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Zimbabwe Provinces hold Northerns to Draw
Not only did Zimbabwe Provinces put up a fight against Northerns in their SAA Provincial Challenge match, they made a determined effort to win it, with two declarations aimed at giving Zimbabwe's bowlers time to do their thing and - for once - decent performances by the batsmen in both innings. Terry Duffin returned to form with 86 & 35, while Regis Chakabva marked himself out as one to watch with 61 & 66. With the ball, Graeme Cremer took 10 wickets in the match (4/29 & 6/69) to almost certainly book himself a place in the national side to face West Indies. Provinces ran out of time on the final day, with some delays for poor light earlier in the match having probably denied them the opportunity to score their first win of the competition, but the guys can take a lot of positives from this one.
Result: Zimbabwe Provinces 290/9 decl (Duffin 86, Chakabva 61, Liebisch 4/54) & 220/9 decl (Mawoyo 39, Manyumwa 38, Viljoen 3/9), Northerns 141 (Phangiso 25, Masekela 23, Manyumwa 4/20, Cremer 4/28) & 250/8 (Viljoen 37, Phangiso 37, Cremer 6/71). Match Drawn. Full scorecard below the cut.
That's the last of Provinces' home matches - the rest of the tournament is away. Next up is Namibia, in Windhoek from 10-12 January 2008.
Zimbabwe Provinces 1st innings
TMK Mawoyo c Dikgale b Masekela 15
T Duffin c Viljoen b Mashimbyi 86
H Masakadza c Phangiso b Wagner 8
B Mujuru run out (van Biljion) 32
S Matsikenyeri c Viljoen b Liebisch 30
RW Chakabva b Wagner 61
KO Meth c Engelbrecht b Liebisch 37
AG Cremer c Malan b Liebisch 11
AM Manyumwa c Engelbrecht b Liebisch 1
TN Garwe not out 1
T Muzarabani not out 1
Extras (lb 4, nb 3) 7
Total (9 wickets dec; 85 overs) 290
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Mawoyo, 17.6 ov), 2-59 (Masakadza, 25.1 ov),
3-143 (Duffin, 53.1 ov), 4-143 (Mujuru, 53.3 ov),
5-208 (Matsikenyeri, 68.6 ov), 6-253 (Chakabva, 77.5 ov),
7-286 (Cremer, 82.2 ov), 8-286 (Meth, 82.3 ov), 9-288 (Manyumwa, 84.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
N Wagner 20 7 53 2 2.65
MA Mashimbyi 14.4 2 49 1 3.34 (1nb)
LMG Masekela 10 3 31 1 3.10
SW Liebisch 16.2 1 54 4 3.30
AM Phangiso 17 2 66 0 3.88 (2nb)
SA Engelbrecht 7 1 33 0 4.71
Northerns 1st innings
P Malan c Cremer b Muzarabani 17
AF Viljoen c Chakabva b Manyumwa 11
T Dikgale b Manyumwa 0
SW Liebisch lbw b Manyumwa 2
PJ van Biljion b Garwe 1
LMG Masekela c Chakabva b Manyumwa 29
SA Engelbrecht c Masakadza b Cremer 23
AM Phangiso c Masakadza b Cremer 25
AL Ndlovu c Meth b Cremer 2
MA Mashimbyi not out 17
N Wagner b Cremer 4
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 6) 10
Total (all out; 62.1 overs) 141
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Viljoen, 7.1 ov), 2-25 (Dikgale, 7.2 ov),
3-32 (Liebisch, 11.5 ov), 4-32 (Malan, 12.5 ov),
5-41 (van Biljion, 17.6 ov), 6-86 (Masekela, 37.6 ov),
7-94 (Engelbrecht, 42.4 ov), 8-116 (Ndlovu, 54.1 ov),
9-133 (Phangiso, 60.1 ov), 10-141 (Wagner, 62.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
T Muzarabani 11 2 34 1 3.09 (2nb)
TN Garwe 9 2 28 1 3.11 (2nb, 1w)
AM Manyumwa 16 7 20 4 1.25 (2nb)
AG Cremer 14.1 7 29 4 2.04
