Harare, twenty sixth July, 2023: The Harare Hurricanes placed on scintillating show with the bat, because the skilled Robin Uthappa rolled again the clock, and scored freely towards the Durban Qalandars, registering an emphatic half-century, setting his workforce on the way in which to a complete 24-run win in what was a high-scoring sport on the Harare Sports activities Membership within the inaugural version of Zim Afro T10 2023.
Batting first, the Harare Hurricanes openers have been in superb type from the get-go and took the assault to the Durban Qalandars. Each Robin Uthappa and Regis Chakabva have been dealing in boundaries within the preliminary levels of the innings, and the Qalandars have been discovering it powerful to use the brakes.
The duo raced off the mark and really quickly accomplished the half-century stand, and have been trying set to construct on that and publish an enormous whole. Having batted for a lot of the innings, the duo not solely dominated the bowlers but in addition entertained the house crowd a good quantity. Uthappa accomplished his half-century simply after the half-way stage, however couldn’t kick on. He smashed 4 sixes and 5 boundaries, throughout his 23-ball knock by which he scored 53, earlier than being the primary to depart with the rating at 92 within the seventh over.
Donovan Ferreira, who has been in glorious type all through the event, walked in after that, and together with Chakabva, added a quickfire 30-run stand that pushed the Hurricanes nicely over the 100-run mark. Chakabva departed within the ninth over for 43, having hammered 3 sixes and 4 boundaries throughout his knock. After that Ferreira (24*) and Mohammad Nabi (2*) helped the Hurricanes get to 134/2.
In response, the Qalandars had an early hiccup as they misplaced the in-form opener Tim Seifert for 8 within the third over. After that Andre Fletcher, who had been promoted to open the innings, was joined by Hazratullah Zazai, they usually took cost.
The duo have been middling the ball by means of the course of the event, and had determined to entertain the group as a lot as potential. Each cleared the boundary a good few instances with relative ease and in addition pierced the sphere comfortably.
With the dew within the night making batting simpler, the partnership grew from the power to power, and was nicely previous the half-century mark, and in cruise mode. Even the very skilled S Sreesanth couldn’t break the partnership, as Fletcher accomplished his half-century off 25 deliveries, within the ninth over.
Nevertheless, even at this level, the Hurricanes appeared to have the benefit, in what was a carefully poised contest. Zazai and Fletcher went into the ultimate over with 31 runs wanted to win, and though they threw the kitchen sink on the bowling, they fell brief on the night time. Zazai fell simply earlier than the tip for 49, because the Qalandars misplaced by 24 runs.
Temporary Scores
Harare Hurricanes – 134/2 (Robin Uthappa – 53, Regis Chakabva – 43; Azmatullah Omarzai – 1/17, Brad Evans – 1/27) gained by 24 runs towards Durban Qalandars – 110/2 (Andre Fletcher – 50*, Hazratullah Zazai – 49; Luke Jongwe – 2/19, Mohammad Nabi – 0/19)
