There were One-Day Cup wins for the EP Warriors and Boland this week, while the North West Dragons and Central Gauteng Lions shared the points.
On Tuesday, the Warriors held their nerve to beat Western Province by five wickets at Newlands.
After choosing to bowl, the Warriors restricted Province to 244-7 from 50 overs.
Kyle Verreynne anchored the hosts’ innings with 72, while Josh Breed added 64*. Kerwin Mungroo, Aphiwe Mnyanda and Thomas Kaber each claimed two wickets.
In reply, Senuran Muthusamy top-scored for the Warriors with 61 off 54 balls to earn Man of the Match honours. Jean du Plessis contributed 46* and Patrick Kruger finished the job with 40* as the visitors sealed victory with 15 balls to spare.
On Wednesday, Boland secured their first win of the tournament with a 43-run victory over the KZN Inland Tuskers in Paarl.
Boland posted 224-9 after winning the toss. Ferisco Adams led the way with 76 off 73 balls, while Clyde Reeves-Fortuin scored 40 at the top of the order.
Hardus Viljoen, Sean Whitehead, Malcolm Nofal and Wayne Parnell each took two wickets for the Tuskers.
In reply, the Tuskers were bowled out for 181. Sean Gilson and Michael Erlank both made 34, while Parnell contributed 32.
Glenton Stuurman was the pick of the Boland bowlers with 4-31, supported by Yves Kamanzi (3-35), as the hosts controlled the chase through disciplined seam bowling.
In Potchefstroom, the clash between the Dragons and Lions was abandoned due to rain after the visitors had reached 229-3.
Zubayr Hamza was in superb touch, unbeaten on 115*, while Wiaan Mulder was 50* as the pair shared an unbroken 111-run stand.
Spinner Caleb Seleka was the Dragons’ most effective bowler with 1-46 in eight overs.
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