Batsmen enjoyed the rub of the green during the second day of the CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup, aside from North West, who followed on against Eastern Province and appear destined for a heavy loss.
Northerns 463-6d (Jonathan Vandiar 139, Leus du Plooy 104 not out, Neil Brand 92, Rubin Hermann 63; Thandolwethu Mnyaka 3-66)
Free State 309-9 (Patrick Botha 108, Dilivio Ridgaard 52; Ruben Trumpelmann 3-34, Sammy Mofokeng 3-42, Gideon Peters 2-49)
Western Province 303 (Matthew Kleinveldt 109, Qaasim Adams 83; Ryan Cartwright 5-49, Matthew Arnold 3-64) & 176-2 (Jack Newby 94 not out, Andre Malan 52 not out)
Easterns 217 (Wesley Marshall 50; R Meyer 4-36, Andre Malan 2-33, Mpilo Njoloza 2-46)
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 87 (Brady Barends 25, Marco Jansen 23; Glenton Stuurman 5-24, Tian Koekemoer 3-16, Kelly Smuts 2-29) & 108-4 (Kagiso Rapulana 29, Lesego Senokwane 25; Koekemoer 3-26)
Border 130 (Jason Niemand 29; Tyron Koen 3-27, Smangaliso Nhlebela 2-13) & 93-3 (Jason Niemand 51 not out; Keith Dudgeon 2-14)
KwaZulu-Natal 223 (Bradley Proteous 60, Blayde Capell 98; Phaphama Fojela 4-43, Clayton Bosch 2-40, Basheeru-Deen Walters 2-42)
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