2018–19 Pro50 Championship
Dates | 8 December 2018 – 9 March 2019 |
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Administrator(s) | Zimbabwe Cricket |
Cricket format | List A cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final |
Champions | Mashonaland Eagles (5th title) |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 13 |
Most runs | Craig Ervine (422) |
Most wickets | Daniel Jakiel (13) |
The 2018–19 Pro50 Championship was the seventeenth edition of the Pro50 Championship, a List A cricket tournament that was played in Zimbabwe, which started on 8 December 2018.[1] The tournament featured four teams, instead of the five that took part in the previous edition, with the Rising Stars being disbanded.[2][3] The other change to the 2018–19 tournament was that it was played across six rounds, instead of ten, as per previous years.[2] The Rising Stars were the defending champions.[4]
The Mashonaland Eagles were the first team to qualify for the final of the tournament.[5] They were joined in the final by the Matabeleland Tuskers, after they won their penultimate fixture by eight wickets.[6] Mashonaland Eagles won the tournament, beating Matabeleland Tuskers by two wickets in the final.[7]
Points table
[edit]Team[8] | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Mashonaland Eagles | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | +1.276 |
Matabeleland Tuskers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | +0.239 |
Mountaineers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | –0.049 |
Mid West Rhinos | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | –1.181 |
Advanced to the final
Fixtures
[edit]Round-robin
[edit] 8 December 2018 Scorecard |
Mountaineers 230/7 (50 overs) | v | Mid West Rhinos 231/7 (43.3 overs) |
- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- William Mashinge (Mountaineers) made his List A debut.
12 December 2018 Scorecard |
Mid West Rhinos 232 (45.4 overs) | v | Mashonaland Eagles 236/5 (46 overs) |
- Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Keith Jaure (Mashonaland Eagles) made his List A debut.
23 February 2019 Scorecard |
Mashonaland Eagles 302/8 (50 overs) | v | Mountaineers 175 (38.2 overs) |
- Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
- Daniel Jakiel (Mashonaland Eagles) made his List A debut.
23 February 2019 Scorecard |
Mid West Rhinos 231/9 (50 overs) | v | Matabeleland Tuskers 235/4 (40.3 overs) |
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to field.
- Charlton Tshuma (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his List A debut.
24 February 2019 Scorecard |
Mashonaland Eagles 181 (43 overs) | v | Mountaineers 180 (36.3 overs) |
- Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
24 February 2019 Scorecard |
Matabeleland Tuskers 191 (44.1 overs) | v | Mid West Rhinos 81 (26 overs) |
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
1 March 2019 Scorecard |
Mountaineers 228/8 (50 overs) | v | Mid West Rhinos 181 (43.2 overs) |
- Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
1 March 2019 Scorecard |
Matabeleland Tuskers 283/5 (20 overs) | v | Mashonaland Eagles 284/6 (49.1 overs) |
- Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Brian Mudzinganyama (Mashonaland Eagles) made his List A debut.
3 March 2019 Scorecard |
v | Mashonaland Eagles 96/4 (18.5 overs) | |
- Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
3 March 2019 Scorecard |
Mountaineers 235/9 (50 overs) | v | Matabeleland Tuskers 236/2 (44.3 overs) |
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to field.
5 March 2019 Scorecard |
Mountaineers 331/6 (50 overs) | v | Matabeleland Tuskers 207 (44.2 overs) |
- Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
[edit] 9 March 2019 Scorecard |
Matabeleland Tuskers 202 (45.2 overs) | v | Mashonaland Eagles 203/8 (46.1 overs) |
- Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
References
[edit]- ^ "Mountaineers favourites as Zimbabwe's new domestic season begins". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Zimbabwe abridge first-class season, dismantle Rising Stars". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Zimbabwe domestic season set to get underway". The Chronicle (Zimbabwe). Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Rising Stars topple Mountaineers to clinch Pro50 Championship". 3-Mob. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Ervine hits top form". Nehanda Radio. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Chari, Ervine propel Tuskers to 8-wicket victory". Chronicle. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Kamunhukamwe leads Eagles to Pro50 title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
- ^ "Pro50 Championship 2018-19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 March 2019.