A fine opening stand of 221 between Graeme Smith and Andrew Puttick put Nashua WP in the driving seat at the end of the first days play in the Supersport Series match against luckless Boland at BOE Park in Paarl.

WP skipper HD Ackerman won the toss on a placid pitch and elected to bat first. His decision was vindicated as WP reached 306/2 at the end of day one thanks mainly to centuries from Smith and Puttick. At the end Puttick was undefeated on 142 runs. Smith who dominted the latter stages of the parnership with Puttick was dismissed for 122. The other WP batter back in the hut was last weekends hero Jonathan Trott who fell to a brilliant catch at mid wicket.

The Boland bowlers struggled the entire day without much success.

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