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Veteran Boland seamer Henry Williams made his comeback from shoulder surgery to take five for 43 in helpful bowling condition and play the major role in dismissing Northerns for 211

Garth Roe returned career best figures of seven for 47 as Free State lost the initiative on the first day of their SuperSport Series match against the North West Dragons at Goodyear Park

Teenager Andrew Puttick scored his maiden first-class century in just his third game, as Western Province got off to a useful start in their Supersport Series, top-of-the-table clash with Easterns at Newlands on Friday

North West held the edge after the first day of the four-day Supersport Series match against Boland in Paarl, on a day when 12 wickets fell and one batsman was hospitalised

Former Griquas offspinner Morne Strydom returned career best bowling figures of six for 23 from 19.2 overs against his former team-mates to lead the North West Dragons to a 65-run victory with just ten minutes to spare at the De Beers Oval on Monday

The resultant draw between the Northerns Titans and the Free State Eagles should not detract from the spectacular performances of both teams in their Supersport Series match at Supersport Park

Border claimed a 56-run victory over Easterns on the final day of their Supersport Series match at Buffalo Park on Monday

Border finished another wet day's play at Buffalo Park with a 96-run lead after bowling Easterns out for 212 in their Supersport Series match on Sunday

Loots Bosman and Deon Kruis combined to play Griquas right back into contention on the third day of their SuperSport Series match against the North West Dragons at De Beers Oval

After two days of rain, the players in the Supersport Series match between Boland and the Highveld Strikers woke up to a sunny day on Sunday and must have expected to get on the field and finally start the match

On the brief occasions that the sun shone at Supersport Park on Sunday, it cast its rays on the shoulders of Gerhardus Liebenberg

A record-equalling South African tenth wicket partnership of 174 between Alfonso Thomas (106 not out) and Garth Roe (66) put the North West Dragons in a strong position at the close of the second day's play in the SuperSport Series match against

Not a single ball was bowled on the second day of the four-day Supersport Series match between Border and Easterns at Buffalo Park on Saturday

A second full day's play between Boland and the Highveld Strikers in the Supersport Series was lost on Saturday

The Free State Eagles managed to add only nine runs to their overnight score before rain caused play to be abandoned on the second day of their Supersport Series match against the Northerns Titans on Saturday

Border rose from the ashes of a disappointing first knock of 244 to rip out the Easterns top order

An unbroken last wicket partnership of 60 between Alfonso Thomas and Garth Roe carried the Dragons to the unexpected prosperity of 199 for nine when bad light forced an early close on the first day of their SuperSport Series match against Griquas at

The first day of the four-day Supersport Series match between Boland and the Highveld Strikers in Paarl was washed out due to heavy rain

Several domestic records were in the offing on a lively first day of the four-day Supersport Series match between the Northerns Titans and the Free State Eagles at Supersport Park on Friday

A competitive and absorbing first-class game between two of the top sides in the country, both fielding their full-strength sides, ended with honours even at Newlands on Monday as Western Province and Natal settled for a draw