- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.4 this time he has the nick of the front foot , straight to keeper ,Katsande, who takes it at ease 30/126.3 Trenchard is out! flicks it straight to square leg , Mlambo , who takes a simple catch. Mountaineers strike 66/362.4 oh my ! Mupariwa looks to defends and mistimes it, the ball popped up in the air just above Mlambo at sill mid off , takes he sitter comfortably.Thats the 8th wicket down 159/867.4 leans forward to defend and was beaten for pace, he gets bowled, Tuskers are nine down for 193, not looking good 193/968.2 all over for Ncube! he leans forward and launches it to the clouds towards deep mid on , Mawoyo , who makes a few steps to the back and forth, waits for it for a moment as it comes down and finally takes the catch 195/10Extras10 (b 2, lb 6, nb 2)TOTAL195 all out (68.2 Overs, RR: 2.85, 260 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Bradley Staddon, 12.4 ov), 2-31 (Charles Coventry, 13.1 ov), 3-66 (Steven Trenchard, 26.3 ov), 4-71 (Keith Dabengwa, 29.3 ov), 5-103 (Keegan Meth, 39.5 ov), 6-103 (Mbekezeli Mabuza, 40.5 ov), 7-118 (Tafadzwa Ngulube, 48.3 ov), 8-159 (Tawanda Mupariwa, 62.4 ov), 9-193 (Chris Mpofu, 67.4 ov), 10-195 (Njabulo Ncube, 68.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB TL Chatara 20 6 58 3 2.90 0 0 DT Tiripano 6 3 7 0 1.16 0 0 SW Masakadza 11 2 33 2 3.00 0 0 N M'shangwe 13.2 3 44 3 3.30 0 0 T Maruma 13 2 35 2 2.69 0 2 P Utseya 5 3 10 0 2.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 Meth takes the first ! Mawoyo leans forward, looking to drive a fullish delivery, mistimes it and gets a thick out side edge to second slip Mabuza 5/167.2 Meth takes his sixth, Masakadza gave him self some roo looking to clear the long of boundary, misses the ball completly and Meth up roots the middle stump 239/109.5 Meth on a hat-rick ball,leans forward , Beukes , looking to defend his first ball and got hit on the pads , Tiffin couldn't agree more with the appeal, Tuskers strike 38/317.3 Meth on fire, Tiripano leans forward to push the ball in to the covers but nicks it straight to Dabengwa at gully, who makes no mistake, Meth takes his fourth 52/446.5 oh no ! leans foward to sweep , gets beaten and was cleanly bowled. tuskers strike 160/655.4 short ball and Katsande goes for the pull, doesnt connect well, finds the top edge to Ncube at fine leg who takes a few steps in and gets the catch 177/7Extras18 (lb 11, nb 5, w 2)TOTAL239 all out (67.2 Overs, RR: 3.54, 335 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Tino Mawoyo, 1.3 ov), 2-38 (Bernard Mlambo, 9.4 ov), 3-38 (Jonathan Beukes, 9.5 ov), 4-52 (Donald Tiripano, 17.3 ov), 5-76 (Timycen Maruma, 26.5 ov), 6-160 (Prosper Utseya, 46.5 ov), 7-177 (Benjamin Katsande, 55.4 ov), 8-213 (Shingi Masakadza, 63.5 ov), 9-236 (Tendai Chatara, 66.1 ov), 10-239 (Hamilton Masakadza, 67.