Zimbabwe vs South Africa 1st ODI Match 2014

309/3
50 Overs
Hashim Amla
122(132)
Quinton de Koc..
63(68)
John Nyumbu
52/2
Prosper Utseya
44/1
216
49.5 Overs
Hamilton Masak..
61(75)
Sean Williams
51(46)
Aaron Phangiso
43/3
Imran Tahir
44/3

An impressive performance from the team leads to victory in the 1st ODI - The South Africa after winning the only Play-off test again Zimbabwe were all set to play a 3 ODI match series. The 1st ODI was played in the famous stadium of Bulawayo. After winning the toss the home side decided to field first. Batting first the South Africa team got off to a great start as Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla provided a great start to the visitors. The first wicket fell in the 21st over of the game when Kock lost his wicket after scoring 63 runs. He left the team at 109/1. Faf du Plessis came in and gave his team a good support on the build up to have a 100+ partnership for the 2nd wicket. After scoring 59 runs he lost his wicket in the 43rd over. AB de Villiers and Jean-Paul Duminy scored some quick runs in the end overs. Hashim Amla was yet again the best batsman for his team as he scored 122 runs and was unbeaten all the way. These batsmen together took their team to a total of 309 runs. John Nyumbu took 2 wickets in the innings and was the most successful bowler for the home side.

The Zimbabwe while chasing this big score needed a good start and some sensible and responsible play from the team. The home side got a bad start as they lost 3 quick wickets in 12 overs. Later Hamilton Masakadza and Sean Williams managed to build a partnership for the home side. Masakadza scored 61runs while Williams scored 51 runs. Apart from these players no one showed quality batting. The whole team was bowled out at a score of 216 and thus South Africans managed to win the match by 93 runs. Imran Tahir and Aaron Phangiso took 3 wickets each. Hashim Amla was given the man of the match award. South Africa now leads the 3 match series by 1-0.

Series Name

Zimbabwe vs South Africa ODI Series 2014 Schedule

Date

17/08/2014

Start Time

10:30 (Local Time)

Match Day

Sunday

Stadium

Queens Sports Club

Playing Teams

Zimbabwe, South Africa

Zimbabwe Team Squad

Vusimuzi Sibanda,	Prosper Utseya,	Hamilton Masakadza,
Brendan Taylor,	Sean Williams,	Elton Chigumbura,
Richmond Mutumbami,	Shingirai Masakadza,	John Nyumbu,
Luke Jongwe,	Neville Madziva,

South Africa Team Squad

Hashim Amla,	AB de Villiers,	Faf du Plessis,
Imran Tahir,	Kyle John Abbott,	Quinton de Kock,
Ryan McLaren,	David Miller,	Aaron Phangiso,
JP Duminy,	Wayne Parnell,

Zimbabwe vs South Africa 1st ODI Match 2014

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