Midweek Sports Reporter
Triangle- Knights Cricket Club continued to consolidate their position as one of the best emerging talents in the newly established Masvingo Cricket Association, after humiliating a star studded Triangle Cricket Club over the weekend.
Knights went into the match as underdogs against Triangle Cricket club, a team which boasted of having two seasoned and former national team cricketers Tendai Chisoro and Sydney Murombo in their rank and file.
The explosive match was played at Triangle sports club grounds
However, little known Knights emerged winners after scoring an impressive 164 runs for 8 wickets with two overs to spare.
Knights won the toss and elected to field first allowing the home team to bat, in a 45 overs match
The youthful visiting team restricted the home team to just 160 runs all out in 36 overs.
Triangle Club has Chisoro to thank after he pushed the score board with 66 runs after facing 65 deliveries from the Knights bowlers
Triangle team captain, Tinashe Magocha who was the opening batsman had shown character of nothing short for a win against the visiting team but was bowled out in the first 5 overs.
In an interview after the match, Magocha said his team had performed quite well despite losing the match.
“We could have done better in fielding our boys put up a good fight. We batted quite well but failed to do the same when the visitors were now batting and we ended up losing the match,” he said.
But for Knights it was an impressive match and playing against seasoned players was an opportunity for the youthful team to gain exposure and experience.
Four of the Knights team players Winfred Matende, Lastie Chinyengetere, Tawananyasha Kasondo and Shelton Chivuraise were judged among the best top performers after the match.
