The Kwekwe first team had a home game against Harare Sports Club..

Kwekwe batted first and started off on a very quiet note, and then thanks to some very good batting by Terry Duffin and Dave Houghton the innings ended on 281 for six. Incidentally Duffin retired hurt during the fifth over after being hit on the head by a bouncer from Brighton Watambwa, but returned in the seventeenth over and played some fantastic shots which included a six and 10 fours. Houghton showed his vast skill and experience by also playing superbly and using all the shots in the book by hitting a six and seven fours.

The Kwekwe score card was as follows: Top batsmen being Duffin with 104 not out and Houghton with 65. The middle order also contributed well to the final score, Brendan Vaughan-Davies scoring 29, John Vaughan-Davies 22 and Colin Delport 23. There were two partnerships of note between Duffin and Delport (56 runs off 61 balls in 37 minutes) and Duffin and Houghton (98 runs off 76 balls in 52 minutes). The best bowlers for Harare Sports Club were Bryan Strang with two for 21 off six overs and N. Bala two for 31 off eight overs.

Harare Sports Club then batted after lunch and with some very impressive batting from Eddo Brandes, Don Campbell, J. Cornford and Brendan Taylor finished with 286 for seven after 49 overs.

Harare Sports Club score was as follows, the top batsman being the old stalwart Brandes with 86 not out consisting of 4 sixes and 6 fours. Campbell scored 40 comprising 1 six and 4 fours, while J. Cornford and B. Taylor scored 33 and 32 respectively. Best bowlers for Kwekwe were C. Macmillan with two for 45 and Dave Houghton two for 57, each from their allotted 10 overs.

As you can see by the scores, it was a very close game that could have gone either way. A crowd of faithful supporters gathered at the Sports Club once again and did their utmost to ensure a Sports Club Victory as they cheered every run that was scored and also every boundary that was hit. Harare Sports Club came out on top of this very close and entertaining encounter winners by three wickets.

The Kwekwe second team should have travelled to Bulawayo the same day to play against the B.A.C. second team but the match was unfortunately postponed on Friday due to a waterlogged outfield.

Kwekwe Queens Sports Club travelled to Shamva and won a very good match, T. Mukadam being the best batsman and J. Moosa the best bowler.

Once again I have nothing to report from Gweru.

Next week-end will be free as far as Castle Lager Games go in Kwekwe, but a fun day has been organised for Saturday 17 November 2001 with the ZCU Administrators taking on the ZCU Sponsors. It should be a very entertaining day's cricket no matter what happens. I will give you a full report next week.

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