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Rocks' woeful performances in the Logan Cup this season have already had some people question their place in the current setup - most notably in one of ZC's own recent match reports - and this week's double collapse against Tuskers won't help them silence any critics. Rocks tumbled to 83 in their first innings, with Glenn Querl (5/28) leading the carnage on that occasion, but Rocks' bowlers managed to extract a measure of revenge when they came to bowl themselves - but for the efforts of Gavin Ewing (53) and Richard Jones (62) Tuskers wouldn't have done much better - but their final total of 177 eventually proved to be good enough on the day. Tendai Chisoro and Tafadzwa Kamungozi took 3 wickets apiece to lead the Rocks' bowling figures.

Come their second knock, Rocks at least managed to outscore their first innings, but being bowled out for 125 they left Tuskers chasing a target of just 32 runs to win, which they reached without loss to secure a 10 wicket win. Full scorecard below the cut.
Rocks 83 (41 overs; Maunze 41, Querl 5/28) & 125 (53.5 overs; Maunze 43, Ncube 7/35), Tuskers 177 (61.3 overs; Jones 62, Kamungozi 3/19) & 36/0 (9.1 overs; Duffin 26*, Horton 9*). Matabeleland Tuskers win by 10 wickets.

Southern Rocks 1st innings 	
R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
R Kaia 	        c †Ngulube b Querl 	        2 	3 	6 	0 	0 	33.33
KO Maunze 	b Ncube 	                41 	167 	106 	5 	0 	38.67
R Chinyengetere b Querl 	                0 	7 	5 	0 	0 	0.00
R Mutumbami*† 	c Horton b Querl 	        6 	23 	14 	1 	0 	42.85
SC Marisa 	run out (Jones) 	        9 	42 	23 	1 	0 	39.13
TS Chisoro 	run out (Ewing) 	        21 	53 	40 	2 	0 	52.50
K Kaia 	        run out (Staddon) 	        2 	17 	16 	0 	0 	12.50
H Matanga 	lbw b Querl 	                0 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0.00
T Kamungozi 	lbw b Ncube 	                0 	22 	17 	0 	0 	0.00
T Munyaradzi 	b Querl 	                1 	24 	16 	0 	0 	6.25
BB Tembo 	not out 	                0 	6 	1 	0 	0 	0.00
	Extras 	(w 1) 	                        1 					
	Total 	(all out; 41 overs; 182 mins) 	83 	(2.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (R Kaia, 0.6 ov), 2-2 (Chinyengetere, 2.5 ov), 3-12 (Mutumbami, 8.1 ov), 
4-27 (Marisa, 16.5 ov), 5-74 (Chisoro, 30.2 ov), 6-82 (K Kaia, 34.3 ov), 7-82 (Matanga, 34.5 ov), 
8-82 (Maunze, 35.3 ov), 9-83 (Kamungozi, 39.5 ov), 10-83 (Munyaradzi, 40.6 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
RG Querl 	17 	9 	28 	5 	1.64 		
RA Jones 	11 	3 	25 	0 	2.27 		
N Ncube 	9 	3 	17 	2 	1.88 	(1w) 	
B Staddon 	4 	1 	13 	0 	3.25 		


