The Zimbabwean Domestic Twenty20, formerly known as the Stanbic Bank Twenty20 and the Metropolitan Bank Twenty20, is the domestic men's
Twenty20 cricket
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competition in
Zimbabwe
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. It was first played in 2006–07 and is organised by
Zimbabwe Cricket
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.
The profile of the tournament grew after
the reorganisation of cricket in Zimbabwe ahead of the 2009–10 season.
History
A domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament was first contested in the
2006–07 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 competition.
The tournament has previously been known as the Metropolitan Bank Twenty20, the Stanbic Bank Twenty20, and the Domestic Twenty20 Competition.
Teams
Former teams
*
Northerns
*
Easterns
*
Southerns
*
Westerns
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*
Centrals
*
Namibia
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Tournament results
Tournament history
2006–07 season
* Winner: Southerns
* Runner-up: Easterns
* Dates: 30 March 2007 – 1 April 2007
The tournament took place in Mutare.
2007–08 season
* Winner: Easterns
* Runner-up: Westerns
* Dates: 19 March 2008 – 21 March 2008
* Official Website
Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 2007/08at
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2007–08 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20
The 2007–08 Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 was a Twenty20 cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 19 to 21 March 2008. It was won by Easterns, who defeated Westerns
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The 2008 season was held between 19 and 21 March 2008.
Hamilton Masakadza
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was named the Man of the Match and the Man of the Tournament.
After the tournament, Steven Price wrote on Cricinfo from
Harare
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that the poor standards of cricket had blighted Zimbabwe's
Twenty20
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domestic competition.
2008–09 season
* Champions: Westerns
* Runners-up: Northerns
* Dates: 13 May 2009 – 16 May 2009
* Official Website
Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 2009on
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In the final, Western's victory was largely possible due to the efforts of spinner Mbekezeli Mabuza who took enthralling figures of 5/14. After Westerns had been bowled out for 116 mostly by Trevor Garwe (who was also the leading wicket-taker in this tournament) who took 4–23, Mbekezeli, along with
Njabulo Ncube (who provided the key strike) dismantled the Northerns batting line-up to bring victory to their team by four runs.
2009–10 season
* Winner:
Mountaineers
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* Runners-up:
Mashonaland Eagles
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* Official Website
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2009–10 Stanbic Bank 20 Series
The 2010 Stanbic Bank 20 Series in February was a Twenty20 cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 12–20 February 2010. It was won by the Mountaineers, who defeated the Mashonaland Eagles in the final by nine wickets.
The competition consisted ...
The tournament was renamed as the Stanbic Bank 20 Series.
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was the new sponsors. This was after
the reorganization of Zimbabwean cricket and as a result, new franchises started taking part in the competition. They are
Mashonaland Eagles
The Mashonaland Eagles is one of five cricket Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are based in the Harare Metropolitan and Mashonaland Central area and play both first-class and limited overs cricket. They play their home matches at Harare S ...
(formerly Northerns),
Southern Rocks
The Southern Rocks is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in the Masvingo and Matabeleland South area. They play their home matches at Masvingo Sports Club in Masvingo. The team initially ceased t ...
(formerly Southerns),
Mountaineers
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(formerly Easterns),
Matabeleland Tuskers
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(formerly Westerns), and
Mid West Rhinos
The Mid West Rhinos is one of the five cricket Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in Midlands Province and the Mashonaland West area. They play their home matches at Kwekwe Sports Club in Kwekwe.
History
...
(formerly Centrals). In addition, the
Desert Vipers
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also participated as a sixth team.
Craig Williams captained the side.
Mountaineers was easily the strongest team in the tournament final, but they were quite shaky in the group stage. Among the 5 matches they played, they won 3 and lost 2. Stronger than them was Mashonaland Eagles, who had finished first in the pool. Particularly effective against them was Eagle's bowler
Ray Price
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who downed them by 82 runs at
Harare
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taking remarkable figures of 5/12 in just 17 deliveries finishing off the game by the stumping of
Natsai Mushangwe
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.
