2015–16 Pro50 Championship

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]

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
Matches played12
Most runsPrince Masvaure (250)
Most wicketsTawanda Mupariwa (13)

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

Team[2] Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Mashonaland Eagles 651025+1.099
Mountaineers 632115+0.136
Matabeleland Tuskers 62408-0.911
Mid West Rhinos 61505+0.013

     Champions

Fixtures

Round-robin

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
  • Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
  • Brandon Diplock and Brighton Zhawi (Mashonaland Eagles) made their List A debuts.[5]

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
  • Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Craig Dollar and Herbert Chikomba (Mashonaland Eagles) made their List A debuts.[6]

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

  1. "Pro50 Championship, 2015/16 / Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. "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. "Eagles, Mountaineers off to winning start". ESPNcricinfo. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. "Chikomba's five-for on debut sets up Eagles win". ESPNcricinfo. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  7. "Chakabva, Mutombodzi fifties highlight Eagles win". ESPNcricinfo. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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