KwaZulu-Natal scraped home against their Inland rivals, North West’s huge score was too much for Border, while South Western Districts clinched a late victory over Northerns.
South Western Districts 271-7 (J du Plessis 99, AJ Pienaar 63, NB Hornbuckle 42, LLL Sesele 20; L Nkese 4-45, G Mahlokwana 1-61)
Northerns 243 (RA Herman 57, JL du Plooy 53, R Moonsamy 26, DS Rosier 22; Tsepo Ndwandwa 3-60, MN Piedt 2-38, HB America 2-41)
South Western Districts won by 28 runs
KwaZulu-Natal 250-9 (P Subrayen 47, Capell 45, MJ Ackerman 31, BG Porteous 29; S Mahmoud 3-41, R Pretorius 2-33, N Mfoza 2-36)
KwaZulu-Natal Inland 231 (G Dukes 48, S Mahmoud 37, AM Maposa 37, LA Schlemmer 33; T Ngcobo 3-33, S Nhlebela 3-58, KJ Dudgeon 2-51)
KwaZulu-Natal won by 19 runs
North West 329-2 (K Rapulana 151, MY Cook 123 not out, JM Bredenkamp 43 not out; B Xengxe 2-84)
Border 275 (MY Vallie 64, BD Walters 39 not out, S Seyibokwe 30, BC Williams 29, J Niemand 29, B Xengxe 29; KK Leokaoke 5-56, CJ Alexander 2-37, BL Barends 2-38)
North West won by 54 runs
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