Mountaineers, however, brought their "A" game to the final. They put their disaster of the previous morning by beating their heavily favored opponents by a massive nine wickets. After bowling out their vaunted opponents for just 105 with
Greg Smith taking 3/11 and
Prosper Utseya
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3/24, they cruised to the target as renowned internationals and former schoolmates
Hamilton Masakadza
Hamilton Masakadza (born 9 August 1983) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for Zimbabwe. He captained the national team during 2016 ICC World T20, but was relieved of his duties following an indifferent team pe ...
(64*) and
Tatenda Taibu
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(37*) took their team to the inaugural Stanbic Bank 20 Series title.
Despite all this, perhaps the most mind-blowing was
Desert Vipers
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's performance. Coming into the tournament from the minnow cricketing nation of
Namibia
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, nobody had much expectations on Namibia. However, they exceeded all expectations to finish third first in the group stage, then defeating the much more vaunted
Matabeleland Tuskers
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(who won the tournament just a season back in 2008–09 as Westerns) by 31 runs. After the Vipers were restricted to 126/7 (despite
Raymond van Schoor
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Van Schoor made his first-clas ...
scoring 46), with
Christopher Mpofu
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Early life and career
Mpofu spent ...
taking 2/26, Tuskers were bowled out for 91 (
Tawanda Mupariwa
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...
's 31 proved to be the highest score of the innings), with
Louis Klazinga
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After playing for Eldoraigne High School in Centurion, Gauteng, he first played for Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast ...
taking 2/13 and
Dirk Viljoen
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2/14.
There was also another record set during the final. The final at
Harare Sports Club
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between the Mountaineers and Eagles attracted an audience of 7500, which is the biggest attendance ever for a domestic match in living memory. As a result,
Zimbabwe Cricket
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officially expressed its delight at the record turn-outs.
A number of former players and overseas players were contracted by the franchises specifically for the tournament.
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and
Ian Harvey
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appeared for the Southern Rocks,
Dougie Marillier
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He is a right-handed batsman known for his unorthodox technique ...
for Mash Eagles,
Andy Blignaut
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for Matabeleland Tuskers,
Greg Smith for the Mountaineers and
Darren Stevens and
Ollie Rayner
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for Kwekwe's MidWest Rhinos. So successful was this edition that a second edition was staged in November that same year.
2010–11 season
* Champions:
Mashonaland Eagles
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* Runners-up:
Mid West Rhinos
The Mid West Rhinos is one of the five cricket Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in Midlands Province and the Mashonaland West area. They play their home matches at Kwekwe Sports Club in Kwekwe.
History
...
* Official Website
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2010–11 Stanbic Bank 20 Series
The 2010 Stanbic Bank 20 Series in November was a Twenty20 cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 13 – 21 November 2010. It was won by the Mashonaland Eagles, who defeated the Mid West Rhinos in the final by one run.
The Eagles finished the ...
The tournament was staged in November 2010 following the success of the previous tournament in February. This edition of the tournament started with a bang. In a bid to win the tournament, Southern Rocks signed both former West Indian legend
Brian Lara
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(who holds the record for the highest ever
Test cricket
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score of 400*), and a former English deadly fast bowler named
Ryan Sidebottom
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. This not only raised the standard of cricket played in the tournament, but increased its profile to the rest of the cricketing world. A number of other players were also attracted in the tournament, for example, Netherlands and Essex all-rounder
Ryan ten Doeschate
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,
Nick Compton,
Liam Dawson
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,
Andrew Hall
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,
Paul Horton
Paul James Horton (born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired former cricketer who played for Lancashire and Leicestershire in England and Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe.
Early life
Born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australi ...
, and
Lou Vincent
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.
Grant Flower
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He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in histo ...
also made his comeback to playing competitive matches in
Zimbabwe
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, as captain of
Mashonaland Eagles
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.
