2022–23 Logan Cup

The 2022–23 Logan Cup was the 29th edition of the Logan Cup, a first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe, which started on 24 November 2022.^[1]^[2] The tournament included twenty matches, eight games per team with the tournament concluding on 1 April 2023.^[3] The Matabeleland Tuskers were the defending champions.^[4] The tournament was won by the Mashonaland Eagles, which is the third time the team won since the introduction of franchise cricket.^[5]

The season was marred by the mid-season death of Southern Rocks head coach Shepherd Makunura, who died from a long-standing illness on 15 December 2022.^[6]^[7]

Points table

Updated to match(es) played on 1 April 2023. Source: ESPNcricinfo
Rules for classification: 10 points for a win, 6 for a tie, 5 for a draw, 0 for a loss. An extra 2 points are awarded for an innings victory.

Batting bonus points: 1 point each for reaching 200, 250, 300, and 350 runs in each innings.
Bowling bonus points: 1 point each for taking 3, 5, 7, and 9 wickets in each innings.^[8]

Match Summary

The total team points at the end of each round are listed.

Fixtures

Round 1

Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Murombo and Takudzwa Chataira (Southern Rocks), and Munashe Chipara (Mashonaland Eagles) all made their first-class debut.
Points: Mashonaland Eagles 22, Southern Rocks 8

Mountaineers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Mid West Rhinos 21, Mountaineers 11
Spencer Magodo (Mountaineers) made his first-class debut.

Round 2

Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Mashonaland Eagles 22, Mid West Rhinos 8.
Alex Falao (Mashonaland Eagles) made his first-class debut.

Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Matabeleland Tuskers 23, Southern Rocks 11.

Round 3

Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
Christophe Masike (Mid West Rhinos) made his first-class debut.
Points: Matabeleland Tuskers 22, Mid West Rhinos 8

Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
Brian Bennett (Mountaineers) made his first-class debut.
Points: Mashonaland Eagles 17, Mountaineers 16

Round 4

Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Blessed Muzite (Southern Rocks) and Fortune Mhlanga (Mountaineers) made their first-class debut.
Points: Mountaineers 22, Southern Rocks 8

Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to field.
Simbarashe Haukozi (Mashonaland Eagles) and Tanatswa Bechani (Matabeleland Tuskers) made their first-class debut.
Points: Mashonaland Eagles 22, Matabeleland Tuskers 4

Round 5

Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
Bad light prevented any further play on Day 1.
Antum Naqvi (Mid West Rhinos) made his first-class debut.
Antum Naqvi scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.^[9]
Points: Mid West Rhinos 24, Mashonaland Eagles 4

Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Bad light prevented any further play on Day 1.
No play was possible on Day 2.
Points: Mountaineers 11, Southern Rocks 11

Round 6

Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
Awad Naqvi (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his first-class debut.
Points: Southern Rocks 22, Matabeleland Tuskers 8

Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field
Tashinga Musekiwa (Mid West Rhinos) made his first-class debut.
Points: Mountaineers 14, Mid West Rhinos 14

Round 7

Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
Bad Light prevented any further play on Day 1 (88.5 overs were lost).
Rain and a wet-outfiled prevented any further play on Day 3 and 4.
Hamid Ali (Mashonaland Eagles) made his first-class debut.
Points: Mountaineers 8, Mashonaland Eagles 6

Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
Bad Light and rain prevented any further play on Day 1 (9.3 overs were lost).
Bad Light and rain prevented any further play on Day 2 (22 overs were lost).
Rain and a wet-outfiled prevented any further play on Day 3 and 4.
Prince Kaunda (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his first-class debut.
Points: Matabeleland Tuskers 11, Mid West Rhinos 9

Round 8

Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to bat
Bad light prevented any further play on Day 1 (18.5 overs were lost).
Bad light and rain prevented any further play on Day 2
Wet outfield and Rain delayed the game on Day 3
Points: Southern Rocks 9, Mashonaland Eagles 13

Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat
Bad Light prevented any further play on Day 1 (18.3 overs were lost).
Rain prevented any further play on Day 3.
Definate Mawadzi and Mashford Shungu (Mountaineers) made their first class debuts.
Points: Matabeleland Tuskers 12, Mountaineers 13

Round 9

Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
Mgcini Dube (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his first-class debut.
Points: Matabeleland Tuskers 13, Mashonaland Eagles 16

Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on Day 3 & 4 due to rain and wet outfield.
Alistair Frost (Southern Rocks) made his first-class debut.
Points: Southern Rocks 10, Mid West Rhinos 9

Round 10

Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
Bad light interrupted play on Day 4 and 16 overs were lost.
Munashe Chimusoro and Tinotenda Maposa (Matabeleland Tuskers) made their first-class debut.
Brian Bennet scored his first First-class century.^[10]
Points: Mountaineers 16, Matabeleland Tuskers 17

Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
Jayden Schadendorf (Southern Rocks) made his first-class debut.
Points: Mid West Rhinos 24, Southern Rocks 6

Statistics

Most Runs

Most Wickets

Awards

On May 26, 2023, at the end of the season, the following awards were made.^[11]

References

^ "2022/23 Logan Cup gets underway". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ "Ervine, Chibhabha Plunder Centuries As Eagles Soar High On Day One". 263Chat. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ "Logan Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ "Tuskers are Logan Cup Champions". The Sunday News. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
^ "Bennett ton earns Mountaineers a draw in final Logan Cup game". Zimbabwe Cricket. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "ZC mourns passing of unsung hero Shepherd Makunura". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Zimbabwe fielding coach Shepherd Makunura dies after long illness". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Rain forces Eagles-Mountaineers clash to end in draw". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Mavuta master class hands Rhinos victory over Eagles". The Chronicle. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Bennett ton earns Mountaineers a draw in final Logan Cup game". Zimbabwe Cricket. Zimbabwe Cricket. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "Zimbabwe Domestic Cricket". Twitter. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo