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

MASHONALAND v MATABELELAND Played at Harare Sports Club, September 19, 20, 21, 22, 2003. Mashonaland won by 131 runs. (Points: Mashonaland 18, Matabeleland 6.5) MASHONALAND 1 D.D.Ebrahim c Dabengwa b Streak 8 c Siziba b Mbangwa 70 2 B.R.M.Taylor c Dabengwa b Mbangwa 30 c Mbangwa b Streak 32 3 S.V.Carlisle c Mukondiwa b Ewing 32 not out 181 4 *†T.Taibu c Vermeulen b Streak 5 run out 31 5 C.N.Evans c Nkala b Mbangwa 60 c Siziba b Streak 4 6 E.Chigumbura b Ewing 11 c Hoffman b Dabengwa 32 7 A.M.Blignaut c Dabengwa b Hoffman 49 lbw b Ewing 45 8 R.E.Butterworth not out 38 not out 29 9 T.P.Ruswa lbw b Hoffman 0 10 W.Mwayenga b Ewing 5 11 J.S.Nicolle b Ewing 0 Extras b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 12, pen 5 32 b 9, lb 7, nb 2 18 —— —— 270 (6 wickets, declared) 442 FoW (1): 1-31 (1), 2-47 (2), 3-57 (4), 4-149 (3), 5-164 (5), 6-174 (6), 7-255 (7), 8-261 (9), 9-270 (10), 10-270 (11) FoW (2): 1-69 (2), 2-146 (1), 3-221 (4), 4-237 (5), 5-291 (6), 6-364 (7) MATABELELAND 1 †W.T.Siziba c Taibu b Blignaut 0 b Chigumbura 5 2 M.A.Vermeulen c Taibu b Chigumbura 53 lbw b Chigumbura 23 3 A.P.Hoffman c Taibu b Chigumbura 20 c Taylor b Nicolle 10 4 K.M.Dabengwa lbw b Chigumbura 21 (5) b Ruswa 31 5 M.L.Nkala c Ebrahim b Blignaut 8 (4) c Taibu b Blignaut 64 6 G.M.Ewing c Evans b Nicolle 82 c Taibu b Mwayenga 62 7 *H.H.Streak c Taylor b Nicolle 11 c Taibu b Nicolle 27 8 G.M.Strydom b Ruswa 59 b Nicolle 15 9 M.Mbangwa lbw b Ruswa 5 c Mwayenga b Ruswa 20 10 R.J.Bennett not out 3 not out 8 11 N.Mukondiwa c Taibu b Blignaut 7 c Evans b Nicolle 0 Extras lb 1, w 4, nb 15 20 b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 14 27 —— —— 289 292 FoW (1): 1-0 (1), 2-79 (2), 3-90 (3), 4-111 (5), 5-143 (4), 6-184 (7), 7-237 (6), 8-274 (9), 9-281 (8), 10-289 (11) FoW (2): 1-41 (2), 2-42 (1), 3-72 (3), 4-132 (5), 5-184 (4), 6-225 (6), 7-259 (8), 8-278 (7), 9-292 (9), 10-292 (11) Matabeleland Bowling O M R W O M R W Streak 16 7 28 2 1nb 21 8 59 2 Nkala 4 0 20 0 1w Mbangwa 12 2 36 2 17 10 31 1 Bennett 11 0 37 0 (2) 13 1 39 0 Mukondiwa 2 0 24 0 9nb (7) 2 0 18 0 Hoffman 14 3 52 2 2nb 5 3 6 0 Ewing 21.4 3 54 4 (4) 40 5 148 1 Dabengwa (5) 29 3 125 1 2nb Mashonaland Bowling O M R W O M R W Blignaut 16 2 88 3 7nb 18 3 63 1 10nb Mwayenga 6 0 54 0 4nb (4) 9 2 47 1 3nb Chigumbura 19 4 75 3 1nb (2) 13 2 68 2 1nb Nicolle 10 0 49 2 2nb (3) 17.4 4 61 4 Evans 2 0 16 0 4w Ruswa 6 3 6 2 1w (5) 13 4 41 2 Umpires: D.Kalan and T.J.Tapfumaneyi. Toss: Matabeleland Close of Play: 1st day: Matabeleland (1) 91-3 (Dabengwa 9*, Nkala 0*, 15 overs); 2nd day: Mashonaland (2) 134-1 (Ebrahim 66*, Carlisle 29*, 52 overs); 3rd day: Matabeleland (2) 82-3 (Nkala 28*, Dabengwa 0*, 16 overs). S.V.Carlisle’s 181 took 289 balls in 390 minutes and included 15 fours and 7 sixes. 106