KZN Inland suffered an innings loss to Northerns on day two of the latest round of CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup action, with Gauteng on the verge of a win over North West.

Gauteng 438 (J Richards 145, D Potgieter 128, Muhammed Mayet 45; JW van Wyngaardt 4-41)
North West 164 (JW van Wyngaardt 34 not out, BL Barends 34, K Rapulana 22; A Karvelas 6-71, D Potgieter 3-46) & 270-8 (M Jansen 75 not out, KK Leokaoke 33 not out, BL Barends 32; A Karvelas 2-49, A Myoli 2-57, D Potgieter 2-61)
North West trail by 4 runs with 2 wickets in hand
Scorecard

Northerns 321 (N Brand 72, R de Swardt 66, T de Zorzi 47, JL du Plooy 47; G Dukes 3-86, AM Maposa 3-71)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 119 (JD Veeran 35, KR Mannikam 21 not out; CR Trumpelmann 3-24, DS Rosier 2-3, CJ Dala 2-26, GG Peters 2-30) & 186 (J Riekert 61, J van Eeden 32, K Mungroo 21; CJ Dala 6-35, R de Swardt 1-10, DS Rosier 1-30)
Northerns won by an innings and 16 runs
Scorecard

South Western Districts 220 (Y Oliphant 69 not out, J du Plessis 63, AJ Pienaar 50; MB Njoloza 3-34, AJ Malan 3-42, J Dawood 3-45) & 252-3 (J du Plessis not out 77, K Christoffels 71, AJ Pienaar 42; MC Kleinveldt 1-39, J Dawood 1-71)
Western Province 229 (MQ Adams 108, MC Kleinveldt 26, JG Dill 24, N Mlumbi 23; HB America 4-43, B de Villiers 3-52, T Ndwandwa 3-58)
South Western Districts lead by 243 runs with 7 wickets in hand
Scoreboard

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