he's gone now, easy catch for QDK over his head! Steyn banged one in again and this was around off, Vitori looked for the upper cut but managed an outside edge behind the stumps
Zimbabwe vs South Africa, 3rd Match at Harare, Aug 29 2014 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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3rd Match, Harare, August 29, 2014, Zimbabwe Triangular Series
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Elton Chigumbura: Need to learn to win games. Only thing we need to learn. We are failing to do that despite working hard in the nets. It's about how much you want it but today we didn't show that. We were very happy with 231 and getting them all out but we are failing with the bat. It's about the mindset.
Hashim Amla: We felt 231 was defendable. Huge credit to Tahir and Phangi for the last stand. It was below par after the start we had but we had the bowlers to defend it. Things like that [collapses] happen in the game and the way we reacted to reach 231 and defend it was great. We believed it was defendable. Our seamers set the tone upfront and Phangi bowled very well. We hung in there long enough and got crucial wickets later on to take us home. It's bitter and sweet both. Bitter that we put on 231 but sweet that we defended it. Bowling them out was sweet as well.
Prosper Utseya is the Man of the Match: Happy with the way I bowled but disappointed that we didn't win. Spin department has been our strength and we knew pitch was going to turn. The captain took me off after three overs and later I decided to come around to de Kock and changed my field placings a bit. I was a bit of both - defensive and attacking. The conditions helped a lot to turn the ball.
Zimbabwe have lost another match despite having a great chance today and they are at the bottom of the table. They now face Australia on Sunday and hopefully you all will enjoy our coverage of that match as well. Do join in, till then it's goodbye from Vishal and Devashish, ta ta!
4.40pm So another convincing win for South Africa over Zimbabwe, this one of 61 runs also gives them a bonus point. They were rocked back by Utseya's five-for, including the hat-trick, which kept them down to 231. Zimbabwe still had a steep challenge considering SA's attack and the turn the pitch was offering. Phangiso did pick two important wickets early and the pacers finished it after that. They are on top of the table with nine points now
Aaron Phangiso: I enjoyed the stand with Tahir a lot, have been working very hard and got a couple of guys to bowl to us while batting in the nets. It was one of those slow wickets and we had to pitch the ball in the right spots. Very happy with my two wickets, they are dangerous players which brought us back in the game. My confidence is growing with opportunities and hopefully I'll get more of those.
No award for Zimbabwe but here's Oscar: "Great Work ZIm"
38.3
W
Steyn to Vitori, OUT
Brian Vitori c †de Kock b Steyn 3 (5b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 60
38.2
2
Steyn to Vitori, 2 runs
another short ball - another pull - and another one falls safe! Vitori pulled this one from leg stump towards the edge of the circle past mid-on and Phangiso ran to his left and jumped like Boris Becker but couldn't get there. Excellent effort, nevertheless
38.1
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Steyn to Vitori, no run
short ball on leg, miscued pull falls well short of short midwicket
end of over 386 runs
ZIM: 168/9CRR: 4.42 • RRR: 5.33
Tendai Chatara6 (10b 1x4)
Brian Vitori1 (2b)
Ryan McLaren 7-0-24-3
Dale Steyn 8-2-34-2
37.6
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McLaren to Chatara, no run
another swing and a miss, this was on length outside off, he tried another heave and missed
37.5
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McLaren to Chatara, no run
in the block hole well outside off, Chatara chases and misses
37.4
1
McLaren to Vitori, 1 run
short on the leg stump, Vitori gets off the mark with a pull which produces a leading edge towards square leg
37.3
1
McLaren to Chatara, 1 run
back to the short ball - this one's going towards leg and it's helped with a pull to deep fine leg
37.2
4
McLaren to Chatara, FOUR runs
much fuller around off and Chatara plays a cross-batted heave over the infield on the leg side to collect a boundary
37.1
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McLaren to Chatara, no run
short balls continue - Chatara misses the pull and takes one near the shoulder as he played it early
end of over 379 runs • 1 wicket
ZIM: 162/9CRR: 4.37 • RRR: 5.38
Brian Vitori0 (1b)
Tendai Chatara1 (5b)
Dale Steyn 8-2-34-2
Ryan McLaren 6-0-18-3
36.6
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Steyn to Vitori, no run
makes room to slap it away but gets a bottom edge from the length delivery on the off side
36.5
1
Steyn to Chatara, 1 run
nasty short ball as it goes off the pad and thigh guard behind square on the leg side
One wicket left now, Brian Vitori is the new man
36.4
W
Steyn to Chigumbura, OUT
full toss again and this one gets a wicket! Steyn's being trying a yorker and this full toss was on the pads, Chigumbura flicked it away to the leg side but found the deep backward square leg fielder where Rossouw took a catch running in
Elton Chigumbura c Rossouw b Steyn 22 (29b 3x4 0x6 45m) SR: 75.86
36.3
4
Steyn to Chigumbura, FOUR runs
another one, this also goes for four! Short ball on the stumps, he makes a bit of room and tonks it back past the bowler
36.2
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Steyn to Chigumbura, no run
falls short of mid-off! the attempted yorker turned into a low full toss on off which was smashed down the ground and fell just short of Miller
36.1
4
Steyn to Chigumbura, FOUR runs
it's on target on the stumps but he's not scared to put it away in the air over the in-field which he clears easily and gets a one-bounce boundary to the long-on area for a four
end of over 361 run • 2 wickets
ZIM: 153/8CRR: 4.25 • RRR: 5.64
Tendai Chatara0 (4b)
Elton Chigumbura14 (25b 1x4)
Ryan McLaren 6-0-18-3
Imran Tahir 8-0-32-1
A wide and two wickets from that over. The second half of the over looks pretty uneventful in retrospect
35.6
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McLaren to Chatara, no run
rolls his fingers over this one as it lands in the block hole on off, Chatara blocks it back
35.5
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McLaren to Chatara, no run
fuller this time outside off and he defends it towards cover point
35.4
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McLaren to Chatara, no run
another shot ball rises too much! It was short of length and cut in again and hit the batsman's Chest after the bounce surprised him
35.3
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McLaren to Chatara, no run
on length outside off and he lets it go
McLaren on a hat-trick this time!
35.2
W
McLaren to Nyumbu, OUT
short ball gets the wicket this time, McLaren gets two in two! The ball jabbed in sharply and rose after pitching, Nyumbu dropped his arms but the ball touched something before being pouched by QDK and the finger went up. Replays suggest the ball touched the arm guard, not the glove. Nyumbu is unhappy
John Nyumbu c †de Kock b McLaren 0 (1b 0x4 0x6 1m) SR: 0
Offspinner for offspinner, it's John Nyumbu now
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