Delivering a memorable performance at the big stage, young Zimbabwean seamer Tinashe Muchawaya helped Jo’Burg Bangla Tigers lift the Zim Afro T10 title at the Harare Sports Club on Sunday (29 September, 2024). The Tigers were staring at defeat against the Cape Town Samp Army in the final, before Muchawaya turned it around in the last four deliveries to extract a five-run victory. ( More Cricket News ) Chasing a 130-run target, Cape Town could only muster 124 runs for the loss of two wickets as Muchawaya conceded just three runs off the last four balls.
The Tigers, asked to bat first, were off the blocks at a good pace. Openers Kusal Perera and Mohammad Shahzad took the attack to the Cape Town bowlers, and were finding the boundaries with relative ease. The two openers raced away to a half-century stand, adding 59 in less than four overs, before the Sri Lankan departed for 33 from 11 balls when Qais Ahmed trapped him LBW.
The big-hitting Shahzad, who scored a match-winning half-century in Qualifier 1, was still in the middle and now had Hazratullah Zazai, who walked in at one-drop, for company. At the five-over mark, the Tigers were cruising along at 60/1. BY PTI Qais bowled a tight second over after that as the Tigers slowed down a tad bit, before Shahzad and Zazai started to up the ante against Salman Irshad in the seventh over, which produced 18 runs.
Amir Hotak then had Zazai caught at cow corner for 19, and that brought to the middle, the crowd favourite and Tigers capt.