2015–16 Pro50 Championship

2015–16 Pro50 Championship
Dates4 November 2015 – 6 January 2016
Administrator(s)Zimbabwe Cricket
Cricket formatList A cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
ChampionsMashonaland Eagles (4th title)
Participants4
Matches12
Most runsPrince Masvaure (250)
Most wicketsTawanda Mupariwa (13)

The 2015–16 Pro50 Championship was the fourteenth edition of the Pro50 Championship, a List A cricket tournament in Zimbabwe. The competition ran from 4 November 2015 to 6 January 2016. In a change from the previous edition, teams played each other twice (instead of three times) during the round-robin, and there was no final.[1]

Mashonaland Eagles won the tournament for the fourth time, with five victories and one defeat.[2]

Mid West Rhinos batsman Prince Masvaure was the tournament's leading run-scorer with a total of 250 runs.[3] Matabeleland Tuskers bowler Tawanda Mupariwa was the leading wicket-tacker with a total of 13 wickets.[4]

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1 Mashonaland Eagles (C) 6 5 0 0 1 3 25 1.099
2 Mountaineers 6 3 2 0 1 1 15 0.136
3 Matabeleland Tuskers 6 2 4 0 0 0 8 −0.911
4 Mid West Rhinos 6 1 5 0 0 1 5 0.013
Source: [2]
(C) Champion

Fixtures

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Round-robin

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4 November 2015
Scorecard
Mashonaland Eagles
265/7 (50 overs)
v
Mid West Rhinos
198 (44.3 overs)
Joylord Gumbie 80 (94)
Richard Muzhange 4/32 (10 overs)
Remembrance Nyathi 49 (59)
Sikandar Raza 2/24 (5.5 overs)
Mashonaland Eagles won by 67 runs
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Umpires: Stanley Gogwe and Christopher Phiri

4 November 2015
Scorecard
Mountaineers
161 (37.3 overs)
v
Matabeleland Tuskers
130 (36.4 overs)
Roy Kaia 59 (90)
Tawanda Mupariwa 6/52 (9 overs)
Mbekezeli Mabuza 26* (41)
Cuthbert Musoko 5/19 (8.4 overs)
Mountaineers won by 31 runs
Mutare Sports Club, Mutare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi and Langton Rusere
  • Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Taffy Mupariwa and Kyle Bowie (Matabeleland Tuskers) made their List A debuts.[5]

11 November 2015
Scorecard
Mountaineers
167 (48.2 overs)
v
Mashonaland Eagles
171/5 (33.2 overs)
Innocent Kaia 52 (67)
Herbert Chikomba 5/36 (10 overs)
Cephas Zhuwao 71 (64)
Tatenda Mupunga 2/28 (8.2 overs)
Mashonaland Eagles won by 5 wickets
Old Hararians, Harare
Umpires: Iknow Chabi and Walter Musakwa

11 November 2015
Scorecard
Mid West Rhinos
230/7 (50 overs)
v
Matabeleland Tuskers
232/4 (48.4 overs)
Tarisai Musakanda 82 (118)
Mbekezeli Mabuza 3/22 (5 overs)
Mbekezeli Mabuza 87 (121)
Carl Mumba 2/51 (10 overs)
Matabeleland Tuskers won by 6 wickets
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Umpires: Langton Rusere and Lucky Ngwenya
  • Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Deven Bell (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his List A debut.[6]

23 November 2015
Scorecard
Matabeleland Tuskers
227/9 (50 overs)
v
Mashonaland Eagles
226 (46 overs)
Mbekezeli Mabuza 39 (47)
Chamu Chibhabha 1/14 (5 overs)
Mashonaland Eagles won by 4 wickets (D/L method)
Old Hararians, Harare
Umpires: Stanley Gogwe and Owen Chirombe
  • Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.[7]

23 November 2015
Scorecard
Mountaineers
242/4 (50 overs)
v
Mid West Rhinos
224 (48.1 overs)
Timycen Maruma 69* (69)
Tinashe Panyangara 1/32 (9 overs)
Prince Masvaure 91 (111)
Donald Tiripano 5/47 (10 overs)
Mountaineers won by 18 runs
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Umpires: Sifelani Rwaziyeni and Iknow Chabi
  • Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.[7]

3 December 2015
Scorecard
Mashonaland Eagles
259/7 (50 overs)
v
Mid West Rhinos
236 (43.5 overs)
Chamu Chibhabha 101 (131)
Tendai Chisoro 2/23 (10 overs)
Tendai Chisoro 52 (50)
Trevor Garwe 4/52 (8.5 overs)
Mashonaland Eagles won by 23 runs
Country Club, Harare
Umpires: Sifelani Rwaziyeni and Langton Rusere
  • Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.

3 December 2015
Scorecard
Matabeleland Tuskers
251/5 (50 overs)
v
Mountaineers
78 (29 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 64 (97)
Brian Vitori 2/42 (10 overs)
Nkosana Mpofu 18 (27)
Tapiwa Mufudza 5/25 (9 overs)
Mountaineers won by 173 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Russell Tiffin and Lucky Ngwenya
  • Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.

12 December 2015
Scorecard
Mountaineers
246/2 (40.4 overs)
v
Mashonaland Eagles
176/2 (17.4 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 86* (71)
Cephas Zhuwao 1/29 (4 overs)
Cephas Zhuwao 77* (42)
Victor Nyauchi 1/10 (2 overs)
  • Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain caused the Mountaineers innings to be ended after 40.2 overs. Mashonaland Eagles were set a revised DLS target of 220 runs from 28 overs, but their chase was ended by bad light after 17.4 overs.

13 December 2015
Scorecard
Matabeleland Tuskers
249/8 (50 overs)
v
Mid West Rhinos
244/3 (49.5 overs)
Richmond Mutumbami 64 (64)
Tendai Chisoro 2/34 (10 overs)
Prince Masvaure 75 (88)
Mbekezeli Mabuza 3/44 (10 overs)
Matabeleland Tuskers won by 5 runs
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Stanley Gogwe and Owen Chirombe
  • Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.

5 January 2016
Scorecard
Mountaineers
223/9 (50 overs)
v
Mid West Rhinos
98 (28.5 overs)
James Bruce 63* (58)
Tapiwa Mufudza 3/19 (10 overs)
Kudzai Sauramba 17 (37)
Prince Masvaure 3/25 (8 overs)
Mid West Rhinos won by 125 runs
Mutare Sports Club, Mutare
Umpires: Russell Tiffin and Ashby Mutumbami
  • Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
  • James Bruce (Mid West Rhinos) made his List A debut.

6 January 2016
Scorecard
Matabeleland Tuskers
240/9 (50 overs)
v
Mashonaland Eagles
244/5 (36.4 overs)
Bonaparte Mujuru 107* (151)
Tafadzwa Muzarawetu 4/68 (10 overs)
Regis Chakabva 106* (91)
Tawanda Mupariwa 3/53 (10 overs)
Mashonaland Eagles won by 5 wickets
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Trevor Phiri and Jeremiah Matibiri
  • Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "Pro50 Championship, 2015/16 / Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Records / Pro50 Championship, 2015/16 / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Records / Pro50 Championship, 2015/16 / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Eagles, Mountaineers off to winning start". ESPNcricinfo. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Chikomba's five-for on debut sets up Eagles win". ESPNcricinfo. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Chakabva, Mutombodzi fifties highlight Eagles win". ESPNcricinfo. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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