Zimbabwe Regional Games Day Two Update

In a continuation of continuity, Wessley Madhevere has provided another innings defining performance for the North today.

The North did what they needed to do and batted all day today with captain Madhevere on 89 when he was the 4th man down at 176-4. The North lost two further batters before stumps but put on over a hundred more runs. Stumps were drawn at 288-6, leaving them 144 runs in the lead. 

Zimbabwe Regional Games Day One Update

 It doesn't look as if the South Zimbabweans are going to mount a comeback in this series. After winning the toss and electing to bat, they were soon all out for just 144. This was largely thanks to a five wicket haul from Victor Nyauchi which included both openers for a cumulative 11 runs.

The only downside is that the North managed to lose two of their own wickets for just 48 runs in the 27 over left in the day.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 Round Up

 

Here we are; back on Associate Cricket's Never-Ending tour as Oman, the UAE and Namibia Rock up in Dubai. As I have mentioned before there is a HUGE disparity regarding how many fixtures each team has played out. Oman top the table but have lacked 24 games, the UAE are 4th having played 11 with Namibia a place below them having played 2 fewer games. The best way to look at form is probably win ratio; which still puts Oman as top with 62.5% but Namibia are better value than they look have won 55.6% of their games. The UAE have won just 45.5%.

This form book played out as you'd expect in the first game today as Oman best the UAE. After posting 225-7, the UAE put up a fight but regular wickets from Bilal Khan (5-31) saw them fall 12 runs short.  These five wickets sees Bilal Khan increase his lead at the top of the wicket taking charts to a huge 8 wickets.

Oman are back in action against Namibia tomorrow. 

Zimbabwe Cricket Women's Fifty50 Challenge Round Up

 

Another round of fixtures, another dominant Mashonaland victory, another strong all round performance. This time it came from Christabel Chatonzwa who got 23 of Mashonaland's 152 before bagging 3-20 in Matabeleland's chase of just 74.

The Mid West Rhinos beat the Mointaineers in thr other fixtures. Josephine Nkomo put up another fine performance in that match. Her 61* putd her back atop the run scoring chart. Ashley Ndiraya added two more wickets to her tally to give her 11 - two clear of anyone else.

Fixtures continue on Monday with the last round of group games concluding on Wednesday. 

Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 8 wickets

 Afghanistan tied this series up with a comprehensive win today. Fazalhaq Farooqi continued his impressive freshman season in international cricket with 3-18 to add to his 2-27. He has got 11 wickets across the two white ball formats in the 5 games.

Truth be told Bangladesh's total of 115 was far far too low and by the time Faooqi got his first wicket - at 99-6 - it was already game over.

Odd, and disappointing, thay there is not a third fixture.

Bangladesh beat Afghanistan by 61 runs

 After losing the ODI series, Afghanistan would have backed themselves in the T20 leg of this tour....but failed spectacularly.

Whilst high, Bangladesh's first innings total of 155-8 was not unobtainable - but Afghanitan were rocked by Nasun Ahmed's brilliant spell of 4-0-14-4. Three of those 4 wickets were the opening batters - out for a cumulative 8 runs. Afghanistan never recovered from this and were out for a mere 94.

The second game is on Saturday 

Zimbabwe Cricket Women's Fifty50 Challenge Round Up

 

Mashonaland continued their dominance in this competition. 

Not getting Precious Marange out proved costly for bottom of the table Mountaineers as they go 0-3. Marange's 48 saw log-leaders Mashonaland to 187 before The Mountaineers were 127-6 in a rain affected second innings. Marange is now the competition's leading runscorer with 115 @ 57.5.

The Mid West Rhinos beat Matabeleland in the other game of the day. Ashley Ndiraya continues to impress with the ball. Her 4-22 today takes her to 9 overall for the tournament - the highest for any bowler. 

The tournament continues on Saturday.