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Zimbabwe vs South Africa, 1st ODI at Bulawayo, , Aug 17 2014 - Match Result

RESULT
1st ODI, Bulawayo, August 17, 2014, South Africa tour of Zimbabwe
(49.5/50 ov, T:310) 216

South Africa won by 93 runs

Player Of The Match
122* (132)
hashim-amla
Match centre 
Scores: Gopi Rangarajan | Comms: Vishal Dikshit
Scorecard summary
South Africa 309/3(50 overs)
122* (132)
2/52 (8)
Zimbabwe 216/10(49.5 overs)

Time for the presentation

Elton Chigumbura: We did well, but maybe our bowlers gave 20 runs extra. In batting, we lost too many wickets early on so it was also hard to come back. Yea, I've hurt my quad but I think I'll be fine for the next game. Wickets in hand was the key to win this game or for a better result in the future.

AB de Villiers: Very happy. Zimbabwe is a dangerous team at home. Hashim played an amazing knock and Faf played well around him. The target in our mind was about 250 so we were very happy with 300+ especially with the last 10 overs, special congratulations to Hashim. Nice to see that we can win games without Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, it shows our depth in bowling. Most important for me is to get results and field our best XI in every match, we have a lot of talent.

Hashim Amla is the Man of the Match: It was difficult to bat today and it's always nice to get runs. First thing to do was to assess conditions and then score a few boundaries which helped him [de Kock] and settled him. I kind of played the anchor role. He doesn't listen to me [laughs]. He's a fantastic player, not many youngsters do what he has been doing. We were trying to score at run-a-ball and then AB and others come in so they got us past 300.

That's all from me, Vishal Dikshit, from this match. Hope you enjoyed our coverage of this game. Join us again for the second ODI day after tomorrow, on Tuesday. Till then it's goodbye!

5.22pm So Zimbabwe have been dismissed for 216, falling short by 93 runs. It was always going to be tough to chase 310, even though it's not a full-strength SA bowling line-up. Their openers fell early but H Masakadza and Williams put on 100 runs together which must have given SA a slight scare. But once they fell, it was all going downhill for the hosts even though Chigumbura tried his best to survive the 50 overs, and spinners Tahir and Phangiso picked up three wickets each.

Earlier, it was yet another strong batting display from SA, Amla's 15th hundred and fifties from de Kock and du Plessis meant they were not going to give Zimbabwe an easy target.

49.5
W
Phangiso to Chigumbura, OUT

it's all over on the penultimate ball! Chigumbura, after a patient innings, lofts it as if he is giving catch practice after it pitched on length on the stumps for an easy catch to mid-on

Elton Chigumbura c Miller b Phangiso 36 (58b 3x4 0x6 89m) SR: 62.06
49.4
Phangiso to Chigumbura, no run

on length outside off, thick edge goes towards point

49.3
1
Phangiso to Nyumbu, 1 run

tries another slog sweep and a leading edge falls out of midwicket's reach for a single

49.2
Phangiso to Nyumbu, no run

tries to sweep the length ball against the turn but misses

49.1
1
Phangiso to Chigumbura, 1 run

on length on off stump, pushed down to long-on for one

end of over 491 run • 1 wicket
ZIM: 214/9CRR: 4.36 RRR: 96.00
John Nyumbu0 (4b)
Elton Chigumbura35 (55b 3x4)
Jean-Paul Duminy 6-0-33-1
Imran Tahir 10-1-44-3
48.6
Duminy to Nyumbu, no run

quicker one on off, inside edge goes to short fine leg

48.5
Duminy to Nyumbu, no run

stifled appeal for lbw as the ball pitched on middle-leg and is turning toward leg, but it was close since it hit him on the back foot

48.4
Duminy to Nyumbu, no run

sweeps the length ball from outside off to short fine leg

48.3
Duminy to Nyumbu, no run

defends the length ball on leg on the leg side

One wicket or 10 balls? Here's John Nyumbu

48.2
W
Duminy to Utseya, OUT

goes back to cut the short ball on the off side but he makes a mess of it, misses it completely and his off stump is knocked over. Duminy gets his first wicket of the match

Prosper Utseya b Duminy 5 (15b 0x4 0x6 13m) SR: 33.33
48.1
1
Duminy to Chigumbura, 1 run

sort of length on elg stump, tapped to deep midwicket for one

end of over 485 runs
ZIM: 213/8CRR: 4.43 RRR: 48.50
Prosper Utseya5 (14b)
Elton Chigumbura34 (54b 3x4)
Imran Tahir 10-1-44-3
Aaron Phangiso 9-0-41-2

Tahir finishes with 3 for 44 from 10 overs

47.6
Tahir to Utseya, no run

googly comes in from outside off, he presses forward to block it

47.5
3
Tahir to Chigumbura, 3 runs

quicker one on the leg stump, he runs it down to fine leg and du Plessis does well to cut it short

47.4
1
Tahir to Utseya, 1 run

tossed up outside off, chipped in the air between the bowler and cover for one

47.3
Tahir to Utseya, no run

brings in a googly from outside off, he goes back to defend this one

47.2
Tahir to Utseya, no run

full toss on leg, turned away to the leg side

47.1
1
Tahir to Chigumbura, 1 run

flighted half volley outside off, pushed with the turn to deep cover

end of over 474 runs
ZIM: 208/8CRR: 4.42 RRR: 34.00
Elton Chigumbura30 (52b 3x4)
Prosper Utseya4 (10b)
Aaron Phangiso 9-0-41-2
Wayne Parnell 8-0-43-2
46.6
1
Phangiso to Chigumbura, 1 run

comes down the track and drives it down to long-on for one

46.5
Phangiso to Chigumbura, no run

fullish around off, pushed straight to cover

46.4
1
Phangiso to Utseya, 1 run

tossed up on off, driven down to long-off again

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
HM Amla
122 runs (132)
6 fours3 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
32 runs
3 fours2 sixes
Control
82%
Q de Kock
63 runs (68)
8 fours1 six
Productive shot
pull
15 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
85%
Best performances - bowlers
AM Phangiso
O
9.5
M
0
R
43
W
3
ECO
4.37
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
Imran Tahir
O
10
M
1
R
44
W
3
ECO
4.4
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
TossZimbabwe, elected to field first
Series
Season2014
Player Of The Match
Series resultSouth Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match numberODI no. 3507
Hours of play (local time)09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00 Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days17 August 2014 - day (50-over match)
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