Western Province se maer jare in this season’s CSA T20 Challenge continued on Sunday when they lost to the Dolphins by five wickets at Kingsmead.
The win was the hosts’ first in five attempts this season and condemned the Kapenaars to their fourth defeat this term.
With only one win to date and two matches to play, Province still have an outside chance of making the top four and thereby reaching the playoffs.
But judging by yesterday’s performance, it will be a gesukkel against the Knights and the Lions this week.
Sent in to bat first by their hosts, Province posted 167/6 in their 20 overs, with Jonathan Bird scoring 53 runs off 38 balls, while Andile Simelane took 3/44.
The score was a defendable one, but WP had to ken their storie with ball in hand.
Dolphins middle-order batsman Marques Ackerman then scored 74 off 47 and despite
Mihlali Mpongwana, who also scored 30*, taking 3/26, they just didn’t have enough skietgoed.