The race for this season’s Logan Cup was blown wide open as leaders Matabeleland Tuskers endured a surprise loss to Mid West Rhinos and defending champions Mountaineers closed the gap to a single point at the top of the table by beating Mashonaland Eagles.
With the national players now in camp ahead of next month’s ICC World Cup it was time for Zimbabwe’s domestic players to return to four-day action in the Logan Cup.
Mike Hussey has celebrated that there are only three weeks to go until the start of the ICC Cricket World Cup by abseiling down West Point Tower in Hobart.
Mashonaland Eagles closed the gap at the top of the Pro50 Championship table to just a single point by beating Mid West Rhinos in Kwekwe. Leaders Matabeleland Tuskers, meanwhile, were thrashed by Mountaineers in Mutare.
Centuries from Brendan Taylor and Sikandar Raza helped Mashonaland Eagles make it back-to-back wins in Zimbabwe’s Pro50 Championship. They triumphed by a single run over defending champions Mountaineers in a rain-hit match at Harare Sports Club.
Zimbabwe’s Pro50 Championship leaders Matabeleland Tuskers were handed a heavy defeat by Mashonaland Eagles courtesy of a superb all-round performance from Sikandar Raza.
Cricket Badger spoke exclusively to Tuskers head coach Wayne James recently, getting his view on all things from targets for this season to players to look out for.
Matabeleland Tuskers remain the team to beat in this year’s Logan Cup. They now have 17 points from three games – almost twice that of second-placed Mountaineers, who today wrapped up victory over Mid West Rhinos.
Seamers Tawanda Mupariwa, Sean Williams and Brian Vitori combined to put Matabeleland Tuskers into a virtually impregnable position at stumps on day three of their Logan Cup contest against Mashonaland Eagles in Bulawayo.
Front-runners Matabeleland Tuskers passed 400 before declaring for the second time this season in Zimbabwe’s Logan Cup. They called time on their innings at 405 for nine, with opponents Mashonaland Eagles then reaching stumps on day two on 47 for one.