Lara's presence was immense, and he scored a half-century on his
Twenty20
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debut, top-scoring with 65 for the Rocks and then scored a further 34 runs from 2 innings before he left, citing "commitments elsewhere". The Rocks eventually finished third due to brilliant performances by their young opener
Sikandar Raza
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, who was turning into a T20 specialist. Eventual champions Mashonaland Eagles was the strongest by finishing at the top of the pool. The previous year's champions, Mountaineers finished bottom of the lot, thus getting out of contention for the title.
In the 1st Semi-Final, eventual champions Eagles held their nerves to secure a place in the Stanbic Bank 20 Final. After bowling out opponents Matabeleland Tuskers for 70, they themselves were in a position of being bowled out for lower than that, as the last-wicket pair of
Ray Price
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and
Douglas Hondo
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Early career
Hondo was fir ...
coming in with six still required, and hit the winning runs.
In the third-place playoff, the Tuskers defeated the Rocks by a massive nine-wickets with
Charles Coventry leading the way with 67* off 40 balls, and shared a 126-run partnership with
Paul Horton
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Early life
Born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australi ...
who scored a half-century (56*) of his own. Victory was achieved with 10 balls spare.
In the final between Mash Eagles and Mid West Rhinos, Eagles sneaked through a thrilling contest by 1 run to become the second Stanbic Bank 20 Series Champion. Captain
Grant Flower
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He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in histo ...
although he did not contribute to the runs as he was on the non-strikers end when the 20 overs were completed, on 0 not out, he led his team admirably to the field.
Andrew Hall
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showed his all-round value with a 17-ball 39, which brought about the total. When
Lou Vincent
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and captain
Vusi Sibanda
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Early career
Sibanda is a right-hand ...
was in control of the Rhinos's run-chase and the result seemingly sealed, the experienced Flower who had long county stints with
Essex County Cricket Club
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Founded in 1876, the club had minor county status until 1894 w ...
brought his spinners,
Greg Lamb
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He was Zimbabwe's Young Player of the Year and represented his country at Under-12, U ...
and
Ray Price
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, and that brought about immediate results. Rhinos collapsed into a 1-run defeat. A quality crowd had come to see the match, and they had got exhilarating cricket.
And an unforgettable finish was made in an already memorable tournament when after the innings break in the final,
Grant Flower
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He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in histo ...
was taken in a guard of honor as he left the field. As Flower later recalled it was a great way to finish off his career, and it had been a great tournament, with a great standard of cricket.
2011–12 season
* Champions:
Mountaineers
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* Runners-up:
Mashonaland Eagles
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* Official Website
Stanbic Bank 20 Series 2011/12* Main Article:
2011–12 Stanbic Bank 20 Series
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Zimbabwe Cricket
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was bullish ahead of the tournament, with ZC managing director Ozias Bvute saying "We will be very close to breaking even this year and we are not too far from making it a sustainable and profitable tournament."
Mountaineers were crowned as the new champions, and with two titles became the most successful team in the history of the competition. International players
Ryan ten Doeschate
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,
Lou Vincent
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,
Paul Horton
Paul James Horton (born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired former cricketer who played for Lancashire and Leicestershire in England and Matabeleland Tuskers in Zimbabwe.
Early life
Born 20 September 1982 in Sydney, Australi ...
,
Liam Dawson
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and
Andrew Hall
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were retained from the previous season. International players
Chris Gayle
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(Matabeleland Tuskers),
Dirk Nannes
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From ...
(Mountaineers), and Australian fast bowler
Shaun Tait
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Peter Trego
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,
Rory Hamilton-Brown
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, and
Phil Mustard
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, with a total of 16 foreign players participating in the tournament.
The tournament kicked off on 25 November 2011 and saw both
Njabulo Ncube and
Natsai Mushangwe
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star as Mountaineers and Matabeleland Tuskers defeated Mid West Rhinos and Mashonaland Eagles respectively.
