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Midwest Rhinos got off the mark with a win against Mashonaland Eagles in the first of today's Stanbic T20 matches. Eagles were put into bat after Rhinos won the toss, and with the notable exception of captain Elton Chigumbura, who top-scored for his side with an impressive 53, none of the Eagles batsmen were ever able to really get going. Darren Stevens did most of the damage with the ball, taking 4/26 from his 4 overs. Rhinos' reply was perfectly paced, too, helped along by an Eagles attack that failed to take any wickets (the two men out were both runouts). Brendan Taylor impressed win an unabated 45, Vusi Sibanda's superb season continued as he chipped in with 41, while Rikki Wessels added 37 as Rhinos reached their target with a ball to spare. Full scorecard below the cut.
Eagles 140 (20 overs; Chigumbura 53, Stevens 4/26), Rhinos 146/2 (19.5 overs; Taylor 45*, Price 0/15). Rhinos win by 8 wickets.

Mashonaland Eagles innings (20 overs maximum)	
						R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Marillier	run out (Cremer/Taylor)		11	9	7	1	0	157.14
P Masvaure	c Taylor b Muzarabani		8	4	4	2	0	200.00
F Mutizwa†	run out (Sibanda)		12	14	7	1	1	171.42
RE Butterworth	c Kasteni b Muzarabani		1	5	3	0	0	33.33
GA Lamb		c †Wessels b Cremer		20	42	28	1	0	71.42
E Chigumbura*	c Muzarabani b Stevens		53	48	39	3	3	135.89
RW Chakabva	c Kasteni b Stevens		8	15	12	0	0	66.66
TN Garwe	c Waller b Stevens		5	10	6	0	0	83.33
AM Manyumwa	c Sibanda b Stevens		1	6	2	0	0	50.00
RW Price	not out				11	10	8	1	0	137.50
DT Hondo	run out (Waller)		3	8	4	0	0	75.00
	Extras	(lb 2, w 5)			7					
	Total	(all out; 20 overs; 90 mins)	140	(7.00 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Masvaure, 0.6 ov), 2-20 (Marillier, 1.5 ov), 3-29 (Butterworth, 2.6 ov), 
4-33 (Mutizwa, 3.3 ov), 5-90 (Lamb, 12.6 ov), 6-117 (Chigumbura, 15.6 ov), 7-123 (Chakabva, 17.1 ov), 
8-125 (Garwe, 17.5 ov), 9-125 (Manyumwa, 17.6 ov), 10-140 (Hondo, 19.6 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ		
T Muzarabani	4	0	32	2	8.00		
MT Chinouya	3	0	19	0	6.33	(3w)	
OP Rayner	3	0	25	0	8.33		
ML Nkala	2	0	12	0	6.00	(2w)	
AG Cremer	4	0	24	1	6.00		
DI Stevens	4	0	26	4	6.50		


Mid West Rhinos innings (target: 141 runs from 20 overs)	
							R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
V Sibanda*	run out (Chakabva)			41	56	47	4	0	87.23
MH Wessels†	run out (Manyumwa)			37	34	26	4	0	142.30
BRM Taylor	not out					45	42	30	3	1	150.00
DI Stevens	not out					17	20	16	1	1	106.25
	Extras	(lb 3, w 3)				6					
	Total	(2 wickets; 19.5 overs; 77 mins)	146	(7.36 runs per over)

Did not bat: OP Rayner, ML Nkala, MN Waller, AG Cremer, F Kasteni, T Muzarabani, MT Chinouya

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (Wessels, 8.1 ov), 2-110 (Sibanda, 15.3 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ		
E Chigumbura	3.5	0	32	0	8.34		
DT Hondo	4	0	33	0	8.25	(2w)	
P Masvaure	2	0	22	0	11.00		
RW Price	3	0	15	0	5.00		
TN Garwe	1	0	7	0	7.00		
GA Lamb		3	0	16	0	5.33		
DA Marillier	2	0	13	0	6.50	(1w)	
AM Manyumwa	1	0	5	0	5.00