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Border wicketkeeper Ian Mitchell featured in partnerships of 79 for the eighth wicket with Vasbert Drakes and 49 for the ninth with Geoff Love as he helped plug a leak in the visitors' ship and see them through to three batting bonus points at the

Western Province duly wrapped up another win in what has been an oustanding first-class season as they beat Free State by 127 runs on Sunday and in the process all but guaranteed themselves a place in the final of the Supersport Series

Border got one foot into the final of the Supersport Series later this month when they wrapped up a comfortable 164-run victory over Boland at Buffalo Park on Sunday to take 15 points, the same margin by which they are now clear of nearest rivals

Easterns' embarrassment at a sub-par home performance against North West was complete on Sunday morning when it extended to their coach, Ray Jennings

The KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins and the Highveld Strikers played out a predictable draw in the Supersport Series Shield competition in Durban on Sunday

The ball is in Border's court

Captain HD Ackerman led very much by example as Western Province took a stranglehold on their Supersport Series Super Eight match against Free State on Saturday and in the process moved closer to securing a home final later in the month

Bad light prevented North West coasting to victory over Easterns at Willowmoore Park on Saturday, although with just 29 left for victory for the visitors, with all ten second innings wickets standing, that only represented a stay of execution

The three-day Supersport Series Shield match between the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins and the Highveld Strikers looked set for a draw at the conclusion of the second day on Saturday

When Northerns captain Martin van Jaarsveld chose not to enforce the follow-on on Friday, you would have been hard-pushed to find anyone at St George's Park who would take money on this Supersport Series Super Eight match against Eastern Province

After a late start due to rain KwaZulu-Natal posted 250 for six on the first day of their three-day Supersport Series Shield match against the Highveld Strikers in Durban on Friday

Three wickets by offspinner Geoff Love late on Thursday put Border in a healthy position after the first day of a vital Super Eight encounter against one of the two sides still in a position to prevent them reaching a third successive Supersport

Medium-pacer Alfonso Thomas, who has made his name as an obdurate lower-order batsman in his first season with North West - he has a century and an unbeaten 95 to his credit already - destroyed the Easterns batting line-up with a career-best six for

A gritty batting performance from Free State helped them take a narrow advantage over log-leaders Western Province by stumps on day two of this Supersport Series Super Eight match at Newlands on Friday

After a late start due to rain KwaZulu-Natal posted 250 for six on the first day of their three-day Supersport Series Shield match against the Highveld Strikers in Durban on Friday

Steven Pope struck his third first-class century on Friday to take Border to the brink of their third successive Supersport Series final as they moved into a dominant position halfway through their encounter at Buffalo Park

North West dealt another blow to Easterns' fading hopes of reaching this month's Supersport Series final when they carved out a potentially match-winning lead of 230 on Friday

Log-leaders Western Province turned in one of their more average performances of the first-class season as they were dismissed for 265 on day one of this SuperSport Series Super Eight match against Free State at Newlands on Thursday

Northerns made the most of winning the toss and amassed 308-3 on day one of this Supersport Series Super Eight encounter against Eastern Province at St George's Park on Thursday

After four days of nip and tuck, it came down to the last ball