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Mashonaland Eagles and Mountaineers will clash for honours in the final of the Banc ABC under- 13 cricket tournament after coming tops in their respective groups.

Eagles finished at the summit of group A after beating Midwest Rhinos and playing out a draw against Matabeleland Tuskers in a match that was washed out due rain while Mountaineers ruled the roost in group B after inflicting a big defeat on Southern Rocks and drawing with Development XI.

Eagles will march into the final the more confident of the two after beating Mountaineers by 4 wickets in low scoring preliminary round match. Mountaineers were the first to bat and could only manage a paltry 52. Angus Curtis was the chief destroyer with 4 wickets at the cost of just 3 runs in 4 overs while Keith Jaure and Nicholas Welch took 2 wickets apiece.

In other matches played on day three of the Banc ABC under 13 cricket week, the Tuskers bowling trio of Jason James, Mathew Connolly, and Dumoluhle Dube did the damage as the Matabeleland outfit defeated Midwest Rhinos by 2 wickets. Rhinos went in to bat first but could only put 91 runs on the board as the overcast conditions made it difficult to bat. Rhinos bowlers were however not going lay down easily as a team effort made the run chase difficult for Tuskers who managed to crawl on the finishing line with only 2 wickets in hand.

Development XI got their first win of the tournament with an emphatic seven wicket victory over Southern Rocks in which Tinashe Nenhunzi's bowling figures of 3 wickets for 9 runs in 5.5 overs forced Rocks to an average score of 108. Something that the Development XI batsmen managed to chase with much ease coupled with some wayward bowling that saw Rocks conceding 32 runs in extras.

Mashonaland Eagles were crowned the winners of the BancABC under-13 cricket week, which was held at Prince Edward School in Harare this week, after defeating the Mountaineers by 125 runs.

The annual tournament had six under-13 teams coming from the country's five franchises and a Development XI squad as the sixth. It was used as the selection tournament for the Zimbabwe under-13 national squad (President XI) team.

The final started off with some gripping action before poor batting from the Mountaineers resulted in the most comfortable of wins for the home franchise. Eagles went in to bat first and posted a 201 runs for the loss of six. Nicholas Welch, in fine form, scored a patient 67 off 145 balls conquering the slow out field and bowler friendly conditions.

Mountaineers' bowler, Adriaan Kok, was the peak of the bowlers doing well to reduce the extent of the damage the Mutare giants were taking. He took four for 48 runs in 10 overs but his gallant effort was overshadowed by Mountaineers' disappointing run chase - they were all out for just 85 runs. Mountaineers however got a consolation after captain Sam Curran was voted the player of the series.

In other matches played of the final day:

Matabeleland Tuskers vs. Development XI
Tuskers beat Development XI by eight runs. Tuskers' Ryan Minter-Brown and Dumoluhle Dube propelled the Bulawayo outfit to a competitive 129 runs. Development XI came close to causing an upset before they were bowled out
for 121 runs. Mathew Conolly shone for the Tuskers with 3.5 over spell which yielded three wickets for just 14 runs.

Midwest Rhinos vs. Southern Rocks
Manson Chikowero's 5 five wicket haul ensured that Rhinos restricted Southern Rocks to low score off 58 all out and Midlands boys dispatched Rocks in a seven wicket victory with ease.