The Eagles confirmed their top-of-the-table finish and headed for thefinal of the Standard Bank Cup with a convincing six-wicket win overthe Lions at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein on Wednesday

Border and Griqualand West, the winners of their respective pools, will contest the UCB Provincial Cup final in mid-March over four days at the De Beers Oval in Kimberley

The UCB Provincial Shield one-day competition heads towards a season-ending climax with Free State, Northerns, Boland and North West qualifying for the semi-finals

Western Province Boland and Warriors registered wins in the latest round of SuperSport Series matches

It was a game of contrasts at Newlands in Cape Town as 20 wickets fell on the first day, 11 on day two and nine on day three as Western Province and Boland exchanged blows, with Boland emerging eventual victors by 58 runs

At Goodyear Park in Bloemfontein Western Province Boland put the Eagles under pressure after declaring at 371 for 9 and then reducing them to 89 for 3

At Goodyear Park in Bloemfontein the Eagles were bowled out for 222 - a deficit of 20 - but then let things slip at the end of the second day as Western Province Boland extended their lead to 150 with nine second-innings wickets standing

At Kingsmead the ball had the beating of the bat through most of the day

Fourth day round-up

Andrew Puttick and JP Duminy led the way for Western Province Boland, as they closed the day on 279 for 3 against Dolphins, an overall lead of 187

North West beat Boland by four wickets in their first match of the season

UCB Provincial Shield round-up

Steven Pope and Duncan Brown scored centuries on the second day of the current round of SuperSport Series matches

HD Ackerman was in the runs again in the seventh round of SuperSport Series matches

All three of the SuperSport Series matches ended in draws

Northerns, Gauteng and Griquas all enjoyed wins in the latest round of the UCB Shield

In East London, Border and Northerns called the game off early withneither side in a position to win as time ran out

Ashwell Prince and Ashraf Mall both score big hundreds on the third day of the latest round of SuperSport Series matches

Eastern Province took a first-innings lead of just one run, thanks to Michael Price, who fell just three short his falling maiden first-class hundred

The Eagles's record 361-run third-wicket partnership was broken in the first over of the day when Ryan Bailey was caught behind for a career-best 148; The Warriors had capitulated at the start of the second day by losing five wickets for the addition