Eagles swoop after Titans declare

Eagles 427 for 8 dec and 253 for 3 (Bailey 76*, van Wyk 74*, Dippenaar 54) beat Titans 458 for 8 dec and 216 for 7 dec (Petersen 67, Telemachus 3-52, van der Wath 3-42) by 7 wickets
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SuperSport Park lived up to its reputation of producing some exciting cricket as the match between the Titans and the Eagles went down to the wire with Ryan Bailey lofting Jacques Rudolph out of the park to secure victory for the Eagles with three balls to spare.

A game that was destined to be drawn ended in excitement as Daryll Cullinan made a sporting declaration, setting a target of 248 in 53 overs. The challenge was accepted with Davey Jacobs (11), Gerhardus Liebenberg (31) and Boeta Dippenaar (54) going after the bowling. However, Bailey (75 not out) and Morne van Wyk (74 not out) saw the Eagles home with an undefeated partnership of 131. The only mistake the Titans may have made was the slow run rate in the second innings when they were looking for the declaration.

Dolphins 388 and 135 for 2 (Watson 64, Adams 2-38) beat Western Province Boland 346 and 176 (Prince 80, Pollock 3-40) by 8 wickets
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At Kingsmead, in Durban, Shaun Pollock outshone his national team-mates as he secured the Man-of-the-Match award, having taken 7 wickets and scoring 66 runs in the match as the Dolphins beat the more fancied Western Province Boland team by a convincing margin of eight wickets. Ashwell Prince and Paul Adams held the Dolphins up for 33 overs in a 79-run partnership that looked threatening. Once Johann Louw had Prince caught at the wicket for 80, with JP Duminy absent hurt, the innings came to a close at 176 leaving a target of 135 runs. Doug Watson (64 not out) and Imraan Khan (31) gave the Dolphins a 75-run start, allowing Hashim Amla (31 not out), the new captain, to be at the crease when the winning runs were scored. However, there was bad news for both teams, with Mfuneko Ngam picking up a shoulder injury while Duminy broke a finger and Jacques Kallis laboured through a thigh strain.

Lions 375 and 194 for 5 dec. beat Warriors 173 and 215 (Jacobs 61, Terbrugge 4-54) by 181 runs
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Not even a power failure at Sedgars Park in Potchefstroom could stop the Lions from beating the Warriors convincingly by 181 runs. As in the first innings, the Warriors's batting woes continued with only Arno Jacobs (61 not out) able to come to terms with the balanced Lions attack. David Terbrugge took four second-innings wickets and was ably assisted by Andrew Hall and Charl Langeveldt, who picked up two each.