• 4-Day Series wrap: Lions thrash Dragons to make early statement

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    The Central Gauteng Lions made a strong start to their red-ball campaign when they sealed an innings and 72-run win over the North West Dragons at the Wanderers on Sunday.

    The Dragons began day three on 50-3 still needing 199 runs in their second innings to make the Lions bat again, with overnight batsmen Heino Kuhn and captain Nicky van den Bergh looking to keep their side’s hopes alive.

    That hope was further diminished when the Lions picked up two early wickets in the morning session and despite Van den Bergh scoring 70 off 88 balls, the Lions continued to pick up wickets at regular intervals to eventually bowl out the Dragons for 177.

    Malusi Siboto claimed leading figures of 4-21 while Duanne Olivier took 3-58.

    In Bloemfontein, the Boland Rocks posted an impressive first-innings response against the Free State Knights. Janneman Malan top-scored with an unbeaten 139 off 203 balls while all-rounder Ferisco Adams made 74* as the visitors reached stumps on 386-7 with a 66-run lead.

    At Centurion, the EP Warriors need 56 runs to win, while the Titans require just three wickets. This was after Sibonelo Makhanya hit 74 off 124 balls to help the Titans to a healthy second-innings score of 359, before the visitors were restricted to 180-7 at the end of the day.

    At Newlands, Western Province were forced to follow-on after only managing 269 in their first-innings reply, with Wayne Parnell notching up an undefeated 79 off 103 balls and former SA U19 captain Bryce Parsons taking his maiden five-wicket haul (5-82).

    In their second innings, Yaseen Vallie 76 (109) and David Bedingham 50 (49) were the only WP batsmen to manage a meaningful contribution with the Dolphins bowling well to leave their opponents on 186-7 and 34 runs behind at the end of day three.

    Day four of the 4-Day Series will be live from 10:00 on SuperSport’s YouTube channel.

    4-Day Series Day 3 scores:

    Division One:

    EP Warriors need 54 runs to beat Northerns Titans; Titans need three wickets
    Titans:     134 & 359 after 103.4 overs; S Makhanya 74 (124), J Hermann 62 (107); M Nabe 4-89, R Second 2-33
    Warriors: 258 & 180-7 after 53.1 overs; M Jansen 55 (59), L Ngoepe 46* (74); J Dala 2-18, N Brand 1-2

    Central Lions beat North West Dragons by an innings and 72 runs
    Dragons:     159 & 177 after 43.4 overs; N van den Bergh 70* (88), W Marshall 23 (16); M Siboto 4-21, D Olivier 3-58
    Lions: 408

    Western Province trail KZN Dolphins by 34 runs
    Dolphins:     489-8 dec
    WP: 269 after 89.4 overs; W Parnell 79* (103), D Bedingham 62 (75); B Parsons 5-82. K Mungroo 2-35 & 186-7 (f/o) after 45.2 overs; Y Vallie 76 (109), D Bedingham 50 (49); D Dupavillon 4-33, B Parsons 2-59

    Boland Rocks lead Free State Knights by 66 runs
    Knights:     320
    Rocks: 386-7 after 107.3 overs; J Malan 139* (203), F Adams 74* (137); M Budaza 3-75, M Pretorius 2-69

    Division Two:

    Eastern Storm trail KZN Inland Tuskers by 281 runs
    Tuskers:     440-6 dec after 110 overs; L Schlemmer 153 (228), A Mogakane 98 (160); T Tlhokwe 2-57, C August 2-92
    Storm: 107 after 47 overs; S Masondo 22 (32), K Nyamathe 18 (77); K Dudgeon 4-25, K Mannikam 3-23 & 52-2 after 29.3 overs; W Coulentianos 32* (77), D Rossouw 16 (97); K Dudgeon 1-1, M. Erlank 1-5

    Limpopo Impalas need 353 runs to beat Eastern Cape Iinyathi
    Iinyathi:     392 & 190-3 after 43.1 overs; J Niemand 77 (95), J Bossr 71 (113); N Mahlaba 3-79
    Impalas: 192 after 76.2 overs; M Nofal 58 (136), T Hobson 33 (110); T Kaber 6-75, C Bosch 2-29 & 38-1 after 20 overs; A Pillay 16* (63), L Kaestner 4 (36); G Peters 1-11

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    Simon Borchardt