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Namibia's Desert Vipers stamped their authority on the Southern Rocks, and marked themselves out as one of the sides to watch in the competition, with a convincing 46-run victory in today's first match. Vipers were put into bat after Rocks won the toss, and while Rocks made an early breakthrough with the wicker of opener Raymond van Schoor with the score on 3, most of the rest of those who got to the crease made useful contributions, pushing the side to 152/5 for their 20 overs. In reply, Rocks went all to pieces, despite their latest influx of new talent, managing just 106 before being bowled out. Alester Maregwede top-scored with 23, but it was Tony Palladino who truly marked the difference between the two sides, taking 4/21 from just 3.3 overs to ensure that Rocks' woeful season continues. The margin of victory was enough to leave Vipers top of the table on Net Run Rate at the end of the day, while Rocks were left languishing at the bottom. Full scorecard below the cut.
Vipers 152/5 (20 overs; Williams 50, Kamungozi 1/22), Rocks 106 (18.3 overs; Maregwede 23, Palladino 4/21). Vipers win by 46 runs.

Desert Vipers innings (20 overs maximum)	
						R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
R van Schoor†	c Kamungozi b Mahwire		1	7	5	0	0	20.00
GJ Rudolph	c Chisoro b Kamungozi		19	32	21	1	0	90.47
C Williams*	run out (SM Ervine)		50	54	46	5	1	108.69
D Pretorius	c Mahwire b SM Ervine		34	32	26	3	1	130.76
RN Manyande	run out (SM Ervine)		9	14	7	1	0	128.57
T Verwey	not out				22	16	13	1	2	169.23
AP Palladino	not out				5	4	4	1	0	125.00
	Extras	(lb 2, w 9, nb 1)		12					
	Total	(5 wickets; 20 overs; 80 mins)	152	(7.60 runs per over)

Did not bat: C Viljoen, BM Scholtz, WJ Groenewald, L Klazinga

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (van Schoor, 2.1 ov), 2-45 (Rudolph, 7.3 ov), 3-111 (Williams, 15.5 ov), 
4-111 (Pretorius, 16.1 ov), 5-146 (Manyande, 18.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ		
AJ Ireland	4	0	19	0	4.75		
NB Mahwire	4	0	31	1	7.75	(2w)	
CJ Chibhabha	3	0	26	0	8.66	(2w)	
SM Ervine	3	0	26	1	8.66	(1w)	
T Kamungozi	3	0	22	1	7.33		
IJ Harvey	3	0	26	0	8.66	(1nb)	


Southern Rocks innings (target: 153 runs from 20 overs)	
						R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
IJ Harvey	c Palladino b Klazinga		0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Razza Butt	c Klazinga b Viljoen		1	7	6	0	0	16.66
SM Ervine	c Groenewald b Palladino	14	16	12	2	0	116.66
CJ Chibhabha*	c Rudolph b Pretorius		10	19	12	1	0	83.33
CR Ervine	c & b Williams			5	10	7	0	0	71.42
A Maregwede†	b Scholtz			23	25	23	3	0	100.00
R Ervine	lbw b Palladino			21	25	24	1	0	87.50
TS Chisoro	b Scholtz			0	1	2	0	0	0.00
T Kamungozi	b Palladino			7	17	9	1	0	77.77
NB Mahwire	b Palladino			8	7	7	1	0	114.28
AJ Ireland	not out				6	6	7	0	0	85.71
	Extras	(lb 8, w 3)			11					
	Total	(all out; 18.3 overs)		106	(5.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Harvey, 0.6 ov), 2-4 (Razza Butt, 1.3 ov), 3-22 (SM Ervine, 4.4 ov), 
4-32 (Chibhabha, 5.6 ov), 5-36 (CR Ervine, 7.2 ov), 6-77 (Maregwede, 13.4 ov), 
7-77 (Chisoro, 13.6 ov), 8-83 (R Ervine, 14.4 ov), 9-93 (Mahwire, 16.4 ov), 
10-106 (Kamungozi, 18.3 ov)


Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ		
L Klazinga	4	0	20	1	5.00	(2w)	
C Viljoen	2	0	7	1	3.50		
AP Palladino	3.3	0	21	4	6.00		
D Pretorius	2	0	13	1	6.50		
WJ Groenewald	3	0	16	0	5.33	(1w)	
C Williams	1	0	6	1	6.00		
BM Scholtz	3	0	15	2	5.00