Daryn Dupavillon puts Knights on top of Group B, Rudi Second's 171 in vain for Warriors

Top-order batsmen getting runs will be good news as the international season approaches

Offspinner, who played nine Tests for South Africa, has signed up for new 'minor league' T20 competition

They will instead be expected to make up the numbers in a future match

Knights captain van Biljon scored 218 in the drawn encounter against Dolphins, while Verreynne and Malan scored tons in Cobras' win

Zubayr Hamza struck a sublime double-hundred against Dolphins, but it was not enough to secure the title for Cape Cobras

Wiaan Mulder, meanwhile, struck a career-best 146 to keep Lions in close pursuit of the table-toppers

The 35-year-old from Cape Town last played a Test in February 2013, but had been active in the domestic first-class circuit and the county scene in England

Rain and bad light, meanwhile, forced the encounter between Dolphins and Knights into a draw

Vernon Philander, on his return from an ankle injury that flared up during South Africa's trip to Sri Lanka in mid-July, scored a match-winning 104 for Cobras