Only two days previously, Jacques Rudolph struck a magnificent century and still saw his side Northerns beaten by another plucky display from Border as they took the most dramatic of 1-0 leads in this best-of-three semi-final of South Africa's

KwaZulu-Natal's prospects of Standard Bank Cup success this summer have been enhanced by the likelihood that Lance Klusener will be fit to play in the first leg semi-final against Eastern Province at St George's Park on Wednesday

The Standard Bank Cup round robin stage came to a dramatic end last night with the final semi-final spot only being decided on the last ball bowled after midnight in Benoni

The Border Bears earned themselves a place in the semi-finals of the Standard Bank Cup with a four-wicket win over hosts Boland on Wednesday night

Northerns Titans and KwaZulu-Natal Dolphins go into the final round of the Standard Bank Cup knowing that they are the only two teams to have reached the semi-final stage

Natal claimed a consummate seven-wicket win to finish on top of the final standings and earn a semi-final against the fourth-place finishers

Griqualand West outplayed Northerns in all departments to win by 63 runs with 5.1 overs remaining

Easterns, needing a victory to edge Eastern Province out of semi-final qualification, provided the disgruntled fans who braved a chilly Willowmoore Park until the midnight finish with a masterclass on the art of throwing a game away, as they

The Highveld Strikers ended the limited-overs portion of their season of discontent with another defeat, their seventh in 10 Standard Bank Cup outings, although they mounted a courageous attempt to reach a target that rain had seen revised to 220 off