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In what could well be a prelude of tomorrow's final, Mountaineers and Mashonaland Eagles met in the first of today's matches in the Stanbic T20, and if the result was anything to go by, the trophy can be handed to Eagles already. Batting first after being put in to bat, Eagles only managed to score 141/9 from their 20 overs, with Greb Lamb's 40 being the only real innings of note as Greg Smith took an impressive 5/27 for Mountaineers to keep Eagles in check. If Eagles were poor, though, Mountaineers were some way below woeful - only Hamilton Masakadza (16) and Stuart Matsikenyeri (10) reach double figures as their side was skittled out for 59 inside 12 overs. Ray Price was the man who did the damage, surpassing Greg Smith's efforts with a haul of 5/12 from just 17 balls bowled. Now, what happens next depends on which version of the tournament table you're looking at. If CricInfo and Cricket Archive's table is correct, then Rhinos are still in with a shout of reaching the final if they beat Vipers this afternoon; SuperSport have been using a different table in their broadcasts, and if that's correct then it's already settled that Eagles will meet Mountaineers again tomorrow afternoon. We'll have to wait and see who's correct. Full scorecard for this match below the cut.
Eagles 141/9 (20 overs; Lamb 40, Smith 5/27), Mountaineers 59 (11.5 overs; H Masakadza 16, Price 5/12). Eagles win by 82 runs.

Mashonaland Eagles innings (20 overs maximum)  	
                                                R  	M  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR
DA Marillier 	c †Taibu b Smith 	        2 	6 	6 	0 	0 	33.33
C Zhuwawo 	c SW Masakadza b Smith 	        7 	18 	9 	0 	0 	77.77
F Mutizwa† 	c SW Masakadza b H Masakadza 	15 	18 	11 	1 	1 	136.36
P Masvaure 	st †Taibu b Mushangwe 	        24 	26 	23 	1 	0 	104.34
GA Lamb 	c Mlambo b Smith 	        40 	46 	34 	2 	1 	117.64
E Chigumbura* 	c SW Masakadza b Utseya 	7 	6 	9 	1 	0 	77.77
RW Chakabva 	run out (†Taibu) 	        24 	23 	21 	2 	0 	114.28
AM Manyumwa 	b Smith 	                8 	8 	6 	1 	0 	133.33
TN Garwe 	c Matsikenyeri b Smith 	        0 	4 	1 	0 	0 	0.00
RW Price 	not out 	                0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	-
DT Hondo 	not out 	                4 	2 	1 	1 	0 	400.00
	Extras 	(lb 1, w 8, nb 1) 	        10 					
	Total 	(9 wickets; 20 overs; 83 mins) 	141 	(7.05 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Marillier, 1.2 ov), 2-29 (Zhuwawo, 3.4 ov), 3-32 (Mutizwa, 4.4 ov), 
4-71 (Masvaure, 9.6 ov), 5-82 (Chigumbura, 12.3 ov), 6-118 (Lamb, 17.5 ov), 7-128 (Chakabva, 18.4 ov), 
8-137 (Garwe, 19.4 ov), 9-137 (Manyumwa, 19.5 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
T Chitara 	3 	0 	31 	0 	10.33 	(4w) 	
GM Smith 	4 	0 	27 	5 	6.75 	(1nb, 3w) 	
H Masakadza 	2 	0 	13 	1 	6.50 		
SW Masakadza 	2 	0 	16 	0 	8.00 		
P Utseya 	4 	0 	19 	1 	4.75 		
N Mushangwe 	4 	0 	29 	1 	7.25 	(1w) 	
T Maruma 	1 	0 	5 	0 	5.00 		
	

Mountaineers innings (target: 142 runs from 20 overs)
                                                R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
H Masakadza* 	lbw b Price 	                16 	47 	11 	3 	0 	145.45
GM Smith 	c Chakabva b Chigumbura 	6 	17 	7 	0 	0 	85.71
T Taibu† 	b Masvaure 	                0 	2 	1 	0 	0 	0.00
S Matsikenyeri 	c Masvaure b Manyumwa 	        10 	10 	15 	0 	0 	66.66
T Maruma 	run out (Price) 	        3 	7 	4 	0 	0 	75.00
P Utseya 	c Zhuwawo b Price 	        8 	18 	12 	0 	0 	66.66
SW Masakadza 	c Chakabva b Price 	        9 	22 	13 	0 	0 	69.23
B Mlambo 	c Masvaure b Price 	        0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0.00
DT Tiripano 	c Lamb b Manyumwa 	        2 	3 	3 	0 	0 	66.66
N Mushangwe 	st †Mutizwa b Price 	        1 	5 	4 	0 	0 	25.00
T Chitara 	not out 	                0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	-
	Extras 	(w 4) 	                        4 					
	Total 	(all out; 11.5 overs; 56 mins) 	59 	(4.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (H Masakadza, 1.6 ov), 2-20 (Taibu, 2.2 ov), 3-25 (Smith, 3.5 ov), 
4-35 (Maruma, 5.4 ov), 5-41 (Matsikenyeri, 6.6 ov), 6-49 (Utseya, 9.4 ov), 7-49 (Mlambo, 9.5 ov), 
8-54 (Tiripano, 10.5 ov), 9-58 (SW Masakadza, 11.3 ov), 10-59 (Mushangwe, 11.5 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
DT Hondo 	2 	0 	15 	0 	7.50 		
RW Price 	2.5 	0 	12 	5 	4.23 	(1w) 	
P Masvaure 	2 	0 	8 	1 	4.00 	(1w) 	
E Chigumbura 	2 	0 	9 	1 	4.50 	(2w) 	
AM Manyumwa 	3 	0 	15 	2 	5.00