Gayle carted five sixes and three fours in his innings, before he was dismissed with the Tuskers on 98 for two after 13 overs. Craig Ervine then provided a strong finish, hitting 30 off 15 balls to lead Tuskers to 161 for four. Dirk Nannes picked up two for 29 for Mountaineers, but Chris Harris had better figures of two for 21.
Mountaineers’ chase got off to a promising start, and they were 103 for 3 in the 14th over, before Gayle took two wickets in two balls to derail the chase. He picked up his fourth scalp in his next over and Mountaineers eventually lost six wickets for 39 runs to finish on 142 for nine in 20 overs. Hamilton Masakadza was their top-scorer with 45 runs off 34 balls.
Matabeleland Tuskers: 161/4 (20/20 ov)Mountaineers: 142/9 (20.0/20 ov)Matabeleland Tuskers won by 19 runsMountaineers RR 7.10Matabeleland Tuskers RR 8.05
