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Brilliant Ballance leads Mid West Rhinos win

Gary Ballance, nephew of former Zimbabwe batsman Dave Houghton, announced his arrival on the Zimbabwe cricket scene with a magnificent 135 not out to lead Mid West Rhinos to a two-wicket victory over Mashonaland Eagles at Kwekwe

Rhinos INNINGS		R	B
BM Chapungu	bowled	0	5
GS Ballance	not out	135	121
MH Wessels	run out	5	10
V Sibanda	bowled	58	55
MN Waller	lbw	9	12
F Kasteni	run out	3	8
SF Mire	caught	7	8
R Nyathi	run out	16	16
ML Nkala	caught	1	2
R Benade	not out	3	2
T Muzarabani
JM Lewis
DA Mavhiko
EXTRAS	(b 1, lb 3, w 9, nb 2)
TOTAL	252 (8 wkts; 39.3 ovs)

Eagles BOWLING	O	R	W	Econ
DT Hondo	8.0	31	3	3.87	(4w)
AJ Hall	8.0	46	0	5.75	(1nb)
IM Chinyoka	5.3	55	1	10.00	(1w)
PS Masvaure	2.0	11	0	5.50
CT Mutombodzi	7.0	39	0	5.57	(2w)
MRH Mbofana	6.0	47	1	7.83	(1nb, 1w)
F Mutizwa	3.0	19	0	6.33

Rhinos 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	BM Chapungu	GS Ballance
2nd	20	MH Wessels	GS Ballance
3rd	123	V Sibanda	GS Ballance
4th	16	MN Waller	GS Ballance
5th	13	F Kasteni	GS Ballance
6th	27	GS Ballance	SF Mire
7th	31	GS Ballance	R Nyathi
8th	6	ML Nkala	GS Ballance
9th	15	GS Ballance	R Benade