All three hosts in the latest round of CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup matches ended day one with the upper hand, with Western Province best-placed against the youngsters from the Northern Cape.  

North West 205 (Marco Jansen 66, Brady Barends 63, Ruan Haasbroek 24; Keith Dudgeon 6-42, Zakariya Paruk 2-28)
KwaZulu-Natal 150-2 (Marques Ackerman 69 not out, Michael Erlank 53 not out; Jon Henrichsen 1-25)
KwaZulu-Natal trail by 55 runs with 8 wickets remaining in their first innings

Gauteng 211 (Delano Potgieter 55, Joshua Richards 36, Nono Pongolo 35; Rowan Richards 5-40, Ryan Cartwright 3-54)
Easterns 72-3 (Zwelo Ntsimbini 33, Thulani Tembela 21 not out, Ayavuya Myoli 2-11, Nandre Burger 1-19)
Easterns trail by 139 runs with 7 wickets remaining in their first innings

Northern Cape 201 (Keegan Petersen 55, Jacques Snyman 34, Zakhele Qwabe 30; Justin Dill 5-43, George Linde 3-14, Mpilo Njoloza 2-59)
Western Province 188-1 (Matthew Kleinveldt 94 not out, Jack Newby 76; Akhona Kula 1-32)
Western Province trail by 13 runs with nine wickets remaining in their first innings