Ebrahim unhappy with 'unbalanced' sides

The postponed Logan Cup resumed last week, but Macs Ebrahim, the head of the county's selectors, was far from amused at the outcome of the two matches.

At Mutare, defending champions Mashonaland eased to a nine-wicket win over Manicaland, who were blown away for 78 in their second innings. The highlight for Mashonaland was an excellent 151 from Tatenda Taibu. At Kwekwe Sports Club, Matabeleland cruised to a five-wicket win over Midlands.

"We have tried to pit strength against strength in the compositions of the sides," Ebrahim said. "And you have got a side like the Midlands which has seven players who have either played for the national team or Zimbabwe A. I don't think there is an excuse of the sides not being balanced.

"But Taibu did well. It was also nice to see Craig Wishart get two half-centuries and we hope that when he settles, those sixties will be converted into hundreds. It was also good to see home-grown Midlands talent like Friday Katseni, Ian Nicolson and Anthony Ireland doing well. But on the negative side, there was not enough big scores from national team players and I hope next week these guys will come to the party."

Cricinfo did not carry close-of-play scores from this round of the Logan Cup as it was not possible to get accurate scorecards - the ones supplied carried several errors - and so in conjunction with other independent sites, we decided to wait for the final verified cards before publishing.