With splendid support from the Amla brothers, Jonty Rhodes battled to his 17th first-class century to give the KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins the initiative on the third day of the SuperSport Series final against the Northerns Titans at Kingsmead on Saturday

Western Province were again unable to follow-up their early inroads into the KwaZulu-Natal second innings, and by close of play on the third day the visitors had extended their lead to 365 with three wickets still in hand and no declaration in sight

Western Province ended a roller-coaster second day of this Super 6 match still trailing their visitors from KwaZulu Natal by 138 runs with just three wickets in hand

Dale Benkenstein dominated this top of the table clash

With one round of matches to go the SuperSport Series is heading for a climax after Western Province dropped into third place and KwaZulu-Natal leapfrogged Northerns into the top spot

Western Province and Northerns Titans are the early favourites to meet in this season's SuperSport Series final after the first round of Super Six matches ended on Monday

Northerns and Western Province look to be prime contenders to contest the SuperSport Series final in April after completion of the first round this week

The following squads has been selected for the SuperSport Series (4 day) match between KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins and Eastern Province Jumbos starting at Kingsmead on 2nd November at 09:30

Starting off the season down in Cape Town against reigning champions is no easy task for any team, but it was "JICM EASTERNS" who had to do it