# Logan Cup

The Logan Cup is the premier domestic first-class cricket competition in Zimbabwe and is organised by Zimbabwe Cricket. It is named after James Douglas Logan.

## History

The first recorded cricket match in what was known at the time as Rhodesia was played in August 1890 near Fort Victoria. Within the next ten years, matches were played with more regularity and the most significant match was between teams representing Salisbury and Bulawayo.
In 1903, James Douglas Logan presented Rhodesia's cricket teams with a cup to compete for, which was named the Logan Cup after him. For most of its history the Logan Cup was an annual inter-provincial weekend contest of two-day matches between the four provinces of Matabaleland, Mashonaland, Manicaland and Midlands, however on occasion the matches were sometimes three-day matches (as in the 1920/21, 1921/22, and 1923/24 seasons) or more rarely one-day single innings matches (as in the 1938/39 season and in the 1971/72 season when the Logan Cup was played along the lines of the Gillette Cup for the first time). At first-class level, Rhodesia entered a team in the South African Currie Cup in 1904–05, and then for most South African seasons from 1929–30 until 1978–79.

### First-class

The Logan Cup became first-class along with Zimbabwe's elevation to Test status in 1992, and the first competition to hold first-class status was the 1993–94 Logan Cup, won by Mashonaland Under-24s. Mashonaland, essentially a representative Harare side has historically been the strongest team in the country since the late 1960s, and between 1993 and 2005 they won the tournament nine times out of twelve. The competition was not played in the 2005–06 season, due to "internal strife", both within Zimbabwean cricket, and the political set-up of the country. Upon the competition's return in 2006–07 it was relaunched with teams representing new areas, rather than the traditional provinces. Kenya were also invited to compete in the competition during 2006–07, but finished last despite showing promise.

### Franchise era

The competition was again relaunched for the 2009–10 season, with five franchises: Mashonaland Eagles, Matabeleland Tuskers, Mid West Rhinos, Mountaineers and Southern Rocks. After the 2013–14 season Southern Rocks, consistently the weakest of the five teams, had their franchise suspended, leaving four teams to compete from 2014–15 to 2016–17. In 2017–18 a new academy-based team of young players, Rising Stars, brought the number of competing teams back to five. On 4 May 2020, Zimbabwe Cricket voided the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no winner being declared. The 2020–21 season saw the return of Rocks, who last played in the 2013–14 tournament. In March 2021, Rocks won their first ever Logan Cup title.

