Eagles clip Warriors' wings

In East London the Eagles made short work of the Warriors, winning by six wickets with 10 overs to spare. Winning the toss and batting first the Warriors never once managed to get the run rate to above four until the very last over. Carl Bradfield played an anchor role for 50 off 85 balls but could not find a willing partner. Johannes van der Wath made things more difficult by taking 4 for 35 in his nine overs to see the Warriors struggle to 182 for 8 at the end of the 45 overs. At 34 for 3 things did not look good for the Eagles but a partnership of 111 in 20 overs between Jacques Rudolph (40) and Davey Jacobs (80 not out) saw the Eagles back on track.

In Cape Town the Dolphins never looked back after winning the toss and restricting the Cape Cobras to 211 for 7. Andrew Puttick (53), Herschelle Gibbs (48), and Ian Harvey (55) had laid a solid foundation but the remaining batsmen failed to launch a final assault as Andrew Tweedie, taking 3 for 35, put the brakes on the run rate. Doug Watson (101), scoring his second not out hundred in consecutive matches for the Dolphins, batted through the innings to steer the Dolphins home by eight wickets but with only three balls to spare. Hashim Amla also contributed with a quick 55 off 53 balls.

In Centurion a career-best 116 from Stephen Cook held the Lions' innings together as the Titans threatened to take control. Having been sent in to bat first the Lions managed to get to 219 for 9 thanks to Cook and a 82-run partnership with Vaughan van Jaarsveld (41). Ethy Mbhalati doing the major damage in his 3 for 42 while Dale Steyn bowling some controlled reverse swing at the death picked up 3 for 37. The Titans innings was well poised at 83 for 2 when some heavy rain had the players off the field after 17.5 overs. Leading at that stage by 11 runs, on the Duckworth Lewis Method, the Titans only needed a further 13 balls to constitute a match and the win. With the rain continuing the match was called off as a no result.