KO Meth 6 1 15 0 2.50
H Masakadza 5 2 10 0 2.00
S Matsikenyeri 1 0 2 0 2.00
Zimbabwe Provinces 2nd innings
TMK Mawoyo b Engelbrecht 39
T Duffin c Liebisch b Mashimbyi 35
H Masakadza c Liebisch b Engelbrecht 0
S Matsikenyeri lbw b Phangiso 11
RW Chakabva b Liebisch 66
B Mujuru b Viljoen 21
KO Meth c Ndlovu b Viljoen 0
AG Cremer c Ndlovu b Viljoen 1
AM Manyumwa c van Biljion b Liebisch 38
TN Garwe not out 3
Extras (b 2, lb 4) 6
Total (9 wickets dec; 72.1 overs) 220
Did not bat: T Muzarabani
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Duffin, 27.4 ov), 2-69 (Masakadza, 28.6 ov),
3-88 (Matsikenyeri, 35.2 ov), 4-94 (Mawoyo, 36.2 ov),
5-116 (Mujuru, 44.2 ov), 6-116 (Meth, 44.3 ov),
7-120 (Cremer, 46.3 ov), 8-211 (Chakabva, 70.4 ov),
9-220 (Manyumwa, 72.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
N Wagner 6 3 11 0 1.83
LMG Masekela 5 2 7 0 1.40
SW Liebisch 13.1 2 43 2 3.26
SA Engelbrecht 19 3 74 2 3.89
MA Mashimbyi 12 3 32 1 2.66
AM Phangiso 13 1 38 1 2.92
AF Viljoen 4 1 9 3 2.25
Northerns 2nd innings (target: 370 runs)
P Malan lbw b Cremer 30
AF Viljoen c Meth b Cremer 37
T Dikgale lbw b Cremer 13
SW Liebisch lbw b Cremer 13
PJ van Biljion c Garwe b Cremer 23
SA Engelbrecht c Mujuru b Cremer 30
AM Phangiso c Garwe b Mawoyo 37
AL Ndlovu c Mujuru b Matsikenyeri 10
MA Mashimbyi not out 32
LMG Masekela not out 0
Extras (b 11, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) 25
Total (8 wickets; 99 overs) 250
Did not bat: N Wagner
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Viljoen, 14.6 ov), 2-73 (Dikgale, 22.6 ov),
3-88 (Malan, 28.4 ov), 4-103 (Liebisch, 32.4 ov),
5-134 (van Biljion, 50.6 ov), 6-163 (Engelbrecht, 53.4 ov),
7-194 (Ndlovu, 84.2 ov), 8-242 (Phangiso, 92.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
T Muzarabani 11 1 29 0 2.63
TN Garwe 7 1 38 0 5.42
AM Manyumwa 17 5 45 0 2.64 (2nb, 1w)
AG Cremer 36 11 69 6 1.91
KO Meth 12 4 27 0 2.25
S Matsikenyeri 15 6 24 1 1.60
TMK Mawoyo 1 1 0 1 0.00 
Comments
Regis Chakabva certainly looks promising, he's made quite a few 50's in this tournament. I wonder how he is as a wicket keeper.... not that we need any more wicket keepers, what with Taylor, Taibu, Mawayo, Mufambisi, Coventry, Maregwede...
Good start by Z.P., hopefully they can get Northerns out for under 100, get them to follow on and wrap up a comprehensive victory.
I have a question. Who's this Viljoen in Northerns side?
Is he former Zimbabwean test player Dirk.P.Viljoen?
If yes, when he migrated or better to ask since how long he has been playing in RSA?
Different Viljoen - this one's Alwyn Viljoen, from Bloemfontein.
There's also an Englebrecht in the Northerns team, as far as I know, he is not a close relation to former Matabeleland player Ian Englebrecht.
Viljoen and Englebrecht are examples of names which are common throughout southern Africa. You'll also find other Vermeulen's (IIRC, there is one in Namibia).
These names all sound Dutch, or perhaps German, so of course it dates back to the days of colonisation in southern Africa. I'd bet that somewhere down the line there is a distant relationship.
great result for zimbabwe provinces it looks like creamer is becoming a good bowler and chakabva is a good batter