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CB Mpofu 16 4 76 1 4.75 2 3 KO Meth 19.2 8 40 6 2.06 0 0 N Ncube 10 2 35 1 3.50 0 2 J Nyumbu 12 2 53 1 4.41 0 0 T Mupariwa 10 5 24 1 2.40 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR19.4 looking to clear the mid wicket boundary by a sweep shot , misses and got hit on the pads , Utseya appeals and gets the break through for Mountaineers 65/142.1 Masakadza takes Coventry ! gets foward looking to defend and got hit on the front foot , Mountainners were up with the appeal, Tiffin raises his index finger 119/441.3 early wicket for Mountaineers, Trenchard leans foward and pops it up wide of diving mid wicket , who takes the catch safley 116/383.1 Ngulube falls to the new ball ! pitched out side off and Ngulube follows it only to find a top edge looking to drive into the covers, Katsande takes with a dive foward 218/699.3 Meth goes , goes foward and drives it in the air towards diving cover , who takes the catch 275/996.1 misses it completely, Mupariwa goes to the frnt looking to play defensivly , misses it and , Maruma uproots middle and off stump 267/796.2 Mpofu goes back gets foward for the sweep and gets hit on the pads , maruma ask's the question and Tiffin agrees, goes for a duck 267/8Extras8 (lb 2, nb 3, w 3)TOTAL290 all out (103.3 Overs, RR: 2.8, 397 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Bradley Staddon, 19.4 ov), 2-81 (Mbekezeli Mabuza, 30.4 ov), 3-116 (Steven Trenchard, 41.3 ov), 4-119 (Charles Coventry, 42.1 ov), 5-176 (Keith Dabengwa, 69.1 ov), 6-218 (Tafadzwa Ngulube, 83.1 ov), 7-267 (Tawanda Mupariwa, 96.1 ov), 8-267 (Chris Mpofu, 96.2 ov), 9-275 (Keegan Meth, 99.3 ov), 10-290 (Njabulo Ncube, 103.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SW Masakadza 19 7 48 2 2.52 1 0 TL Chatara 19 1 61 2 3.21 2 3 DT Tiripano 9 0 39 1 4.33 0 0 N M'shangwe 20.3 5 55 1 2.68 0 0 P Utseya 24 7 37 2 1.54 0 0 T Maruma 12 2 48 2 4.00 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.4 Mawoyo walks back ! leans foward to defend and was beaten only to find an out side edge stright to Ngulube , who takes it cleanly 29/124.1 Dabengwa takes Mlambo of his first ball of the game ! pitches it short and Mlambo clobbers it hard and low straight into the hands of Trenchard at deep mid wicket 94/230 That a huge blow for the goats ! Masakadza leans foward to defends and nicks it to Ngulube who makes full use of his gloves 100/335.3 Mountaineers are slidding here, Buekes has been trapped on the front foot looking to defend , Meth goes for the appeal and Chirombe thinks he is out,tuskers strikes 118/439.5 oh my ! Katsande goes back , Meth takes his sixth, leans foward and nicks it to Ngulube , who makes good use of his gloves, Tuskers are all ove the Mountaineers here 125/747.5 Masakadza departs, comes down the track , tries to work it to the on side , misses and Ngulube distroyes the furniture 155/863 its ll over for the Mountaineers, Mushangwe couldnt connect it well and he lofts it high and raising , Coventry once again goes under it , took the catch.Ran across the field, soas his team mates, Well done Tuskers 228/10Extras5 (lb 4, nb 1)TOTAL228 all out (63 Overs, RR: 3.61, 286 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Tino Mawoyo, 9.4 ov), 2-94 (Bernard Mlambo, 24.1 ov), 3-100 (Hamilton Masakadza, 29.6 ov), 4-118 (Jonathan Beukes, 35.3 ov), 5-121 (Donald Tiripano, 37.4 ov), 6-125 (Prosper Utseya, 39.2 ov), 7-125 (Benjamin Katsande, 39.5 ov), 8-155 (Shingi Masakadza, 47.5 ov), 9-224 (Timycen Maruma, 62.2 ov), 10-228 (Natsai M'shangwe, 62.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CB Mpofu 10 3 48 1 4.80 0 0 KO Meth 23 9 69 7 3.00 0 0 N Ncube 9 3 38 0 4.22 0 0 B Staddon 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 1 J Nyumbu 4 0 13 0 3.25 0 0 KM Dabengwa 12 2 40 1 3.33 0 0 T Mupariwa 3 0 7 0 2.33 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Player Of The Match
