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Only one match today in the Stanbic T20, and while both Matabeleland Tuskers and Desert Vipers had outside chances of reaching the final (dependent on results elsewhere), those chances were taken from them by rain late in the day. Vipers at least got to complete their innings, after winning the toss and opting to bat, and posted 147/4. Raymond van Schoor got the side off to a decent start with 44, while Dwaine Pretorius ended the innings on 48 not-out, but support from others was lacking and the total wasn't as good as it could have been. Not that it mattered - Tuskers only got 17 balls under their belts before the rain drew a line under the day's play, and that was the end of that. Full scorecard below the cut.
Vipers 147/4 (20 overs; Pretorius 48*, Higgins 1/7, Williams 1/7), Tuskers 23/1 (4.1/20 overs; Coventry 15*, Klazinga 0/6). No result - match abandoned (rain).

Desert Vipers innings (20 overs maximum)  	
                                                R  	M  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR
R van Schoor† 	b Higgins 	                44 	43 	42 	4 	1 	104.76
GJ Rudolph 	c Mpofu b Meth 	                8 	19 	13 	0 	0 	61.53
C Williams* 	c Mpofu b Williams 	        23 	22 	24 	0 	2 	95.83
D Pretorius 	not out 	                48 	32 	21 	4 	3 	228.57
RN Manyande 	run out (Ebrahim) 	        7 	9 	7 	0 	0 	100.00
T Verwey 	not out 	                15 	19 	14 	1 	0 	107.14
	Extras 	(w 1, nb 1) 	                2 					
	Total 	(4 wickets; 20 overs; 73 mins) 	147 	(7.35 runs per over)

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

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Rudolph, 4.6 ov), 2-75 (Williams, 12.6 ov), 3-75 (van Schoor, 13.1 ov), 
4-96 (Manyande, 15.2 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
CB Mpofu 	3 	0 	38 	0 	12.66 	(1nb) 	
T Mupariwa 	4 	0 	32 	0 	8.00 	(1w) 	
KO Meth 	4 	0 	29 	1 	7.25 		
GM Ewing 	4 	0 	19 	0 	4.75 		
KM Dabengwa 	2 	0 	15 	0 	7.50 		
SC Williams 	2 	0 	7 	1 	3.50 		
DR Higgins 	1 	0 	7 	1 	7.00 		


Matabeleland Tuskers innings (target: 148 runs from 20 overs) 	
                                                R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
GM Ewing* 	run out (Rudolph) 	        1 	0 	7 	0 	0 	14.28
CK Coventry† 	not out 	                15 	0 	9 	2 	0 	166.66
SC Williams 	not out 	                5 	0 	9 	0 	0 	55.55
	Extras 	(w 2) 	                        2 					
	Total 	(1 wicket; 4.1 overs) 	        23 	(5.52 runs per over)

Did not bat: KM Dabengwa, GM Strydom, CB Mpofu, T Mupariwa, KO Meth, AM Blignaut, DD Ebrahim, DR Higgins

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Ewing, 1.3 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
L Klazinga 	2.1 	1 	6 	0 	2.76 	(2w) 	
C Viljoen 	2 	0 	17 	0 	8.50