Australia start their reply to 329 at Newlands without Steve Smith, Pirates and Durban City learn their African groups, Wandile Duba heads into derby week on a hat-trick, and Durban City play for the last quarter-final place.
Author: Lehlohonolo Scheepers
Lehlohonolo Scheepers
Lehlohonolo writes about South African sport for a living and thinks about it the rest of the time — football, rugby, cricket. Match reports, previews, profiles, the features that take a week. He is the reason ScoreLine's copy is clear, and the reason it gets checked twice before it reaches you. He supports Kaizer Chiefs, so he understands better than most that a result is never just a result. Gold and black, every weekend, no matter what the table says.
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Four days after the shoot-out in Durban, Wandile Duba scored all three goals in an 18-minute spell after half-time as Kaizer Chiefs beat TS Galaxy 3-0 at FNB Stadium to reach the knockout cup quarter-finals.
Tshepang Moremi scored twice and set up Thapelo Mokobodi as Orlando Pirates beat Milford 3-0 at Orlando Stadium to reach the knockout cup quarter-finals, with all three goals before half-time.
Marques Ackerman and Aiden Markram put on 158 for the first wicket, then Mitchell Starc took 6 for 72 as the Proteas lost their last nine wickets for 171. Australia bat on day two of the decider.
Siyanda Ndlovu scored after 20 minutes and Ricardo Goss kept Gallants out as Mamelodi Sundowns won 1-0 at Loftus Versfeld, four days after their CAF Champions League exit. Seven of the eight quarter-finalists are now known.
Day one of the Newlands decider with Gerald Coetzee in, three cup ties for the big three tonight, Sundowns looking for an answer, and Wednesday’s CAF draw for Pirates and Durban City.
The name belongs to a 1982 league champion that vanished in 1988. The club carrying it now moved from Pietermaritzburg in 2024, won the Nedbank Cup and is waiting for its first CAF group stage draw.
A five-day final starts at Newlands on Tuesday, the big three play cup ties that night, Sundowns look for a way forward, Durban City’s 6-1, and a Saturday clash for the couch.
Chiefs and Sundowns come home bruised from Africa, Pirates come home flying, and first-time Premiership side Milford visit the holders. Kick-off times, venues and what the coaches are saying before the last four ties of the round.
Chiefs out on penalties, the holders Sundowns out on away goals, Pirates and Durban City into the group stages. Plus a 92-point thriller in Cape Town, a hooter penalty at Loftus and what it all means before the Soweto Derby.