Metropolitan Bank Twenty20  March 19, 2008 - March 21, 2008
Champions: Easterns Runner-up: Westerns  The Metropolitan Bank
Twenty20 tournament kicked off the provincial domestic season,
and featured all of the countries top cricketers. Easterns were
the dominant team of the tournament, and there was some concern
that Zimbabwe Cricket had placed the countries top players, such
as Hamilton Masakadza, Prosper Utseya, Stuart Matsikenyeri and
Timycen Maruma, in this team to show there is depth outside of
the urban centres. However, Northerns province, who featured
Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura, Ray Price, Tatenda Taibu and
Graeme Cremer, were arguably a stronger side, and they didn't
make it to the finals, suggesting perhaps that the claims were
unfounded.  The tournament featured several names from the past,
such as fast bowler Ian Nicolson (Southerns), batsman Malcolm
Waller (Centrals) and bowler Brian Vitori (Southerns). However
there were several noticable missing faces, such as Khawaluni
Ntuil, the Wester