Western Province made Northern Cape chase leather – with all six batsmen passing 50 – while KwaZulu-Natal have batted themselves into a strong position against North West in the CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup.  

North West 205 (Marco Jansen 66, Brady Barends 63, Ruan Haasbroek 24; Keith Dudgeon 6-42, Zakariya Paruk 2-28) & 178-3 (Wihan Lubbe 83 not out, Ruan Haasbroek 30 not out, Kagiso Rapulana 29; Daryn Dupavillon 2-58, Keith Dudgeon 1-42)
KwaZulu-Natal 369 (Marques Ackerman 77, Michael Erlank 75, Blayde Capell 64, Zakariya Paruk 51; Hlompo Modimokwane 3-41, Jon Henrichsen 3-66, Brady Barends 2-45)
North West are 14 runs ahead with seven wickets in hand in their second innings

Gauteng 211 (Delano Potgieter 55, Joshua Richards 36, Nono Pongolo 35; Rowan Richards 5-40, Ryan Cartwright 3-54) & 241 (Joshua Richards 75, Tshepang Dithole 35, Mangaliso Mosehle 33; Ryan Cartwright 4-58, Matthew Arnold 2-24, Clayton August 2-46)
Easterns 149 (Matthew Arnold 36 not out, Zwelo Ntsimbini 33, Thulani Tembela 24; Ayavuya Myoli 4-30, Tumelo Tlhokwe 2-18, Nandre Burger 2-27)  & 63-3 (Wesley Marshall 25 not out, Grant Thomson 23 not out; Nandre Burger 3-22)
Easterns need 241 runs with seven wickets in hand

Northern Cape 201 (Keegan Petersen 55, Jacques Snyman 34, Zakhele Qwabe 30; Justin Dill 5-43, George Linde 3-14, Mpilo Njoloza 2-59) & 54-1
Western Province 502-4 (Matthew Kleinveldt 166, Jack Newby 76, Andre Malan 64, Neo Mlumbi 63 not out, Isaac Dikgale 59, George Linde 51 not out; Akhona Kula 2-117, Kagiso Mohale 1-79, Zakhele Qwabe 1-105)
Northern Cape are 247 runs behind with nine wickets in hand