Northerns piled on the runs against Free State, Western Province batted well against Easterns, Border were skittled by KwaZulu-Natal, while honours ended even between Eastern Province and North West at the end of the first day of the CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup.
Northerns 453-5
(Jonathan Vandiar 139, Leus du Plooy 97 not out, Neil Brand 92, Rubin Hermann 60 not out; Thandolwethu Mnyaka 2-61)
Free State (still to bat)
Western Province 303
(Matthew Kleinveldt 109, Qaasim Adams 83; Ryan Cartwright 5-49, Matthew Arnold 3-64)
Easterns 53-1
(Wesley Marshall 35 not out)
Eastern Province 274
(Tian Koekemoer 116, Matthew Breetzke 40, Solo Nqweni 53; Marco Jansen 5-53, Brady Barends 2-42, Craig Alexander 2-55)
North West 0/0 (still to bat)
Border 130
(Jason Niemand 29; Tyron Koen 3-27, Smangaliso Nhlebela 2-13)
KwaZulu-Natal 193-6
(Bradley Proteous 60, Blayde Capell 79 not out; Clayton Bosch 2-40))
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