The 1995–96 Logan Cup, known as the Lonrho Logan Cup for sponsorship reasons, was a first-class cricket competition held in Zimbabwe from 15 September 1995 – 21 April 1996.[1] It was won by Matabeleland, who beat Mashonaland Country Districts in the final having finished second behind them in the league stage of the competition.[2][3] In the first innings of the final, Wayne James of Matabeleland, equaled the record of most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper, with nine.[4] He went on to take four more dismissals in the second innings, breaking the record for most dismissals in a match.[4]

1995–96 Logan Cup
Administrator(s)Zimbabwe Cricket
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (3 days)
Tournament format(s)League system and Final
ChampionsMatabeleland (1st title)
Participants4
Matches7
Most runs348 – David Houghton (Mashonaland)
Most wickets25 – Bryan Strang (Mashonaland Country Districts)

Points table

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Team Pld W L LWF DWF DLF Bat Bwl Adj Pts
Mashonaland Country Districts 3 2 0 1 0 0 23.5 30 –0.5 75
Matabeleland 3 2 0 0 1 0 26 26 –1.6 72.4
Mashonaland 3 1 2 0 0 0 19.5 27.5 –0.8 56.2
Young Mashonaland 3 0 2 0 0 1 18 16.5 0 34.5
Source:CricketArchive[3]

Final

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19–21 April 1996
Scorecard
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265 (85 overs)
Jason Oates 115
Darshan Vaghmaria 4/108 (25 overs)
220 (82.1 overs)
Wayne James 99
Bryan Strang 4/69 (26 overs)
128 (39.3 overs)
Donald Campbell 35
John Rennie 6/42 (19.3 overs)
176/4 (44.2 overs)
Wayne James 99*
Trevor Stead 2/19 (8 overs)
Matabeleland won by 6 wickets
Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Graeme Evans and Jeff Fenwick
  • Mashonaland Country Districts won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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  1. ^ "Lonhro Logan Cup 1995/96". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  2. ^ "Matabeleland v Mashonaland Country Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  3. ^ a b "Lonhro Logan Cup 1995/96 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  4. ^ a b "'Is that you, John Wayne?'". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2017.