- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.2 charges down again and loses his off stump! Zimbabwe feeling the pressure here to up the scoring rate, Bennett had danced down in the last over too. This time he comes down to york himself as Subrayen drifts the ball in nicely from wide of the crease and the ball sneaks under the bat 80/35.1 De Zorzi runs back and across from mid-on. He gets into an awkward side-on position, but holds onto this catch. Excellent fielding from de Zorzi. He leaps back and hangs onto the ball. Curran charges out of the crease. Jansen spots it and bangs a lifter, which messes with Curran swing. He pops it up over mid-on and then it's down to de Zorzi's brilliance. Yes, Jansen bounces back 45/110.1 first ball after the halfway mark and Myers finds deep midwicket! It was a long hop, Myers went for a flat pull, didn't muscle it the way he would have wanted to, and found the fielder 76/214.2 hammered to extra cover and that's a stunning take! First wicket for Bosch, on debut, and he can't believe what Hermann has done. Raza shuffled to off, got the length ball in his arc and absolutely belted it away, but Hermann leapt like Jonty Rhodes with his two arms stretched out to his left, and plucked it out 92/415.1 middle stump gone! Zimbabwe wobbling away here after a rapid start. Drifts it in around off, Burl miscues his big swing and one chops on to lose his middle stump 94/519.1 two wickets in two balls! Madhevere goes for a pull off the short ball but as soon as he's done with the shot he realises he was too early into the shot off the slower ball and it's comfortably pouched a few yards inside the rope by Brevis 137/718.6 slow cutter, miscued to the leg side and Hermann runs in quickly from deep midwicket, perhaps too fast, then stops abruptly, and settles under it nicely 137/619.4 high into the Windhoek sky again and this time Pretorius gobbles it down at deep backward square. Evans went for an aerial flick but like with a lot of his team-mates, he couldn't muscle it away and just sent it to the deep 142/8Extras7 (lb 3, w 4)TOTAL144/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.2)Did not bat: AG CremerFall of wickets: 1-45 (Ben Curran, 5.1 ov), 2-76 (Dion Myers, 10.1 ov), 3-80 (Brian Bennett, 11.2 ov), 4-92 (Sikandar Raza, 14.2 ov), 5-94 (Ryan Burl, 15.1 ov), 6-137 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 18.6 ov), 7-137 (Wessly Madhevere, 19.1 ov), 8-142 (Brad Evans, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB E Bosch 4 0 20 1 5 14 1 1 1 0 D Jansen 4 0 45 3 11.25 8 5 2 1 0 P Subrayen 4 0 27 2 6.75 11 3 1 0 0 KT Maphaka 4 0 24 1 6 13 2 0 2 0 BC Fortuin 4 0 25 1 6.25 8 1 1 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR5.5 Spliced into the hands of mid-on! Dug in short and angling across off with some extra bounce. Pretorius shapes to hoick it over midwicket. He ends up dragging it a lot straighter to Burl at mid-on 61/23.2 Hermann has been bounced out! Zimbabwe have some hope. Dug in short and outside off, keeps rising at Hermann. The batter leaps and rises with the ball, but can't keep it down. He fends it in the air to the right of short cover. Madhavere pouches the ball safely 32/110.6 straight to deep point! De Zorzi was itching for a big shot there, Muzarabani bangs it in short and wide and the batter slices it away off the back foot, straight to the man in the deep 107/3Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL146/3 (13.4 Overs, RR: 10.68)Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Jordan Hermann, 3.2 ov), 2-61 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 5.5 ov), 3-107 (Tony de Zorzi, 10.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB W Madhevere 1 0 7 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 B Muzarabani 3 0 30 1 10 6 6 0 0 0 Sikandar Raza 3 0 27 0 9 5 1 2 0 0 NT Nyamhuri 2 0 31 1 15.5 4 5 1 1 0 B Evans 2.4 0 19 1 7.12 7 3 0 0 0 AG Cremer 2 0 32 0 16 4 1 4 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Zimbabwe , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
29 August 2026 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
South Africa 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 1 wicket)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 5.5 overs (35 balls), Extras 2
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: Zimbabwe - 144/8 in 20.0 overs (NT Nyamhuri 2, B Muzarabani 0)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 61 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 0
- South Africa: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 1
- D Brevis: 50 off 24 balls (4 x 4, 5 x 6)
Match Coverage
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After losing to hosts Namibia on the opening day of the tri-series, SA bounced back strongly against Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe bat; Eathan Bosch makes his T20I debut for South Africa
Legspinner Graeme Cremer is back for Zimbabwe after recovering from an arm injury sustained at the T20 World Cup




