Mupariwa and Mabuza's 14-run partnership is WEST's highest for the 6th wicket in T20s, breaking the record of 4 between Sean Williams and Tinashe Mhora

Mabuza spins Westerns to Twenty20 victory

A five-wicket haul by offspinner Mbekezeli Mabuza steered Westerns to a four-run win over Northerns in the final of Zimbabwe's domestic Twenty20 tournament

18-May-2009•Steven Price

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Scorecard summary

Westerns • 116/10(19.2 overs)

22 (15)

4/23 (3)

21 (29)

2/21 (4)

Northerns (Zimbabwe) • 112/9(20 overs)

28 (28)

5/14 (4)

28* (31)

2/18 (3)

Match details

Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Toss	Northerns (Zimbabwe), elected to field first
Series	Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Season	2009
Series result	Westerns won the 2009 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
Match days	day (20-over match)
Umpires	Christopher Phiri Trevor Phiri
Match Referee	Derrick Townshend

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Mabuza spins Westerns to Twenty20 victory

A five-wicket haul by offspinner Mbekezeli Mabuza steered Westerns to a four-run win over Northerns in the final of Zimbabwe's domestic Twenty20 tournament

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Northerns Innings

Player Name		R	B
RW Chakabva	caught	28	28
PS Masvaure	caught	19	15
TN Garwe	bowled	10	16
E Chigumbura	caught	6	8
C Zhuwao	bowled	1	3
T Taibu	not out	28	31
TV Mufambisi	bowled	0	1
AG Cremer	caught	4	9
S Mwakayeni	caught	0	1
AM Manyumwa	run out	11	10
CT Mutombodzi	not out	0	0
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2, w 2)
Total	112(9 wkts; 20 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CB Mpofu	4	0	33	0	8.25
T Mupariwa	4	0	25	0	6.25
N Ncube	3	1	18	2	6
J Nyumbu	4	0	15	1	3.75
MM Mabuza	4	0	14	5	3.5
SC Williams	1	0	6	0	6

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	30	Prince Masvaure	Regis Chakabva
2nd	26	Trevor Garwe	Regis Chakabva
3rd	11	Elton Chigumbura	Trevor Garwe
4th	0	Elton Chigumbura	Cephas Zhuwao
5th	2	Tatenda Taibu	Cephas Zhuwao
6th	0	Tatenda Taibu	Tafadzwa Mufambisi
7th	16	Tatenda Taibu	Graeme Cremer
8th	1	Tatenda Taibu	Samuel Mwakayeni
9th	22	Tatenda Taibu	Admire Manyumwa
10th	4	Tatenda Taibu	Tinotenda Mutombodzi

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Metropolitan Bank Twenty20

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
NTHS	6	3	2	17	0.899
West	6	3	1	16	0.393
Cntls	6	2	3	10	-0.548
EsZm	6	2	4	8	-0.727
STHS	-	-	-	-	-

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