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Westerns (236/9 decl & 254) beat Centrals (232 & 181) by 77 runs
Easterns (297 & 383) drew with Northerns (178 & 223/9)
(Southerns v Kenyans to be played later)

Scorecards below the cut.

Easterns v Northerns
Mutare Sports Club, 12-15 April 2007

Easterns 1st Innings: 297
Mawoyo 124; Chigumbura 3/36, Cremer 3/63

Northerns 1st Innings: 178
Tichana 39, Masvaure 38; Mujaji 3/37, Maruma 3/41

Easterns 2nd innings: 383
Mawoyo 66*, Marumisa 49, Masakadza 31; Cremer 3/19, Tichana 3/20

Northerns 2nd innings: 223/9
Cremer 171*, Chigumbura 67, Masvaure 41; Maruma 4/102, Utseya 2/63

Westerns v Centrals
Queen's Sports Club, Bulawayo, 12-15 April 2007

Westerns 1st innings
T Hove c Mahlunge b Mire 9
RT Kasawaya run out (Chikunya) 5
B Mujuru run out 51
SC Williams c Mire b Chawaguta 76
CK Coventry run out (Mire) 21
KM Dabengwa c Chikunya b Nyathi 10
MM Mabuza c Gupo b Mugochi 46
T Mupariwa c & b Mugochi 1
CB Mpofu b Mugochi 2
S Kusano not out 4
J Nyumbu not out 5
Extras (lb 1, nb 5) 6
Total (9 wickets dec; 87 overs) 236

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Kasawaya, 5.2 ov), 2-31 (Hove, 12.5 ov),
3-132 (Williams, 42.6 ov), 4-157 (Coventry, 52.1 ov),
5-167 (Dabengwa, 54.4 ov), 6-212 (Mujuru, 72.5 ov),
7-213 (Mupariwa, 75.5 ov), 8-224 (Mpofu, 81.4 ov),
9-231 (Mabuza, 85.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
EC Rainsford 11 3 22 0 2.00 (2nb)
T Muzarabani 10 3 21 0 2.10
SF Mire 10 3 33 1 3.30 (1nb)
R Nyathi 21 3 81 1 3.85 (2nb)
B Mugochi 26 10 53 3 2.03
WR Chawaguta 9 0 25 1 2.77

Centrals 1st innings
E Chauluka lbw b Mupariwa 13
SP Gupo lbw b Dabengwa 5
T Muzarabani b Dabengwa 0
BM Chapungu lbw b Mupariwa 55
I Chikunya c Kasawaya b Mupariwa 39
WR Chawaguta c Nyumbu b Mupariwa 45
T Mahlunge run out (Mupariwa) 15
R Nyathi c Mujuru b Kusano 12
SF Mire b Kusano 7
EC Rainsford c Kusano b Mpofu 19
B Mugochi not out 0
Extras (b 1, lb 15, w 3, nb 3) 22
Total (all out; 94.2 overs) 232

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Gupo, 9.6 ov), 2-10 (Muzarabani, 11.4 ov),
3-22 (Chauluka, 17.1 ov), 4-118 (Chapungu, 54.3 ov),
5-125 (Chikunya, 58.2 ov), 6-161 (Mahlunge, 72.0 ov),
7-188 (Chawaguta, 81.2 ov), 8-196 (Nyathi, 86.4 ov),
9-207 (Mire, 90.3 ov), 10-232 (Rainsford, 94.2 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
CB Mpofu 15.2 4 25 1 1.63
T Mupariwa 16 9 18 4 1.12
KM Dabengwa 23 5 60 2 2.60 (1w)
J Nyumbu 17 4 52 0 3.05 (1w)
S Kusano 11 6 14 2 1.27 (3nb)
RT Kasawaya 8 1 35 0 4.37 (1w)
SC Williams 4 2 12 0 3.00

Westerns 2nd innings
T Hove c Nyathi b Mugochi 42
RT Kasawaya b Rainsford 0
B Mujuru c Nyathi b Rainsford 7
SC Williams c sub (MT Chinouya) b Mugochi 129
CK Coventry lbw b Nyathi 18
MM Mabuza lbw b Rainsford 6
KM Dabengwa c Chapungu b Rainsford 5
T Mupariwa c Mahlunge b Chawaguta 15
CB Mpofu c Chauluka b Nyathi 7
S Kusano c Chawaguta b Rainsford 16
J Nyumbu not out 9
Extras 0
Total (all out; 83.3 overs) 254

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kasawaya, 0.4 ov), 2-27 (Mujuru, 18.4 ov),
3-69 (Hove, 29.4 ov), 4-110 (Coventry, 36.2 ov),
5-126 (Mabuza, 44.1 ov), 6-134 (Dabengwa, 44.6 ov),
7-177 (Mupariwa, 53.6 ov), 8-202 (Mpofu, 62.5 ov),
9-232 (Williams, 73.1 ov), 10-254 (Kusano, 83.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
EC Rainsford 13.3 5 23 5 1.70
T Muzarabani 14 4 22 0 1.57
R Nyathi 20 3 62 2 3.10
B Mugochi 15 1 60 2 4.00
SF Mire 9 0 52 0 5.77
WR Chawaguta 11 2 30 1 2.72
E Chauluka 1 0 5 0 5.00

Centrals 2nd innings (target: 259 runs)
E Chauluka run out (Kusano) 4
SP Gupo lbw b Dabengwa 29
BM Chapungu b Dabengwa 12
EC Rainsford b Nyumbu 0
I Chikunya lbw b Dabengwa 6
WR Chawaguta b Nyumbu 40
T Mahlunge lbw b Mupariwa 40
R Nyathi c Mpofu b Nyumbu 12
SF Mire lbw b Dabengwa 26
T Muzarabani c Williams b Dabengwa 0
B Mugochi not out 0
Extras (b 12) 12
Total (all out; 64.1 overs) 181

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Chauluka, 1.3 ov), 2-38 (Chapungu, 11.3 ov),
3-41 (Rainsford, 12.4 ov), 4-50 (Chikunya, 15.5 ov),
5-73 (Gupo, 25.5 ov), 6-119 (Chawaguta, 42.1 ov),
7-132 (Nyathi, 48.2 ov), 8-173 (Mire, 60.5 ov),
9-181 (Mahlunge, 63.2 ov), 10-181 (Muzarabani, 64.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ
CB Mpofu 9 4 19 0 2.11
T Mupariwa 10 1 30 1 3.00
S Kusano 3 1 7 0 2.33
KM Dabengwa 21.1 6 48 5 2.26
J Nyumbu 18 3 53 3 2.94
RT Kasawaya 3 0 12 0 4.00