In the Outcast Cricketing country of Zimbabwe, the domestic competition is in a sorry state. The main domestic competition, the Logan Cup was contested by 4 teams in 2003/04. These were Mashonaland, Matabeleland, Midlands and Manicaland. The Logan Cup is a 4-day competition. Each team plays the others in the league twice. The most successful batsmen in 2003/04 were Trevor Gripper and Stuart Carlisle who both averaged over 100 in 4 innings. The highest average for a player who played in all his team's matches was for Greg Strydom who averaged 61.9 with a high score of 216. The most successful bowler was Tatenda Taibu (yes,
that Tatenda Taibu) with 20 wickets at 13.75. The final league positions in 2003/04 were as follows:
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Team P W D L Points
Mashonaland 6 3 1 2 78.0
Matabeleland 6 3 1 2 76.5
Midlands 6 3 1 2 74.0
Manicaland 6 1 1 4 50.5
As this shows, it was a very close competition, the result coming down to bonus points.
The same 4 teams contested the Faithwear Clothing Inter-provincial One-day Competition. This was also won by Mashonaland. In this competition, you play the other 3 teams 3 times. The matches are restricted to 50 overs per side. The results were as follows:
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Team P W D L Points
Mashonaland 9 5 3 1 22
Midlands 9 3 4 2 16
Manicaland 9 4 4 1 14
Matabeleland 9 3 4 2 12
EDIT: I Would also like to highlight the fact that it appears that in the current season, Namibia are competing in the Faithwear Clothing competition, as they just thumped champions Mashonaland by 101 runs thanks to an unbeaten 112 by Gerrie Snyman.