David Wiese and Dayyaan Galiem took six wickets, and Rivaldo Moonsamy's unbeaten 90 helped the Momentum Multiply Titans revive their pursuit of the T20 Challenge play-offs with an 8-wicket win over AET Tuskers at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday.
DP World Lions and Hollywoodbets Dolphins also had impressive victories, while Gbets Rocks caused an upset by defeating leaders Dafabet Warriors in Paarl.
Arguably, the performance of the day occurred on the Highveld where the defending champions chased down 142 in just 12.3 overs.
Right-handed opener Moonsamy was in destructive form, thrashing five sixes and 11 fours in an incredible 41-ball spectacle, almost single-handedly taking his side to a bonus point win. This was after the Titans’ bowlers dismissed their KwaZulu-Natal opponents, who were asked to bat first, for 141 in 19.4 overs.
Wiese, a veteran bowler, took 3/21, including a maiden, while Galiem took 3/24. The rest of the bowlers also performed well, with Lungi Ngidi taking 2/12 in 3 overs and Corbin Bosch nabbing 2/20. This victory moved the home team above World Sports Betting Western Province into fourth place.
The Cape side missed another opportunity to move ahead of the 2023 winners, suffering a heavy 8-wicket defeat to the Dolphins, who won with a bonus point in Cape Town.
Province batted first after winning the toss but was flattened for 96. Andile Simelane (3/12) and Prenelan Subrayen (3/18) were instrumental in the Durban side's victory with the ball.
The visitors chased down the target in just 11.1 overs with Khayelihle Zondo (35), Grant Roelofsen (21), Jon-Jon Smuts (16*), and Marques Ackerman (17*) all contributing to the score.
The Lions, who are currently in second place, also had a big win, defeating the Auto Investment North West Dragons by 10 wickets at DP World Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
Despite winning the toss and batting first, the Potchefstroom-based team could only manage a disappointing 85 all out.
All the bowlers performed well for the home team. Nqaba Peter, a rookie, stood out with figures of 3/22. Wiaan Mulder (2/9) and Lutho Sipamla (2/18) also took two wickets each.
Zubayr Hamza and Connor Esterhuizen both scored unbeaten 41 runs off 28 balls to help their team reach the target with 64 balls to spare.
In Paarl, Rocks won the toss and chose to bowl first. They restricted the Warriors to 127/8 at Eurolux Boland Park, with Matthew Breetzke top-scoring with 48.
Siyabonga Mahima and Christiaan Jonker collected 2/21 each. Keegan Petersen hit the highest innings score of 33 with support from Aviwe Mgijima (29) and Shaun von Berg (29). The hosts won with three overs to spare, handing the runaway leaders only their second loss of the season.
In the CSA Professional Women’s Domestic League, DP World Lions Women secured another second-place finish with a five-wicket victory against Hollywoodbets Dolphins at the DP World Wanderers.
The Lions finished runners-up in both the CSA Women's 1-Day Cup and T20 Challenge competitions. The inaugural CSA Professional Women's Domestic League concluded on Sunday.
Alexandra Candler continued her batting form with an unbeaten 62* as Dolphins were restricted to 121/6 in their 20 overs.
Madison Landsman and Kgomotso Rapoo of the Lions also took two wickets each in the 1-Day Cup final round.
Kirstie Thomson (42), Sunette Viljoen-Louw (32), and Diara Ramlakan (24) led a steady chase as the Lions reached the target with three balls to spare, ending the innings on 122/5.
At the Recreation Ground in Oudtshoorn, the hosts, Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers, needed a win and for the Lions to lose up north to finish as CSA Women’s T20 Challenge runners-up.
Recon Tactical Free State chose to bat first and set a target of 144 runs for their visitors.
Yolandi Potgieter led the charge with 71 off 51, guiding Free State to a score of 143/6.
Michaela Andrews was the chief wicket-taker, taking a total of four wickets, with figures of 2/14 in four overs and executing two run-outs.
Despite valiant efforts from Tabitha le Grange (48) and Andrews (37), the Free State bowlers were clinical in their defence, restricting the Badgers to 116/4 in 20 overs. As a result, the Bloemfontein-based side won by 27 runs.