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Northerns secured the Logan Cup title with a thumping innings and 98 run win over Centrals at Kwekwe Sports Club. The result means they end the tournament with an unbeaten record. Brendan Taylor's 150* and Ishmael Senzere's 131, his maiden hundred, led Northerns' charge to 493/7 before their innings was declared. Senzere and Alois Tichana got the innings off to a flier with an opening stand of 193, and then Taylor flayed a tired and dispirited attack while the in-form Ray Price chipped in with a late fifty.

Centrals provided very little in the way of opposition. Scoring just 158 in their first innings, they were forced to follow on while still 335 short of Northerns' total, and although they did slightly better second time round (scoring 237), none of their batsmen were able to play the dominant innings needed - 5 of their batsmen reached the 30's, with Innocent Chikunya and S Gupos sharing the top score on 35, but no-one was able to press on past there, leaving them far short of the required score. Scorecard below the cut.
Northerns 493/7 decl (Taylor 150*, Chinouya 2/67), Centrals 158 (Mire 42*, Manyumwa 3/24) & 237 (following on; Gupos 35, Chikunya 35, Price 3/40) by an innings and 98 runs.
More later.

Northerns 1st innings 
A Tichana 	run out (Nyathi/Chikunya) 	66 
I Senzere 	c Nyathi b Waller 	        131 
BRM Taylor 	not out 	                150 
E Chigumbura 	c Chikunya b Chinouya 	        58 
P Masvaure 	lbw b Chinouya          	4 
S Mwakayeni 	run out (Chinouya) 	        0 
AG Cremer 	c Chikunya b Rainsford 	        0 
RW Price 	c Waller b Nyathi 	        52 
AM Manyumwa 	not out 	                3 
    Extras 	(b 8, lb 10, w 1, nb 10) 	29 
    Total 	(7 wickets dec; 133 overs) 	493 

Did not bat: A Mlambo, TN Garwe

Fall of wickets: 1-193 (Tichana), 2-248 (Senzere), 3-347 (Chigumbura), 
4-366 (Masvaure), 5-366 (Mwakayeni), 6-378 (Cremer), 7-478 (Price)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
EC Rainsford 	30 	10 	94 	1 	3.13 	(6nb)
T Muzarabani 	22 	4 	94 	0 	4.27 	(1nb, 1w)
MT Chinouya 	21 	3 	67 	2 	3.19 	
B Mugochi 	28 	6 	115 	0 	4.10 	
R Nyathi 	13 	2 	45 	1 	3.46 	(3nb)
E Chauluka 	11 	1 	36 	0 	3.27 	
M Waller 	8 	0 	24 	1 	3.00 	


Centrals 1st innings 
I Chikunya 	c sub (C Zhuwawo) b Chigumbura 	2
S Gupos 	c Taylor b Mlambo 	        6 
E Chauluka 	b Manyumwa 	                25 
M Waller 	lbw b Cremer 	                27 
R Nyathi 	c Taylor b Manyumwa 	        9 
BM Chapungu 	c Mwakayeni b Price 	        17 
SF Mire 	not out 	                42 
EC Rainsford 	lbw b Garwe 	                5 
T Muzarabani 	c Cremer b Garwe 	        9 
MT Chinouya 	c Masvaure b Price 	        1 
B Mugochi 	c Taylor b Manyumwa 	        1 
    Extras 	(b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 6)  	14 
    Total 	(all out; 65.3 overs) 	        158 

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Chikunya), 2-32 (Gupos), 3-51 (Chauluka), 
4-61 (Nyathi), 5-94 (Chapungu), 6-100 (Waller), 7-122 (Rainsford), 
8-136 (Muzarabani), 9-141 (Chinouya), 10-158 (Mugochi, 65.3 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
E Chigumbura 	15 	8 	25 	1 	1.66 	
TN Garwe 	12 	2 	13 	2 	1.08 	(1nb)
A Mlambo 	7 	1 	24 	1 	3.42 	(2nb, 1w)
AM Manyumwa 	7.3 	3 	24 	3 	3.20 	(1w)
P Masvaure 	2 	0 	11 	0 	5.50 	(2nb)
AG Cremer 	11 	1 	23 	1 	2.09 	(1nb)
RW Price 	11 	4 	32 	2 	2.90 	


Centrals 2nd innings (following on) 
S Gupos 	c Mwakayeni b Manyumwa 	        35 
SF Mire 	c Taylor b Garwe 	        32 
E Chauluka 	c Tichana b Mwakayeni 	        34 
M Waller 	c Price b Cremer 	        9 
I Chikunya 	lbw b Price 	                35 
BM Chapungu 	c Manyumwa b Garwe 	        32 
R Nyathi 	c & b Cremer 	                14 
EC Rainsford 	c Cremer b Price 	        6 
T Muzarabani 	st Taylor b Cremer 	        5 
B Mugochi 	not out 	                16 
MT Chinouya 	lbw b Garwe 	                6 
    Extras 	(b 1, lb 2, nb 5, pen 5) 	13 
    Total 	(all out; 87.3 overs) 	        237 

Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Mire), 2-86 (Gupos), 3-96 (Waller), 
4-157 (Chikunya), 5-159 (Chauluka), 6-200 (Chapungu), 
7-207 (Rainsford), 8-215 (Nyathi), 9-215 (Muzarabani), 
10-237 (Chinouya, 87.3 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
E Chigumbura 	8 	3 	14 	0 	1.75 	
TN Garwe 	12.3 	2 	51 	3 	4.08 	(2nb)
P Masvaure 	2 	0 	6 	0 	3.00 	(1nb)
AM Manyumwa 	14 	4 	37 	1 	2.64 	
AG Cremer 	23 	2 	55 	3 	2.39 	(1nb)
RW Price 	20 	5 	41 	2 	2.05 	
I Senzere 	2 	0 	9 	0 	4.50 	(1nb)
S Mwakayeni 	6 	1 	16 	1 	2.66