The Knights had a bat first at the Diamond Oval and scored 467-runs in their first innings with Aubrey Swanepoel leading the charge with 105-runs. Dian Forrester scored 86, while the captain Patrick Botha chipped in with 85, and Gihahn Cloete scored 61, with Pollard scoring 59.

The seasoned allrounder, Grant Thomson, was the pick of the Heat bowlers with 4/75 in 20-overs.

In reply, the Heat were bowled out for 233-runs in their second innings with Jason Oakes scoring 98 and Thomson scoring 41.

The spin twins, Dane Piedt and Monde Maqunqu did the damage with the ball for the Knights with six-wickets between them. Piedt took 3/82 in 26-overs, while Maqunqu took 3/52 in 14-overs.

Instead of enforcing the follow-on the Knights had a bat again and declared their second innings on 321/4 after 54.4 overs. Forrester scored his maiden first-class century, with 127-runs, while Botha continued his purple patch with the bat by scoring 98, before being trapped lbw.

The Heat required a mammoth 556-runs in their second innings for the win, but were bowled out for 194.

This time Thomson was run out for 45-runs, while Oakes scored 41.

The allrounder, Matthew Pollard, was the Chief destroyer for the Knights with 5/43 in 19 overs for his first five-for in first-class cricket.

Piedt was among the wickets again with 3/72 in 30.5 overs to better his performance with the ball in the first innings.

Botha is the leading run-scorer after two rounds with 395-runs at an average of 197.50, while Forrester is in third, with exactly 300-runs at an average of 150.00. Piedt leads the wicket-taking charts with 11 sticks in four innings. Nipho Mpungose is in third with 9 wickets.

The Knights have a comfortable lead at the top of the table with 54.6 points from their back-to-back victories.

The Knights next game will start on 7 December when they face the Mpumalanga Rhinos in White River.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport