Asked to bat first, the Cape Town Samp Army started off at a good pace with Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Bhanuka Rajapaksa scoring at more than 10 runs an over. While Rajapaksa departed for a quick 25 from 11 deliveries in the third over, Gurbaz was going great guns at the other end.
Defending 8 runs for the Eoin Morgan-led Harare Hurricanes against the high-flying Cape Town Samp Army, Sreesanth, first picked a wicket and then impacted a run-out as the Hurricanes tied the game and then won it in the Super Over in a dramatic fashion.
The Joburg Buffaloes put on a fantastic performance against the Cape Town Samp Army, defeating the table-toppers by 9 wickets in the inaugural edition of the Zim Afro T10 at the Harare Sports Club. The Buffaloes put on a fine performance to lift themselves off the bottom of the points table
Batting first, the Bulawayo Braves started off well with Ryan Burl and Innocent Kaia looking good. The duo put on a quick 25-run stand for the opening wicket before Burl was dismissed for 19 off 9 deliveries.
The second day of the inaugural edition of the Zim Cyber City Zim Afro T10 produced a great start as the Cape Town Samp Army put in an all-round effort to defeat the Harare Hurricanes by 16 runs, here at the Harare Sports Club.
The Qalandars, who had Tim Seifert get them off to a flyer, put in a team performance and survived a scare as the experienced Indian cricketer Parthiv Patel almost won it with a late counter-attack.
The inaugural edition of the Zim Afro T10 will commence from July 20 at the Harare Sports Club. There are five teams, Harare Hurricanes, Bulawayo Braves, Durban Qalandars, Cape Town Samp Army and Johannesburg Buffaloes, who will battle it out for top honours in Harare, over the next ten days
Five teams will compete against each other in the first-ever T10 Zim Afro, one of them being the Cape Town SAMP Army, who have appointed South African cricketing legend Lance Klusener as Head Coach for the tournament.
The excitement is building up at a rapid pace as the highly anticipated Zim Afro T10 is set to commence in less than two weeks, with the opening match of the tournament scheduled for July 20. A total of five squads will compete for the ultimate glory in the inaugural edition of the competiti