Warriors lead in must-win race
With just over five points separating the top four on the Sunfoil Series log, the pressure is on all teams to win in the penultimate matches, starting Thursday.
With just over five points separating the top four on the Sunfoil Series log, the pressure is on all teams to win in the penultimate matches, starting Thursday.
Dale Steyn says he is ‘two to three weeks’ away from an international comeback, targeting the third Test against Australia at Newlands on 22 March.
A wonderfully aggressive century from Zubayr Hamza pulled the Cobras over the line against the Dolphins in Pietermaritzburg for their first Sunfoil win.
A powerful display of lower order batting allowed the Knights to declare on 500-8, a lead of 283 over the Lions in their Sunfoil match in Kimberley.
Simon Harmer put the Titans in a spin as they struggled to 111-5, chasing the Warriors’ first innings of 282 in their Sunfoil match in East London.
The Highveld Lions were on the rack again as bad light stopped play when they were 159-8 against the Knights in Kimberley.
The Lions were left with a mountain to climb after the Cape Cobras put on a commanding total of 574-8 declared in the first innings of their Sunfoil Series game in Paarl on Friday.
Stiaan van Zyl’s excellent century laid the foundations of the Cobras’ 355-4 against the struggling Highveld Lions in their Sunfoil match in Paarl.
The Cobras were in a strong position when bad light stopped play in the Sunfoil match against the Titans, holding an 82-run lead on the first innings.
An all-round performance by Dane Piedt put the Cobras in command of their Sunfoil match against the Titans in Benoni on day two.
Pieter Malan scored his third Sunfoil Series century just as bad light stopped play, with the Titans holding the Cobras to 272-5 in Benoni.
One win from 15 matches is the stat that will force the hand of the Sunfoil teams when the series resumes on Thursday.
Suffocating spin bowling gave the Dolphins a 49-run win over the Cape Cobras in the Momentum One-Day Cup semi-final at Newlands.
Rory Kleinveldt will rely on ‘gut instinct’ and a strong Cobras squad to get through the Momentum One-Day Cup semi-final against the Dolphins on Wednesday.
The Cobras will be fighting for a home semi-final when they meet the Warriors in the final league phase match of the Momentum One-Day Cup in Port Elizabeth today.