Mountaineers v Mashonaland Eagles – Logan Cup – Match Update
A composed century from Mark Pettini saw the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
The Eagles started out by winning the toss and choosing to bat first. The Mountaineers promptly launched a concentrated bowling attack, led by Shingi Masakadza (22-3-99-3) and Natsai M’shangwe (23-2-114-3), with Tendai Chatara (24.1-5-86-2) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Donald-Tiripano-c1393 (14-2-43-2) also chipping in with vital wickets.
However, courtesy a handful of solid contributions, including half-tons from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Mbofana-c1907 (59), the Eagles managed to rack up a decent first innings total of 343 before they were all out on the first day.
The Mountaineers’ batting order did not display as much depth as the Eagles’ during their first innings – only 4 batsmen managed to progress beyond single-digit scores, while a total of four batsmen were dismissed on duck, with the Mountaineers sorely troubled by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/T-Maruma-c2628 (86), Kevin Kasuza (75), and Mark Pettini (29) got the team up to a first innings total of 377 before the third day saw them all out.
The Eagles’ second innings saw Chatara (17-3-57-3) triggering a complete top-order collapse, and the team found themselves at a shaky 15 for 4 by the 6th over. However, contributions from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Regis-Wiriranai-Chakabva-c84623 (49) steadied the innings somewhat, and saw the Eagles managing to reach 270 all out.
The Mountaineers were set an achievable final target of 237, which they managed to chase down successfully at the expense of just 4 wickets. Mbofana (12-1-34-2) and Chinyoka teamed up to take down the top-order, none of whom managed to reach double figures. However, a well-timed, unbeaten century from Pettini (104*) saved the day, and coupled with the contributions of Maruma (71*) their efforts got the team up to 237 with 6 wickets remaining.
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