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Another Day One match, and another mismatch as Westerns proved too powerful for Southerns. Westerns won the toss and elected to bat, and while they made a harder job for themselves that most other sides who batted first on day one, they still managed to reach a decent 163/7 from their 20 overs. Bradley Staddon top-scored with 46, with other useful contributions coming from Tawanda Mupariwa (37) and Keith Dabengwa (22). Tafadzwa Kamungozi took 2/18 for Southerns from his 4 overs.

Southerns started well in reply, with the top four all getting started - local boy Robertson Chinyengetere top-scored with 25 - but after that the side collapsed, ending the innings on 110/9, well short of the target. Simbarashe Kusano impressed with the ball, taking 2/7 from 2 overs for Westerns, who took the win and a bonus point from the encounter. Scorecard below the cut.
Westerns 163/7 (20/20 overs; Staffon 46, Kamungozi 2/18), Southerns 110/9 (20;20 overs; Chinyengetere 25, Kusano 2/7). Westerns win by 53 runs.

Westerns innings (20 overs maximum) 
KM Dabengwa 	c R Chinyengetere b Vitori 	22 
GM Strydom 	c R Chinyengetere b Charumbira 	0 
B Staddon 	lbw b Chibhabha 	        46 
T Ngulube 	c Matanga b Kamungozi 	        16 
MM Mabuza 	c Matanga b Kamungozi 	        10 
T Mupariwa 	not out 	                37 
TM Mboyi 	c Chisoro b Chibhabha 	        6 
RT Kasawaya 	run out 	                14 
J Nyumbu 	not out 	                3 
    Extras 	(lb 2, w 6, nb 1) 	        9 
    Total 	(7 wickets; 20 overs) 	        163 

Did not bat: CB Mpofu, S Kusano

Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-30, 3-89, 4-100, 5-101, 6-124, 7-144

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
TS Chisoro 	3 	0 	31 	0 	10.33 	(1w)
B Vitori 	2 	0 	14 	1 	7.00 	(1w)
P Charumbira 	3 	0 	30 	1 	10.00 	(2w)
H Matanga 	4 	0 	35 	0 	8.75 	(1w)
T Kamungozi 	4 	1 	18 	2 	4.50 	
CJ Chibhabha 	4 	0 	33 	2 	8.25 	(1nb, 1w)


Southerns innings (target: 164 runs from 20 overs) 
T Duffin 	c Ngulube b Mupariwa 	        23
CJ Chibhabha 	c Dabengwa b Mboyi 	        10 
NB Mahwire 	c Strydom b Kusano 	        22 
R Chinyengetere c Strydom b Kusano 	        25 
J Chinyengetere st Ngulube b Dabengwa 	        1 
TS Chisoro 	c Kasawaya b Dabengwa 	        1 
R Mutumbami 	run out 	                1 
P Charumbira 	not out 	                17 
T Kamungozi 	run out 	                1 
B Vitori 	b Mupariwa 	                3 
H Matanga 	not out 	                0 
    Extras 	(lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 	        6 
    Total 	(9 wickets; 20 overs) 	        110 

Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-36, 3-83, 4-83, 5-85, 6-85, 7-86, 
8-101, 9-110

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
CB Mpofu 	4 	0 	27 	0 	6.75 	(1w)
TM Mboyi 	4 	0 	26 	1 	6.50 	
T Mupariwa 	4 	0 	20 	2 	5.00 	(1nb, 1w)
KM Dabengwa 	4 	0 	14 	2 	3.50 	(1w)
J Nyumbu 	2 	0 	15 	0 	7.50 	
S Kusano 	2 	0 	7 	2 	3.50 	(1w)