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Needing 190 to win and cement their place at the top of the Pool B table, Zimbabwe Provinces choked on the final day against Griqualand West. Provinces resumed on 41/1, with Tino Mawoyo and Bornaparte Mujuru at the crease, and the pair seemed to have taken the idea of caution to heart - for much of the opening session, Provinces ticked along at a meagre 1.40/over, barely enough to allow them to reach their target in the day's allotted overs. It wasn't until Regis Chakabva arrived at the crease that the pace picked up - but that change in pace also coincided with a typically Zimbabwean batting collapse. After the dismissal of Friday Kasteni in the 60th over, Provinces simply went to pieces, as batsman after batsman failed to make any impact against the Griqua bowling, and what had seemed a certain win slipped further and further away. Blessing Mawhire gave the side hope with some useful resistance at the bottom of the innings, but when he fell - the last wicket of the day - Provinces were still 11 short of the required total, and Griqualand West had the win that took them back to the top of the group, with a game still in hand over Provinces.

A huge disappointment, this result. The one-day match tomorrow will give Provinces some scope for revenge, but with them already out of contention for the semi-final places in that competition, a win will hardly be satisfying.
Griqualand West 293 (Bossenger 88, Garwe 4/49) & 90 (Kruger 32, Pietersen 32, Cremer 3/10), Zimbabwe Provinces 194 (Kasteni 61, Karolus 4/26) & 178 (Chakabva 35, Pietersen 6/66). Griqualand West win by 11 runs.

Full scorecard below the cut. Previous days' reports: Day One | Day Two

Griqualand West 1st innings
AK Kruger 	c Duffin b Mahwire 	                25
M Akoojee 	c Rainsford b Mahwire 	                8
AP McLaren 	c Mahwire b Rainsford 	                7
PJ Koortzen 	c Mawoyo b Cremer 	                78
W Bossenger 	c Chakabva b Mahwire 	                88
RR Hendricks 	lbw b Garwe 	                        47
C Pietersen 	c Duffin b Garwe 	                24
RA Adams 	b Garwe 	                        0
APT Mabuya 	c Chakabva b Garwe 	                4
R Pietersen 	lbw b Cremer 	                        0
DD Carolus 	not out 	                        0
    Extras 	(lb 6, w 1, nb 5) 	                12
    Total 	(all out; 79.2 overs; 266 mins) 	293

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Akoojee, 12.4 ov), 2-46 (McLaren, 15.4 ov), 
3-46 (Kruger, 16.4 ov), 4-194 (Koortzen, 52.2 ov), 
5-242 (Bossenger, 65.2 ov), 6-281 (Hendricks, 71.5 ov), 
7-283 (Adams, 73.3 ov), 8-290 (C Pietersen, 75.6 ov), 
9-292 (R Pietersen, 78.1 ov), 10-293 (Mabuya, 79.2 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
EC Rainsford 	9 	1 	33 	1 	3.66 	
TN Garwe 	16.2 	3 	49 	4 	3.00 	(1w)
NB Mahwire 	14 	3 	61 	3 	4.35 	(1nb)
AM Manyumwa 	11 	3 	37 	0 	3.36 	
AG Cremer 	27 	3 	94 	2 	3.48 	(4nb)
F Kasteni 	2 	0 	13 	0 	6.50 	


Zimbabwe Provinces 1st innings
TMK Mawoyo	c Bossenger b C Pietersen		7
T Duffin	c Koortzen b C Pietersen		9
B Mujuru	c McLaren b Mabuya			14
F Kasteni	c Hendricks b C Pietersen		61
RW Chakabva	c Mabuya b Carolus			46
AG Cremer	c McLaren b Adams			14
SK Nyamuzinga	c Bossenger b Carolus			3
AM Manyumwa	c McLaren b Carolus			4
NB Mahwire	c Bossenger b R Pietersen		13
TN Garwe	c McLaren b Carolus			4
EC Rainsford	not out					4
    Extras	(lb 7, w 1, nb 7)			15
    Total	(all out; 67.2 overs)			194