Series result
Season
Hours of play (local time)
Match days
Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Wed, 30 Mar - day 1 - Mountaineers 1st innings 56/4 (H Masakadza 18*, T Maruma 0*, 19 ov)
- Thu, 31 Mar - day 2 - Matabeleland Tuskers 2nd innings 116/2 (CK Coventry 24*, SM Trenchard 23*, 41 ov)
- Fri, 1 Apr - day 3 - Mountaineers 2nd innings 99/2 (H Masakadza 13*, DT Tiripano 1*, 27 ov)
- Sat, 2 Apr - day 4 - Mountaineers 2nd innings 228 (63 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- 9th wicket partnership: 50 off 79 balls in 37 mins, 5x4, 3x6 (Maruma 28*, Chatara 22*)
- T Maruma 50 off 82 balls in 118 mins, 2x4, 4x6
- 100 off 171 balls in 126 mins, 15x4, 2x6
- 150 off 280 balls in 211 mins, 19x4, 3x6
- 200 off 342 balls in 254 mins, 23x4, 7x6
- B Staddon 50 off 56 balls in 76 mins, 8x4
- 1st wicket partnership: 50 off 95 balls in 67 mins, 8x4 (Mabuza 10*, Staddon 40*)
- 5th wicket partnership: 50 off 111 balls in 73 mins, 6x4, 1x6 (Dabengwa 33*, Ngulube 16*)
- KO Meth 50 off 79 balls in 97 mins, 6x4
- 150 off 320 balls in 207 mins, 20x4, 1x6
- 200 off 456 balls in 279 mins, 25x4, 1x6
- 250 off 562 balls in 354 mins, 30x4, 1x6
- Mountaineers 2nd innings
- 50 off 69 balls in 45 mins, 8x4
- B Mlambo 50 off 61 balls in 94 mins, 11x4
- 2nd wicket partnership: 50 off 71 balls in 57 mins, 11x4, 1x6 (Mlambo 43*, H Masakadza 8*)
- H Masakadza 50 off 98 balls in 167 mins, 9x4, 1x6
- 100 off 206 balls in 180 mins, 13x4, 1x6
- 6th wicket partnership: 50 off 80 balls in 62 mins, 9x4 (H Masakadza 25*, Utseya 23*)
- H Masakadza 100 off 195 balls in 307 mins, 14x4, 3x6
- 150 off 270 balls in 226 mins, 20x4, 1x6
- 200 off 367 balls in 295 mins, 24x4, 1x6
- Matabeleland Tuskers 2nd innings
- 50 off 95 balls in 67 mins, 8x4
- 100 off 217 balls in 133 mins, 13x4
- Matabeleland Tuskers 1st innings
- 50 off 118 balls in 80 mins, 5x4
- MM Mabuza 50 off 108 balls in 139 mins, 6x4
- 50 off 118 balls in 80 mins, 5x4
- 100 off 233 balls in 147 mins, 8x4, 1x6
- 150 off 358 balls in 226 mins, 14x4, 1x6
- Mountaineers 1st innings
- 50 off 105 balls in 93 mins, 6x4
- On-Line Scorer - Freeman Chigovera
- 12th man: B Chari and G Chirimuuta
Match Coverage
All Match NewsMagnificent Meth stars in Tuskers win
Matabeleland Tuskers are the new Logan Cup champions, allrounder Keegan Meth recording match figures of 13 for 109 to set up an 18-run win over Mountaineers
Climactic fourth day looms
The new Logan Cup champions will be crowned at Mutare Sports Club on Saturday, and though this game could still go either way, the dazzling strokeplay of Bernard Mlambo in the final session gave Mountaineers the edge
Masakadza ton lights up second day
The see-sawing battle at Mutare Sports Club continued into the second day, an imperious century from Hamilton Masakadza matching Keegan Meth's six-wicket haul
Bowlers dominate opening day of Logan Cup final
The bowlers dominated the opening day of the Logan Cup final between Mountaineers and Matabeleland Tuskers at Mutare Sports Club, with 14 wickets falling for 251 runs