• 4-Day Series wrap: Zondo double ton sets up big Dolphins total

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    Khaya Zondo scored a maiden double century as the KZN Dolphins recorded a mammoth first-innings total against Western Province in Cape Town on Saturday.

    After resuming on 186-4, Zondo and Jason Smith (101) went on to add 211 runs for the fifth wicket with both bringing up their hundreds.

    Zondo continued with the lower order to score 203* off 299 balls as the Dolphins declared on 489-8.

    Kyle Simmonds finished with figures of 4-146 for WP.

    The Dolphins removed both of the home side’s openers early on before a partnership between David Bedingham (62) and Zubayr Hamza (24) carried them to 101-4 at stumps after both batters fell late on.

    In Bloemfontein, where there was no play on day one due to rain, Free State Knights skipper Pite van Biljon lit up the Mangaung Oval with his 19th first-class hundred, scoring 137 off 192 deliveries to guide the hosts to 320 all out.

    Hardus Viljoen (4-62) was the standout bowler for the Boland Rocks.

    Meanwhile, at the Wanderers, Ryan Rickelton top-scored for the Central Gauteng Lions with 159 off 230 balls as the home side posted 408 all out. Malusi Siboto added an important 51 off 52 balls.

    That gave the Lions a commanding 249-run lead heading into the Dragons’ second innings as the away side ended the day on 50-3, still 199 runs behind.

    At Centurion, the Northerns Titans fought back well against the EP Warriors despite a century from Edward Moore (110 off 188 balls). They reached stumps with a 94-run second innings lead with Sibonelo Makhanya (64*) and Jordan Hermann (56*) at the crease.

    Earlier, the Titans had dismissed the Warriors for 258 with Corbin Bosch (3-46) and Simon Harmer (3-62) leading the charge, before the Titans responded with a fighting 218-4.

    4-Day Series Day 2 scores:

    Division One:

    Northerns Titans lead EP Warriors by 94 runs
    Titans:     134 & 218-4 after 65 overs; S Makhanya 64* (104), J Hermann 56* (88); M Nabe 2-37, M Jansen 1-37
    Warriors: 258 after 82.4 overs; E Moore 110 (188), D Rosier 85 (104); C Bosch 3-46, S Harmer 3-62

    North West Dragons trail Central Gauteng Lions by 199 runs
    Dragons:     159 & 50-3 after 10 overs; W Marshall 23 (16), H Kuhn 10* (5); D Olivier 2-27, L Sipamla 1-23
    Lions: 408 after 128.1 overs; R Rickelton 159 (230), M Siboto 52 (51); L Zuma 3-81, C Classen 1-62

    Western Province trail KZN Dolphins by 388 runs
    Dolphins:     489-8 decl after 140.4 overs; K Zondo 203* (299), J Smith 101 (191), K Simmonds 4-146, A Mgijima 2-61
    WP: 101-4 after 30.1 overs; D Bedingham 62 (75), Z Hamza 24 (59); O Baartman 1-16; B Parsons 1-16

    Boland Rocks trail Free State Knights by 319 runs
    Knights:     320 after 102.2 overs; P van Biljon 137 (192), N van Heerden 29 (79); H Viljoen 4-62, Z Qwabe 2-66
    Rocks: 1-0 after 0.4 overs, P Malan 1* (3), I Gafieldien 0* (1) 

    Division Two

    KZN Inland Tuskers lead Eastern Storm by 327 runs
    Tuskers:     327-4 after 85 overs; L Schlemmer 153 (228); A Mogakane 96 (160); C August 2-63, G. Thomson 1-25

    Eastern Cape Iinyathi lead Limpopo Impalas by 279 runs
    Iinyathi:     392 after 144 overs; M Marais 146 (349), T Kaber 28 (76); T Rapelego 4-55, M Venter 2-79
    Impalas: 91-5 after 39.3 overs; L Kaestner 23 (63), T Hobson 22* (82); T Kaber 4-22, G Peters 1-13.

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