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Easterns claimed a convincing 210-run victory in their 3-day match against Zimbabwe Provinces, as Provinces failed to do enough with the bat to mount a challenge despite having restricted Easterns' scoring quite well. Graeme Cremer (5/64 in the first innings) and Admire Manyumwa (5/29 in the second innings) both performed well, with their hauls providing a foundation that should have allowed Zimbabwe to mount a competitive challenge, but woeful first-innings 81, where only two batsmen reached double figures, left Provinces on the back foot and allowed Easterns to build a lead that was always going to present problems. Provinces' second innings was an improvement, but again a number of batsmen who would have been expected to be the backbone of the innings failed to make an impact. With Provinces bowled out again for just 131, Easterns to a win that really shouldn't have been so comprehensive.
Result: Easterns 230 (Fourie 46*, Cremer 5/64) & 192 (Toyana 37, Manyumwa 5/29), Zimbabwe Provinces 81 (Chakabva 35, Plaatjie 4/13) & 131 (Nyamuzinga 38, Hlengane 5/45). Easterns win by 210 runs. Scorecard below the cut.

Easterns 1st innings
IC Hlengane	c Chauluka b Tsvanhu	                10
AJ Seymore	c & b Tsvanhu	                        8
TM Bodibe	run out (Cremer/Chauluka)	        38
EP Nyawo	lbw b Muzarabani	                10
G Toyana	c Tsvanhu b Manyumwa	                7
JJ Pienaar	b Cremer	                        32
PP van den Berg	c Kamungozi b Cremer	                9
SP O'Connor	c Butterworth b Cremer	                39
JC Fourie	not out	                                46
MH Robey	c Butterworth b Cremer	                0
TR Plaatjie	c Masakadza b Cremer	                21
    Extras	(b 8, nb 2)	                        10
    Total	(all out; 59.2 overs)	                230

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Seymore, 4.2 ov), 2-18 (Hlengane, 6.4 ov), 
3-35 (Nyawo, 14.1 ov), 4-47 (Toyana, 18.1 ov), 5-105 (Pienaar, 29.1 ov), 
6-112 (Bodibe, 31.5 ov), 7-136 (van den Berg, 39.3 ov), 
8-172 (O'Connor, 45.1 ov), 9-172 (Robey, 45.3 ov), 
10-230 (Plaatjie, 59.2 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
PM Tsvanhu	9	3	27	2	3.00	
T Muzarabani	12	2	30	1	2.50	
AM Manyumwa	11	0	63	1	5.72	(1nb)
SK Nyamuzinga	5	2	18	0	3.60	(1nb)
AG Cremer	17.2	2	64	5	3.69	
T Kamungozi	5	0	20	0	4.00	


Zimbabwe Provinces 1st innings
T Duffin	lbw b Plaatjie	                        14
E Chauluka	lbw b Robey	                        4
H Masakadza	c Nyawo b O'Connor	                6
RW Chakabva	c Nyawo b Plaatjie	                35
SK Nyamuzinga	c Pienaar b O'Connor	                8
RE Butterworth	c Plaatjie b O'Connor	                0
AG Cremer	lbw b van den Berg	                4
AM Manyumwa	run out (Plaatjie/Nyawo)	        2
PM Tsvanhu	not out	                                6
T Muzarabani	lbw b Plaatjie	                        0
T Kamungozi	lbw b Plaatjie	                        0
    Extras	(lb 2)	                                2
    Total	(all out; 38 overs)	                81

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Duffin, 7.5 ov), 2-21 (Chauluka, 10.6 ov), 
3-33 (Masakadza, 20.6 ov), 4-48 (Nyamuzinga, 24.2 ov), 
5-48 (Butterworth, 24.6 ov), 6-57 (Cremer, 27.6 ov), 
7-64 (Manyumwa, 31.6 ov), 8-81 (Chakabva, 37.2 ov), 
9-81 (Muzarabani, 37.3 ov), 10-81 (Kamungozi, 37.6 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
MH Robey	8	4	9	1	1.12	
TR Plaatjie	8	0	13	4	1.62	
SP O'Connor	11	3	30	3	2.72	
PP van den Berg	10	2	27	1	2.70	
IC Hlengane	1	1	0	0	0.00	


Easterns 2nd innings
IC Hlengane	lbw b Manyumwa	                        22
AJ Seymore	lbw b Tsvanhu	                        29
EP Nyawo	c Chakabva b Manyumwa	                1
G Toyana	c Masakadza b Cremer	                37
JJ Pienaar	c Butterworth b Masakadza	        27
SP O'Connor	c Chakabva b Kamungozi	                33
PP van den Berg	lbw b Muzarabani	                15
TM Bodibe	lbw b Manyumwa	                        3
JC Fourie	not out	                                18
MH Robey	b Manyumwa	                        5
TR Plaatjie	b Manyumwa	                        1
    Extras	(lb 1)	                                1
    Total	(all out; 53.4 overs)	                192

Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Seymore, 8.5 ov), 2-48 (Nyawo, 13.3 ov), 
3-55 (Hlengane, 15.5 ov), 4-113 (Toyana, 29.5 ov), 
5-116 (Pienaar, 30.2 ov), 6-149 (van den Berg, 39.6 ov), 
7-165 (Bodibe, 45.1 ov), 8-173 (O'Connor, 46.4 ov), 
9-188 (Robey, 51.2 ov), 10-192 (Plaatjie, 53.4 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
PM Tsvanhu	5	2	27	1	5.40	
T Muzarabani	12	2	43	1	3.58	
SK Nyamuzinga	8	2	22	0	2.75	
AM Manyumwa	8.4	1	29	5	3.34	
AG Cremer	8	0	32	1	4.00	
H Masakadza	4	1	19	1	4.75	
T Kamungozi	8	3	19	1	2.37	


Zimbabwe Provinces 2nd innings
T Duffin	lbw b van den Berg	                24
E Chauluka	c Seymore b Hlengane	                7
H Masakadza	c Pienaar b O'Connor	                34
PM Tsvanhu	lbw b Plaatjie	                        0
RW Chakabva	lbw b van den Berg	                1
SK Nyamuzinga	c & b Hlengane	                        38
RE Butterworth	c Bodibe b O'Connor	                2
AG Cremer	c Toyana b Hlengane	                6
AM Manyumwa	c O'Connor b Hlengane	                2
T Muzarabani	st Bodibe b Hlengane	                16
T Kamungozi	not out	                                0
    Extras	(lb 1)	                                1
    Total	(all out; 51.2 overs)	                131

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Duffin, 8.4 ov), 2-37 (Chauluka, 11.4 ov), 
3-53 (Tsvanhu, 21.2 ov), 4-56 (Chakabva, 22.4 ov), 
5-93 (Masakadza, 34.2 ov), 6-99 (Butterworth, 36.5 ov), 
7-110 (Cremer, 39.6 ov), 8-115 (Nyamuzinga, 41.1 ov), 
9-116 (Manyumwa, 41.4 ov), 10-131 (Muzarabani, 51.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	
MH Robey	2.4	0	9	0	3.37	
TR Plaatjie	9	3	31	1	3.44	
PP van den Berg	12.2	7	11	2	0.89	
IC Hlengane	16.2	5	45	5	2.75	
G Toyana	1	0	4	0	4.00	
SP O'Connor	8	1	25	2	3.12	
JC Fourie	2	1	5	0	2.50