The 2010–11 Logan Cup was a

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competition held in

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from 6 September 2010 to 3 April 2011. The tournament was won by the

Matabeleland Tuskers The Matabeleland Tuskers is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in the Bulawayo Metropolitan and Matabeleland North area. They play their home matches at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. They were ...

, who defeated the

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by 18 runs in the final. During the group stage of the competition, the Mountaineers remained unbeaten in their twelve matches, and the batting and bowling tables were both led by Mountaineers players. Hamilton Masakadza was the competition's leading run-scorer, accruing 852 runs, while

Tendai Chatara Tendai Larry Chatara (born 28 February 1991) is an international cricketer who represents the Zimbabwe national cricket team. A tall, wiry fast bowler with appreciable pace and the ability to move the ball away from the right-hander, Chatara ha ...

took more wickets than any other player, claiming 55 in total. The

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and the previous season's champions, the

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, both suffered poor campaigns, and failed to win a single match during the tournament.

Points table

Final

In the final, the Matabeleland Tuskers were missing five of their key players, including their four most prolific batsmen. In contrast, the group stage leaders, the Mountaineers, had their full squad to choose from. The Tuskers won the toss and opted to bat first. They reached a first innings score of 195, a total propped up by good batting from the tail-end batsman, accompanied by a score of 54 by opening batsman Mbekezeli Mabuza. In the Mountaineers reply, Hamilton Masakadza scored a century, described by

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as "one of his greatest first-class innings", but no other batsman passed 40 runs, in an inning controlled by the bowling of

Keegan Meth Keegan Orry Meth (born 8 February 1988) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He plays domestically for the Matabeleland Tuskers and has represented Zimbabwe in One Day Internationals (ODIs). An all-rounder, he bowls right-arm medium-fast and generally bats ...

. Meth claimed six wickets, and bowled more economically than any of his team-mates. At the end of the first innings, the Mountaineers had a 45 run lead. The Tuskers batting was stronger in the second innings: nine of the eleven batsmen reached double figure scores, and both Bradley Staddon and Meth achieved half-centuries. They were eventually dismissed for 290, setting the Mountaineers a total of 247 runs to win the tournament. Meth improved on his first innings haul, and claimed seven wickets during the Mountaineers second innings. His efforts ensured that the Matabeleland Tuskers won the match by 18 runs, despite half-centuries by Bernard Mlambo and

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References

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