Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stuart Matsikenyeri	c de Villiers b Ntini	12	32	52	3	0	37.50
Barney Rogers	c †Boucher b Pollock	1	12	18	0	0	8.33
Dion Ebrahim	b Ntini	3	16	21	0	0	18.75
Hamilton Masakadza	lbw b Kallis	6	38	59	0	0	15.78
Brendan Taylor	c †Boucher b Ntini	2	11	20	0	0	18.18
Tatenda Taibu (c)†	c de Villiers b Kallis	7	32	42	1	0	21.87
Elton Chigumbura	c Smith b Kallis	2	17	20	0	0	11.76
Heath Streak	c †Boucher b Pollock	9	18	23	1	0	50.00
Andy Blignaut	c Boje b Kallis	8	14	23	2	0	57.14
Graeme Cremer	c Kallis b Pollock	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Chris Mpofu	not out	0	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(nb 4)	4
Total	31.2 Ov (RR: 1.72, 145 Mins)	54
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Barney Rogers, 4.1 ov), 2-13 (Dion Ebrahim, 9.1 ov), 3-20 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 11.4 ov), 4-22 (Brendan Taylor, 15.3 ov), 5-33 (Hamilton Masakadza, 21.3 ov), 6-36 (Tatenda Taibu, 25.1 ov), 7-37 (Elton Chigumbura, 25.6 ov), 8-50 (Heath Streak, 30.4 ov), 9-50 (Graeme Cremer, 30.6 ov), 10-54 (Andy Blignaut, 31.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	8	4	9	3	1.12	46	0	2
4.1 to BG Rogers, . 2/1 30.4 to HH Streak, . 50/8 30.6 to AG Cremer, . 50/9
Makhaya Ntini	10	2	23	3	2.30	50	0	0
9.1 to DD Ebrahim, . 13/2 11.4 to S Matsikenyeri, . 20/3 15.3 to BRM Taylor, . 22/4
Charl Langeveldt	6	2	9	0	1.50	32	0	2
Jacques Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	1.77	39	0	0
21.3 to H Masakadza, . 33/5 25.1 to T Taibu, . 36/6 25.6 to E Chigumbura, . 37/7 31.2 to AM Blignaut, . 54/10

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	c Masakadza b Cremer	121	107	167	17	2	113.08
AB de Villiers	c Blignaut b Cremer	98	118	182	20	0	83.05
Jacques Rudolph	not out	49	50	70	7	1	98.00
Jacques Kallis	c Blignaut b Cremer	54	25	42	3	5	216.00
Herschelle Gibbs	not out	8	8	14	1	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 8, w 1)	10
Total	50 Ov (RR: 6.80, 238 Mins)	340/3d
Did not bat Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher †, Shaun Pollock, Nicky Boje, Makhaya Ntini, Charl Langeveldt
Fall of wickets 1-217 (Graeme Smith, 34.5 ov), 2-234 (AB de Villiers, 37.5 ov), 3-328 (Jacques Kallis, 47.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Heath Streak	13	0	90	0	6.92	50	0	4
Chris Mpofu	12	2	53	0	4.41	54	0	0
Andy Blignaut	6	0	44	0	7.33	23	1	2
Elton Chigumbura	8	0	53	0	6.62	31	0	1
Graeme Cremer	9	0	86	3	9.55	23	0	1
34.5 to GC Smith, . 217/1 37.5 to AB de Villiers, . 234/2 47.1 to JH Kallis, . 328/3
Stuart Matsikenyeri	1	0	6	0	6.00	4	0	0
Brendan Taylor	1	0	7	0	7.00	2	0	0

