Cape Town Samp Army top of the points table with 4 wins
Harare
The Cape Town Samp Army continued to be a step ahead of their rivals, as they eased past the Durban Qalandars and won by 4 wickets, with an over to spare. The Cape Town Samp Army have now won 4 games on the bounce and are top of the points table.
Batting first, the Durban Qalandars lost the in-form Tim Seifert (1) early to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, after which Andre Fletcher (4) and Asif Ali (0) were quickly packed off by Karim Janat. Meanwhile, Hazratullah Zazai was doing the heavy lifting at the other end, and trying to keep the run-rate moving along at good clip.
Zazai (43), who was closing in on a deserving half-century, though was accounted for by Tom Curran in the final over, after which Linde (25*) and Brad Evans (5*) took the Qalandars to 91/5 in their 10 overs.
In response, the Cape Town Samp Army lost the wickets of the in-form Tadiwanashe Marumani (6) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (7) within the first couple of overs. The Qalandars’ Mohammad Amir was bowling well, and it wasn’t easy to score freely in the early stages.
The skipper though was dismissed for a duck and Janat was joined by Tom Curran, with the Samp Army needing 30 from the final three overs. Curran was cleaned up by Tendai Chatara for 6 but Janat was going great guns at the other end, and finished things off with a boundary, to help register a 4-wicket win.
Janat remained unbeaten on 48, having hit 5 sixes and 2 boundaries.
Brief Scores
Durban Qalandars – 91/5 (Hazratullah Zazai – 43, George Linde – 25*; Karim Janat – 2/17, Mujeeb Ur Rahman – 1/11)
Cape Town Samp Army – 95/6 (Karim Janat – 48*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 13; Daryn Dupavillon – 2/16, Tendai Chatara – 2/22)
