A day earlier the teams had squared the three-day cup match also thanks to some generous downpours in East London over the weekend

South Africa beat Pakistan in Wanderers nail-biter

SA's players know they always have to be on their 'A' game

NCC are hard put to shake off a lingering perception that they are poor travellers

Kimberley team has to reverse poor run in CSA Provincial competitions

Also drawn in Group B with South Africa are Pakistan, with the final member of the pool still to be determined through qualifying

The South African team didn’t lay a charge themselves, but the match referee, Ranjan Madugalle of Sri Lanka, has started the procedure of investigation.