At the halfway stage, it seemed that Tuskers were the most dominant team and their strong side consisting international players unbalancing the tournament. However, the tournament changed when Mid West Rhinos defeated
Matabeleland Tuskers
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, despite
Chris Gayle
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scoring a rapid-fire century for the Tuskers. The Rhinos built on
Brendan Taylor
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's unbeaten innings of 75 as they won by seven wickets. Southern Rocks had a forgettable tournament, finishing bottom of the pool, and thus not proceeding to the next stage. Mashonaland Eagles staged a comeback after losing all their initial matches they made it through to the playoff final by defeating
Mid West Rhinos
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by 53 runs,
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ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2011 against Matabeleland Tuskers. There they defeated the Tuskers by 23 runs (Duckworth–Lewis method) despite Chris Gayle's half-century, and another by Steven Trenchard, as they already had compiled a massive 207/7 thanks to Ryan ten Doeschate's 121* of 58.
Matabeleland had been consigned to the playoff final after they were earlier defeated by eventual champions Mountaineers at the 1st Semi. That was made possible by captain
Hamilton Masakadza
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's 80*.
In the tournament final, the bowlers led Mountaineers to a remarkable victory. After Eagles restricted them to 142/6 (
Phil Mustard
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Mustard was educated at Usworth Comprehensive, and is a keen football fan who played at Manchester United until aged 13, and then Middlesbrough FC until aged 15, and he co ...
56), it seemed that Eagles would win the game (considering that they scored 207 in their playoff final match against the Tuskers), but
Shingirai Masakadza
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took 3/21 in a remarkable spell to see out the Eagles for just 115 and secure victory by 27 runs. He received support from former captain
Prosper Utseya
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, former New Zealand all-rounder
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, and international star
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.
2012–13 season
* Champions:
Mountaineers
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* Runners-up:
Mashonaland Eagles
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* Official Website
Stanbic Bank 20 Series 2012/13For the 2012–13 season, ZC has announced that in addition to the five local franchises, an additional four school teams will take part, which will add to the rivalry and competition. The two primary schools will be
Ruwazi Primary School will face off against fellow opponents,
Chipembere Primary School
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, while the two high schools will be
Churchill High School and
St. Georges. It will be a historic occasion as for the first time, youngsters can take center stage at a national event in the country and in a tournament which witnessed a record turnout in the final of the
2009–10 Stanbic Bank 20 Series
The 2010 Stanbic Bank 20 Series in February was a Twenty20 cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 12–20 February 2010. It was won by the Mountaineers, who defeated the Mashonaland Eagles in the final by nine wickets.
The competition consisted ...
. ZC announced this in a media release.
2013–14 to 2014-15
2013–14 to 2014-15 Season Not Held Not Play
2015–16 season
2017–18 season
For the 2017–18 season, The competition was scheduled to start in April 2018 and would have included a new team, the
Rising Stars, along with the existing four teams.
Two foreign teams were also expected to be included in the competition.
Originally the T20 tournament was scheduled to open the Zimbabwean 2017–18 domestic calendar in September 2017, but it was moved back to April as it clashed with other T20 competitions being held.
2018-19 Season
*Winners:
Matabeleland Tuskers
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*Runner up:
Mountaineers
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The final finished as a
no result
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due to rain, so Matabeleland Tuskers were declared the winners, after finishing highest in the group stage of the tournament.
2020-21 Season
*Winners:
Tuskers
*Runner up:
*Official website
2020–21 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition at ESPN CricinfoThe 2020–21 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition was a 10th Season Twenty20 cricket tournament that was played in Zimbabwe during April 2021. Five teams took part in the competition,
Following the conclusion of the group stage, Tuskers and Eagles qualified for the final of the tournament.Rocks beat Mountaineers to win the 3rd place play-off match, and in the final, Tuskers beat Eagles by 69 runs to win the tournament.
2021-22 Season
2022-23 Season
2023-24 Season
The 2023-24 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition was the 13th Season of the Domestic competition. The five domestic franchise teams took part as well as English Side
Durham County Cricket Club
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, was the 6th team in the league as part of their pre-season training. Durham won the championship and after continuing their unbeaten streak into the final, clinching victory by a margin of 213 runs after dismissing the Mashonaland Eagles for a mere 16 runs.
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