North West completed a narrow win over a resurgent Border, while the KZN teams, South Western Districts and Northerns all played out to exciting draws.
South Western Districts 296 (AJ Pienaar 90, NB Hornbuckle 69, MN Piedt 59; GG Peters 4-37, G Mahlokwana 2-69) & 207-6 decl (BI Louw 62, Y Oliphant 32, NB Hornbuckle 30 not out, AJ Pienaar 27; GVJ Koopman 2-37, GG Peters 2-44, G Mahlokwana 1-31, R Trumpelmann 1-36)
Northerns 201 (R Moonsamy 52, AP Agathangelou 36; NB Hornbuckle 4-28, MN Piedt 2-49) & 263-9 (DS Rosier 108, AP Agathangelou 82, R Trumpelmann 23; MN Piedt 4-59, T Ndwandwa 2-72, K Christoffels 1-13)
Match drawn
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 209 (C Chetty 63, AM Maposa 49 not out; T Ngcobo 4-39, S Nhlebela 2-44, DM Dupavillon 2-56) & 141-8 decl (S Zungu 39, C Chetty 39, G Roelofsen 29; KJ Dudgeon 7-57, P Subrayen 1-5)
KwaZulu-Natal 117 (B Capell 33, P Subrayen 19; LM Zuma 4-18, GI Hume 4-28, G Dukes 2-29) & 157-8 (MJ Ackerman 66 not out, MN Erlank 29, JP Oakes 26; KR Mannikam 4-35, G Dukes 2-27, LM Zuma 1-30)
Match drawn
North West 199 (BL Barends 50, JW van Wyngaardt 36; P Fojela 4-56, CG Bosch 3-47, BD Walters 2-44) & 153 (R Haasbroek 70 not out, Y Valli 30, P Fojela 5-39, M Zamo 3-28)
Border 75 (P Fojela 16, B Makeleni 12 not out; CJ Alexander 4-8, JW van Wyngaardt 3-17, M Pretorius 2-18) & 247 (M Malika 49, CG Bosch 46, B Makeleni 24 not out, MY Vallie 23; CJ Alexander 6-71, M Pretorius 2-52)
North West won by 30 runs
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