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

MIDLANDS v MATABELELAND Played at Kwekwe Sports Club, March 17, 18, 19, 2000. Midlands won by 14 runs. (Points: Midlands 17, Matabeleland 6) MIDLANDS 1 R.W.Price c Gilmour b Townshend 4 b Engelbrecht 76 2 P.B.Breese c Gilmour b Commerford 2 c van Rensburg b Ebrahim 7 3 D.A.Marillier c Gilmour b Abrams 133 c Abrams b Brown 33 4 K.M.Connelly c Gilmour b Townshend 0 (7) c sub b Commerford 7 5 G.R.Savory lbw b Abrams 32 (6) lbw b Engelbrecht 29 6 †E.R.Marillier b Brown 14 (8) not out 46 7 G.D.Ferreira lbw b Abrams 7 (4) c Vermeulen b Engelbrecht 26 8 C.A.Grant c Brown b Abrams 8 (9) c Engelbrecht b Abrams 0 9 D.T.Mutendera c Townshend b Engelbrecht 0 (5) b Vermeulen 51 10 N.V.Saunders c van Rensburg b Engelbrecht 0 lbw b Abrams 0 11 *C.J.Sanders not out 0 lbw b Abrams 1 Extras b 2, w 2 4 lb 3, w 1, nb 2 6 —— —— 204 282 FoW (1): 1-6 (2), 2-6 (1), 3-10 (4), 4-78 (5), 5-137 (6), 6-177 (7), 7-187 (8), 8-188 (9), 9-204 (3), 10-204 (10) FoW (2): 1-32 (2), 2-90 (3), 3-126 (4), 4-185 (1), 5-199 (5), 6-229 (6), 7-253 (7), 8-254 (9), 9-274 (10), 10-282 (11) MATABELELAND 1 W.T.Siziba c E.R.Marillier b Mutendera 3 c D.A.Marillier b Sanders 35 2 C.K.Coventry lbw b Price 10 c Price b Mutendera 9 3 M.A.Vermeulen c Grant b Sanders 197 lbw b Mutendera 1 4 D.D.Ebrahim c Savory b Price 0 c Grant b Ferreira 43 5 *M.D.Abrams run out (Savory/E.R.Marillier) 1 (6) c Connelly b Ferreira 12 6 N.R.van Rensburg c Savory b Ferreira 16 (8) c Mutendera b Price 7 7 †W.Gilmour c Mutendera b Ferreira 3 (10) not out 33 8 S.R.Commerford c Saunders b Ferreira 21 (5) c Breese b Sanders 2 9 I.A.Engelbrecht c Connelly b Ferreira 0 c E.R.Marillier b Ferreira 28 10 M.W.Townshend not out 32 (7) st E.R.Marillier b Ferreira 1 11 S.P.Brown c Breese b Price 0 c E.R.Marillier b Ferreira 0 Extras b 2, lb 1, w 5, nb 1 9 b 2, lb 6, w 1 9 —— —— 292 180 FoW (1): 1-4 (1), 2-26 (2), 3-40 (4), 4-63 (5), 5-126 (6), 6-130 (7), 7-154 (8), 8-165 (9), 9-277 (3), 10-292 (11) FoW (2): 1-17 (2), 2-25 (3), 3-79 (1), 4-83 (5), 5-101 (6), 6-108 (4), 7-112 (7), 8-124 (8), 9-172 (9), 10-180 (11) Matabeleland Bowling O M R W O M R W Townshend 14 4 38 2 2w (2) 8 2 28 0 1nb Commerford 12 7 12 1 (1) 20 4 64 1 1nb Engelbrecht 18.2 2 52 2 (5) 30 9 70 3 Brown 14 1 54 1 (6) 17 4 62 1 Abrams 16 4 46 4 (3) 14 1 34 3 1w Ebrahim (4) 4 2 2 1 Vermeulen (7) 9 2 19 1 Midlands Bowling O M R W O M R W Mutendera 20 7 74 1 1nb 14 1 24 2 Saunders 9 3 26 0 1w Sanders 16 6 45 1 1w (2) 18 7 45 2 1w Price 40.2 12 78 3 (3) 14 3 41 1 Ferreira 16 2 55 4 (4) 11.3 1 45 5 D.A.Marillier 2 0 7 0 (5) 3 0 17 0 Grant 1 0 4 0 Umpires: P.Edwards and T.J.Tapfumaneyi and W.A.Vaughan-Davies. Toss: Matabeleland Close of Play: 1st day: Matabeleland (1) 82-4 (Vermeulen 61*, van Rensburg 4*, 37 overs); 2nd day: Midlands (2) 130-3 (Price 59*, Mutendera 3*, 53 overs). D.A.Marillier’s 133 took 214 balls in 231 minutes and included 12 fours and 3 sixes. M.A.Vermeulen’s 197 took 268 balls in 316 minutes and included 18 fours and 8 sixes. 35