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With the title down to a straight fight between Northerns and Easterns in the other Round 5 match, Centrals and Westerns were playing solely for pride. After winning the toss and opting to bowl, Centrals made light work of Westerns' flaky batting attack, bowling them out for 102 inside 31 overs. Keith Dabengwa was the best of a bad bunch, scoring 20, while Solomon Mire did a lot of the work for Centrals, claiming 4/22 from his 9 overs bowled.

Centrals' batting wasn't quite as good as their bowling, but led by opener Solomon Mire's 42, they managed to chase down their target inside 37 overs. Other than Mire there wasn't much to shout about from their innings, with 6 wickets falling along the way (Keegan Meth leading the Westerns attack with 3/12 from 10 overs), but it was enough on the day to secure a 4-wicket win. Full scorecard below the cut.
Westerns 104 (30.2 overs; Dabengwa 20, Mire 4/22), Centrals 105/6 (36.4 overs; Mire 42, Meth 3/12). Centrals win by 4 wickets.

Westerns innings (50 overs maximum) 
KM Dabengwa 	c Mahlunge b Mire 	        20 
MM Dube 	c Mahlunge b Muzarabani 	10 
T Ngulube 	b Mavhiko 	                2 
B Staddon 	b Muzarabani 	                13 
B Mujuru 	c Waller b Mire 	        1 
KO Meth 	c Kasteni b Mire 	        0 
T Mupariwa 	c Nyathi b Mire 	        0 
MM Mabuza 	b Mugochi 	                7 
RT Kasawaya 	c Chinouya b Mugochi 	        16 
TM Mboyi 	c Waller b Mugochi 	        0 
CB Mpofu 	not out 	                17 
    Extras 	(lb 2, w 15, nb 1) 	        18 
    Total 	(all out; 30.2 overs) 	        104 

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Dube), 2-24 (Ngulube), 3-54 (Dabengwa), 
4-59 (Staddon), 5-59 (Mujuru), 6-59 (Mupariwa), 7-59 (Meth), 
8-75 (Mabuza), 9-77 (Mboyi), 10-104 (Kasawaya, 30.2 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
T Muzarabani 	9 	0 	27 	2 	3.00 	(1w)
A Mavhiko 	5 	0 	36 	1 	7.20 	(8w)
SF Mire 	10 	4 	22 	4 	2.20 	
B Mugochi 	6.2 	3 	17 	3 	2.68 	(4w)


Centrals innings (target: 105 runs from 50 overs)
F Kasteni 	lbw b Meth 	                42 
T Mahlunge 	c Mboyi b Meth 	                5 
BM Chapungu 	c Kasawaya b Mpofu 	        12 
M Waller 	b Mupariwa 	                5 
SF Mire 	c & b Meth 	                16 
R Nyathi 	run out (Ngulube) 	        0 
E Chauluka 	not out 	                5 
B Mugochi 	not out 	                9 
    Extras 	(w 11) 	                        11 
    Total 	(6 wickets; 36.4 overs) 	105 

Did not bat: A Mavhiko, T Muzarabani, MT Chinouya

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Mahlunge), 2-43 (Chapungu), 3-52 (Waller), 
4-82 (Kasteni), 5-83 (Nyathi), 6-89 (Mire)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 	
CB Mpofu 	10 	2 	27 	1 	2.70 	
KO Meth 	10 	3 	12 	3 	1.20 	(2w)
T Mupariwa 	8.4 	1 	43 	1 	4.96 	(6w)
B Staddon 	8 	2 	23 	0 	2.87 	(3w)