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
Zimbabwe vs South Africa, 1st ODI at Bulawayo, Aug 17 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI, Bulawayo, August 17, 2014, South Africa tour of Zimbabwe
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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
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Phangiso to Chigumbura, OUT
Elton Chigumbura c Miller b Phangiso 36 (58b 3x4 0x6 89m) SR: 62.06
49.4
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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
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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
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Duminy to Nyumbu, no run
quicker one on off, inside edge goes to short fine leg
48.5
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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
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Duminy to Nyumbu, no run
sweeps the length ball from outside off to short fine leg
48.3
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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
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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
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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
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Tahir to Utseya, no run
brings in a googly from outside off, he goes back to defend this one
47.2
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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
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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
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