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Now I have the rest of the scorecards, I can get some articles done. Match two of the recent ZC Twenty20 series saw Northerns hammer Southerns, who were completely outclassed by the Harare-based side - not surprising when you see the team lists. While Northerns is a who's who of top-name players from the national side, the Masvingo-based Southerns has to make do with the second-string, including the likes of Duffin, Mawhire and Kamungozi. Batting first, Northerns set a good target of 227/3 from their 20 oversm including 85 off 60 balls by Brendan Taylor. Hilary Matanga was the best of the Southerns bowlers by quite some margin, taking 1/22 in his 4 overs.

Southerns' reply very quickly went to pieces - only Blessing Mawhire (20) made any sort of impact as Northerns quickly ran through them, with Elton Chigumbura taking 4/14 from 4 overs on the way to bowling Southerns out for 69, giving the win and a bonus point to Northerns. Scorecard below the cut.
Northerns 227/3 (20/20 overs; Taylor 85, Matagna 1/22), Southerns 69 (15.5/20 overs; Mawhire 20, Chigumbura 4/14). Northerns win by 158 runs.

Northerns innings (20 overs maximum)  
BRM Taylor 	not out 	                        85 
T Taibu 	c Kamungozi b Mahwire 	                27 
RW Chakabva 	st Mutumbami b Matanga 	                11 
E Chigumbura 	b Chisoro 	                        62 
P Masvaure 	not out 	                        26 
    Extras 	(b 1, lb 3, w 5, nb 7) 	                16 
    Total 	(3 wickets; 20 overs) 	                227 

Did not bat: S Mwakayeni, AM Manyumwa, RW Price, AG Cremer, 
PM Tsvanhu, TN Garwe

Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-65, 3-167

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
P Charumbira 	2 	0 	42 	0 	21.00 	(1nb, 1w)
TS Chisoro 	4 	0 	40 	1 	10.00 	(2nb, 1w)
NB Mahwire 	3 	0 	28 	1 	9.33 	(1w)
H Matanga 	4 	0 	22 	1 	5.50 	
IA Nicolson 	3 	0 	47 	0 	15.66 	(4nb, 2w)
T Kamungozi 	4 	0 	44 	0 	11.00 	


Southerns innings (target: 228 runs from 20 overs) 	
T Duffin 	c Taylor b Chigumbura 	                0 
CJ Chibhabha 	c Price b Chigumbura 	                5 	
NB Mahwire 	c Manyumwa b Chigumbura 	        20 
R Chinyengetere c Mwakayeni b Chigumbura 	        0 
J Chinyengetere b Price 	                        12 
TS Chisoro 	c Garwe b Price 	                8 
R Mutumbami 	c Masvaure b Cremer 	                16 
P Charumbira 	c Mwakayeni b Garwe 	                0 
T Kamungozi 	c Tsvanhu b Manyumwa 	                2 
H Matanga 	st Taibu b Price 	                0 
IA Nicolson 	not out 	                        2 
    Extras 	(lb 1, w 2, nb 1) 	                4 
    Total 	(all out; 15.5 overs) 	                69 

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-23, 4-34, 5-41, 6-56, 7-56, 8-61, 
9-62, 10-69

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
E Chigumbura 	4 	0 	14 	4 	3.50 	(1nb)
PM Tsvanhu 	3 	0 	23 	0 	7.66 	
RW Price 	4 	0 	14 	3 	3.50 	
TN Garwe 	2 	0 	13 	1 	6.50 	(2w)
AM Manyumwa 	2 	0 	2 	1 	1.00 	
AG Cremer 	0.5 	0 	2 	1 	2.40