Boland and North West go down to the wire

Boland have a full day to score 112 runs to win their Supersport Series match against North West in Paarl, with seven wickets in hand.

North West resumed play on Sunday with the score on a potentially disastrous score of 92 for five. They managed to move to 225 by the time their second innings was up, thanks in the main to a fifth career century from middle-order batsman Craig Light.

The right-hander scored 101 and shared valuable partnerships of 50 and 76 with Mark Lavine and Alphonso Thomas respectively, which set the hosts a target of 218-runs to win the match.

Ezra Poole was the first wicket of the day when right-arm seamer Charl Langeveldt clean bowled him for six.

Lavine only scored 11, but his share of a 50-run stand with Light frustrated the Boland bowling, which was exactly what North West needed to do.

Thomas came to the crease once Lavine was caught mistiming a pull off Neil Carter to Brad Player at mid-off.

He immediately set about playing in the same positive fashion that saw him score a century last weekend and steadily built a decent score while Light's own progress slowed as he approached his century.

His hundred came midway through the afternoon session off 205 balls and included 16 boundaries. Three balls later Light edged leg-spinner Justin Ontong to Koen at slip.

Thomas eventually mistimed a Brad Player delivery to mid-off for 43, but the value of his knock will only be known if North West eventually triumph.

Boland skipper Louis Koen was unbeaten on 57 at stumps and will be the hinge around which the run chase will hang when play gets underway on Monday morning.