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Blistering Rhinos break Tuskers winning streak
Tuesday, 29 November 2011 15:49 Published in Match Reports
Stanbic T20 played in Harare Sports Club: Matabeleland Tuskers 171 for 1 (Gayle 109, Horton 47) lost to Mid-West Rhinos 175 for 3 (Taylor 75, Ballance 67)
At the halfway stage of this match, after a blistering century from Chris Gayle, it appeared that Matabeleland Tuskers’ ultra-strong overseas contingent had unbalanced the tournament. They seemed on the verge of a fourth large victory out of four.

Stanbic T20 played in Harare: Mountaineers 139 for 7 (H. Masakadza 36, Mustard 22, N. Waller 3 - 20) beat Mashonaland Eagles 82 for 6 (Chakabva 23, Matsikenyeri 19) Duckworth-Lewis.
A good battle between Mashonaland Eagles and Mountaineers was rather spoiled by the weather, which worked against Mountaineers after they had made a fine start batting first, and even more so when Mashonaland Eagles chased a reasonable target of 140, which rapidly became a difficult one under the conditions.

| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
| Mountaineers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | +0.736 |
| Matabeleland Tuskers | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | +0.862 |
| MidWest Rhinos | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | +0.080 |
| Mashonaland Eagles | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +0.141 |
| Southern Rocks |
4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2.368 |
| Leading Batsman | Leading Bowler | ||||||
| Chris Gayle (Tuskers) | 293 (S/R 151.03) | Shingirai Masakadza (Mount) | 11 | (Eco 7.22) | |||
| Ryan Ten Doeschate (Eagles) | 225 (S/R 155.17) | Peter Trego (Eagles) | 9 | (Eco 7.08) | |||
| Stuart Matsikenyeri (Eagles) | 217 (S/R 123.78) | Rory Hamilton-Brown (Eagles) | 8 | (Eco 7.01) | |||

Stanbic T20 played in Harare: Southern Rocks (114/8) lost to Matabeleland Tuskers (106/1) by 20 runs (Duckworth-Lewis).
Matabeleland Tuskers continued their winning streak with a third successive victory, this time at the expense of the hapless Southern Rocks team. After restricting their opponents to 114 off their 20 overs, Matabeleland Tuskers were only nine runs short of victory with nine wickets in hand when rain ended the match and gave them a calculated victory.


