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They may not have qualified for the World Cup, but Zimbabwe's women have put in a creditable performance in this tournament, securing 5th place after another convincing win over Scotland. Batting firs, Zimbabwe scored 236/6 from their 50 overs, with Yvonne Rainsford (69), Sinikiwe Mpofu (48) and Julia Chibhabha (48*) forming the backbone of the innings. For the Scots, Fiona Campbell took 2/44. Scotland were then skittled out for 75, with Julia Chibhabha taking 4/16 and Precious Marange 3/22 on the way to a convincing 161-run victory.

Full scorecard below the cut.
Zimbabwe 236/5 (50 overs; Rainsford 69, Campbell 2/44), Scotland 75 (32.5 overs; 'Extras' 27, Anderson 13, Chibhabha 4/16). Zimbabwe win by 161 runs.

Zimbabwe Women innings (50 overs maximum)
RC Chinyemba 	c Pedgrift b Anderson 	                28 
C Chatonzwa 	lbw b White 	                        0 
S Mpofu 	c Anderson b Campbell 	                48 
N Nyathi 	b Aslam 	                        6 
YB Rainsford 	run out (Smaill) 	                69 
CS Mugeri 	lbw b Campbell 	                        4 
J Chibhabha 	not out 	                        48 
E Jinjika 	not out 	                        2
    Extras 	(b 1, lb 4, w 26) 	                31 
    Total 	(6 wickets; 50 overs; 182 mins) 	236 

Did not bat: P Marange, TC Kamchetsa, S Kudzibatira

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Chatonzwa, 0.6 ov), 2-67 (Chinyemba, 17.3 ov), 
3-89 (Nyathi, 23.3 ov), 4-119 (Mpofu, 30.3 ov), 
5-137 (Mugeri, 32.6 ov), 6-230 (Rainsford, 48.5 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
K White 	8 	1 	46 	1 	5.75 	(6w)
A Aitken 	10 	2 	28 	0 	2.80 	(2w)
LM Kasperek 	10 	1 	57 	0 	5.70 	(5w)
K Anderson 	9 	0 	37 	1 	4.11 	(1w)
F Campbell 	7 	0 	44 	2 	6.28 	(3w)
S Aslam 	6 	1 	19 	1 	3.16 	(4w)


Scotland Women innings (target: 237 runs from 50 overs) 
K White 	lbw b Marange 	                        0 
CEM Smaill 	c Jinjika b Marange 	                2 
K Anderson 	b Mugeri 	                        13 
CJ Sweetman 	b Chibhabha 	                        11 
CL Bascombe 	c Marange b Chibhabha 	                2 
A Aitken 	b Marange 	                        0 
D Pedgrift 	c & b Chibhabha 	                12 
S Aslam 	c Chatonzwa b Chinyemba 	        4
LM Kasperek 	c Jinjika b Chinyemba 	                4 
F Campbell 	b Chibhabha 	                        0 
P Ritchie 	not out 	                        0 
    Extras 	(b 4, w 23) 	                        27 
    Total 	(all out; 32.5 overs; 131 mins) 	75 

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (White, 6.2 ov), 2-18 (Smaill, 10.5 ov), 
3-41 (Anderson, 22.3 ov), 4-44 (Bascombe, 23.4 ov), 
5-50 (Sweetman, 25.1 ov), 6-54 (Aitken, 26.2 ov), 
7-65 (Aslam, 28.4 ov), 8-75 (Pedgrift, 31.1 ov), 
9-75 (Campbell, 31.4 ov), 10-75 (Kasperek, 32.5 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
P Marange 	9 	2 	22 	3 	2.44 	(9w)
S Mpofu 	6 	2 	7 	0 	1.16 	(5w)
E Jinjika 	4 	1 	10 	0 	2.50 	(3w)
CS Mugeri 	5 	0 	11 	1 	2.20 	(2w)
J Chibhabha 	6 	1 	16 	4 	2.66 	
RC Chinyemba 	2.5 	1 	5 	2 	1.76