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The first match of the day at Harare Sports Club saw Desert Vipers lose their unbeaten record, after they were narrowly beaten by Mashonaland Eagles in a close-fought thriller. Eagles won the toss and put Vipers in to bat, and, ironically led by Zimbabwean player Norbert Manyande's 51, Vipers posted a decent 142. Early breakthroughs by Eagles' bowlers had left the Namibian side looking shaky at 24/3 before Manyande paired up with Dwaine Pretorious for an 88-run partnership for the 4th wicket, scored at more than a run a ball, that put the Vipers back on track. Douglas Hondo led the bowling for the Eagles, taking 2/13. In reply, Doug Marillier proved the rock of Eagles' innings, scoring 74 before bowing out with his side just keeping up with the required rate. Eagles reached their final over needing 5 runs to win with 5 wickets in hand, but needed just two balls of the over to finish the match off. Full scorecard below the cut.
Vipers 142/6 (20 overs; Manyande 51, Hondo 2/13), Eagles 144/5 (19.1 overs; Marillier 74, Klazinga 1/13). Eagles win by 5 wickets.

Desert Vipers innings (20 overs maximum)
                                                R  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR  	
R van Schoor† 	lbw b Manyumwa 	                15 	17 	1 	0 	88.23 	
GJ Rudolph 	c Masvaure b Hondo 	        1 	6 	0 	0 	16.66 	
C Williams* 	c †Mutizwa b Garwe 	        5 	14 	0 	0 	35.71 	
D Pretorius 	c Zhuwawo b Hondo 	        34 	30 	2 	2 	113.33 	
RN Manyande 	c Hondo b Chigumbura 	        51 	40 	4 	2 	127.50 	
T Verwey 	run out (†Mutizwa/Chigumbura) 	19 	10 	1 	1 	190.00 	
AP Palladino 	not out 	                8 	3 	0 	1 	266.66 	
	Extras 	(lb 4, w 5) 	                9 					
	Total 	(6 wickets; 20 overs) 	        142 	(7.10 runs per over)

To bat: L Klazinga, C Viljoen, BM Scholtz, WJ Groenewald

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Rudolph, 1.4 ov), 2-24 (van Schoor, 5.6 ov), 3-24 (Williams, 6.1 ov), 
4-112 (Manyande, 17.2 ov), 5-127 (Pretorius, 18.3 ov), 6-142 (Verwey, 19.6 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
E Chigumbura 	4 	0 	36 	1 	9.00 	(2w) 	
DT Hondo 	3 	0 	13 	2 	4.33 		
P Masvaure 	4 	0 	30 	0 	7.50 	(2w) 	
AM Manyumwa 	3 	0 	14 	1 	4.66 	(1w) 	
TN Garwe 	2 	0 	12 	1 	6.00 		
RW Price 	2 	0 	18 	0 	9.00 		
GA Lamb 	2 	0 	15 	0 	7.50 	


Mashonaland Eagles innings (target: 143 runs from 20 overs)  	
                                                R  	M  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR
DA Marillier 	lbw b Palladino 	        74 	73 	60 	6 	2 	123.33
P Masvaure 	c Pretorius b Klazinga 	        3 	12 	4 	0 	0 	75.00
C Zhuwawo 	c Williams b Viljoen 	        3 	6 	6 	0 	0 	50.00
GA Lamb 	c & b Pretorius 	        19 	26 	22 	2 	0 	86.36
E Chigumbura* 	run out (Klazinga) 	        15 	21 	11 	1 	1 	136.36
F Mutizwa† 	not out 	                13 	12 	8 	2 	0 	162.50
RW Chakabva 	not out 	                6 	7 	5 	0 	0 	120.00
	Extras 	(lb 6, w 4) 	                10 					
	Total 	(5 wickets; 19.2 overs) 	143 	(7.39 runs per over)

Did not bat: TN Garwe, AM Manyumwa, RW Price, DT Hondo

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Masvaure, 2.2 ov), 2-22 (Zhuwawo, 2.5 ov), 3-66 (Lamb, 11.2 ov), 
4-118 (Chigumbura, 16.3 ov), 5-125 (Marillier, 17.2 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
L Klazinga 	2 	0 	13 	1 	6.50 	(1w) 	
C Viljoen 	4 	0 	20 	1 	5.00 	(2w) 	
AP Palladino 	3.2 	0 	22 	1 	6.60 		
C Williams 	4 	0 	27 	0 	6.75 		
D Pretorius 	3 	0 	21 	1 	7.00 	(1w) 	
WJ Groenewald 	3 	0 	34 	0 	11.33