Border’s Phaphama Fojela’s five-for reduced Easterns to 108-5 before 30-year-old left-hand batsman Matthew Arnold (94) and Dyllan Matthews (68) helped their side recover to reach 320 in their CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup match.
Easterns 320 (M Arnold 94, D Matthews 68, GM Thomson 59, W Coulentianos 46; P Fojela 5-46, B Xenxe 2-66, S Langa 2-72)
Border 39-2 (MD Walters 21; RR Richards 1-1, CJ August 1-14)
Border trail by 281 runs with 8 first-innings wickets in hand
Northern Cape 232 (AR Swanepoel 42, M Nqam 41, A Mnci 32 not out, T Traugott 32, LL Mnyanda 30; E Leie 4-58, B Swanepoel 2-38, N van Heerden 2-47, J van Dyk 2-47)
Free State 125-6 (P Botha 39, B Swanepoel 30 not out, Ridgaard 22 not out; M Budaza 2-21, S Ntuntwana 2-25)
Free State trail by 107 runs with 4 first-innings wickets in hand
South Western Districts 246-6 (MN Piedt 76 not out, LLL Sesele 58, AJ Pienaar 57, NB Hornbuckle 24 not out; BL Barends 5-42, JW van Wyngaardt 1-62)
North West Still to bat
North West won the toss and elected to field
Eastern Province 126-6 (C Fortuin 38 not out, MP Breetzke 20; DS Rosier 2-23, R Trumpelmann 2-25)
Northerns Still to bat
Northerns won the toss and elected to field
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