Griquas enhance their franchise chances

Griqualand West squandered an excellent chance to take the lead after bowling out Border for 240 - they collapsed to 184 in the UCB Provincial Cup final atthe De Beers Oval in Kimberley

Border made a good start to the UCB Provincial Cup final at the De Beers Diamond Oval in Kimberley, by first scoring 240 and then reducing Griqualand West to 53 for 3 at the close of play on the first day

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

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

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

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

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

Alan Kruger, batting at number seven for Griquas, threw caution to the wind by hitting his maiden century and finished with 158 from 162 balls with 20 fours and two sixes

Reports from the latest round of Provincial Cup matches