2024–25 Logan Cup

2024–25 Logan Cup
Dates27 October 2024 – 6 January 2025
Administrator(s)Zimbabwe Cricket
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin
Participants5
Matches10
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The 2024–25 Logan Cup is the 31st edition of the Logan Cup, a first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe, which started on 27 October 2024 and will conclude on 10 January 2025.[1][2] The Mountaineers are the defending champions.[3]

Points table

Team[4] Pld W L D Ab Pts
Rhinos 4 2 1 1 0 74
Mountaineers 3 1 0 2 0 57
Rocks 3 0 0 3 0 48
Eagles 3 1 1 1 0 43
Tuskers 3 0 2 1 0 28

  Champions.

  • 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

Match Summary

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

Team Round Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rhinos 21 31 55 74 74 74
Mountaineers 0 23 42 57 57
Rocks 18 18 32 48 48
Eagles 15 39 43 43 43
Tuskers 7 14 14 28 28
Win Loss Draw Bye Abandoned

Fixtures

Round 1

27–30 October 2024
Scorecard
v
384 (94.3 overs)
Saif Zaib 78 (98)
Munashe Chipara 3/55 (16.3 overs)
318 (70.2 overs)
Tinashe Kamunhukamwe 124 (113)
Priviledge Chesa 4/76 (17 overs)
353/6d (87 overs)
Johnathan Campbell 79 (110)
Travor Mutsamba 2/64 (15 overs)
214/4 (64 overs)
Craig Ervine 103 (172)
Roy Kaia 1/18 (13 overs)
Match drawn
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: David Shawane and Forster Mutizwa
Player of the match: Roy Kaia (Rocks)
  • Southern Rocks elected to bat
  • Matthew Campbell (Rocks) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Rocks 18, Eagles 15
27–30 October 2024
Scorecard
v
203 (45.2 overs)
Tanunurwa Makoni 82 (110)
Michael Chinouya 3/32 (8 overs)
301 (69.3 overs)
Ben Curran 145 (190)
Ernest Masuku 4/73 (13.3 overs)
245 (67 overs)
Sean Williams 67 (61)
Michael Chinouya 5/49 (13 overs)
149/5 (30.1 overs)
Antum Naqvi 70 (61)
Luke Jongwe 1/23 (4 overs)
Rhinos won by 5 wickets
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Umpires: Iknow Chabi and Stanley Gogwe
Player of the match: Ben Curran (Rhinos)
  • Mid West Rhinos elected to field
  • Ahsan Aqil and Hendrichs Macheke (Rhinos) both made their first-class debuts.
  • Points: Rhinos 21, Tuskers 7

Round 2

7–10 November 2024
Scorecard
v
321 (92.1 overs)
Sean Williams 88 (96)
Alex Russell 5/77 (22.1 overs)
716/7d (149.4 overs)
Dion Myers 179 (198)
Arnold Shara 2/95 (20 overs)
190 (34.3 overs)
Hamid Ali 76 (59)
Alex Russell 5/63 (12 overs)
Eagles won by an innings and 205 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Percival Sizara and Collin Tlou
Player of the match: Alex Russell (Eagles)
  • Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
  • Eagles broke the record for the highest total ever amassed by any Zimbabwean team in first-class cricket.[5]
  • Points: Eagles 24, Tuskers 6
7–10 November 2024
Scorecard
v
393 (112.2 overs)
Nick Welch 125 (151)
Ben Curran 2/7 (4.2 overs)
293 (81 overs)
Brad Evans 71 (82)
Vincent Masekesa 7/117 (29 overs)
225 (51.4 overs)
Mathew Welch 89 (81)
Brandon Mavuta 5/115 (23 overs)
182 (47.4 overs)
Nyasha Mayavo 46 (59)
Vincent Masekesa 5/63 (14.4 overs)
Mountaineers won by 143 runs
Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Umpires: Stanley Gogwe and Christopher Phiri
Player of the match: Vincent Masekesa (Mountaineers)
  • Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Arinesto Vezha (Mountaineers) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Mountaineers 23, Rhinos 10

Round 3

25–28 November 2024
Scorecard
v
183 (45.4 overs)
Prosper Mugeri 37 (30)
Antum Naqvi 4/58 (17 overs)
498/8d (132.2 overs)
Ahsan Ali Aqil 111 (230)
Alex Russell 3/125 (39 overs)
225 (70.1 overs)
Wessly Madhevere 113 (192)
Antum Naqvi 5/52 (70.1 overs)
Rhinos won by an innings and 90 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Tafadzwa Musakwa and Christopher Phiri
Player of the match: Antum Naqvi (Rhinos)
  • Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Prosper Mugeri (Eagles) and Award Naqvi (Rhinos) both made their first-class debuts.
  • Ahsan Ali Aqil (Rhinos) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
  • Antum Naqvi (Rhinos) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
  • Points: Rhinos 24, Eagles 4
25–28 November 2024
Scorecard
v
402 (110.4 overs)
Nick Welch 151 (223)
Cuthbert Musoko 2/46 (18 overs)
296 (90.3 overs)
Richmond Mutumbami 84 (167)
Victor Nyauchi 5/62 (18.3 overs)
256/5d (37.5 overs)
Alistair Frost 99 (94)
William Mashinge 3/68 (10.5 overs)
223/9 (58.1 overs)
Roy Kaia 55 (84)
Vincent Masekesa 4/91 (20 overs)
Match drawn
Mutare Sports Club, Mutare
Umpires: Sifelani Rwaziyeni and Percival Sizara
Player of the match: Nick Welch (Mountaineers)
  • Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Tinaye Muzonde (Rocks) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Mountaineers 19, Rocks 14

Round 4

7–10 December 2024
Scorecard
v
253/9d (81 overs)
Timycen Maruma 64 (115)
Luke Jongwe 3/49 (15 overs)
423 (135.3 overs)
Hamid Ali 160 (267)
Vincent Masekesa 4/127 (41 overs)
351/4 (126 overs)
Nick Welch 159 (295)
Brian Mudzinganyama 2/26 (8 overs)
Match drawn
Mutare Sports Club, Mutare
Umpires: Sifelani Rwaziyeni and David Shawane
Player of the match: Nick Welch (Mountaineers)
  • Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Mountaineers 15, Tuskers 14
7–10 December 2024
Scorecard
v
395 (95.2 overs)
Ben Curran 109 (168)
Roy Kaia 3/57 (13.2 overs)
376 (97.1 overs)
Innocent Kaia 130 (249)
Brandon Mavuta 6/121 (28.1 overs)
374/8d (99.3 overs)
Antum Naqvi 98 (168)
Takudzwa Chataira 4/68 (20 overs)
160/6 (62 overs)
Innocent Kaia 58 (122)
Michael Chinouya 3/43 (6 overs)
Match drawn
Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare
Umpires: Tafadzwa Musakwa and Christopher Phiri
Player of the match: Brandon Mavuta (Rhinos)
  • Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Panashe Taruvinga (Rocks) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Rhinos 19, Rocks 16

Round 5

References

  1. ^ "Back-to-back Pro50, Logan Cup fixtures get season underway". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Eagles, Rocks get ZC domestic season underway". The Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Mountaineers reclaim Logan Cup". The Herald. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Logan Cup Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Ervine, Marumani score centuries as Eagles break record". zimcricket.org. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.