2025–26 Logan Cup
| Dates | 26 October 2025 – 30 March 2026 |
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| Administrator | Zimbabwe Cricket |
| Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 20 |
The 2025–26 Logan Cup is the 32nd edition of the Logan Cup, a first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe, which starts on 26 October 2025 and will conclude in March 2026. The season similar to previous seasons will be played in conjunction with the 2025–26 Pro50 Championship, where the 50-over fixture will be played after the first-class game.[1][2][3]
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts |
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| 1 | Southern Rocks | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 98 |
| 2 | Mashonaland Eagles | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 74 |
| 3 | Mid West Rhinos | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 64 |
| 4 | Mountaineers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 42 |
| 5 | Matabeleland Tuskers | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 34 |
Updated to match(es) played on 8–11 March 2026. Source: ESPNcricinfo[4]
- 10 points for a win, 6 for a tie, 5 for a draw, 0 for a loss. An extra 2 points are awarded for an innings victory.
- Batting bonus points: 1 point each for reaching 200, 250, 300, and 350 runs in each innings.
- Bowling bonus points: 1 point each for taking 3, 5, 7, and 9 wickets in each innings
Match summary
The total team points at the end of each round are listed.
| Team | Round | Total | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Southern Rocks | 15 | 23 | 31 | 31 | 45 | 65 | 78 | 98 | 98 | 98 | |
| Mashonaland Eagles | 9 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 56 | 56 | 74 | 74 | ||
| Mid West Rhinos | 11 | 20 | 20 | 34 | 49 | 53 | 64 | 64 | 64 | ||
| Mountaineers | 0 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 38 | 42 | 42 | ||
| Matabeleland Tuskers | 5 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 34 | ||
| Win | Loss | Draw | Bye | Abandoned |
Fixtures
Round 1
26–29 October 2025
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- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
- Villan Changa, Dylan Nzvenga (Mid West Rhinos) and Ryan Simbi (Mashonaland Eagles) all made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Mid West Rhinos 11, Mashonaland Eagles 9
26–29 October 2025
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- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tawanda Maposa (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Southern Rocks 15, Matabeleland Tuskers 5
Round 2
6–9 November 2025
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52/0 (8 overs)
Brian Bennett 29* (19) |
- Mountaineers won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 49, 35 and 2.2 overs play was possible on day 1, 2 and 3 respectively, due to rain.
- Points: Matabeleland Tuskers 8, Mountaineers 9
6–9 November 2025
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- Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 61.2 overs play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
- No play was possible on day 2 and 4 due to rain.
- Points: Mid West Rhinos 9, Southern Rocks 8
Round 3
17–20 November 2025
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- Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 4.2, 6 and 19.4 overs of play was possile on day 1,2 and day 3 respectively, due to rain.
- Muhammad Sheraz and Shafi Ullah (Mountaineers) both made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Mountaineers 6, Southern Rocks 8
17–20 November 2025
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- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Only 16.3, 3.1 and 7.3 overs of play was possible on day 2, 3 and day 4 respectively, due to rain.
- Ali Hasnain (Mashonaland Eagles), Ali Khan and Muslim Khan (Matabeleland Tuskers) all made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Mashonaland Eagles 5, Matabeleland Tuskers 6
Round 4
28–30 November 2025
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- Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 58.2 overs of play was possible due to rain.
- Kashif Afridi (Mashonaland Eagles) made his first-class debut.
- Ali Hasnain (Mashonaland Eagles) took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: Mashonaland Eagles 20, Mountaineers 3
28–29 November 2025
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16/0 (3.5 overs)
Takudzwanashe Kaitano 8* (11) |
- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Muhammad Khwaja and Maaz Khan (Mid West Rhinos) made his first-class debut.
- Maaz Khan (Mid West Rhinos) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: Mid West Rhinos 14, Matabeleland Tuskers 4
Round 5
3–6 February 2026
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- Mountaineers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anesu Kamuriwo and Ronak Patel (Mountaineers) both made their first-class debuts.
- Muhammad Sheraz (Mountaineers) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: Mid West Rhinos 15, Mountaineers 4
3–6 February 2026
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- Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Newman Nyamhuri (Southern Rocks) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: Southern Rocks 14, Mashonaland Eagles 6
Round 6
14–17 February 2026
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164 (50 overs)
Ahsan Ali Aqil 47 (100) Muhammad Kashif 5/39 (12 overs) | ||
- Mid West Rhinos won the toss and elected to field.
- Terrence Makoroma (Mid West Rhinos) made his first-class debut.
- Muhammad Kashif (Mashonaland Eagles) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: Mashonaland Eagles 16, Mid West Rhinos 4
14–17 February 2026
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- Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Southern Rocks 20, Matabeleland Tuskers 4
Round 7
25–28 February 2026
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- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jeffery Mhuriyengwe (Matabeleland Tuskers) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Mountaineers 16, Matabeleland Tuskers 4
25–28 February 2026
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- Southern Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shelton Mazvitorera made his first-class debut after replacing Newman Nyamhuri as an injury substitute for Southern Rocks during Mid West Rhinos' first innings.
- Points: Southern Rocks 13, Mid West Rhinos 11
Round 8
8–11 March 2026
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- Mountaineers won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Rocks 20, Mountaineers 4
8–11 March 2026
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16/0 (4 overs)
Tinashe Kamunhukamwe 8* (11) |
- Matabeleland Tuskers won the toss and elected to field.
- Kudakwashe Macheka (Mashonaland Eagles) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: Mashonaland Eagles 18, Matabeleland Tuskers 3
Round 9
Round 10
30 March – 2 April 2026
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30 March – 2 April 2026
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References
- ^ "New season bowls off with back-to-back Logan Cup, Pro50 action". zimcricket.org. Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
- ^ "2025/26 domestic cricket gets underway". Chronicle. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "CRICKET FEVER RETURNS: Gentleman's kicks off for new season". Herald Online. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Logan Cup Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 October 2025.