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Stuart Matsikenyeri	c Rudolph b Ntini	13	26	32	2	0	50.00
Barney Rogers	c †Boucher b Ntini	28	45	75	3	0	62.22
Dion Ebrahim	lbw b Langeveldt	72	153	202	10	0	47.05
Hamilton Masakadza	c Gibbs b Boje	46	78	107	7	0	58.97
Brendan Taylor	c Langeveldt b Boje	9	9	16	2	0	100.00
Tatenda Taibu (c)†	c sub (WE September) b Langeveldt	9	22	22	2	0	40.90
Elton Chigumbura	b Boje	0	11	11	0	0	0.00
Heath Streak	c Gibbs b Kallis	12	33	45	1	0	36.36
Andy Blignaut	st †Boucher b Boje	61	58	82	3	6	105.17
Graeme Cremer	run out (Pollock/†Boucher)	2	9	13	0	0	22.22
Chris Mpofu	not out	0	10	23	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 2, w 2)	13
Total	75.2 Ov (RR: 3.51, 316 Mins)	265
Fall of wickets 1-25 (Stuart Matsikenyeri, 7.4 ov), 2-59 (Barney Rogers, 15.6 ov), 3-157 (Hamilton Masakadza, 44.6 ov), 4-173 (Brendan Taylor, 48.3 ov), 5-183 (Tatenda Taibu, 53.6 ov), 6-186 (Elton Chigumbura, 56.6 ov), 7-186 (Dion Ebrahim, 57.1 ov), 8-214 (Heath Streak, 67.3 ov), 9-247 (Graeme Cremer, 70.2 ov), 10-265 (Andy Blignaut, 75.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	5	1	14	0	2.80	23	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	16	2	68	2	4.25	64	0	0
7.4 to S Matsikenyeri, . 25/1 15.6 to BG Rogers, . 59/2
Charl Langeveldt	9.3	3	27	2	2.84	46	0	2
53.6 to T Taibu, . 183/5 57.1 to DD Ebrahim, . 186/7
Jacques Kallis	17.3	7	40	1	2.28	90	2	0
67.3 to HH Streak, . 214/8
Nicky Boje	26.2	5	106	4	4.02	119	0	0
44.6 to H Masakadza, . 157/3 48.3 to BRM Taylor, . 173/4 56.6 to E Chigumbura, . 186/6 75.2 to AM Blignaut, . 265/10
Jacques Rudolph	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0

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Fri, 04 Mar

day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 340/3 (Jacques Rudolph 49*, Herschelle Gibbs 8*, 50 ov)

Sat, 05 Mar

day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 265 (75.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

4th Umpire - LH Matroos

Zimbabwe Innings

M Ntini became the 46th bowler to take 200 Test Wickets and the 3rd South African

MV Boucher becames the 3rd wicketkeeper to claim 300 Test dismissals

T Taibu passed 1000 Test runs

50 up in 138 mins off 186 balls including 6 fours

This is Zimbabwe's lowest Test Innings score

South African 1st Innings

1st Wicket 50 Partnership in 50 mins off 63 balls including 8 fours (Smith 20, de Villiers 30)

1st Wicket 100 partnership in 83 mins off 111 balls including 17

AB de Villiers 50 in 86 mins off 63 balls including 10 fours

GC Smith 50 in 87 mins off 52 balls including 8 fours

1st Wicket 100 Partnership in 83 mins off 111 balls including 17 fours (Smith 48 de Villiers 49)

1st Wicket 150 Partnership in 127 mins off 169 balls including 26 fours (Smith 77, de Villiers 69)

GC Smith 100 in 155 mins off 101 balls including 16 fours

1st Wicket 200 Partnership in 159 mins off 205 balls including 33 fours and a six (Smith 115, de Villiers 78)

250 up in 193 mins off 251 balls including 31 fours and 2 sixes

3rd Wicket 50 Partnership in 20 mins off 28 balls including 4 fours and 4 sixes (Rudolph 19, Kallis 30)

300 up in 208 mins off 270 balls including 44 fours and 7 sixes

JH Kallis passed 1000 Test runs at Newlands Cricket Ground

JH Kallis 50 in 36 mins off 24 balls including 3 fours and 5 sixes

JH Kallis claimed the record for the Fastest Test Fifty off only 24 balls beating the 26 ball fifty of IT Botham vs India at Dehli in 1981/82

South Africa broke the record for the biggest lead on a first days play in a Test match beating the record set by England of 233 at Lords in 1896

Day 2

Zimbabwe Second Innings

50 up in 57 mins off 79 balls including 6 fours

100 up in 126 mins off 175 balls including 13 fours

3rd Wicket 50 Partnership in 59 mins off 90 balls including 8 fours (Ebrahim 31, Masakadza 18)

DD Ebrahim 50 in 140 mins off 114 balls including 7 fours

150 up in 177 mins off 263 balls including 20 fours

200 up in 270 mins off 397 balls including 28 fours

AM Blignaut 50 in 60 mins off 39 balls including 3 fours and 5 sixes

250 up in 296 mins off 426 balls including 30 fours and 5 sixes

This is the 11th Shortest Test in terms of balls in History

Match Details

GroundNewlands, Cape Town

TossZimbabwe, elected to bat first

Series

Zimbabwe tour of South Africa

Season2004/05

Player Of The Match

Jacques Kallis

Series resultSouth Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 1737

Match daysday (5-day match)

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