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Duffin, 4.4 ov), 2-25 (Mawoyo, 10.2 ov), 
3-59 (Mujuru, 20.3 ov), 4-134 (Kasteni, 38.2 ov), 
5-158 (Cremer, 47.1 ov), 6-163 (Nyamuzinga, 50.1 ov), 
7-172 (Chakabva, 52.1 ov), 8-184 (Manyumwa, 58.2 ov), 
9-188 (Garwe, 62.3 ov), 10-194 (Mahwire, 67.2 ov)
							
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
C Pietersen	15	5	29	3	1.93	(1nb)
DD Carolus	13	3	26	4	2.00	(2nb)
AK Kruger	11	1	39	0	3.54	(1nb, 1w)
RA Adams	9	3	26	1	2.88	(2nb)
APT Mabuya	7	1	22	1	3.14	
PJ Koortzen	1	0	5	0	5.00	
R Pietersen	11.2	3	40	1	3.52	(1nb)


Griqualand West 2nd innings
AK Kruger	run out (sub [T Muzarabani])		32
M Akoojee	lbw b Garwe				15
AP McLaren	c Chakabva b Garwe			0
PJ Koortzen	c Cremer b Manyumwa			0
W Bossenger	 b Cremer				5
RR Hendricks	c Chakabva b Manyumwa			0
C Pietersen	c Chakabva b Mahwire			32
RA Adams	c Nyamuzinga b Cremer			2
APT Mabuya	c Chakabva b Cremer			0
R Pietersen	lbw b Manyumwa				0
DD Carolus	not out					0
    Extras	(b 4)					4
    Total	(all out; 32.4 overs; 136 mins)		90

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Akoojee, 13.1 ov), 2-40 (McLaren, 13.5 ov), 
3-40 (Koortzen, 14.6 ov), 4-48 (Kruger, 17.5 ov), 
5-50 (Hendricks, 18.2 ov), 6-64 (Bossenger, 21.1 ov), 
7-70 (Adams, 23.3 ov), 8-70 (Mabuya, 23.6 ov), 
9-75 (R Pietersen, 26.6 ov), 10-90 (C Pietersen, 32.4 ov)
							
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
NB Mahwire	7.4	0	29	1	3.78	
TN Garwe	8	1	29	2	3.62	
AM Manyumwa	11	5	18	3	1.63	
AG Cremer	6	2	10	3	1.66	


Zimbabwe Provinces 2nd innings (target: 190 runs)
TMK Mawoyo	b Adams					33
T Duffin	c Bossenger b C Pietersen		0
B Mujuru	c Kruger b C Pietersen			28
F Kasteni	c Bossenger b Kruger			20
RW Chakabva	b Kruger				35
AG Cremer	c Bossenger b C Pietersen		2
SK Nyamuzinga	c Bossenger b C Pietersen		0
AM Manyumwa	lbw b C Pietersen			0
NB Mahwire	b C Pietersen				34
TN Garwe	c Akoojee b Carolus			6
EC Rainsford	not out					3
    Extras	(lb 9, w 5, nb 3)			17
    Total	(all out; 86.3 overs)			178

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Duffin, 4.4 ov), 2-66 (Mawoyo, 43.4 ov), 
3-77 (Mujuru, 50.2 ov), 4-119 (Kasteni, 59.3 ov), 5-122 (Cremer, 60.4 ov), 
6-128 (Nyamuzinga, 62.5 ov), 7-128 (Manyumwa, 62.6 ov),
 8-132 (Chakabva, 65.2 ov), 9-163 (Garwe, 82.2 ov), 
10-178 (Mahwire, 86.3 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
C Pietersen	25.3	6	66	6	2.58	(1nb, 4w)
AK Kruger	18	8	22	2	1.22	(1nb, 1w)
R Pietersen	7	2	12	0	1.71	
DD Carolus	16	5	34	1	2.12	(1nb)
APT Mabuya	9	3	16	0	1.77	
RA Adams	11	5	19	1	1.72