http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mid-West-Rhinos-c816 v Southern Rocks – Pro50 Championship, 2012/13 – Match Update – Rhinos crush Rocks by 189 runs
Twin tons from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
The Rocks kicked the match off by winning the toss and deciding to field first, but the team was unable to do much justice to the decision. Cuthbert Musoko (10-0-67-3) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TN-Garwe-c2695 (6-0-43-2) made valiant attempts to restrict the opposition’s batsmen,
but the Rhinos’ rampaging top-order proved difficult to subdue.
Opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 drove the
innings forward aggressively, with his 134 off 106, including 15 boundaries.
Sibanda and Taylor contributed a combined total of 204 runs for the second wicket between them, after which Sibanda was snapped up by Garwe in the 44th over. Taylor put in a final burst, setting up a 41-run third-wicket stand with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Malcolm-Waller-c74039
(25), after which the skipper too fell prey to Garwe.
The remainder of the batting order remained lacklustre, but the Rhinos’ position had already been solidified by the top-order. Musoko ran through the rest of the batsmen with a hat-trick in the final over, removing Steven Trenchard (3), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waller-c95917, and Simon
Mugava (0). With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Remembrance-Nyathi-c84657 (0*) at the crease, the Rhinos posted a final total of 302 by the end of 50 overs.
The Rhinos’ bowlers continued in a similar vein, with Richard Muzhange (8-2-18-2) commencing the attack, after which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EC-Rainsford-c1415 (7.2-2-20-2) polished off the remainder of the batting order.
Only three of the Rocks’ batsmen made it past single-digit scores, and out of these, middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 (12) and Garwe (10) remained lukewarm. By the 39th
over, the Rocks were all out at 113, and the Rhinos went on to claim an impressive 189-run win.
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