Chronicle Editor
Harare Bureau
Zimbabwe: 104/4 (Mary-Anne Musonda 52*, Modester Mupachikwa 42, Nasra Saidi 2/9, Mwanaiddi Shakim 1/26) beat Tanzania: 103 (Monica Pascal 42, Saum Mtae 20, Loryn Phiri 4/12, Nomvelo Sibanda 2/11) by six wickets
ZIMBABWE captain Mary-Anne Musonda scored a match-winning half century to help the Lady Chevrons secure a six-wicket win over Tanzania in their opening match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 Africa Qualifier taking place in Botswana.
The Lady Chevrons slithered home with six balls remaining after overcoming some scary moments chasing a modest target of 104 runs.
Musonda, who was named Player of the Match, scored an unbeaten 52 runs off 45 balls and found useful company in Modester Mupachikwa (42 off 54 balls) in an 80-run partnership for the third wicket.
Zimbabwe had started the chase badly after losing opening batter Precious Marange for a duck in the first ball of the innings, and then Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano (9) with a single digit score on the board for the Lady Chevrons.
Earlier on, Loryn Phiri had been in devastating form in a four-wicket haul that helped Zimbabwe bowl out Tanzania for 103 in 19.4 overs.
Nomvelo Sibanda returned bowling figures of 2/11 and there was a wicket each for Josephine Nkomo, Audrey Mazvishaya and Marange.
Monica Pascal was the highest scorer for Tanzania with 42 runs, while Saum Mtae contributed 20. The rest of the batters were dismissed for single digit scores.
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