Cricket Zimbabwe: Eagles lift Domestic T20 trophy after thrashing Rhinos in final
Eagles lift Domestic T20 trophy: A brilliant innings of 52 by Tadiwanashe Marumani was the highlight of a one-sided final as Eagles defeated a nervous Rhinos team by 62 runs to lift the Domestic Twenty20 Competition trophy at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.
Cricket Zimbabwe: Rhinos won the toss :-
Rhinos won the toss and followed the usual course by putting their opponents in. But as has been the case quite often during this tournament, it proved to be a regrettable decision.
Mike Chinouya struck in his first over, having Kudzai Maunze caught for five.
Nick and Wessly attacked the bowling in fine style :-
Nick Welch and Wessly Madhevere attacked the bowling in fine style, adding 52 for the second wicket in six overs before Brandon Mavuta broke the stand by bowling Madhevere for 29 off 25 balls.
Chamu Chibhabha scored 15, and then Marumani announced his arrival by hitting the first two deliveries he faced, from Johnathan Campbell, for four and six.
Soon afterwards Welch was out for a well-played 37 off 33 balls. It was fortunate for the Eagles that Marumani was in good form, for the later batters did little.
Cricket Zimbabwe: Marumani thrashed the bowling brilliantly:-
Marumani thrashed the bowling brilliantly to score 52 off only 22 balls, finally going out in the 19th over to Prince Masvaure with the score at 162 for six.
A few more runs were scored to take the total to 173 for eight, Tanaka Chivanga being out for “obstructing the field” off the final delivery.
Rhinos’ target of 174 was not easy, but it was certainly possible.
However, their innings was a disaster virtually from beginning to end. After such an impressive tournament until now, it would appear that they were unnerved by the big occasion.
In the third over, with the score at 11, Masvaure was given out lbw to Madhevere for four. Two balls later Eddie Byrom perished the same way for two.
Tarisai Musakanda was then lbw to Richard Ngarava, which meant three batters were out lbw in four balls.
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Madhevere himself took three wickets in four balls :-
Madhevere himself took three wickets in four balls. With the first ball of his next over he bowled out Campbell for one.
The score was 15 for four, and after this the batters appeared to hit out recklessly and hopelessly.
Mavuta hit 11 runs off four balls before hitting his wicket down off the fifth, while Ryan Burl was out for 18 off seven balls.
When Madziva went out for four, eight wickets were down for 61 in 9.1 overs. Not one of them had survived more than 10 balls.
Tashinga Musekiwa however became the first Rhinos batter to break this barrier, as he showed more fight than some of the bigger names and reached 24 off 12 balls.
Madhevere took three top-order wickets for 15 runs in three overs, while Tawanda Dzikiti had three later wickets for 27.
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