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Southern Rocks trounced Matabeleland Tuskers in the second match of the day to leave the day to leave the tournament table perfectly poised, as Andy Blignaut's magic failed to strike twice. Rocks won the toss and opted to bat, after rain delayed the start of play (although thankfully not by enough to shorten the match). The side got off to a blistering start, thanks to a 104-run opening partnership between Chamu Chibhabha (82*) and Sikandar Raza (53). Once Raza departed, clean-bowled by Sean Williams (2/16), the wickets began to fall regularly, but by then the heavy lifting had already been done, and Rocks finished on an impressive 166/4. Tuskers' reply got off to a bad start with the loss of Gavin Ewing on the 2nd ball of the innings, while fellow opener Mark Vermeulen soon followed. Sean Williams was the only player to manage a decent innings, scoring 39, and by the time Andy Blignaut departed for just 4, batting at 6th, the writing was on the wall. Tuskers did manage to see out their 20 overs, but finished well behind the target on 123/9. That gave Rocks a 43-run victory, and left all six sides in the competition tied on 2 points each and separated only by net run rate - although with Tuskers having played more matches than any other side and already being anchored to the bottom of the table, their prospects are already looking bleak. Full scorecard below the cut.
Rocks 166/4 (20 overs; Chibhabha 82*, Williams 2/16), Tuskers 123/9 (20 overs; Williams 39, Ireland 3/25). Rocks win by 43 runs.

Southern Rocks innings (20 overs maximum)	
						R	M	B	4	6s	SR
CJ Chibhabha	not out				82	0	62	7	3	132.25
Sikandar Raza	b Williams			53	0	34	4	3	155.88
SO Tikolo	c Meth b Williams		10	0	11	1	0	90.90
SM Ervine*	c †Coventry b Meth		1	0	3	0	0	33.33
TS Chisoro	b Meth				3	0	4	0	0	75.00
A Maregwede†	not out				6	0	6	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 4)		11					
	Total	(4 wickets; 20 overs; 79 mins)	166	(8.30 runs per over)

Did not bat: T Kamungozi, CR Ervine, IJ Harvey, AJ Ireland, NB Mahwire

Fall of wickets: 1-104 (Sikandar Raza, 11.4 ov), 2-126 (Tikolo, 15.4 ov), 
3-136 (SM Ervine, 16.4 ov), 4-144 (Chisoro, 18.1 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ		
CB Mpofu	4	0	29	0	7.25	(2w)	
T Mupariwa	2	0	22	0	11.00		
GM Ewing	2	0	16	0	8.00	(1w)	
KO Meth		3	0	27	2	9.00	(1w)	
KM Dabengwa	3	0	27	0	9.00		
J Nyumbu	2	0	22	0	11.00		
SC Williams	4	0	16	2	4.00		


Matabeleland Tuskers innings (target: 167 runs from 20 overs)
						R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MA Vermeulen	c Sikandar Raza b Ireland	2	11	9	0	0	22.22
GM Ewing*	c Tikolo b Ireland		0	1	1	0	0	0.00
CK Coventry†	c Chisoro b Mahwire		14	12	10	0	1	140.00
SC Williams	c Chibhabha b SM Ervine		39	44	38	4	0	102.63
KM Dabengwa	c †Maregwede b SM Ervine	19	27	21	1	0	90.47
AM Blignaut	b SM Ervine			4	15	7	0	0	57.14
GM Strydom	c Chibhabha b Kamungozi		11	7	5	2	0	220.00
KO Meth		not out				13	25	15	1	0	86.66
T Mupariwa	b Ireland			12	14	9	0	1	133.33
CB Mpofu	c Chibhabha b Mahwire		1	2	2	0	0	50.00
J Nyumbu	not out				1	2	3	0	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 5, lb 1, w 1)		7					
	Total	(9 wickets; 20 overs)		123	(6.15 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Ewing, 0.2 ov), 2-14 (Vermeulen, 2.6 ov), 3-16 (Coventry, 3.2 ov), 
4-65 (Dabengwa, 10.6 ov), 5-80 (Williams, 14.1 ov), 6-81 (Blignaut, 14.3 ov), 7-91 (Strydom, 15.4 ov), 
8-115 (Mupariwa, 18.4 ov), 9-116 (Mpofu, 19.1 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ		
AJ Ireland	4	0	25	3	6.25		
NB Mahwire	4	0	21	2	5.25	(1w)	
IJ Harvey	3	0	18	0	6.00		
SO Tikolo	2	0	12	0	6.00		
SM Ervine	4	0	19	3	4.75		
CJ Chibhabha	2	0	11	0	5.50		
T Kamungozi	1	0	11	1	11.00