BORDER skipper Pieter Strydom rescued his team by scoring an unbeaten 60 in a Super Eight match against Free State in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Border were struggling at 87 for four when Strydom and wicketkeeper Ian Mitchell came together and set the scoreboard ticking.
Earlier, opening bat Piet Botha scored 51, but his opening partner Brad White was dismissed for 15 runs caught at gulley by Andrew Gait off the bowling of Yorkshire paceman Mathhew Hoggard, who is playing his first match this season for Free State.
The second wicket to go before lunch was that of Stephen Pope. He was caught by Boeta Dippenaar at point for 14 runs off the bowling of Dewald Pretorius.
Pretorius got two more scalps in consecutive overs shortly after lunch when he claimed the wickets of Wayne Wiblin (4) and then Botha (51).
Play was abandoned shortly after 4pm due to rain.
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