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

MANICALAND v MIDLANDS Played at Mutare Sports Club, April 18, 19, 20, 21, 2003. Midlands won by ten wickets. (Points: Manicaland 6, Midlands 19) MANICALAND 1 D.de Beer c Wishart b Ervine 2 c and b Ervine 74 2 *†N.R.Ferreira c Price b Viljoen 90 c Maregwede b Ervine 0 3 R.W.Sims b Sibanda 56 c Friend b Sibanda 45 4 G.M.Croxford c Viljoen b Friend 30 b Marillier 79 5 S.Matsikenyeri run out (Sibanda) 43 c and b Ervine 59 6 G.B.Brent c Viljoen b Sibanda 43 b Ervine 47 7 K.P.R.Went c Friend b Viljoen 38 (8) b Sibanda 28 8 N.B.Mahwire lbw b Ervine 0 (9) not out 12 9 A.L.Taylor c Wishart b Friend 40 (10) c Maregwede b Sibanda 4 10 J.M.Lewis not out 6 (7) b Ervine 5 11 L.J.Soma lbw b Viljoen 1 b Sibanda 0 Extras b 4, lb 9, w 3, nb 16 32 b 6, lb 4, w 3, nb 3 16 —— —— 381 369 FoW (1): 1-2 (1), 2-86 (3), 3-152 (4), 4-238 (5), 5-238 (2), 6-316 (7), 7-316 (8), 8-344 (6), 9-380 (9), 10-381 (11) FoW (2): 1-18 (2), 2-96 (3), 3-142 (1), 4-226 (5), 5-294 (6), 6-315 (7), 7-328 (4), 8-365 (8), 9-369 (10), 10-369 (11) MIDLANDS 1 T.Duffin c Ferreira b Mahwire 12 not out 23 2 V.Sibanda c Ferreira b Brent 48 not out 12 3 D.A.Marillier b Mahwire 3 4 C.B.Wishart c Ferreira b Brent 172 5 S.M.Ervine c de Beer b Matsikenyeri 126 6 *D.P.Viljoen not out 207 7 †A.Maregwede c Taylor b Matsikenyeri 55 8 T.J.Friend lbw b Sims 0 9 R.W.Price c and b Soma 36 10 I.M.Coulson not out 3 11 A.J.Ireland Extras b 5, lb 9, w 13, nb 21, pen 5 53 w 2, nb 2 4 —— —— (8 wickets, declared) 715 (no wicket) 39 FoW (1): 1-58 (1), 2-78 (3), 3-83 (2), 4-325 (5), 5-457 (4), 6-585 (7), 7-586 (8), 8-697 (9) Midlands Bowling O M R W O M R W Ervine 25 1 102 2 36 10 121 5 Friend 20 3 95 2 13 3 87 0 3w,2nb Sibanda 14 3 47 2 6 0 30 4 Price 29 8 69 0 43 14 52 0 1nb Marillier 4 0 28 0 (6) 11 3 23 1 Viljoen 11.1 1 27 3 (5) 9 1 46 0 Manicaland Bowling O M R W O M R W Brent 32 4 131 2 1 0 5 0 Soma 10 1 82 1 Mahwire 19 4 61 2 (2) 2 0 10 0 1w,1nb Taylor 9 0 54 0 (3) 3 0 20 0 1w,1nb Sims 41.4 6 163 1 Lewis 7 0 44 0 Matsikenyeri 28 2 161 2 Croxford (4) 2.5 2 4 0 Umpires: K.C.Barbour and R.B.Tiffin. Toss: Manicaland Close of Play: 1st day: Manicaland (1) 376-8 (Taylor 39*, Lewis 4*, 100 overs); 2nd day: Midlands (1) 458-5 (Viljoen 57*, Maregwede 1*, 93 overs); 3rd day: Manicaland (2) 201-3 (Croxford 36*, Matsikenyeri 37*, 53 overs). C.B.Wishart’s 172 took 180 balls in 279 minutes and included 28 fours and 2 sixes. S.M.Ervine’s 126 took 158 balls in 144 minutes and included 21 fours and 2 sixes. D.P.Viljoen’s 207 took 287 balls in 323 minutes and included 25 fours and 2 sixes. 99