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Northerns cruised to victory over Westerns on the final day of their Logan Cup match at Harare Sports Club on Sunday. After resuming on their overnight score of 101/2 (following on, after Northerns first innings was declared on 417/6 and Westerns only managed 137 from their first innings), Westerns could only add another 96 runs as Gary Brent and Raymond Price ripped through the rest of their batting line-up. Brent claimed another two wickets on his way to 4/40, and Price finished with 3/32. Northerns could not have hoped for a better start to the day as Price took two early wickets in his first over. He had Westerns dangerman Tafadzwa Ngulube trapped leg before for 51 and then forced the new man, Thabo Mboyi, to nick to Brent at slip.

Brent then joined in and stopped Mbekezele Mabuza who was looking good after making 31 off 72 balls. He also featured in a 36-run stand for the seventh wicket with Tawanda Mupariwa, who put up 48 runs off 106 balls and also had another partnership with Simbarashe Kusano for the eighth wicket, before the latter hooked a Trevor Garwe delivery to an onrushing Admire Manyumwa at the covers.

Brent then cleaned up the Westerns tail, taking the remaining two wickets for 12 runs, to ensure that Northerns remain top of the Logan Cup log. Full scorecard below the cut.
Northerns 417/6 decl (Chigumbura 186, Mpofu 3/73), Westerns 137 & 197 (Ngulube 51, Brent 4/40). Northerns win by an innings and 83 runs.

Northerns 1st innings
A Tichana 	c Takarusenga b Mupariwa 	106
K Kondo 	c Ngulube b Mpofu 	        7
BRM Taylor 	c Mupariwa b Nyumbu 	        40
E Chigumbura 	c Dabengwa b Mupariwa 	        186
P Masvaure 	c Ngulube b Mpofu 	        50
T Chimbambo 	c Dabengwa b Mpofu 	        0
AG Cremer 	not out 	                1
    Extras 	(b 3, lb 3, w 17, nb 4) 	27
    Total 	(6 wickets dec; 149.1 overs) 	417 

Did not bat: TN Garwe, GB Brent, RW Price, AM Manyumwa

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ
T Mupariwa 	34.1 	10 	104 	2 	3.04
S Kusano 	25 	8 	50 	0 	2.00
CB Mpofu 	33 	9 	73 	3 	2.21
TM Mboyi 	11 	3 	41 	0 	3.72
KM Dabengwa 	15 	4 	51 	0 	3.40
J Nyumbu 	20 	2 	69 	1 	3.45
B Staddon 	11 	2 	23 	0 	2.09 	

Westerns 1st innings
F Takarusenga 	c Manyumwa b Brent              6
T Ngulube 	c Price b Cremer 	        15
B Staddon 	st Taylor b Price 	        7
KM Dabengwa 	c Chigumbura b Masvaure 	67
TM Mboyi 	c Kondo b Cremer 	        16
T Madhiri 	run out 	                1
MM Mabuza 	c Cremer b Price 	        4
T Mupariwa 	lbw b Cremer 	                5
S Kusano 	c Brent b Price 	        4
CB Mpofu 	not out 	                6
J Nyumbu 	c Taylor b Price 	        0
    Extras 	(lb 1, nb 5) 	                6
    Total 	(all out; 73.3 overs) 	        137 

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ
GB Brent 	13 	4 	13 	1 	1.00
E Chigumbura 	11 	2 	30 	0 	2.72
TN Garwe 	3 	2 	4 	0 	1.33
AM Manyumwa 	3 	2 	7 	0 	2.33
RW Price 	22.3 	12 	24 	4 	1.06
AG Cremer 	16 	2 	51 	3 	3.18
P Masvaure 	5 	2 	7 	1 	1.40 	

Westerns 2nd innings (following on)
F Takarusenga 	b Brent 	                3
T Ngulube 	lbw b Price 	                51
B Staddon 	c Brent b Chigumbura 	        41
KM Dabengwa 	c Brent b Price 	        0
TM Mboyi 	c Taylor b Price 	        0
MM Mabuza 	b Brent 	                31
T Madhiri 	run out 	                1
T Mupariwa 	c Manyumwa b Garwe 	        48
S Kusano 	b Brent 	                7
CB Mpofu 	c Taylor b Brent 	        2
J Nyumbu 	not out 	                3
    Extras 	(b 5, lb 3, w 2) 	        10
    Total 	(all out; 92.2 overs) 	        197 

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ
E Chigumbura 	8 	3 	15 	1 	1.87
GB Brent 	19 	4 	40 	4 	2.10
AM Manyumwa 	4 	1 	11 	0 	2.75
P Masvaure 	7 	0 	17 	0 	2.42
RW Price 	25 	11 	32 	3 	1.28
AG Cremer 	21 	4 	40 	0 	1.90
A Tichana 	3 	1 	3 	0 	1.00
TN Garwe 	5.2 	0 	31 	1 	5.81