The Titans were bowled out for 307 runs on day one in the capital city, with Matthew Boast with 75 and Corbin Bosch with 69, who top-scored for the Titans. The former Knights batter Keegan Petersen scored 66. Tiaan van Vuuren was the pick of the Knights bowlers with 3/63, while the captain Dane Piedt took 2/61.

In reply, the Knights were bowled out for 193 runs in 69 overs with Lesego Senokwane scoring 34, while Patrick Botha scored 31. Van Vuuren scored a patient 29 at the backend of the innings, while the all-rounders, Aubrey Swanepoel and Dian Forrester each scored 28.

Dane Piedt. Photo: Morgan Piek

The left-arm spinner, Tsepo Ndwandwa, did the damage with the ball for the Sky Blues by taking 5/33, for his second fiver-for of the series. A week prior he took 5/124 against the Dolphins at Kingsmead in Durban. Merrick Brett in turn took 3/46, while Boast took 2/33.

At stumps in their second innings, the Titans were on 51/3 with Matthew Pollard taking all three wickets for the Knights. The dangerous Dewald Brevis and Petersen were dismissed for 4 and 2 respectively, while Joshua van Heerden was bowled out for 7. At stumps, Pollard had outstanding figures on 3/14 after 9 overs.

Play at SuperSport Park is set to resume at 10:00 on Thursday morning.

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