Gauteng sneaked home by five runs over Easterns after a late rally left the Benoni Boys agonisingly short of a win, while North West and Western Province enjoyed comfortable home victories 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 115, Ruan Haasbroek 101, Kagiso Rapulana 29; Daryn Dupavillon 5-93, Keith Dudgeon 3-81, T Ngcobo 1-37)
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) & 115 (Keith Dudgeon 28 not out, Michael Erlank 21; Marco Jansen 4-35, Brady Barends 3-27)
North West won by 67 runs
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) & 298 (Wesley Marshall 116, Matthew Arnold 36, Grant Thomson 32; Nandre Burger 4-58, Juan Landsberg 2-24, Delano Potgieter 2-47)
Gauteng won by five runs
Northern Cape 201 (Keegan Petersen 55, Jacques Snyman 34, Zakhele Qwabe 30; Justin Dill 5-43, George Linde 3-14, Mpilo Njoloza 2-59) & 308 (Keegan Petersen 108, Grant Mokoena 98, Luthando Mnyanda 24; Justin Dill 5-69, Mpilo Njoloza 2-52, Matthew Kleinveldt 1-47)
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) & 8-0
Western Province won by 10 wickets
