Lesiba Ngoepe, the NWU Dragons' captain, won the toss and elected to bowl first in their CSA One-Day Cup encounter against the Knights at the JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom, on Saturday afternoon.

In Game of Thrones, they battled dragons and armies of the undead. But in real life, Kit Harington and Rose Leslie may have come up against their most obdurate foe yet – the humble bat.

The echo of snowplows scrapping pavement will soon be replaced with the ‘ting’ of metal bat meeting ball ... a lot better chance this year.” The Dragons went 12-9 overall last year, and ...