The battle lines are drawn. Patriots are lined up against Sikandar’s Harare Kings to defend the Great Zimbabwe kingdom, Fort Victoria of ‘Masvingo eVitori’ in the ‘Battle of the Mutirikwi’ (but at Mutare) to kick start the National Premier League. All in all four matches today:
Harare Kings vs Great Zimbabwe Patriots at Mutare
Queens vs Amakhosi AT qsc
Rainbow vs Gladiators at HSC
Midwest Rhinos vs Takashinga at Kwekwe
The biggest news is that Blessing Muzarabani has been added to the Takashinga squad.
The most engaging twitter handle about league teams has been @gzpatriots
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Harare Kings win toss and elect to bat first against Great Zimbabwe
Gladiators win toss, elect to bat first against Rainbow
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Batsman finding things tough in the first round. Gladiators are 122/8, Queens are 82/6, Rhinos are 39/4 and the Kings are 92/2.
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Harare Kings 212 all out in 39.4 overs (Ryan Burl 47, Craig Evans 35, Sikandar Raza 30; Gabriel Jaya 3/19, Tendai Chisoro 2/36, Tawanda Mhere 2/45)
MidWest 175 all out in 35.3 overs (Carl Mumba 54, Tashinga Musekiwa 34, Davis Murwendo 25; Tapiwa Mufudza 4/34, Roy Kaia 3/19, Shingi Masakadza 2/3
Queens 97 all out in 28 overs (Chamu Chibhabha 24, Emmanuel Sharara 19, Sean Williams 14; Ainsley Ndlovu 4/12, Ernest Masuku 4/27, John Nyumbu 1/5)
Gladiators 131 all out in 24.5 overs (Wesley Madhevere 27, Milton Shumba 21, Tony Munyonga 19; Daniel Jakiel 4/25, Brandon Mavuta 4/14 Victor Nyauchi 1/31)
MidWest 175 all out in 35.3 overs (Carl Mumba 54, Tashinga Musekiwa 34, Davis Murwendo 25; Tapiwa Mufudza 4/34, Roy Kaia 3/19, Shingi Masakadza 2/3
Queens 97 all out in 28 overs (Chamu Chibhabha 24, Emmanuel Sharara 19, Sean Williams 14; Ainsley Ndlovu 4/12, Ernest Masuku 4/27, John Nyumbu 1/5)
Gladiators 131 all out in 24.5 overs (Wesley Madhevere 27, Milton Shumba 21, Tony Munyonga 19; Daniel Jakiel 4/25, Brandon Mavuta 4/14 Victor Nyauchi 1/31)
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Is this the only club cricket this year?
If so why is it so quick? Only a month of summer?
If so why is it so quick? Only a month of summer?
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MGN wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:00 pm
Looks like Brad Evans is playing in NPL. He's is in Harare Kings.
This guy’s finished his degree and is back in Zim. Look after him and give him a FC side! When was the last time we saw two young white fast bowlers opening the bowling in Zimbabwe? 😂
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Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic) wrote: ↑Sun Oct 04, 2020 7:53 am
Harare Kings win toss and elect to bat first against Great Zimbabwe
Gladiators win toss, elect to bat first against Rainbow
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I was at the Gladiators-Rainbows match - very poor batting by Gladiators, just wild indiscriminate hitting for the most part, no attempt by the top order to build an innings. Rainbows always had the match in hand, much more sensible batting, though a middle-order slump narrowed the victory margin.
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Looks like standard club cricket scorecards
Batting sensibly out the window
Batting sensibly out the window
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If only googly hadn’t been out of action with Covid we might have an insight!
If only googly hadn’t been out of action with Covid we might have an insight!
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There is a young kid called Saxon Pettican in the Queens squad. I don’t think he could be older than 16. Will be interesting to see how he goes. This is what it’s all about. Giving kids a chance to play some real cricket.
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TapsC2 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 10:36 am
There is a young kid called Saxon Pettican in the Queens squad. I don’t think he could be older than 16. Will be interesting to see how he goes. This is what it’s all about. Giving kids a chance to play some real cricket.
Yeah I saw that name, reminds me of a West Indian name like Nixon McLean. Parents are wiggas maybe.
Little redhead kid. Hope he does well.
That's what I like about this format. You can give kids a go or take genuine risks and experiments.
I've always said we should restrict First class to a certain amount of teams for quality control and open up the club scene.
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