## Champions

This table lists all the champions of the Logan Cup during the competition's first-class era.
| Season | Winner (number of titles) | Runners-up | Leading run-scorer (club) | Runs | Leading wicket-taker (club) | Wickets |
| 1993–94 | Mashonaland Under-24s (1) | Matabeleland | Wayne James (Matabeleland) | 386 | John Rennie (Matabeleland) | 20 |
| 1994–95 | Mashonaland (1) | Mashonaland Under-24s | Grant Flower (Mashonaland Under-24s) | 368 | Malcolm Jarvis (Mashonaland) | 19 |
| 1995–96 | Matabeleland (1) | Mashonaland Country Districts | David Houghton (Mashonaland) | 348 | Bryan Strang (Mashonaland Country Districts) | 25 |
| 1996–97 | Mashonaland (2) | Matabeleland | Grant Flower (Mashonaland) | 308 | Paul Strang (Mashonaland) | 14 |
| 1997–98 | Mashonaland (3) | Matabeleland, Mashonaland A | Andy Flower (Mashonaland) | 317 | John Rennie (Matabeleland) | 12 |
| 1998–99 | Matabeleland (2) | Mashonaland, Mashonaland A | Guy Whittall (Matabeleland) | 268 | Andrew Whittall (Matabeleland) | 7 |
| 1999–2000 | Mashonaland (4) | Manicaland | Neil Ferreira (Manicaland) | 501 | Gus Mackay (Mashonaland) | 18 |
| 2000–01 | Mashonaland (5) | Mashonaland A | Dougie Marillier (Midlands) | 501 | Ian Engelbrecht (Matabeleland) | 25 |
| 2001–02 | Mashonaland (6) | Midlands | Craig Evans (Mashonaland) | 684 | Ray Price (Midlands) | 31 |
| 2002–03 | Mashonaland (7) | Matabeleland | Mark Vermeulen (Matabeleland) | 625 | Gavin Ewing (Matabeleland) | 28 |
| 2003–04 | Mashonaland (8) | Matabeleland | Gregory Strydom (Matabeleland) | 681 | Tatenda Taibu (Mashonaland) | 20 |
| 2004–05 | Mashonaland (9) | Manicaland | Brendan Taylor (Mashonaland) | 642 | Graeme Cremer (Mashonaland) | 27 |
| 2005–06 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2006–07 | Easterns (1) | Westerns | Tinotenda Mawoyo (Easterns) | 568 | Keith Dabengwa (Westerns) | 33 |
| 2007–08 | Northerns (1) | Easterns | Hamilton Masakadza (Easterns) | 371 | Brighton Mugochi (Centrals) | 24 |
| 2008–09 | Easterns (2) | Northerns | Malcolm Waller (Centrals) | 503 | Prosper Utseya (Easterns) | 30 |
| 2009–10 | Mashonaland Eagles (1) | Mid West Rhinos | Vusi Sibanda (Mid West Rhinos) | 1,287 | Graeme Cremer (Mid West Rhinos) | 59 |
| 2010–11 | Matabeleland Tuskers (1) | Mountaineers | Hamilton Masakadza (Mountaineers) | 852 | Tendai Chatara (Mountaineers) | 55 |
| 2011–12 | Matabeleland Tuskers (2) | Mashonaland Eagles | Gary Ballance (Mid West Rhinos) | 1,093 | Glen Querl (Matebeleland Tuskers) | 45 |
| 2012–13 | Matabeleland Tuskers (3) | Mountaineers | Richmond Mutumbami (Southern Rocks) | 686 | Ed Rainsford (Mid West Rhinos) | 38 |
| 2013–14 | Mountaineers (1) | Mashonaland Eagles | Regis Chakabva (Mashonaland Eagles) | 588 | Donald Tiripano (Mountaineers) John Nyumbu (Matabeleland Tuskers) | 34 |
| 2014–15 | Matabeleland Tuskers (4) | Mid West Rhinos | Tinotenda Mutombodzi (Mashonaland Eagles) | 630 | Bradley Wadlan (Mid West Rhinos) | 39 |
| 2015–16 | Mashonaland Eagles (2) | Matabeleland Tuskers | Craig Ervine (Matabeleland Tuskers) | 477 | Shingi Masakadza (Mountaineers) | 25 |
| 2016–17 | Mountaineers (2) | Mid West Rhinos | Kevin Kasuza (Mountaineers) | 446 | Natsai Mushangwe (Mountaineers) | 24 |
| 2017–18 | Mountaineers (3) | Mashonaland Eagles | Cephas Zhuwao (Mashonaland Eagles) | 821 | Ernest Masuku (Matabeleland Tuskers) | 32 |
| 2018–19 | Mountaineers (4) | Mid West Rhinos | Timycen Maruma (Mountaineers) | 409 | Donald Tiripano (Mountaineers) | 25 |
| 2019–20 | The tournament was voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no winner being declared. | The tournament was voided due to the COVID-19 pandemic with no winner being declared. | Neville Madziva (Mid West Rhinos) | 361 | Tapiwa Mufudza (Mashonaland Eagles) | 30 |
| 2020–21 | Rocks (1) | Mashonaland Eagles | Roy Kaia (Southern Rocks) | 374 | Tendai Chisoro (Southern Rocks) | 18 |
| 2021–22 | Matabeleland Tuskers (5) | Mountaineers | Craig Ervine (Matabeleland Tuskers) | 629 | Ernest Masuku (Matabeleland Tuskers) | 38 |
| 2022–23 | Mashonaland Eagles (3) | Mid West Rhinos | Ben Compton (Mountaineers) | 714 | Tapiwa Mufudza (Mashonaland Eagles) Brandon Mavuta (Mid West Rhinos) | 29 |
| 2023–24 | Mountaineers (5) | Southern Rocks | Brian Chari (Matabeleland Tuskers) | 692 | Alex Russell (Mashonaland Eagles) | 37 |
| 2024–25 | Mountaineers (6) | Rhinos | Nick Welch (Mountaineers) | 823 | Vincent Masekesa (Mountaineers) | 43 |