advances down the ground, shorter than he anticipated, but he adjusts well by pulling it behind square
South Africa vs Zimbabwe, 2nd T20I at Potchefstroom, Oct 12 2018, Zimbabwe tour of South Africa
South Africa won by 6 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
8.56pm Fireworks go off as SA seal the series with a game to spare. It has been a no contest all tour, including in the one-dayers, and Zimbabwe are still searching for a fresh script on this disastrous trip. They have been outclassed in every department. You can't fault them for not trying. They made their share of changes, tried players in various positions, but nothing has worked in their favour. It's been that sort of tour. They haven't been able to come together as a unit and find that thrust that would give them some much-needed confidence and momentum.
The bowlers set it up tonight, reining in Zimbabwe with regular wickets. From there, the hold was never released, and the batsmen finished off what the bowlers started. Zimbabwe picked up a few wickets to stay in the hunt in the early parts of the chase. But 132 was never going to be enough on this surface. So much that SA lost four wickets and yet hardly broke a sweat.
Dane Paterson is Man of the Match. Bowled brilliantly to end up with 2 for 22 and limit Zimbabwe to an under-par total. Set the game up, really.
That will be a wrap then. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of the match. Drop by for the third game on October 14. From Varun and myself, good night and thank you for joining us.
slower short of a length ball, extra bounce, pings the glove as it runs away into the leg side
bouncer, deemed too high, Miller barely has to duck
short of a length, stabs to point
full, angled in towards off, Miller leans into a drive between mid-off and extra cover. Top shot again. High elbow, straight bat, and through the gap
full outside off, clipped to the right of deep midwicket
turned away to midwicket with the spin
full outside off, pushed into the covers
length, spins in, pushed out past mid-on
crunched off the front foot to cover
and again, spins in from leg past the pad
back of a length, again pushed down leg
advances and tucks to midwicket
fired down leg
full, outside off, leans so well into a forward push through extra cover
closes the face early to a slower ball and gets a leading edge towards mid-off
angles it too sharply down leg
too much width, cracks it off the backfoot through the covers
short of length on off, opens the face to point
length, angled into middle, pushed to point
1W | 1W | |||
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Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | |
Toss | Zimbabwe, elected to bat first |
Series | |
Season | 2018/19 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | South Africa led the 3-match series 2-0 |
Match number | T20I no. 699 |
Match days | 12 October 2018 - night (20-over match) |
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