Sunday 22 November 2015 18:21, UK
Bizhub Highveld Lions beat Sunfoil Dolphins by six runs to close the gap on them in the push for a playoff place in the Ram Slam.
The Dolphins stay second in the table despite the defeat, while the Lions move into fourth, with the top three qualifying.
Ryan McLaren took a brilliant one-handed catch off his own bowling but couldn't prevent the Dolphins slipping to a third defeat in four.
The Dolphins won the toss and chose to bowl first, with McLaren (2-33) earning an early breakthrough with his terrific catch dismissing Rassie van der Dussan (nine).
Ayavuya Myoli (1-23) and Keshav Maharaj (1-29) added the strikes of Andre Malan (15) and Devon Conway (28) respectively but Alviro Petersen struck 60 from 41 balls to help fire the Lions to a decent score of 145-6 from their 20 overs.
Vaughn van Jaarsveld (42 off 28) got the Dolphins reply off to a flying start with four fours and three sixes in an enterprising knock, before falling to Aaron Phangiso (2-26), top-edging a sweep off the slow-left-arm bowler.
That put the breaks on the Dolphins innings, and although David Miller smashed 37 from 25 deliveries, Dwaine Pretorius took 4-22, including bowling Miller to lead the Lions to victory.
Elsewhere, VKB Knights lost a sixth game in six, slipping to a four-wicket defeat to Cape Cobras.
Promising 23-year-old South African Theunis de Bruyn scored 45 from 44 and overseas star Andre Russell smashed two sixes in a 20-ball 27 to help the Knights set the Cobras 141 to win.
But captain Justin Ontong hit 40 from 42 and the Cobras' own big hitter from the West Indies, Kieron Pollard, tonked 23 from 12 balls to see them home with three balls to spare.
Our Ram Slam coverage continues at 4pm on Wednesday when the bizhub Highveld Lions are back in action against the VKB Knights on Sky Sports 2.
