The Highveld Lions will rely heavily on their senior players to see them through to the Momentum One-Day Cup final, while for the Warriors today's semifinal is the reward for a season of hard work. Friendships - particularly between the two coaches, Geoffrey Toyana of the Lions and Warriors' Malibongwe Maketa - will be momentarily put on hold at the Wanderers Stadium today as the two teams battle for the right to play in the final against the Cape Cobras on Sunday.For the Lions, this will be an opportunity to get a step closer to adding yet another trophy to their cabinet after clinching the Sunfoil Series last season.Frontline batsmen like captain Stephen Cook and top run scorer Alviro Petersen, together with pacemen Hardus Viljoen and Dwaine Pretorius, will have an added responsibility."I've always thought knockout games are a time for big players to step up and put in big performances," Cook said yesterday."Not to take anything away from a couple of younger guys, but Alviro, myself, Hardus, Dwaine - those are the guys who must step up and win the game."If any of the younger guys step up - fantastic, cool. Ultimately it is for the big players to win big games, it's our job, that is what we get paid for. This match will probably be about which big players step up the best."It has been a long, dry spell for the Warriors - whose trophy cabinet has been gathering dust since they won the domestic Twenty20 and one-day competitions in 2010-2011.Captain Colin Ingram beamed as he looked back at his side's season."I've been really proud of the way the guys have gone about, generally, the whole season, but specifically in this competition," he said."What we have been saying all season is that we want to be in these type of games - that is what we graft for all season."The Lions will be without Proteas batsman Temba Bavuma, who is nursing a back injury, and Eddie Leie, who has not fully recovered from a hamstring strain...