Mid West Rhinos v Southern Rocks – Domestic Twenty20 Competition – Match Update – Rhinos win by 10 wickets
Vusi Sibanda’s unbeaten half-century played a pivotal role in guiding the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Southern-Rocks-c845, in their fairly one-sided match during the ongoing Domestic Twenty20 Competition, played today on December 13
at the Kwekwe Sports Club in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
The Rocks won the toss and chose to bat first, but the Rhinos’ http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Remembrance-Nyathi-c84657 (all of whom claimed one wicket each), succeeded in keeping them down to a middling final total.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ben-Slater-c1141 top-scored for the team with 42. He was joined by Alex Smith (19) for a 43-run partnership for the second wicket, which came to an end
in the 10th over, with the dismissal of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 off Nkala.
Peter Burgoyne followed soon after, bowled by Nyathi in the 12th over, after a mere 2-run contribution, and by the time Slater walked off the pitch, run out by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Moor-c2179 in the 16th over, the team total had climbed up to 81.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Prince-Masvaure-c82674 (17) were the last two batsmen who managed to register double-digit scores, but both were dismissed in successive overs, Chisoro off Muzhange, and Masvaure trapped lbw off Rainsford in the final over. By the end of
20 overs, with 6 wickets down, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tawanda-Mupariwa-c92913 (1*) at the crease, the Rocks posted an average final total of 122.
The chase, on the other hand, posed no difficulties for the Rhinos, who completed it successfully within 14 overs, without losing a single wicket in the process. The Rocks’ bowlers failed to claim any wickets, with Cuthbert Musoko (1-0-19-0), skipper Tinashe
Panyangara (2-0-21-0), and Peter Burgoyne (2-0-21-0) all proving particularly expensive.
The Rhinos, meanwhile, breezed through, with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jaik-Mickleburgh-c1627 (47*) setting up an unbeaten 123-run partnership, which got their team safely over the finish line, enabling them to reach the target with 10 wickets still in hand,
and 40 deliveries remaining.
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