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Final match of the round-robin stage of the competition, which turned out to be a winner-takes-all match, as the winner would get to meet Easterns in the final that afternoon. No pressure, then. Westerns won the toss and elected to bat, and made life difficult for themselves - 7 of the 10 players who got to bat failed to reach double figures, while only Bradley Staddon's 47 and Greg Strydom's 31 saved the side from being in real trouble. As it was, their final total of 114/8 still seemed too low to give them a realistic chance of victory. For Northerns, Ray Price took 3/17 from his 4 overs.

If Westerns had struggled, though, Northerns simply fell apart. Regis Chakabva (19) and Elton Chigumbura (18) were the only players to reach double figures, and the home side collapsed to a woeful 67 all-out in 17 overs to hand Westerns the win and a place in the final. Keith Dabengwa led Westerns' bowling figures with 3/13 from his 4 overs. Full scorecard below the cut.
Westerns 114/8 (20/20 overs; Staddon 47, Price 3/17), Northerns 67 (17/20 overs; Chakabva 19, Dabengwa 3/13). Westerns win by 47 runs.

Westerns innings (20 overs maximum)  
KM Dabengwa 	c Taylor b Masvaure 	        13 
B Staddon 	st Taibu b Price 	        47 
B Mujuru 	run out 	                7 
GM Strydom 	c Masvaure b Price 	        31 
T Ngulube 	b Manyumwa 	                3 
T Mupariwa 	c Cremer b Manyumwa 	        0 
TM Mboyi 	c Manyumwa b Price 	        0 
MM Mabuza 	run out 	                4 
CB Mpofu 	not out 	                3 
J Nyumbu 	not out 	                0 
    Extras 	(lb 4, w 2) 	                6 
    Total 	(8 wickets; 20 overs) 	        114 

Did not bat: N Ncube

Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-53, 3-88, 4-99, 5-99, 6-99, 
7-111, 8-114

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
E Chigumbura 	3 	0 	12 	0 	4.00 	(1w)
RW Price 	4 	0 	17 	3 	4.25 	(1w)
P Masvaure 	2 	0 	19 	1 	9.50 	
AG Cremer 	4 	0 	10 	0 	2.50 	
C Zhuwawo 	2 	0 	15 	0 	7.50 	
TN Garwe 	1 	0 	13 	0 	13.00 	
AM Manyumwa 	4 	0 	24 	2 	6.00 	


Northerns innings (target: 115 runs from 20 overs) 
BRM Taylor 	c Mabuza b Mpofu 	        1 
T Taibu 	c Mpofu b Mupariwa 	        7 
RW Chakabva 	lbw b Staddon 	                19 
E Chigumbura 	c Mabuza b Dabengwa 	        18 
P Masvaure 	run out 	                3 
S Mwakayeni 	c Strydom b Staddon 	        2 
AM Manyumwa 	run out 	                3 
C Zhuwawo 	b Strydom 	                0 
AG Cremer 	b Dabengwa 	                2 
TN Garwe 	not out 	                1 
RW Price 	lbw b Dabengwa 	                1 
    Extras 	(b 1, lb 1, w 8) 	        10 
    Total 	(all out; 17 overs) 	        67 

Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-8, 3-44, 4-54, 5-56, 6-61, 7-62, 8-64, 
9-65, 10-67

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
CB Mpofu 	3 	1 	5 	1 	1.66 	(1w)
TM Mboyi 	1 	0 	6 	0 	6.00 	
T Mupariwa 	3 	1 	9 	1 	3.00 	(1w)
B Staddon 	3 	0 	14 	2 	4.66 	(2w)
KM Dabengwa 	4 	0 	13 	3 	3.25 	(1w)
GM Strydom 	3 	0 	18 	1 	6.00 	(3w)