Johannesburg - Welcome rain in the North West robbed the Highveld Lions of a possible victory in the MTN40 match against the Dolphins on Wednesday.

The Dolphins won the rain-interrupted match by 21 runs, according to the Duckworth-Lewis method.

The Dolphns won the toss and elected to bat in overcast conditions on a wet outfield after more than 30mm of rain fell overnight in Potchefstroom.

The visitors were restricted to 216 runs in their alloted 38 overs after rain stopped play for a while and overs were deducted.

Hasim Amla was the mainstay of the Dolphins innings with a well played 78 from 90 deliveries (10x4). Andre Nel showed that he can still do it with his performance of 4/49 in his 7.5 overs. Friedel de Wet took 3/33.
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