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

MANICALAND v MASHONALAND Played at Mutare Sports Club, September 12, 13, 14, 15, 2003. Match drawn. (Points: Manicaland 13, Mashonaland 13) MANICALAND 1 *†N.R.Ferreira c Taibu b Mwayenga 8 b Taibu 18 2 T.R.Gripper c Ebrahim b Taylor 234 lbw b Taibu 61 3 R.W.Sims c Evans b Hondo 23 lbw b Taibu 5 4 S.Matsikenyeri c Taibu b Flower 27 c Carlisle b Blignaut 10 5 B.G.Rogers c Taibu b Flower 25 c Taibu b Hondo 13 6 K.J.Taibu lbw b Flower 0 (7) c Taibu b Hondo 2 7 G.B.Brent b Blignaut 36 (6) b Hondo 82 8 H.P.Rinke b Taylor 27 c Taibu b Ruswa 46 9 I.M.Chinyoka lbw b Ruswa 45 not out 19 10 P.Utseya lbw b Butterworth 27 not out 1 11 N.B.Mahwire not out 19 Extras b 4, lb 3, w 8, nb 37 52 b 12, lb 8, w 3, nb 8 31 —— —— 523 (8 wickets, declared) 288 FoW (1): 1-36 (1), 2-101 (3), 3-154 (4), 4-207 (5), 5-207 (6), 6-289 (7), 7-397 (8), 8-446 (2), 9-489 (10), 10-523 (9) FoW (2): 1-80 (2), 2-88 (3), 3-101 (1), 4-114 (4), 5-122 (5), 6-126 (7), 7-221 (8), 8-287 (6) MASHONALAND 1 B.R.M.Taylor c Gripper b Brent 11 (2) lbw b Gripper 34 2 R.E.Butterworth b Brent 4 (3) not out 12 3 S.V.Carlisle c Gripper b Rinke 41 (4) not out 17 4 *†T.Taibu c Rinke b Chinyoka 12 5 C.N.Evans run out (Matsikenyeri) 50 6 D.D.Ebrahim b Chinyoka 0 (1) c Sims b Gripper 28 7 A.M.Blignaut c Sims b Gripper 194 8 T.P.Ruswa c Sims b Mahwire 10 9 D.T.Hondo not out 85 10 W.Mwayenga c Sims b Matsikenyeri 5 11 G.W.Flower absent 0 Extras b 12, lb 12, w 5, nb 7 36 lb 4, w 1 5 —— —— 448 (2 wickets) 96 FoW (1): 1-8 (2), 2-26 (1), 3-70 (4), 4-78 (3), 5-83 (6), 6-190 (5), 7-202 (8), 8-439 (7), 9-448 (10) FoW (2): 1-66 (1), 2-69 (2) Mashonaland Bowling O M R W O M R W Blignaut 19 1 97 1 1w,25nb 11 2 25 1 2w,2nb Hondo 27 7 89 1 1w,2nb 13 5 29 3 Mwayenga 18 4 51 1 6nb 23 6 71 0 2nb Butterworth 5 0 28 1 2w 5 0 35 0 1nb Ruswa 20.5 1 109 1 2w,4nb (7) 8 0 51 1 3nb Flower 28 5 61 3 Evans 1.3 0 2 0 2w Carlisle 13.3 2 43 0 (6) 3 0 9 0 Taylor 14 1 36 2 Taibu (5) 20 9 48 3 Manicaland Bowling O M R W O M R W Mahwire 24 3 111 1 (2) 7 0 33 0 Brent 26 4 111 2 (1) 6 3 12 0 Rinke 14 2 49 1 8 4 19 0 Chinyoka 8 1 42 2 Gripper 21 7 43 1 (4) 8 1 27 2 Utseya 3 0 10 0 (5) 2 1 1 0 Sims 8 1 28 0 Matsikenyeri 4.4 1 30 1 Umpires: K.C.Barbour and D.Maphosa. Toss: Mashonaland Close of Play: 1st day: Manicaland (1) 333-6 (Gripper 160*, Rinke 11*, 98 overs); 2nd day: Mashonaland (1) 186-5 (Evans 50*, Blignaut 54*, 51 overs); 3rd day: Manicaland (2) 113-3 (Matsikenyeri 10*, Rogers 9*, 38 overs). T.R.Gripper’s 234 took 371 balls in 492 minutes and included 37 fours. A.M.Blignaut’s 194 took 282 balls in 317 minutes and included 36 fours and 2 sixes. 103