The first four rounds of the domestic 4-Day Series have offered some positives for the Proteas’ Test season on the bowling front, but little to inspire confidence with the bat, writes Ryan Vrede
Spinner Simon Harmer took 10 wickets in the match as the Northerns Titans thrashed Western Province by an innings and 139 runs at Newlands on Sunday.
The only Division One teams to have tasted victory in round one, the Central Gauteng Lions and the EP Warriors, will face off in round two of the 4-Day Series that gets under way on Friday.
The EP Warriors clinched a thrilling one-wicket victory over the Northerns Titans in Centurion on Monday.
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