Zimbabwe Club Cricket - round 5 scores and reports
The recent heavy rains experienced in many parts of the country again affected matches, but play was possible in all four matches
Clive Ruffell
23-Jan-2000
CLUB CRICKET: NATIONAL LEAGUE ROUND 5
Compiled by Clive Ruffell
Matches played on Sunday 16 January 2000
The recent heavy rains experienced in many parts of the country again
affected matches, but play was possible in all four matches. Most teams
were without their star players due to national call-ups to the one-day
squad, currently preparing for the triangular series in South Africa, and to
the Zimbabwe Board XI who also had a match over the weekend.
OLD GEORGIANS v MACDONALD CLUB, at Old Georgians Sports Club
Old Georgians won by eight wickets
MACDONALD CLUB OLD GEORGIANS
R Bullivant c McCoun b Rowett 11 L Malloch-Brown c Jacobs b Com'ford 61
B Jacobs c ? (wk) b Rowett 1 A Fraser c Bryant b Commerford 3
*M D Abrams c McCoun b Neethling 62 A Neethling not out 57
K Querl c W Mwayenga b A Mwayenga 5 B Rogers not out 7
H A Price b Wright 7 B McCoun
S Commerford b Steyn 35 *D J Rowett
M Bryant run out (?) 0 S Wright
K Nel b Steyn 6 W Mwayenga
S Brown b Rowett 0 A G Steyn
D McDermidt not out 0 D Oberholzer
M Langlois c Malloch-Brown b Rowett 1 A Mwayenga
(b 4 lb 1 w 11 nb 6) 22 (lb 5 w 13 nb 8) 26
(32.2 overs, 141 min) 150 (2 wkts; 38.2 overs, 144 min) 154
Rowett 6.2 1 15 4 Commerford 10 1 34 2
Steyn 8 1 20 2 Nel 9 1 25 0
McCoun 4 0 31 0 Brown 10 2 35 0
A Mwayenga 2 0 10 1 Bryant 7.2 0 36 0
Wright 7 0 36 1 McDermiot 2 0 19 0
Neethling 4 0 21 1
Fraser 1 0 12 0
The start of the match was delayed after the ground at OGs was found to be
virtually waterlogged and therefore unfit for play. The match was then moved
to St George's College where conditions were much better.
OGs won the toss and opted to bowl first. The MacDonald's batting was again
disappointing with only Mark Abrams able to dominate the bowling and McDonalds were dismissed for 150, with Daniel Rowett and Aubrey Steyn causing most of the damage.
With the advent of rain appearing increasingly likely, OGs batted aggressively. Lance Mallock-Brown was particularly ruthless on the spinners
and OGs reached the winning score with plenty of overs to spare and eight
wickets in hand.
The win places OGs in a good position to challenge for the league and a much-needed financial bonus. Next weekend they host Old Hararians in what could
be a crucial match for both sides.
OLD HARARIANS SPORTS CLUB v ALEXANDRA SPORTS CLUB, at Old Hararians Sports Club
Old Hararians won by 11 runs
OLD HARARIANS ALEXANDRA P K Gada c Marillier b du Plessis 4 A R G Gilmour lbw b Brandes 6 R Butterworth b Young 23 J Wells c Butterworth b Young 47 +C Delport c Gilmour b Duers 16 A M Blignaut lbw b Rawnsley 25 E A Brandes b Duers 16 D de Beer c Brandes b Rawnsley 13 *G Parker lbw b Duers 0 J Vaughan-Davies run out (?) 4 M J Rawnsley c Marillier b V-Davies 17 J A Young c Parker b Thandi 6 R Sims run out (?) 12 *B Bath c Delport b Gada 0 M Kenny c Bath b Vaughan-Davies 2 +E R Marillier b Thandi 18 R Godden b Duers 26 C M Anticevich not out 22 D Stephens not out 26 G du Plessis c Delport b Brandes 6 G Thandi b du Plessis 0 K G Duers c Delport b Brandes 0 (b 6 lb 5 w 18 nb 4) 33 (b 1 lb 5 w 9 nb 2) 17 (49.5 overs, 204 min) 175 (47.4 overs) 164
du Plessis 9.5 1 36 2 Brandes 9.4 0 37 3
Anticevich 10 0 34 0 Stephens 8 2 27 0
Young 10 1 38 1 Godden 2 0 14 0
Duers 10 1 29 4 Rawnsley 10 4 22 3
Vaughan-Davies 10 2 27 2 Thandi 8 1 24 2
Gada 10 ? 34 1
OH batted first and collapsed to 111/8, but the tail wagged for OH to recover to post a respectable score considering the slow outfield. However, Alex felt they had a realistic chance of winning, with Jason Wells and Craig Anticevich spearheading the challenge. With victory in sight for Alex, Eddo Brandes was brought back into the attack and skittled out the remaining Alex batsmen for OH to record a narrow victory in an exciting match.
Alex must now win their remaining fixtures against Universals and Old
Georgians to qualify for the semi-finals, whilst OH continue to set the pace.
Alex will regain Gavin Rennie, Doug Marillier and Glen Bruk-Jackson for next weekend, but have lost the services of Paul Duffy who has returned to the
UK. Cricket appears to be alive and well at Alex with the second XI heading their league and net practices attracting up to forty players in the evenings.
