Zimbabwe First-Class Matches 1997/98-2005/06

MIDLANDS v MATABELELAND Played at Kwekwe Sports Club, April 11, 12, 13, 2003. Matabeleland won by an innings and 77 runs. (Points: Midlands 5, Matabeleland 18) MATABELELAND 1 C.K.Coventry c Maregwede b Mutendera 24 2 M.A.Vermeulen run out (Mutendera/Maregwede) 68 3 R.J.King run out (Maregwede) 29 4 *B.G.Rogers c Maregwede b Sibanda 52 5 A.P.Hoffman c Viljoen b Sibanda 102 6 G.M.Ewing c Sibanda b Shah 212 7 †W.T.Siziba c Maregwede b Sibanda 3 8 K.M.Dabengwa b Shah 33 9 H.P.Rinke lbw b Shah 0 10 J.S.Nicolle b Viljoen 31 11 N.Mukondiwa not out 9 Extras b 5, lb 11, w 4, nb 15 35 —— 598 FoW (1): 1-41 (1), 2-120 (3), 3-163 (2), 4-194 (4), 5-382 (5), 6-410 (7), 7-497 (8), 8-497 (9), 9-554 (10), 10-598 (6) MIDLANDS 1 V.Sibanda c Coventry b Nicolle 34 c Coventry b Rinke 0 2 L.K.Mutyambizi c Dabengwa b Mukondiwa 0 c and b Ewing 18 3 T.Duffin c Siziba b Rinke 18 lbw b Ewing 39 4 *D.P.Viljoen b Mukondiwa 95 c Vermeulen b Rogers 16 5 †A.Maregwede c Vermeulen b Ewing 105 b Ewing 26 6 D.J.R.Campbell c Vermeulen b Rinke 26 c and b Ewing 4 7 C.Delport b Rinke 21 c Hoffman b Rogers 6 8 D.T.Mutendera c Siziba b Mukondiwa 17 b Ewing 4 9 S.Shah c Rogers b Rinke 14 not out 14 10 I.M.Coulson c Siziba b Rinke 0 c Dabengwa b Ewing 8 11 A.J.Ireland not out 1 c Rinke b Ewing 15 Extras b 2, lb 2, w 8, nb 15 27 b 5, lb 6, w 1, nb 1 13 —— —— 358 163 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-56 (3), 3-56 (1), 4-237 (5), 5-279 (6), 6-309 (4), 7-340 (8), 8-342 (7), 9-344 (10), 10-358 (9) FoW (2): 1-2 (1), 2-51 (2), 3-64 (3), 4-108 (5), 5-112 (4), 6-112 (6), 7-122 (8), 8-122 (7), 9-141 (10), 10-163 (11) Midlands Bowling O M R W Mutendera 10 0 80 1 14nb Shah 17.1 4 77 3 2w Sibanda 20 3 83 3 1w Viljoen 39 6 124 1 Coulson 27 0 103 0 Ireland 12 0 76 0 1w,1nb Delport 10 1 39 0 Matabeleland Bowling O M R W O M R W Nicolle 18 1 85 1 1w,1nb (2) 6 0 30 0 1nb Mukondiwa 11 1 61 3 14nb Rinke 22.2 4 56 5 6w (1) 5 2 11 1 1w Rogers 19 4 59 0 (5) 11 2 33 2 Hoffman 5 1 21 0 (4) 4 1 14 0 Ewing 31 5 61 1 1w (3) 17 3 64 7 Dabengwa 1 0 11 0 Umpires: M.A.Esat and M.Mhlanga. Toss: Matabeleland Close of Play: 1st day: Matabeleland (1) 497-6 (Ewing 154*, Dabengwa 33*, 98 overs); 2nd day: Midlands (1) 243-4 (Viljoen 69*, Campbell 4*, 76 overs). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. A.P.Hoffman’s 102 took 139 balls in 157 minutes and included 10 fours and 2 sixes. G.M.Ewing’s 212 took 267 balls in 333 minutes and included 19 fours and 5 sixes. A.Maregwede’s 105 took 163 balls in 186 minutes and included 14 fours and 1 six. 98