Batting first, Jo’Burg Bangla Tigers scored 129/5 powered by Mohamad Shahzad’s 44 and Kusal Perera’s 33. In reply, Cape Town Samp Army fell five runs short despite Dawid Malan’s 62 not out. Published: September 30, 2024 12:21 PM IST By Edited by Young Zimbabwean fast bowler Tinashe Muchawaya produced a bowling performance that would be remembered for quite a long as he snatched the win for the Jo’Burg Bangla Tigers from the jaws of defeat against the Cape Town Samp Army in the final of Zim Afro T10 at the Harare Sports Club.
The Tigers, who were captained by Sikandar Raza, were staring at defeat, before Muchawaya turned it around in the final four deliveries, to give his team the title. Asked to bat first, the Jo’Burg Bangla Tigers’ openers were out of the blocks at good pace. Kusal Perera and Mohammad Shahzad took the attack to the Cape Town Samp Army bowlers, and were finding the boundaries with relative ease.
The two openers raced away to a half-century stand, adding 59 in the less than four overs, before the Sri Lankan departed for 33 from 11 deliveries when Qais Ahmed trapped him LBW. At the five-over mark, the Tigers were cruising along at 60/1. 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 Raza. Thre.
