Members of the corporate fraternity have played a major role in cricket development in the country and we are grateful for BancABCs commitment to junior level cricket. We are look forward to continuing to develop our next generation of stars with them, said ZCs Head of the Commercial Department, Cheryl Muregerera.
Mash Eagles were this weekend crowned the winners of the tournament, formerly known as the Partridges Week, after defeating the Mountaineers by 125 runs at Prince Edward School in Harare. The annual tournament had six Under-13 teams coming from the countrys five franchises and a Development XI squad as the sixth. It was used as the selection tournament for the Zimbabwe Under-13 national squad, the President XI.
The final started off with some gripping action before poor batting from the Mountaineers resulted in the most comfortable of wins for the home franchise. Mash Eagles went in to bat first and posted a 201 runs for the loss of six. Nicholas Welch, in fine form, scored a patient 67 off 145 balls conquering the slow out field and bowler-friendly conditions.
Mountaineers bowler, Adriaan Kok, was the peak of the bowlers doing well to reduce the extent of the damage the Mutare giants were taking. He took four for 48 runs in 10 overs, but his gallant effort was overshadowed by Mountaineers disappointing run chase. Mountaineers was all out for just 85 runs. Their only consolation was that captain Sam Curran was voted the player of the series.
Post published in: Zimbabwe Sports News