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AFTAB Alam propelled Harare Bolts to an exciting four-wicket victory over Joburg Bangla Tigers in Monday’s Zim Afro T10 match at Harare Sports Club.
When Tigers batted first, Sikandar Raza hit three sixes in scoring 20 off just eight balls but wickets tumbled at the other end.
George Linde then hit 15 off 10 balls but the whole team was dismissed for 90.
James Neesham took three wickets for 14 runs while Brandon Mavuta had two for two runs off his solitary over
A middle-order collapse had Bolts in trouble at 65 for six in the eighth over.
This was when Alam played his crucial unbeaten 26 off only 10 balls, with two sixes and three fours, to power his team to victory.
In the second match, a brilliant hitting display by Nick Hobson, who hammered 38 not out off only 13 balls, took Bulawayo Braves Jaguars to a surprise four-wicket victory over Durban Wolves.
In the final game of the day, fifties from Dawid Malan and Rohan Mustafa took Cape Town Samp Army to the highest score of the Zim Afro T10 tournament to date, 151 for four wickets, and brought them a 22-run victory over NYS Lagos.
They surpassed the previous record of 146-1 set by Harare Hurricanes in the inaugural edition of the tournament last year.
Brief scores
Joburg Bangla Tigers — 90 all out in 9.4 overs (Sikandar Raza 20, George Linde 15, Kusal Perera 12; James Neesham 3/14, Brandon Mavuta 2/2, Richard Gleeson 2/17)
Harare Bolts – 92-6 in 9.4 overs (Aftab Alam 26*, Dasun Shanaka 26, Shehan Jayasuriya 13; Karim Janat 2/16, Sikandar Raza 1/2, Adam Milne 1/18)
Result: Harare Bolts won by four wickets
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Durban Wolves — 112-2 in 10 overs (Will Smead 54*, Mark Chapman 38*, Colin Munro 11; Richard Ngarava 1/15, Daryn Dupavillon 1/15)
Bulawayo Brave Jaguars — 116-6 in 9.3 overs (Nick Hobson 38*, Laurie Evans 26, Kirk McKenzie 14; Rohid Khan 2/17, Dawlat Zadran 2/36, Mohammad Irfan 1/22)
Result: Bulawayo Brave Jaguars won by four wickets
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Cape Town Samp Army — 151-4 in 10 overs (Dawid Malan 63, Rohan Mustafa 50, Leonardo Julien 10*; Binura Fernando 1/29, Thisara Perera 1/30, Blessing Muzarabani 1/31)
NYS Lagos — 129-5 in 10 overs (Thisara Perera 48, Rassie van der Dussen 19, Avishka Fernando 19; Amir Hotak 2/27, David Willey 1/15, Rohan Mustafa 1/25)
Result: Cape Town Samp Army won by 22 runs — ZimCricket
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