The first encounter Gauteng had in teh Super Sport Series ended as a convincing win for the visitors as they beat Griqualand Diamonds with an innings to spare.

With scores totalling over 1200 runs in 4 days, the match was certainly a batsman's paradise with the our bowlers not losing out either. Man of the Match Clive Eksteen can boast early season figures of 39-21-54-5.

Griquas opened the scoring and set a challenging 400/4 decl. Gauteng responded with 640/5 decl leaving Griquas 260 behind. The visiting team wasted no time in despatching the Griquas second nnings batsemn for a disappointing 147 all out.

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