Albertyn hat-trick topples Titans

A hat-trick from Boland's Wallace Albertyn stopped Northerns Titans' bid for a Standard Bank Cup semi-final place dead in its tracks as the home side slipped to an 11-run defeat at SuperSport Park on Friday while Western Province crushed Eastern Province by eight wickets in Port Elizabeth and North West swept to a 101-run victory over Easterns in Benoni.

Albertyn picked off Mulligan George, Friedel de Wet and Dewald Senekal in the 44th over of the innings as the Titans faltered in their chase for Boland's 213 for eight. Alberty finished with four for 31 as the Titans eventually managed only 202 for nine in their 45 overs. Boland's James Henderson took the man of the match award for his 77 which provided the basis of the Boland score.

In Benoni Easterns were bundled out for 161 in reply to North West's 262 for five with Eugene Moleon (three for 16) and Garth Roe (three for 46) doing most of the damage. Grant Rowley's 88 and a 50 from Dirkie de Vos had lifted North West to their imposing total earlier in the day.

Despite having to chase a revised target of 203 in 41 overs, WP made light work of EP at St George's Park with Graeme Smith (73) and Lloyd Ferreira (62) putting on 142 for the first wicket.

EP had earlier struggled to 185 for seven in 41 overs.