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Zimbabwe 256 (Dabengwa 79, Kreusch 3/28) & 412/9 (Williams 107, Walters 3/111), South African Composite XI 353 (McLaren 80, Koortzen 80, Utseya 5/70). Zimbabwe lead by 315.
Every time we really put the boot into Zimbabwe, it seems they come up with the goods, and today was no exception. At the close of play, Zimbabwe had batted through the day (when was the last time that happened?) and were on 412/9 (when was the last time they passed 400?), and looked to have at least secured the draw in this match. Sean Williams led a great day's work with an impressive 107, but for once it wasn't a case of one man doing all the work - Tatenda Taibu (78), Elton Chigumbura (71) and Prosper Utseya (57) all made significant contributions, although in doing so they again showed the top-order up as non-performers.

Composite struggled in the field, with Walters being their leading wicket-taker for the innings (3/111). Yes, they only have one more wicket to take before they can begin their run-chase, but a 300+ target will be a major battle - especially with Utseya in rare form with the ball at the moment. Should be a good day's play tomorrow.

Scorecard for the day below the cut.

Zimbabwe 1st innings
H Masakadza	c Bossenger b Walters	        1
V Sibanda	c Bossenger b Walters	        25
CJ Chibhabha	c Bossenger b Kreusch	        45
T Taibu	        c Bossenger b Kruger	        0
SC Williams	c Koortzen b Tshabalala	        28
KM Dabengwa	c Bossenger b Kreusch	        79
E Chigumbura	c McLaren b Kruger	        5
P Utseya	lbw b Walters	                38
RW Price	c Bossenger b Kruger	        7
T Maruma	c & b Kreusch	                23
CB Mpofu	not out	                        0
    Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	                5
    Total	(all out; 78.1 overs; 330 mins)	256

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Masakadza, 3.1 ov), 2-46 (Sibanda, 11.3 ov), 
3-51 (Taibu, 12.5 ov), 4-88 (Chibhabha, 26.1 ov), 5-104 (Williams, 29.4 ov), 
6-111 (Chigumbura, 32.5 ov), 7-187 (Utseya, 50.6 ov), 8-217 (Price, 59.4 ov), 
9-255 (Dabengwa, 76.6 ov), 10-256 (Maruma, 78.1 ov)

Bowling	        O	M	R	W	Econ	
S Mjekula	13	1	30	0	2.30	
BD Walters	13	3	38	3	2.92	(1nb)
AK Kruger	19	4	59	3	3.10	
JP Kreusch	8.1	2	28	3	3.42	
T Tshabalala	19	3	63	1	3.31	(1nb)
J Symes	        6	0	35	0	5.83


South African Composite XI 1st innings 
JP Kreusch      c Taibu b Chibhabha             29 
M Akoojee       st Taibu b Price                29 
AP McLaren      c Dabengwa b Utseya             80
PJ Koortzen     c Masakadza b Utseya            80 
J Symes         c Masakadza b Utseya            17 
RR Jeggels      lbw b Chigumbura                53
W Bossenger     c Dabengwa b Maruma             30 
AK Kruger       c Williams b Utseya             27 
T Tshabalala    c Masakadza b Price             1 
BD Walters      c Chibhabha b Utseya            0
S Mjekula       not out                         0
    Extras (lb 6, w 1)                          7
    Total (all out; 99 overs; 372 mins)         353 

Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Akoojee, 19.2 ov), 2-84 (Kreusch, 28.1 ov), 
3-195 (McLaren, 52.3 ov), 4-235 (Symes, 66.2 ov), 5-248 (Koortzen, 70.1 ov), 
6-294 (Bossenger, 83.2 ov), 7-348 (Jeggels, 94.2 ov), 
8-353 (Tshabalala, 97.2 ov), 9-353 (Kruger, 98.3 ov), 
10-353 (Walters, 98.6 ov) 

Bowling         O       M       R       W       Econ  
CB Mpofu        13      3       41      0       3.15  
E Chigumbura    18      4       60      1       3.33  
RW Price        29      5       86      2       2.96  
H Masakadza     4       0       14      0       3.50  
CJ Chibhabha    6       0       34      1       5.66  
T Maruma        10      0       42      1       4.20  
P Utseya        19      3       70      5       3.68 (1w)


Zimbabwe 2nd innings
H Masakadza	c Bossenger b Mjekula		27
V Sibanda	c Walters b Mjekula		0
CJ Chibhabha	c Tshabalala b Walters		17
T Taibu		c Symes b Kruger		78
SC Williams	c Akoojee b Tshabalala		107
KM Dabengwa	run out (Akoojee)		18
E Chigumbura	c Kreusch b Walters		71
P Utseya	 b Tshabalala			57
T Maruma	c Tshabalala b Walters		0
RW Price	not out				8
CB Mpofu	not out				0
    Extras	(b 2, lb 17, w 8, nb 2)		29
    Total	(9 wickets; 107.3 overs)	412

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sibanda, 1.2 ov), 2-42 (Chibhabha, 13.6 ov), 
3-56 (Masakadza, 18.6 ov), 4-240 (Taibu, 60.3 ov), 5-258 (Williams, 63.1 ov), 
6-270 (Dabengwa, 68.2 ov), 7-364 (Chigumbura, 93.3 ov), 
8-364 (Maruma, 93.6 ov), 9-412 (Utseya, 106.2 ov)
							
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
BD Walters	30	6	111	3	3.70	(2w)
S Mjekula	22	4	86	2	3.90	(1w)
T Tshabalala	27	5	82	2	3.03	(2nb)
AK Kruger	14	2	70	1	5.00	(1w)
JP Kreusch	8.3	1	22	0	2.58	
J Symes		6	1	22	0	3.66