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

MASHONALAND v MATABELELAND Played at Harare Sports Club, October 18, 19, 20, 2002. Mashonaland won by ten wickets. (Points: Mashonaland 20, Matabeleland 3) MATABELELAND 1 G.J.Rennie c Evans b Blignaut 5 run out 7 2 M.A.Vermeulen c Evans b Blignaut 1 c Taibu b Blignaut 153 3 C.K.Coventry b Mackay 8 lbw b Mackay 4 4 B.G.Rogers c G.W.Flower b Murphy 55 c A.Flower b G.W.Flower 24 5 A.P.Hoffman c Ebrahim b Mbwembwe 11 lbw b Gripper 10 6 M.L.Nkala b Gripper 10 c Mbwembwe b G.W.Flower 42 7 G.M.Ewing b Murphy 19 (8) c Ebrahim b G.W.Flower 0 8 †W.T.Siziba st Taibu b Murphy 0 (7) c Taibu b G.W.Flower 1 9 *M.Mbangwa not out 31 (11) lbw b Blignaut 0 10 K.M.Dabengwa c Mbwembwe b G.W.Flower 0 (9) b Blignaut 5 11 J.S.Nicolle c A.Flower b G.W.Flower 0 (10) not out 4 Extras lb 1 1 b 20, lb 4, w 3, nb 2 29 —— —— 141 279 FoW (1): 1-5 (2), 2-14 (1), 3-14 (3), 4-37 (5), 5-62 (6), 6-89 (7), 7-89 (8), 8-126 (4), 9-129 (10), 10-141 (11) FoW (2): 1-37 (1), 2-42 (3), 3-82 (4), 4-112 (5), 5-209 (6), 6-217 (7), 7-217 (8), 8-250 (9), 9-279 (2), 10-279 (11) MASHONALAND 1 S.V.Carlisle c Vermeulen b Nicolle 25 not out 3 2 T.R.Gripper c Hoffman b Nicolle 43 not out 0 3 D.D.Ebrahim c Coventry b Ewing 5 4 G.W.Flower c Siziba b Nkala 150 5 A.Flower c Vermeulen b Ewing 115 6 C.N.Evans b Nkala 21 7 †T.Taibu b Nkala 0 8 *B.A.Murphy b Ewing 23 9 A.M.Blignaut c Vermeulen b Ewing 10 10 A.J.Mackay c Dabengwa b Ewing 6 11 A.Mbwembwe not out 0 Extras b 1, lb 4, w 2, nb 10 17 b 4, w 1 5 —— —— 415 (no wicket) 8 FoW (1): 1-69 (2), 2-74 (3), 3-74 (1), 4-346 (5), 5-354 (4), 6-354 (7), 7-399 (6), 8-399 (8), 9-410 (9), 10-415 (10) Mashonaland Bowling O M R W O M R W Blignaut 9 2 36 2 16.5 5 40 3 2w Mackay 7 2 10 1 8 3 24 1 2nb Mbwembwe 5 3 8 1 Gripper 10 3 23 1 (3) 16 2 41 1 Murphy 12 3 53 3 21 3 80 0 1w G.W.Flower 8.4 4 10 2 (4) 37 11 70 4 Matabeleland Bowling O M R W O M R W Nkala 23 4 110 3 1w,1nb 1 0 2 0 1w Mbangwa 3 2 4 0 Nicolle 11 2 52 2 1w,2nb Ewing 37.1 8 109 5 3nb (2) 0.5 0 2 0 Dabengwa 13 0 60 0 Coventry 3 0 16 0 Hoffman 9 0 35 0 Rogers 4 1 19 0 Rennie 1 0 5 0 Umpires: I.D.Robinson and R.C.Strang. Toss: Mashonaland Close of Play: 1st day: Mashonaland (1) 188-3 (G.W.Flower 56*, A.Flower 50*, 43 overs); 2nd day: Matabeleland (2) 125-4 (Vermeulen 74*, Nkala 1*, 40 overs). The match was scheduled for four days but completed in three. G.W.Flower’s 150 took 214 balls in 273 minutes and included 21 fours and 2 sixes. A.Flower’s 115 took 231 balls in 258 minutes and included 10 fours. M.A.Vermeulen’s 153 took 274 balls in 358 minutes and included 19 fours and 2 sixes. 90