MANICALAND v HARARE SPORTS CLUB, at Mutare Sports Club
Harare Sports Club won by 8 runs
HARARE SPORTS CLUB MANICALAND K J Davies b Yatras 22 A Taylor c Peacock b Pswarayi 16 +N R Ferreira not out 79 S Lawson b Hoffman 6 D J Peacock c Taylor b Lawson 34 K Went lbw b Hoffman 1 J Oldrieve b Ziehl 34 *M G Burmester c Swannell b Hoffman 7 G D Ferreira c Yatras b Burmester 20 K G B Ziehl c Hoffman b Davies 95 A P Hoffman b Burmester 8 C Summerfield run out (?) 4 B W S Pswarayi c Burmester b Ziehl 0 G Penford c Oldrieve b Davies 23 P Swannell not out 0 T Denyier c and b G Ferreira 10 R Wilcock A Tayler lbw b Peacock 1 E Webster L Soma not out 16 A N Other D Percival c N Ferreira b Swannell 20 Extras 42 Extras 29 (6 wkts, 50 overs) 239 (46.4 overs) 231 does not add up Tayler 7.2 1 22 0 Pswarayi 10 2 26 1 Soma 6 0 42 0 Hoffman 10 1 34 3 Yatras 10 0 43 1 Peacock 10 0 59 1 Burmester 10 1 33 2 Davies 10 0 60 2 Lawson 8 0 37 1 G Ferreira 5 0 45 1 Percival 4 0 20 0 Swannell 1.4 0 1 1 Ziehl 4.4 0 28 2HSC won the toss in bright sunshine and opted to bat first. The Manicaland outfielding was very good and this restricted the Harare side to 240/5, although a much higher score had seemed likely at one stage. Neil Ferreira continued his recent run of good form and was well supported by Justin Oldrieve and Dan Peacock. Manicaland will have watched Ferreira with more than casual interest, as he is a National Academy recruit who has been assigned to play for Manicaland in the forthcoming Logan Cup tournament.
Manicaland started well in reply but suffered a middle order collapse.
Kenyon Ziehl scored 95 but did not receive enough support and HSC won an exciting match by 9 runs. Ziehl batted throughout with a runner, having broken down in the middle of an over during the HSC innings.
Cricket is growing in Mutare with many exciting developments. Bill Flower
has moved from Harare to start work on a development programme, while Nissan
have sponsored the construction of a practice facility for the local cricket
academy, and work on this should be completed within six weeks. The ZCU have also allocated funds for the construction of a new cricket field in the high-density suburbs.
Manicaland are hoping soon to host international matches following their
recent successful hosting of Western Province in a one-day game.
QUEENS SPORTS CLUB v UNIVERSALS SPORTS CLUB, at Queens Sports Club
Queens Sports Club won by 79 runs (under Duckworth-Lewis)
QUEENS UNIVERSALS R J King c Robinson b Shah 25 D R Matambanadzo c Nharam b Chirwa 5 O Masundire lbw b Shah 7 H Adam c and b Chirwa 5 N R van Rensburg c Robinson b Hondo 73 A H Shah c Lucas b P Engelbrecht 0 *J R Craig c and b Burki 58 I Meman c van Rensburg b Knott 27 A Lucas c Burki b S Shah 7 +B I Robinson c I Engelbr't b Knott 34 +W Gilmour b Hondo 12 S Adam c Lucas b I Engelbrecht 0 I A Engelbrecht st Robinson b Shah 39 T Madondo c van Rensburg b Chirwa 19 P N Engelbrecht not out 4 S H Shah c Gilmour b Chirwa 6 T Chirwa run out (?) 0 D T Hondo not out 4 J Nharam not out 0 A Burki not out 2 P Knott H Adam (lb 12 w 17) 29 (w 10 nb 5) 15 (8 wkts; 50 overs, 200 min) 254 (8 wkts; 30 overs, 118 min) 117
Hondo 10 1 44 2 Lucas 1 0 6 0
S Shah 7 0 39 2 Chirwa 6 1 9 4
H Adam 10 0 42 0 P Engelbrecht 6 0 30 1
A Shah 10 1 35 2 Craig 3 0 21 0
Burki 10 0 54 1 I Engelbrecht 6 0 19 1
Meman 1 0 9 0 Knott 6 0 27 2
S Adam 2 0 19 0 van Rensburg 2 0 5 0
Queens won the toss and elected to bat on a hard dry wicket and posted a good score thanks to van Rensburg and Ross Craig. Douglas Hondo and Ali Shah were once again the most impressive bowlers for Universals. With seven regulars unavailable, Universals decided to blood Ali Shah's 16-year-old nephew who had a fine debut taking two wickets with his seam bowling. Queens made the most of the good conditions to post a formidable score with van Rensburg and Craig both scoring fifties.
With Queens missing four of their regular bowlers, Universals had a chance of reaching the target, but rain intervened during the lunch break. This caused some controversy as the groundsmen responsible for handling the large covers used for international games at the ground could not be found, and the players were unable to manoeuvre them into position. As a result, the pitch was exposed to considerable rain and the restart after lunch was delayed until 3pm when the umpires ordered that play resume. Universals were unhappy with the state of the pitch and continued play under protest. The Duckworth-Lewis calculation presented Universals with a target of 196 in 30 overs which proved too much despite the efforts of Brad Robertson and Tafadza Madondo, younger brother of national player Trevor.
Despite the controversy over the covers, the match was played in a good
spirit, although Universals intend to discuss the matter with the ZCU.
Some good news for Universals is that Douglas Hondo and David Mutendera will shortly be attending Dennis Lillee's bowling academy in Madras, India. Hondo and Dion Ebrahim have been selected to represent Zimbabwe in the Zone 6
tournament in February.
The points position after these matches is as follows (a quixotic 11/2 points awarded for a victory):
Old Hararians 15, Old Georgians 101/2, Harare Sports Club 9, Queens Sports Club 71/2, Alexandra 6, MacDonald Club 3, Manicaland 0.