Kallis keeps up Western Province's unbeaten run

Western Province 155 for 4 (Kallis 74*, Puttick 39*) beat KwaZulu-Natal 154 (Kent 40, Henderson 3-29) by 6 wickets
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With a small target to chase Jacques Kallis helped himself to an undefeated 74 and Western Province maintained their unbeaten record as KwaZulu-Natal in their Standard Bank Cup clash at Newlands in Cape Town. KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins won the toss and decided to bat first on what appeared to be a perfect batting strip.

It soon became apparent that not too many drives were going to be played off the front foot. Struggling to come to grips with the pitch the Natal batsmen all battled, with only Jon Kent able to work the ball around, scoring an undefeated 40 off 60 balls. Much was expected from Lance Klusener, but he fell cheaply, caught and bowled by Graeme Smith, after spending an unusually unproductive 25 balls at the crease.

Claude Henderson again suggested that he is the best spinner in South Africa at the moment, taking 3 for 29 in his nine-over spell, to leave KwaZulu-Natal all out for 154 in 43.2 overs.

Western Province made an uncertain start, losing Neil Johnson in the second over and Gary Kirsten in the sixth. This brought Kallis to the crease, who, with a lot of time on his hands, stroked the ball around nicely for an undefeated 74. Together with Andrew Puttick he saw Western Province home in the 41st over for an easy six-wicket win.