Matabeleland Tuskers 1st innings 	
                                                R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
PJ Horton 	b Chisoro 	                0 	1 	2 	0 	0 	0.00
T Duffin 	c R Kaia b Tembo 	        3 	22 	14 	0 	0 	21.42
GM Ewing* 	c R Kaia b Kamungozi 	        53 	184 	126 	4 	1 	42.06
CR Ervine 	c †Mutumbami b Tembo 	        4 	11 	10 	1 	0 	40.00
KM Dabengwa 	c Tembo b Chinyengetere 	6 	13 	7 	1 	0 	85.71
SM Trenchard 	c †Mutumbami b Chisoro 	        6 	19 	21 	1 	0 	28.57
T Ngulube† 	c R Kaia b Chisoro 	        0 	6 	4 	0 	0 	0.00
RA Jones 	b Kamungozi 	                62 	150 	126 	8 	1 	49.20
B Staddon 	not out 	                25 	73 	45 	2 	0 	55.55
N Ncube 	c Matanga b Kamungozi 	        1 	6 	4 	0 	0 	25.00
RG Querl 	c †Mutumbami b Chinyengetere 	8 	15 	11 	0 	0 	72.72
	Extras 	(b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1) 	        9 					
	Total 	(all out; 61.3 overs; 260 mins) 177 	(2.87 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Horton, 0.2 ov), 2-6 (Duffin, 5.2 ov), 3-16 (Ervine, 7.6 ov), 
4-35 (Dabengwa, 10.5 ov), 5-58 (Trenchard, 17.3 ov), 6-58 (Ngulube, 19.1 ov), 
7-108 (Ewing, 43.5 ov), 8-156 (Jones, 56.4 ov), 9-162 (Ncube, 58.1 ov), 10-177 (Querl, 61.3 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
TS Chisoro 	16 	5 	43 	3 	2.68 	(1nb) 	
BB Tembo 	16 	4 	46 	2 	2.87 		
R Chinyengetere 9.3 	4 	15 	2 	1.57 		
T Munyaradzi 	9 	0 	38 	0 	4.22 	(1w) 	
T Kamungozi 	10 	4 	19 	3 	1.90 		
H Matanga 	1 	0 	9 	0 	9.00 		


Southern Rocks 2nd innings 	
                                                R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
SC Marisa 	lbw b Ncube 	                10 	44 	44 	0 	0 	22.72
KO Maunze 	b Ncube 	                43 	160 	127 	4 	1 	33.85
R Chinyengetere c Ervine b Jones 	        14 	89 	53 	1 	0 	26.41
R Mutumbami*† 	c Dabengwa b Querl 	        0 	16 	10 	0 	0 	0.00
TS Chisoro 	b Ncube 	                17 	26 	15 	2 	0 	113.33
K Kaia 	        c Dabengwa b Ncube 	        0 	8 	7 	0 	0 	0.00
R Kaia 	        b Querl 	                11 	32 	28 	2 	0 	39.28
H Matanga 	c Horton b Ncube 	        1 	15 	7 	0 	0 	14.28
T Kamungozi 	c Horton b Ncube 	        4 	23 	13 	1 	0 	30.76
T Munyaradzi 	not out 	                5 	27 	13 	1 	0 	38.46
BB Tembo 	b Ncube 	                8 	9 	7 	2 	0 	114.28
	Extras 	(b 3, lb 3, nb 1, pen 5) 	12 					
	Total 	(all out; 53.5 overs; 229 mins) 125 	(2.32 runs per over)

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Marisa, 12.5 ov), 2-67 (Chinyengetere, 34.4 ov), 3-71 (Mutumbami, 38.2 ov), 
4-75 (Maunze, 39.4 ov), 5-79 (K Kaia, 41.1 ov), 6-90 (Chisoro, 43.4 ov), 7-98 (Matanga, 47.3 ov), 
8-102 (R Kaia, 48.5 ov), 9-117 (Kamungozi, 51.4 ov), 10-125 (Tembo, 53.5 ov)

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
RG Querl 	21 	6 	50 	2 	2.38 	(1nb) 	
RA Jones 	9 	3 	12 	1 	1.33 		
N Ncube 	16.5 	6 	35 	7 	2.07 		
KM Dabengwa 	1 	0 	2 	0 	2.00 		
B Staddon 	6 	3 	15 	0 	2.50 		


Matabeleland Tuskers 2nd innings (target: 32 runs) 	
                                                R 	M 	B 	4s 	6s 	SR
PJ Horton 	not out 	                8 	44 	23 	1 	0 	34.78
T Duffin 	not out 	                26 	44 	33 	5 	0 	78.78
	Extras 	(w 1, nb 1) 	                2 					
	Total 	(0 wickets; 9.1 overs; 44 mins) 36 	(3.92 runs per over)

Did not bat: GM Ewing*, CR Ervine, KM Dabengwa, SM Trenchard, T Ngulube†, B Staddon, RA Jones, 
RG Querl, N Ncube

Bowling 	O 	M 	R 	W 	Econ 		
TS Chisoro 	5 	1 	13 	0 	2.60 	(1w) 	
BB Tembo 	4.1 	0 	23 	0 	5.52 	(1nb) 	

Match details
Toss: Matabeleland Tuskers, who chose to field
Points: Matabeleland Tuskers 7, Southern Rocks 0
First-class debut: K Kaia (Southern Rocks)