Club Cricket 2021-22 (Vigne Cup etc)

Congrats to Old Hararians for winning this years boozers league!

Congrats to Old Hararians for winning this years boozers league!

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The mighty Gweru are enjoying home advantage for the first time in a decade, and are top of the Midlands league. No scorecards around though.

Is anything happening in Harare? No Vigne this year?

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The mighty Gweru are enjoying home advantage for the first time in a decade, and are top of the Midlands league. No scorecards around though.

Is anything happening in Harare? No Vigne this year?

Apparently the Vigne Cup is finally starting in a few weeks at the end of February?

Apparently the Vigne Cup is finally starting in a few weeks at the end of February?

Good to see Harry Streak playing in the Bulawayo Under 19 comp, thought the whole family would be left in the dark.

Doubt he would be selected for an Under 19 side though, think he is more of a rugby boy anyway.

Good to see Harry Streak playing in the Bulawayo Under 19 comp, thought the whole family would be left in the dark.

Doubt he would be selected for an Under 19 side though, think he is more of a rugby boy anyway.

I noticed one of BT's sons plays cricket and he's only a nipper. I hope he's not tarnished before he's even started

I noticed one of BT's sons plays cricket and he's only a nipper. I hope he's not tarnished before he's even started

Hes already underprivileged, he's white.

Hes already underprivileged, he's white.

Speaking of relatives - Ben Williams, also playing in this Byo league, is a relative of Sean, but how are they related? Cousins/nephew/brother/?

Speaking of relatives - Ben Williams, also playing in this Byo league, is a relative of Sean, but how are they related? Cousins/nephew/brother/?

Marumani cashing in against this (admittedly very weak) Manyame attack.

Results round-up

Vigne 1st League

Uprising CC, 344-9 (Marumani 124, A Chibanda 76, W Masakadza 31; Ncumani 3-57, E Phiri 2-31) def Manyame Heliz, 106-8 (Mbangani 22*; Gwarada 2-14, Makauyo 2-21) by 238 runs. (Match reduced to 36 overs per side).

Rainbow 1, 155ao (Imbayago 29, Falao 27, Chirwa 22; Chesa 4-34, Musoko 3-23) def Takashinga 2, 121ao (Kamunhukamwe 34; Chirwa 5-25, Mudzinganyama 2-21) by 34 runs.

Royals, 127ao (Chimbambo 75; Ziwira 4-17, Majoka 3-60) def Takashinga 1, 118ao (Nenhunzi 21; Evans 3-28, R Patel 2-10, Schonken 2-23) by 9 runs.

Old Hararians 1, 246-5 (N Patel 71, M Welch 59, Zhuwao 30; Munyonga 3-48) def Gladiators, 242-8 (Munyonga 65, Shumba 51, Madande 27; Zhuwao 3-42, Campbell 2-34) by 5 wickets.

Vigne 2nd League

Rainbow 2, 228-5 (Mafusire 107*, Chinyengetere 62; Nyamapfemi 4-38) def Glenshire, 227-9 (Chinyanganya 66, Chizema 31; Marongwe 3-26, Nyakujara 2-34) by 5 wickets.

Harare Sports Club, 208-4 (Sagwidza 66, Chingadze 58, Girish D 39; Naga Reddy 3-42) def Centurions, 206ao (Naga Reddy 64, Girish K 35; Nyamheto 4-14, Kateketa 4-49) by 6 wickets.

Uhuru, 320-8 (Kasonko 87, Mutizwa 79, A Garwe 43; Ngilazi 3-50 Chirombe 2-28) def Easterns, 110ao (Utete 20; Serima 6-29) by 211 runs.

Old Hararians 2, 190-8 (A Aqil 62, H Aqil 26, Mahala 26; AU Patel 4-28) def Alex SC, 121ao (Choudhry 24; Parekh 3-37, Akhtar 2-2, N Patel 2-15) by 70 runs.

Bakers Inn Rangers, 179ao (D Viljoen 47, Johnson 27; Musoso 3-20, Mhuka 2-29, S Ahmad 2-42) def White Rhinos, 136ao (R Moyo 43; Milne 5-4, Van Zyl 3-50) by 43 runs.

Amongst the talking points........

Matt Schonken who batted at 11 for the U19's opened the batting for Royal.

Keeper Clive Madande bowled a couple of overs of spin for Gladiators!

Rangers, who are (mostly) school children, are top of their league......although old man Viljoen top scored for them today.

Both Takashinga teams lost again, for the second successive week.

Marumani and 18 year old Chibanda bludgeoned the air force bowlers.

Yet another half century for Welch Jr, who has been comfortably the player of the season so far. Surely a franchise is engaging him for the T20s. Anyone know?

secretzimbo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 6:02 pm

Googly wrote: ↑Sat Mar 19, 2022 5:10 pm

Whats up with u16 and u19 club cricket in Byo?

Is that coz there's no school cricket or are the boys ultra keen? Here in Harare the school season is over already, I'm not sure they played more than 3 games 😂 😂 😂

You won't get a Harare schoolboy to play club cricket unless there's a bottle of vodka at the end of it and there wasn't a party the night before, which hasn't happened in the last ten years.

I hear it's been pretty well received by kids and parents. The quality of cricket has certainly been mixed at times, but well organised and the kids have enjoyed being part of teams outside of school. There's sponsorship behind it and the main Tuskers coaches and senior players had some sessions with each team in Jan before the whole thing started.

There's the Bakers Inn leagues in Harare which happen most weekend, although I think mostly age 16 and under. And that's pay-to-play and not cheap; so that excludes quite a few kids I suppose.

That's great news indeed. Ya I don't know much about the Baker's Inn initiative, long may that last too.

One of the main reasons for the decline in school cricket has been the lack of fixtures and that's largely as a result of the third term now being cut short because players want to focus on exams, so that cuts half the term out. Then you get to first term and rain messes up fixtures then they cut that term short for athletics and pre-season rugby.

Winter cricket is the solution!