da wazamba： National first league Champions Old Hararians recovered from their disappointing start to the season with a 39-run home win over Bulawayo Athletic Club in the second round of matches
Larry Moyo01-Nov-2001National first league Champions Old Hararians recovered from their disappointing start to the season with a 39-run home win over Bulawayo Athletic Club in the second round of matches.OH, who lost their opening game to Kwekwe Sports Club by seven wickets, opened the batting and compiled 220/6 in a 45-over match. Opener Ryan Butterworth top-scored with 96 while all-rounder Paul Strang weighed in with 50. Trevor Penney took three wickets for five runs off 2.1 overs while Nyasha Chari claimed three for 38 off nine overs.While Old Hararians got back to winning ways, it was a different case with Bulawayo side Queens Sports Club, runners-up last season, as they slumped to their second successive defeat of the new season. Queens, who lost to Mutare Sports Club in the opening week, suffered an embarrassing 82-run home defeat to Kwekwe Sports Club.The only success story of the Queens performance was the bowling of former national team paceman Mpumelelo Mbangwa who took four for 35 off 10 overs in Kwekwe’s total of 240/8. The hosts were dismissed for 158 in 47.3 overs with spinner Raymond Price claiming four wickets for 30 off 10 overs.Takashinga continued their fine start to the 2001/02 Castle Lager National First League season with a 47-run win over visiting Bulawayo Sports Club at Eaglesvale on Sunday. It was the second straight win for the Highfield-based outfit who won only two matches during the whole of last season. Last week Takashinga beat another Bulawayo side, Bulawayo Athletic Club, by six wickets.On winning the toss, Takashinga batted first and made 267/8 with opener Tatenda Taibu top-scoring with 102. The Sixth-Form Churchill High School student featured in a 70-run first wicket partnership with EltonChigumbura, who made 23. Givemore Makoni made a quickfire 65 batting at number five, smashing seven sixes. Dash Vaghmaria, the BSC captain, was the pick of the visitors’ bowlers with four wickets for 37 off 10 overs.In reply, Bulawayo Sports Club were dismissed for 220 in 47.1 overs. Taibu was once again the best bowler for Takashinga, taking four wickets for 41 off 6.1 overs. Taibu had been the wicketkeeper until the middle of the innings when he handed over the gloves to Alester Maregwede.Mutare beat Old Georgians by 21 runs, their second win in as many matches. Mutare batted first and were dismissed for 229 in 49.5 overs with Richard Sims making 51. The hosts could only score 208/9 off their allotted 50 overs. Former national team vice-captain Guy Whittall was the pick of the bowlers with three for 27 off 10 overs, while colleague Alistair Campbell took three for 54 off 10 overs.At Alexandra Sports Club, the hosts beat Harare Sports Club by 35 runs, while Universals recorded their first win of the season, beating Macdonald Club by 33 runs in Bulawayo.Results from the Second Round of National First League played on 28 October, 2001.Winstonians v Bulawayo Sports ClubWinstonians won by 47 runs.Winstonians 267 for 6T Taibu 102, G Makoni 65, W Chawaguta 37D Vaghmaria 4 – 20B.S.C. 220 all outT Sibanda 38, M Kenny 35, M Ranchod 31T Taibu 4 – 41Mac Club v UniversalsUniversals won by 33 runsUniversals 294 for 9 in 50 oversC Coventry 63, D Matambanadzo 30, B Mahwire 97, N Chouhan 37Mac Club 261 for 9 in 50 oversW Siziba 55, H Price 35, S Wilson 56*D Mutendera 3 – 58Alexandra Sports Club v Harare Sports ClubAlexandra won by 35 runsAlexandra 220 all out in 49.5 oversB Benhura 39, C Anticevich 57*, S Marillier 35A Hoffman 3 – 35H.S.C. 185 all out in 46.2 oversB Taylor 33, M Brundle 49G du Plessis 3 – 41, C de Grandhomme 3 – 26Old Hararians v Bulawayo Athletic ClubOld Hararians won by 40 runsO H 220 for 8 wickets in 45 oversR Butterworth 96*, P Strang 50N Mukondiwa 3 – 54B A C 181 all out in 43.1 oversG Manchip 32, C Williams 62N Chari 3 – 38, T Penney 3 – 5Queens Sports Club v Kwekwe Sports ClubKwekwe won by 82 runsKwekwe 240 for 8 in 50 oversT Duffin 41, D Viljoen 70, D Houghton 35M Mbangwa 4 – 30Queens 158 all out in 42.3 oversR King 32, N van Rensburg 48, O Msundire 32C Sanders 3 – 30, R Price 4 – 30Old Georgians v Mutare Sports ClubMutare won by 21 runsMutare 229 all out in 49.5 oversR Sims 51, K Went 47, L Soma 31A Mackay 3 – 48, B McCoun 3 – 37O G 208 for 9 in 50 oversL Malloch-Brown 31, B Rogers 67, W Mwayenga 31A Campbell 3 -54, G Whittall 3 – 27