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Another match with only pride to play for, and for Tuskers it rounded out a series they would probably rather forget as they fell to yet another loss. They at least won the toss, opting to put Rocks in to bat. The Masvingo side posted a decent 231/7, lead by Steve Tikolo's rapid-fire 94 (scored off 84 deliveries). Some decent support came from Richmond Mutambami (43) and Alester Maregwede (38), but there was much in the way of useful contributions past that - although it would ultimately prove to be enough. Chris Mpofu led the way for Tuskers' bowling, taking 3/27.

Tuskers' innings was a string of starts that failed to go anywhere, other than Dion Ebrahim's 57, but for most of the innings Tuskers were doing enough to keep within reach of the total they were chasing. A string of wickets towards the end of the innings, though, saw them fall just short of their target - Chris Mpofu was lsat man out, with Tuskers just 8 runs short of their target. For Rocks, Blessing Mahwire, Thomas Odoyo and Chamu Chibhabha took 2 wickets apiece. Full scorecard below the cut.
Rocks 231/7 (50 overs; Tikolo 91, Mpofu 3/27), Tuskers 223 (49.5 overs; Ebrahim 57, Mahwire 2/31). Rocks win by 8 runs.

Southern Rocks innings (50 overs maximum)  	
                                                        R  	M  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR
T Machiri 	c Dabengwa b Mupariwa 	                10 	35 	22 	1 	0 	45.45
SJ Marillier 	c Ewing b Mupariwa 	                1 	15 	13 	0 	0 	7.69
CJ Chibhabha 	b Dabengwa 	                        28 	110 	67 	0 	0 	41.79
R Mutumbami† 	c & b Nyumbu 	                        43 	104 	71 	3 	0 	60.56
SO Tikolo* 	c Dabengwa b Mpofu 	                91 	84 	71 	6 	4 	128.16
A Maregwede 	c & b Mpofu 	                        38 	65 	48 	1 	1 	79.16
TM Odoyo 	c Dabengwa b Mpofu 	                0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0.00
NB Mahwire 	not out 	                        1 	5 	1 	0 	0 	100.00
T Chitongo 	not out 	                        5 	3 	5 	0 	0 	100.00
	Extras 	(lb 3, w 11) 	                        14 					
	Total 	(7 wickets; 50 overs; 214 mins) 	231 	(4.62 runs per over)

Did not bat: R Chinyengetere, K Kulinga

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Marillier, 3.3 ov), 2-16 (Machiri, 7.6 ov), 3-85 (Chibhabha, 26.6 ov), 
4-107 (Mutumbami, 31.5 ov), 5-225 (Maregwede, 48.4 ov), 6-225 (Odoyo, 48.5 ov), 7-225 (Tikolo, 48.6 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
CB Mpofu 	10 	2 	27 	3 	2.70 	(3w) 	
T Mupariwa 	8 	1 	19 	2 	2.37 		
KO Meth 	10 	0 	54 	0 	5.40 	(1w) 	
GT Aliseni 	3 	0 	14 	0 	4.66 	(6w) 	
J Nyumbu 	9 	0 	51 	1 	5.66 		
KM Dabengwa 	6 	0 	33 	1 	5.50 	(1w) 	
GM Ewing 	2 	0 	15 	0 	7.50 		
SC Williams 	2 	0 	15 	0 	7.50 		
	

Matabeleland Tuskers innings (target: 232 runs from 50 overs) 	
                                                        R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
GM Ewing* 	c †Mutumbami b Mahwire 	                30 	49 	41 	4 	0 	73.17
KM Dabengwa 	c Machiri b Odoyo 	                0 	14 	4 	0 	0 	0.00
SC Williams 	b Kulinga 	                        38 	119 	66 	3 	0 	57.57
DD Ebrahim 	b Chibhabha 	                        57 	106 	81 	4 	0 	70.37
CK Coventry† 	b Mahwire 	                        23 	40 	31 	1 	1 	74.19
GM Strydom 	run out (Mahwire) 	                4 	28 	12 	0 	0 	33.33
KO Meth 	lbw b Chibhabha 	                26 	38 	34 	1 	0 	76.47
T Mupariwa 	b Odoyo 	                        14 	32 	21 	1 	0 	66.66
CB Mpofu 	b Machiri 	                        13 	19 	8 	1 	0 	162.50
J Nyumbu 	c sub (TS Chisoro) b Tikolo 	        2 	6 	4 	0 	0 	50.00
GT Aliseni 	not out 	                        1 	8 	2 	0 	0 	50.00
	Extras 	(lb 6, w 4, nb 5) 	                15 					
	Total 	(all out; 49.5 overs; 234 mins) 	223 	(4.47 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Dabengwa, 3.2 ov), 2-43 (Ewing, 10.3 ov), 3-127 (Williams, 29.5 ov), 
4-144 (Ebrahim, 34.1 ov), 5-161 (Coventry, 38.2 ov), 6-165 (Strydom, 40.2 ov), 7-207 (Meth, 46.6 ov), 
8-207 (Mupariwa, 47.3 ov), 9-216 (Nyumbu, 48.4 ov), 10-223 (Mpofu, 49.5 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
NB Mahwire 	10 	0 	31 	2 	3.10 	(2nb, 2w) 	
TM Odoyo 	9.4 	2 	44 	2 	4.55 		
CJ Chibhabha 	10 	1 	45 	2 	4.50 	(2nb) 	
SO Tikolo 	6 	0 	29 	1 	4.83 	(1nb, 1w) 	
K Kulinga 	10 	0 	37 	1 	3.70 		
R Chinyengetere 	3 	0 	25 	0 	8.33 		
T Machiri 	1.1 	0 	6 	1 	5.14 	(1w)