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Essentially settling the tournament's only abandoned match, the 3rd-place playoff was a simple affair for the Desert Vipers, who claimed a 35-run victory over the Bulawayo side in the first of today's matches. Batting first after winning the toss, Vipers amassed a less-than-impressive 126/7 from their 20 overs. Raymond van Schoor (46) and Dwaine Pretorius (36) accounted for most of Vipers' total, with the rest of the side failing to manage significant contributions. Where they were poor, though, Tuskers were woeful, with 8 of their side failing to reach double figures and only Tawanda Mupariwa (31) at 9th putting up significant resistance as the side were bowled out for 91. A disappointing end to the tourney for Tuskers. Full scorecard below the cut.
Vipers 126/7 (20 overs; van Schoor 46, Mpofu 2/26), Tuskers 91 (18.3 overs; Mupariwa 31, Klazinga 2/13). Vipers win by 35 runs.

Desert Vipers innings (20 overs maximum)	
						R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
R van Schoor	c Ewing b Mpofu			46	70	53	1	1	86.79
GJ Rudolph	lbw b Meth			11	19	15	1	0	73.33
T Verwey†	run out (Williams)		3	2	3	0	0	100.00
C Williams*	c Blignaut b Ewing		4	6	5	0	0	80.00
D Pretorius	c & b Williams			36	21	22	2	2	163.63
T Louw		run out (Mpofu)			19	20	21	1	0	90.47
C Viljoen	b Mpofu				1	1	2	0	0	50.00
L Klazinga	not out				0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)		6					
	Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs; 73 mins)	126	(6.30 runs per over)

Did not bat: AP Palladino, BM Scholtz, RN Manyande

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Rudolph, 4.5 ov), 2-33 (Verwey, 5.2 ov), 3-40 (Williams, 7.3 ov), 
4-89 (Pretorius, 14.4 ov), 5-124 (van Schoor, 19.2 ov), 6-126 (Louw, 19.5 ov), 
7-126 (Viljoen, 19.6 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ		
DD Ebrahim	1	0	5	0	5.00		
CB Mpofu	4	0	26	2	6.50	(1nb, 1w)	
T Mupariwa	1	0	9	0	9.00		
KO Meth		2	0	8	1	4.00		
GM Ewing	4	0	27	1	6.75		
KM Dabengwa	4	0	16	0	4.00		
SC Williams	2	0	21	1	10.50		
DR Higgins	2	0	10	0	5.00		


Matabeleland Tuskers innings (target: 127 runs from 20 overs)	
						R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GM Ewing*	c Pretorius b Viljoen		8	15	15	1	0	53.33
CK Coventry†	c Manyande b Viljoen		1	6	4	0	0	25.00
SC Williams	c †Verwey b Klazinga		2	23	7	0	0	28.57
GM Strydom	c †Verwey b Klazinga		2	4	6	0	0	33.33
AM Blignaut	c †Verwey b Palladino		18	39	27	1	0	66.66
KM Dabengwa	c Louw b van Schoor		8	10	11	1	0	72.72
DD Ebrahim	c van Schoor b Williams		3	10	8	0	0	37.50
KO Meth		c Louw b van Schoor		1	4	2	0	0	50.00
T Mupariwa	b Williams			31	23	16	2	2	193.75
DR Higgins	b Palladino			11	9	9	0	1	122.22
CB Mpofu	not out				2	11	6	0	0	33.33
	Extras	(lb 1, w 3)			4					
	Total	(all out; 18.3 overs; 81 mins)	91	(4.91 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Coventry, 1.3 ov), 2-11 (Ewing, 3.2 ov), 3-14 (Strydom, 4.3 ov), 
4-21 (Williams, 6.2 ov), 5-32 (Dabengwa, 8.5 ov), 6-41 (Ebrahim, 11.3 ov), 7-47 (Meth, 12.6 ov), 
8-47 (Blignaut, 13.2 ov), 9-61 (Higgins, 15.4 ov), 10-91 (Mupariwa, 18.3 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ		
L Klazinga	4	0	13	2	3.25	(1w)	
C Viljoen	4	0	14	2	3.50		
R van Schoor	4	0	24	2	6.00	(2w)	
AP Palladino	4	0	21	2	5.25		
C Williams	2.3	0	18	2	7.20