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Gladiators Cricket Club 161 all out in 26.4 overs (Wessly Madhevere 36, Tony Munyonga 24; Tinashe Muchawaya 3-29, Prosper Mugeri 3-30, Mashford Shungu 2-34)
Westside Cricket Club 162/7 in 35.1 overs (Tinashe Chiorah 36, Frank Mazviita 31; Malcolm Chikuhwa 2-34, Ashley Mufandauya 1-33)
Gladiators Cricket Club won by three wickets
National Premier League (NPL) 2023 leaders Gladiators Cricket Club suffered their first loss of the season as they fell to Westside Cricket Club by three wickets at Takashinga Sports Club on Sunday.
With two games to go, it means that Takashinga 1 and Takashinga 2 are within striking distance of the Gladiators, with the final match against the former on Sunday next week.
Tinashe Muchawaya and Prosper Mugeri were the tormenters in chief, both taking three wickets.
For Gladiators, they rarely got going and lost wickets with regularity.
They did give it a bit of a fist-fight with the ball and had Westside on the ropes at some point, but Frank Mazviita (31*) and captain Vincent Masekesa (17*) had the bits about them, putting on a partnership of 49 to get the win,
Amakhosi Cricket Club 71 all out in 24.4 overs (Farai Gunda 34, Keith Ndlovu 21; Wellington Masakadza 4-26, Tapiwa Mufudza 2-12, Roy Kaia 2-17)
Takashinga Cricket Club 1 73/2 in 11.0 overs (Tinashe Kamunhukamwe 26*, Cunningham Ncube 21; Cedric Ncube 1-13, Shaun Dzakatira 1-26)
Takashinga Cricket Club won by eight wickets
Amakhosi Cricket Club’s opening partnership was worth the same as the rest of the team’s contributions as they lost by eight wickets to Takashinga Cricket Club 1 at Kwekwe Sports Club.
Frank Gunda with 34 and Keith Ndlovu, 21, put on 35 for the opening partnership.
But the spin trio of Wellington Masakadza, Tapiwa Mufudza and Roy Kaia wiped Amakhosi out to set up a small chase.
And they were done before lunch as it took only 11 overs to pick off the struggling Bulawayo side.
Mutare Sports Club 208/9 in 42 overs (Nigel Bonyongwe 61, Donald Tiripano 50; Cuthbert Masoko 4-53, Takudzwa Chataira 3-33, Daich Nyandoro 2-43)
Takashinga 2 Cricket Club 212/2 in 32.4 overs (Aliakbar Hamid 95, Baxon Gopito 45, Rodney Mupfudza 41; Silent Mujaji 1-25, Tendai Chatara 1-38)
Takashinga Cricket Club 2 won by eight wickets
Aliakbar Hamid’s 95 was critical in keeping Takashinga Cricket Club 2 in the title hunt as they beat Mutare Sports Club by eight wickets.
His 118-run partnership with Rodney Mupfudza was eye-catching as it was focused. Hamid scored his runs off 88 balls, with 14 fours and a six.
The opener’s stand with Baxon Gopito had earlier yielded 45. Gopito wasn’t messing about. His runs came off 35 balls with a six and seven fours.
Mutare were themselves OK in setting a target. Nigel Bonyongwe and Donald Tiripano put on 61 and 50 respectively but there was not too much else around to mount a big score. And with wickets fallling often, they lost momentum.
Uprising Cricket Club 295 all out in 39 overs (Tafadzwa Mahachi 86, Aisha Chibanda 66, Tadiwanashe Marumani 61; Elvin Nxumalo 4-33, Shallom Mangudze 2-47)
Golden Bulls 102 all out in 28.2 overs (Luyanda Mtomba 18, Tendai Tapera 17; Jeremiah Makanya 4-25, Anesu Mlambo 2-19, Kudakwashe Katumba 2-22)
Uprising Cricket Club won by 193 runs
Uprising Cricket Club compounded Golden Bulls’s misery, condemning them to a nightmarish 193 loss at Masvingo Sports Club.
Tafadzwa Mahachi, Aisha Chibanda, and national team star Tadiwanashe Marumani made slayed the Bulls with the blade, even as they were bowled out.
Marumani went at 156.41 strike rate, his 61 coming off just 39 balls. This included a six and seven fours.
Chibanda went at 143.48, a 46-ball 66. That had four sixes and three fours.
And Mahachi’s 86 was off 61 balls, meaning he went at 140.98, with three sixes and eight fours.
