Warriors demolished eagles by 261 runs, in the only results of the second taking place at Port Elizabeth. Amo Jacobs and Ashwell prince, helped Warriors reach a total of 256. In a disastrous innings by the eagles, who were dismissed for only 28, Ryan Bailey was the only one who managed to reach double figures in this cricket match. It was Makhaya Ntini and Lonwabo Tsotsobe who spearheaded the destruction of the Eagles.
The Eagles were faced with a target of 500 runs, which was an impossible task after the emotional scars incurred during the first innings. Juan Theron took seven wickets in the second innings and wrapped up the match on the final day.
Imraan Khan was the Player of the week, who played a splendid innings and scored centuries in both the innings (115 and 103) against the Lions.Khan is of Indian origin, who had led the South African under 19 team on their tour of England in 2003. He has scored 3108 runs since than with an average of 36.56. He was also amongst the star performers in the Emerging players cricket  Tournament, held in July 2008.

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