South Africa beat Zimbabwe, South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 90 balls remaining)

Over35

5 runs

SA 217/1CRR: 6.20

WJ Cronje 31 (23b 2x4 2x6)L Klusener 101 (105b 11x4 4x6)

GW Flower0/35 (5)

Match State: South Africa win by 9 wickets

So that pus Zimbabwe and South Africa at level on points but RSA

will have the NRR advantage

Klusener goes back to a standing ovation

Dont go away yet, there's still the man of the match ceremony to do

The Whittalls certainly the best bowlers on show, 10-46-0 for Andy

and 10-46-1 for Guy

So for the 2nd game in a row we've had a one sided encounter,

although the first match was really made into a thrilling one by

the now familiar Zim collapse

The presentation ceremony gets underway

The losing captain Campbell comes up

Flower and Johnson got going very well, we should have got 250-260

from the 35th over onwards

The middle order hasn't been good, we haven't scored the runs when we

need it

We need them to do something better for the crucial game against

India

You really cant do anything when Klusener is going on like that,

the laws of cricket don't allow you to have fielders on trees

Cronje collects the 2000 US$ winner's cheque

We played a lot better today, the pitch was a lot better

At 170/2 they were going well but we got quick wickets

We bowled much better today, Graham Ford spoke to the guys and we

all turned it around

Klusener is in a great run at the moment and so I pushed him up

We've been playing well right through the year expect for the semi

final

Its important for us to play positively, so we could get some quick

runs to pull back the Net run rate

Now er get to the MoM award, 5 TWI commentators making the obvious

decision

Its Lance Klusener

I've worked hard with Graham Ford in the off season, the pitch is

much better than the one we played on against India

After the first 15 overs we wanted to make the most of the

conditions, and make sure that I batted through the innings

So that's it from us at CricInfo, tomorrow is India against Kenya

Join us at 0630 GMT on the CricInfo mirror nearest to you

34.6

Flower to Cronje, 1 run

down the track and pushed to long off

and the new Glamorgan Coach finishes it off

34.5

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Flower to Cronje, no run

pushed to midwicket, maybe he wants

Klusener to finish it off

34.4

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Flower to Cronje, no run

Cronje moves around in the crease for

no reason, defended

34.3

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Flower to Cronje, no run

pushes to cover

34.2

Flower to Cronje, FOUR runs

reverse swept for four to third man

34.1

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Flower to Cronje, no run

dances down the track, gives himself

room, Flower fires it in, Cronje digs it out

Grant Flower comes back to get the hat-trick which would mean Zim

have a chance

Over34

10 runs

SA 212/1CRR: 6.23 RRR: 0.31

L Klusener 101 (105b 11x4 4x6)WJ Cronje 26 (17b 1x4 2x6)

DT Mutendera0/26 (4)

33.6

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Mutendera to Klusener, no run

punched to cover

33.5

Mutendera to Klusener, FOUR runs

tries to whip it to midwicket, goes

off the outside edge past point and there is no third man, super

100 for Klusener

The pressure builds, Cronje could end up finishing the game in the

next over

33.4

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Mutendera to Klusener, no run

crashed to cover

33.4

Mutendera to Klusener, 1 wide

Mutendera doesn't want Klusener

to get the ton, tries a slower one, goes way down leg

Klusener has slowed down, he's now going at less than a run a ball

33.3

Mutendera to Cronje, 1 run

pushed to deep extra cover

Will Klusener end up like Tudor did in the first test against NZ

33.2

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Mutendera to Cronje, no run

pushed to point

11 more to get, Klusener needs 3

33.1

Mutendera to Cronje, FOUR runs

down the track and smashed down the

rack, all along the ground to long on

Before this knock, Cronje had made 2 runs in his previous 3 innings

in ODIs (0,0 and 2)

So you could say he's getting back into form

David Travolta Mutendera comes back

Over33

9 runs

SA 202/1CRR: 6.12 RRR: 0.88

L Klusener 97 (102b 10x4 4x6)WJ Cronje 21 (14b 2x6)

AR Whittall0/46 (10)

32.6

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Whittall to Klusener, no run

turned to mid on

32.5

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Whittall to Klusener, no run

defended

32.4

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Whittall to Klusener, no run

pushed back to the bowler who

fumbles around for a while

32.3

Whittall to Cronje, 1 run

down the track, driven to long off

32.2

Whittall to Cronje, SIX runs

down the track and smashed into the

game reserve nearby

32.1

Whittall to Cronje, 2 runs

driven to wide long off

Whittall the Guy finishes his spell, now who will Campbell turn to

Over32

4 runs

SA 193/1CRR: 6.03 RRR: 1.33

L Klusener 97 (99b 10x4 4x6)WJ Cronje 12 (11b 1x6)

GJ Whittall1/46 (10)

31.6

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Whittall to Klusener, no run

turned to square leg

Zimbabwe vs South Africa, 3rd Match at Nairobi, Sep 28 1999 - Match Result