Kadoma Cricket Club 289/7 in 45 overs (Carl Mumba 93. Victor Chirwa 61, Bright Matsiwe 47, Tarisai Musakanda 45; Isheunopa Musekwa 4-45, Petros Sithole 1-51, Tanatswa Bechani 1-53)
Golden Bulls 94 all out in 22.2 overs (Tanatswa Bechani 22, Donald Tapfuma 14; Carl Mumba 5-31, Victor Chirwa 4-16)
Kadoma Cricket Club won by 195 runs
Carl Mumba took five wickets and rocked a 48-ball 93 as he helped Kadoma Cricket Club to an emphatic 195-run win over Golden Bulls at Queens Sports Club.
Mumba was dominant with the willow, coming in at number eight. He cracked four sixes and nine fours to post a scoire which was ultimately only one run short of the the Bulls reply.
He and Victor Chirwa partnered for 138. Mumba would be bowled by Isheunopa Musekwa off the last ball of the innings.
Chirwa himself went a run-a-ball getting his unbeaten 61. A six and six fours were in there.
There were also the first significant runs of the season for Tarisai Musakanda. He made 45.
Rainbow – 195-7 in 25 overs (Kumbirayi Phiri 62*, Lavert Masunda 56, Tino Chiwara 31; Nkosilathi Nungu 5/37, Tatenda Murove 1/19, Jayden Schadendorf 1/45)
Scorpions – 195-7 in 25 overs (Takunda Madembo 78*, Jayden Schadendorf 28, Nkosilathi Nungu 28; Matthew Campbell 3/30, Daniel Jakiel 2/42, Ahsan Aqil Ali 1/31)
Match tied
Nkosilathi Nungu achieved the comparatively rare accomplishment of taking five wickets in five overs for Scorpions against Rainbow at Masvingo Sports Club on Saturday in a National Premier League match that resulted in a rare tie.
This match was reduced to 25 overs per side due to a late start.
Rainbow decided to bat first and they struggled against the bowling of Nungu, in nine overs losing six wickets for 72 runs, four of them to Nungu.
Their star batter Richmond Mutumbami was out for 10.
Then came a brilliant and unexpected partnership of 123 runs in less than 16 overs between Kumbirayi Phiri, with 62 not out, and Lavert Masunda, with 56, that put Rainbow right back on track again.
Masunda was out in the last of the 25 overs and the final score was 195 for seven wickets.
Nungu’s five wickets cost him 37 runs.
Scorpions had to score at almost eight runs an over to win, and they made a fine effort.
Takunda Madembo was the man who kept them going, with an excellent 78 not out off 70 balls.
Nungu with 28 proved a valuable partner as they were falling behind the required run rate, and they added 41 runs in five overs.
Fourteen runs were needed from the final over, bowled by Daniel Jakiel.
Nezbert Maringire was stumped from the first ball, but Tawana Kasondo hit the next for six and then took a leg-bye.
Madembo needed to score seven runs off the last three deliveries, but managed only six, leaving the match as a tie.
Bulawayo Athletic Club – 87 all out in 28.5 overs (Brandon James 29, Kudakwashe Kaitano 26, Thamsanqa Nunu 7; Abel Chirimuta 4/15, Manson Chikowero 3/27, Tafara Chingwara 2/10)
Mbizo – 88-2 in 14.1 overs (Clifford Takaedza 34, Walter Matawu 25, Takudzwa Masakadza 12*; Isaiah Musarirevhu 1/25)
Mbizo won by eight wickets
Abel Chirimuta took four wickets for 15 runs as Mbizo, having gained confidence in breaking their duck with victory over Golden Bulls, bowled Bulawayo Athletic Club out for 87 at Kwekwe Sports Club on Saturday to record their second win by eight wickets.
BAC, put in to bat, lost three wickets for 18 runs before Brandon James with 29 and Kuda Kaitano with 26 fought back by adding 45 runs for the fourth wicket.
Then Chirimuta struck by trapping Kaitano lbw and after that Mbizo were unstoppable, as BAC collapsed to 87 in the 29th over.
Manson Chikowero also played his part with three wickets for 27 runs.
So confident were Mbizo now that their opening batters Walter Matawu (25) and Clifford Takaedza (34) wiped off 70 of the necessary runs within nine overs, with Takudzwa Masakadza coming in to score 12 not out and make the winning hit.
Mbizo’s final score was 88 for two wickets in 14.1 overs.
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