2015–16 Pro50 Championship
The 2015–16 Pro50 Championship was the fourteenth edition of the Pro50 Championship, a List A cricket tournament in Zimbabwe. The competition ran from 4 November 2015 to 6 January 2016. In a change from the previous edition, teams played each other twice (instead of three times) during the round-robin, and there was no final.[1]
| Dates | 4 November 2015 – 6 January 2016 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Zimbabwe Cricket | 
| Cricket format | List A cricket | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | 
| Champions | Mashonaland Eagles (4th title) | 
| Participants | 4 | 
| Matches | 12 | 
| Most runs | Prince Masvaure (250) | 
| Most wickets | Tawanda Mupariwa (13) | 
Mashonaland Eagles won the tournament for the fourth time, with five victories and one defeat.[2]
Mid West Rhinos batsman Prince Masvaure was the tournament's leading run-scorer with a total of 250 runs.[3] Matabeleland Tuskers bowler Tawanda Mupariwa was the leading wicket-tacker with a total of 13 wickets.[4]
Points table
    
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mashonaland Eagles (C) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 1.099 | 
| 2 | Mountaineers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0.136 | 
| 3 | Matabeleland Tuskers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.911 | 
| 4 | Mid West Rhinos | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.013 | 
Fixtures
    
    Round-robin
    
 4 November 2015     Scorecard  | 
Mashonaland Eagles 265/7 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mid West Rhinos 198 (44.3 overs)  | 
- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
 - Brandon Diplock and Brighton Zhawi (Mashonaland Eagles) made their List A debuts.[5]
 
 4 November 2015     Scorecard  | 
Mountaineers 161 (37.3 overs)  | 
v  | 
Matabeleland Tuskers 130 (36.4 overs)  | 
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to field.
 - Taffy Mupariwa and Kyle Bowie (Matabeleland Tuskers) made their List A debuts.[5]
 
 11 November 2015     Scorecard  | 
Mountaineers 167 (48.2 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mashonaland Eagles 171/5 (33.2 overs)  | 
- Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Craig Dollar and Herbert Chikomba (Mashonaland Eagles) made their List A debuts.[6]
 
 11 November 2015     Scorecard  | 
Mid West Rhinos 230/7 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Matabeleland Tuskers 232/4 (48.4 overs)  | 
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
 - Deven Bell (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his List A debut.[6]
 
 23 November 2015     Scorecard  | 
Matabeleland Tuskers 227/9 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mashonaland Eagles 226 (46 overs)  | 
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.[7]
 
 23 November 2015     Scorecard  | 
Mountaineers 242/4 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mid West Rhinos 224 (48.1 overs)  | 
- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.[7]
 
 3 December 2015     Scorecard  | 
Mashonaland Eagles 259/7 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mid West Rhinos 236 (43.5 overs)  | 
- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
 
 3 December 2015     Scorecard  | 
Matabeleland Tuskers 251/5 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mountaineers 78 (29 overs)  | 
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
 
 12 December 2015     Scorecard  | 
Mountaineers 246/2 (40.4 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mashonaland Eagles 176/2 (17.4 overs)  | 
- Mashonaland Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
 - Rain caused the Mountaineers innings to be ended after 40.2 overs. Mashonaland Eagles were set a revised DLS target of 220 runs from 28 overs, but their chase was ended by bad light after 17.4 overs.
 
 13 December 2015     Scorecard  | 
Matabeleland Tuskers 249/8 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mid West Rhinos 244/3 (49.5 overs)  | 
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
 
 5 January 2016     Scorecard  | 
Mountaineers 223/9 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mid West Rhinos 98 (28.5 overs)  | 
- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
 - James Bruce (Mid West Rhinos) made his List A debut.
 
 6 January 2016     Scorecard  | 
Matabeleland Tuskers 240/9 (50 overs)  | 
v  | 
Mashonaland Eagles 244/5 (36.4 overs)  | 
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
 
References
    
- "Pro50 Championship, 2015/16 / Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
 - "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
 - "Records / Pro50 Championship, 2015/16 / Most Runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
 - "Records / Pro50 Championship, 2015/16 / Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
 - "Eagles, Mountaineers off to winning start". ESPNcricinfo. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
 - "Chikomba's five-for on debut sets up Eagles win". ESPNcricinfo. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
 - "Chakabva, Mutombodzi fifties highlight Eagles win". ESPNcricinfo. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
 
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