Mokoena defies Titans
A spin-pace combination put the Titans in a strong position as they held the Knights to 304-7 on day one of their Sunfoil Series match in Bloemfontein.
A spin-pace combination put the Titans in a strong position as they held the Knights to 304-7 on day one of their Sunfoil Series match in Bloemfontein.
The Warriors and the Titans are now the pace-setters in the Sunfoil Series after two more matches were drawn at the weekend.
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.
Marchant de Lange’s five-for enabled the Knights to force the Dolphins to follow on in their Sunfoil match in Bloemfontein.
Beuran Hendricks’ six-wicket blitz put the Lions on the brink of victory against the Warriors on day two of their Sunfoil match in East London.
An all-round performance by Dane Piedt put the Cobras in command of their Sunfoil match against the Titans in Benoni on day two.
Career-best figures (5-56) by Aaron Phangiso helped the Highveld Lions claim the advantage on day one of their Sunfoil Series encounter against the Warriors.
An aggressive 190 from Theunis de Bruyn helped the Knights take command of their Sunfoil match against the Dolphins in Bloemfontein.
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.
Geoffrey Toyana says the change of the ball this season is responsible for the number of draws in the Sunfoil Series.
After the first win of the campaign was recorded on Wednesday in the Jukskei derby, the other two clashes in round five ended in a draw.
A fighting innings of 80 from Vernon Philander gave the Cobras first-innings honours against the Dolphins in Oudtshoorn.
Zubayr Hamza and Pieter Malan both reached half-centuries in the Cobras’ pursuit of the Dolphins’ 327-run first innings total.
A fighting innings of 145 from Dane Vilas pulled the Dolphins from the brink of disaster on day one of the Sunfoil match against the Cobras.