http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mountaineers-c818 – 1st Day’s Update
Mountaineers 219 v Mashonaland Eagles 12/1 (5.0 ov) - Eagles trail by 207 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
On the first day of the ongoing four-day match in the Castle Logan Cup Mashonaland Eagles trail by 207 runs with nine wickets in hand at Harare Sports Club, on Monday, January 09, 2012.
After winning the toss, Mountaineers chose to bat first in order to subdue their opposition with some hard hitting batting on friendly track.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daryl-Mitchell-c52533 gave their side a comfortable start of 47 runs, as the batsmen played stylish strokes all around the park.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mitchell-c76390, after playing a commendable innings of 26 runs, lost his wicket on a delivery bowled by Gumunyu-Manatsa.
After the demise of the first wicket, it was time for number-three batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/H-Masakadza-c1517, to shine as he forged a phenomenal partnership with Mawoyo.
With 83 runs on the board, Mountaineers lost their second wicket of the day, when Mawoyo was dismissed for 35 runs.
Masakadza, then perished quickly after playing an innings of 24 runs, however, Mark Pettini kept cool at the other end and held his wicket by crafting a blatant resistance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mashonaland-Eagles-c814 bowlers.
Disaster struck when skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Benjamin-Katsande-c1145 (2) lost their wickets cheaply at a crucial juncture. At this point in time, the batting side had posted 116 runs on the board for the loss of five wickets and the way things were going
the fielding side was looking in a comfortable position to restrict the batting side on an unimpressive tally.
However, the arrival of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/P-Utseya-c2145 turned the tables as he forged an impressive partnership with Pettini – giving a jumpstart to a batting resurgence.
Pettini, perished after hammering a stupendous innings of 55 runs, while Utseya stayed unbeaten on 33 runs as Mountaineers finished their first innings after posting 219 runs on the board.
With a decent first innings tally ahead, Mashonaland Eagles needed a steady start to their first innings, however, were rattled when they lost their first wicket with only two runs on the board as opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ryan-Bishop-c87286, fell after scoring two runs.
At stumps, Eagles managed to post 12 runs on the board with both http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sikandar-Raza-Butt-c90274 and Ray Price on five runs.
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