37 off 31 balls and struck six fours.
Nida Dar smashed the second-fastest fifty of Women's T20I cricket on Wednesday but it went in vain as South Africa Women chased down the tourists' seemingly sizable 173-run target in the fourth of the five-match series in Benoni on Wednesday.
Summary: Benoni [South Africa], May 23 (ANI): Lizelle Lee registered a career-best 48-ball 75 not out to guide South Africa clinch the five-match T20I series 3-2 against Pakistan at Willowmoore Park on Thursday.
LAHORE -- After an absorbing three-match ODI series that ended with a thrilling tied game in Benoni Sunday, South Africa and Pakistan enter the five-match T20I series with the opening clash on Wednesday at LC de Villiers Oval in Pretoria.
LAHORE: After an absorbing three-match ODI series that ended with a thrilling tied game in Benoni Sunday, South Africa and Pakistan enter the five-match T20I series with the opening clash on Wednesday at LC de Villiers Oval in Pretoria.
Lahore: Pakistan's off-spinner Sana Mir became the most successful women's ODI spinner in the world when she dismissed South Africa's Sune Luus in the third One Day International of the ICC Women's Championship in Benoni, South Africa on Sunday.
If Bismah succeeds in featuring in all the five T20Is, then the last match of the series in Benoni on 23 May will become her 100th T20I.