Rocks beat Rhinos to keep battle for place in final alive

Rhinos – 211 all out in 49.2 overs (Brandon Mavuta 53, Prince Masvaure 39, Antum Naqvi 27; Tendai Chisoro 3/19, Roy Kaia 2/26, Dom Bess 2/32)

Southern Rocks – 217-8 in 42.3 overs (Johnathan Campbell 50, Dom Bess 49, Trevor Gwandu 19*; Muhammad Adil 3/37, Simon Mugava 2/35, Brandon Mavuta 2/61)

Southern Rocks received by two wickets

An innings of fifty from Johnathan Campbell and 49 from the England spin-bowling all-rounder Dom Bess helped Southern Rocks to grab an surprising two-wicket victory over Rhinos of their Pro50 Championship match at Kwekwe Sports activities Membership on Friday.

Rhinos, put in to bat, made a helpful begin.

Takudzwanashe Kaitano was out for a brisk 19, however Prince Masvaure and Antum Naqvi settled into a superb partnership, and 70 runs had been on the board for just one wicket within the seventeenth over.

At this level Naqvi was caught off Bess for 27, and all of the sudden Rhinos went into collapse mode.

In fast succession they misplaced Ben Curran (1), Nyasha Mayavo (2) – each to Tendai Chisoro – and Patrick Rowe (1), and 5 had been gone for 79 within the twenty fourth over.

Masvaure determined it was time to batten down the hatches and grasp on to his wicket grimly, however Brandon Mavuta confirmed good kind and started to attain properly.

Masvaure’s cautious innings of 39 off 93 balls ended with a catch off Roy Kaia at 111, however Tashinga Musekiwa placed on some good aggressive runs with Mavuta earlier than he was out for 26.

Mavuta reached his fifty earlier than being caught off Bess for 53 having confronted 68 balls.

9 had been out for 175, however the final pair of Muhammad Adil (18 not out) and Mike Chinouya (15) added a worthwhile 36 runs in order that Rhinos had been all out for 211 within the last over.

Chisoro was probably the most profitable bowler, returning the superb figures of three wickets for under 19 runs off his 10 overs, whereas there have been two every for Jalat Khan, Bess and Kaia.

Rocks too made a helpful begin to their innings, with Cephas Zhuwao (19 off 19 balls) and Jayden Schadendorf (23 off 28) scoring 41 collectively, just for their fourth wicket to fall at 53, with Kaia out for one and Richmond Mutumbami for 5.

Tafadzwa Tsiga made a quick stand with Campbell, scoring 19, however the state of affairs seemed dangerous for Rocks when he was fifth man out at 82 after 19 overs.

Then the state of affairs started to vary as Bess joined Campbell and began to tackle the bowlers with some good hitting.

In 14 overs they greater than doubled the rating, taking it to 157 earlier than Campbell went instantly after reaching his fifty, having confronted 62 balls with a six and 5 fours.

Bess additionally was not destined to take his workforce house, falling quickly after, bowled by Adil for 49 off 55 balls (six fours) – 181 for seven.

Victory was nonetheless not assured, however this pair had made it potential with their nice batting.

The job was accomplished by William Mashinge and Trevor Gwandu, who scored 18 and 19, each not out, respectively, Gwandu hitting Masvaure for six to finish the match.

Adil was Rhinos’ most profitable bowler, taking three wickets for 37 runs.

Rocks and Rhinos are actually equal on factors, with the winner of their last round-robin match on Sunday going to satisfy Eagles within the Pro50 Championship last.

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Tuskers – 195-8 in 50 overs (Aliakbar Hamid 48, Dalubuhle Mboyi 37, Nkosana Mpofu 25; Tony Munyonga 3/29, Hendricks Macheke 2/30, Donald Tiripano 1/22)

Mountaineers – 199-5 in 39.4 overs (Tony Munyonga 59, Brian Bennett 58*, Joylord Gumbie 34; Ainsley Ndlovu 2/25, Tanatswa Bechani 1/32, Sheu Musekwa 1/47)

Mountaineers received by 5 wickets

A very good all-round efficiency from Tony Munyonga, a fifty and three wickets, was the important thing think about Mountaineers’ comfy five-wicket victory over Tuskers of their Pro50 Championship match at Queens Sports activities Membership in Bulawayo on Friday.

Tuskers, opting to bat on their house floor, batted inconsistently and solely as soon as did they actually get on high of the Mountaineers bowling.

Their first 4 wickets went down for 59 in 15 overs, with Nkosana Mpofu’s 25 the one vital rating.

Then got here their one good partnership, as Hamid Ali and the wicket-keeper Dalubuhle Mboyi placed on 91 for the fifth wicket, though it took them 28 overs to take action.

Ali, the extra aggressive, made his workforce’s high rating of 48 off 91 balls, and solely three balls after his dismissal Mboyi went as properly, for 37 off 86 balls – each had been dismissed by Munyonga.

Tanatswa Bechani hit out gallantly to complete the Tuskers innings with 24 not out off 22 balls, however the workforce should have been disillusioned that they may not muster even 200 runs off their 50 overs – their last rating was 195 for eight wickets.

Munyonga solely bowled six overs, however he took three wickets for 29 runs, whereas Hendricks Macheke took two wickets.

Mountaineers had none too tough a goal to attain, however they misplaced the wicket of Definate Mawadzi within the first over, bowled out by Sheu Musekwa.

Then adopted the important partnership, as Joylord Gumbie scored 34 in a 93-run partnership with Munyonga in lower than 15 overs.

Munyonga was the primary out, for a robust attacking innings of 59, with a six and 10 fours, off 41 balls.

Gumbie was out at 103, after which adopted one other good partnership of 59 in 13 overs between Brian Bennett and Dane Schadendorf.

Schadendorf was the sooner scorer with 33 earlier than he left at 162 for 4, however with out many runs coming from his subsequent companions Bennett stored scoring steadily and reached a superb fifty.

Two fours off Bechani then took him to 58 not out, scored off 70 balls with 5 fours, and gave Mountaineers their victory.

Ainsley Ndlovu was the decide of the bowlers, bowling his 10 overs for 2 wickets and solely 25 runs. 

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