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Zimbabwe in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test

South Africa v Zimbabwe

South Africa won by an innings and 21 runs

Test no. 1737 | 2004/05 season
Played at Newlands, Cape Town
4,5 March 2005 (5-day match)


Zimbabwe 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
S Matsikenyeri	c de Villiers b Ntini	12	52	32	3	0	37.50
11.4 caught de Villiers 20/3
BG Rogers	c †Boucher b Pollock	1	18	12	0	0	8.33
4.1 caught †Boucher 2/1
DD Ebrahim	b Ntini	3	21	16	0	0	18.75
9.1 bowled 13/2
H Masakadza	lbw b Kallis	6	59	38	0	0	15.78
21.3 33/5
BRM Taylor	c †Boucher b Ntini	2	20	11	0	0	18.18
15.3 caught †Boucher 22/4
T Taibu*†	c de Villiers b Kallis	7	42	32	1	0	21.87
25.1 caught de Villiers 36/6
E Chigumbura	c Smith b Kallis	2	20	17	0	0	11.76
25.6 caught Smith 37/7
HH Streak	c †Boucher b Pollock	9	23	18	1	0	50.00
30.4 caught †Boucher 50/8
AM Blignaut	c Boje b Kallis	8	23	14	2	0	57.14
31.2 caught Boje 54/10
AG Cremer	c Kallis b Pollock	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
30.6 caught Kallis 50/9
CB Mpofu	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-

Extras	(nb 4)	4

Total	(all out; 31.2 overs; 145 mins)	54	(1.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Rogers, 4.1 ov), 2-13 (Ebrahim, 9.1 ov), 3-20 (Matsikenyeri, 11.4 ov), 4-22 (Taylor, 15.3 ov), 5-33 (Masakadza, 21.3 ov), 6-36 (Taibu, 25.1 ov), 7-37 (Chigumbura, 25.6 ov), 8-50 (Streak, 30.4 ov), 9-50 (Cremer, 30.6 ov), 10-54 (Blignaut, 31.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	8	4	9	3	1.12	(2nb)
4.1 to Rogers, caught †Boucher 2/1 30.4 to Streak, caught †Boucher 50/8 30.6 to Cremer, caught Kallis 50/9
M Ntini	10	2	23	3	2.30
9.1 to Ebrahim, bowled 13/2 11.4 to Matsikenyeri, caught de Villiers 20/3 15.3 to Taylor, caught †Boucher 22/4
CK Langeveldt	6	2	9	0	1.50	(2nb)

JH Kallis	7.2	3	13	4	1.77
21.3 to Masakadza, 33/5 25.1 to Taibu, caught de Villiers 36/6 25.6 to Chigumbura, caught Smith 37/7 31.2 to Blignaut, caught Boje 54/10


South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c Masakadza b Cremer	121	167	107	17	2	113.08
34.5 caught Masakadza 217/1
AB de Villiers	c Blignaut b Cremer	98	182	118	20	0	83.05
37.5 caught Blignaut 234/2
JA Rudolph	not out	49	70	50	7	1	98.00

JH Kallis	c Blignaut b Cremer	54	42	25	3	5	216.00
47.1 caught Blignaut 328/3
HH Gibbs	not out	8	14	8	1	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 8)	10

Total	(3 wickets dec; 50 overs; 238 mins)	340	(6.80 runs per over)

Did not bat AG Prince, MV Boucher†, SM Pollock, N Boje, M Ntini, CK Langeveldt

Fall of wickets1-217 (Smith, 34.5 ov), 2-234 (de Villiers, 37.5 ov), 3-328 (Kallis, 47.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	13	0	90	0	6.92	(4nb)

CB Mpofu	12	2	53	0	4.41

AM Blignaut	6	0	44	0	7.33	(2nb, 1w)

E Chigumbura	8	0	53	0	6.62	(1nb)

AG Cremer	9	0	86	3	9.55	(1nb)
34.5 to Smith, caught Masakadza 217/1 37.5 to de Villiers, caught Blignaut 234/2 47.1 to Kallis, caught Blignaut 328/3
S Matsikenyeri	1	0	6	0	6.00

BRM Taylor	1	0	7	0	7.00


Zimbabwe 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
S Matsikenyeri	c Rudolph b Ntini	13	32	26	2	0	50.00
7.4 caught Rudolph 25/1
BG Rogers	c †Boucher b Ntini	28	75	45	3	0	62.22
15.6 caught †Boucher 59/2
DD Ebrahim	lbw b Langeveldt	72	202	153	10	0	47.05
57.1 186/7
H Masakadza	c Gibbs b Boje	46	107	78	7	0	58.97
44.6 caught Gibbs 157/3
BRM Taylor	c Langeveldt b Boje	9	16	9	2	0	100.00
48.3 caught Langeveldt 173/4
T Taibu*†	c sub (WE September) b Langeveldt	9	22	22	2	0	40.90
53.6 caught sub (WE September) 183/5
E Chigumbura	b Boje	0	11	11	0	0	0.00
56.6 bowled 186/6
HH Streak	c Gibbs b Kallis	12	45	33	1	0	36.36
67.3 caught Gibbs 214/8
AM Blignaut	st †Boucher b Boje	61	82	58	3	6	105.17
75.2 stumped †Boucher 265/10
AG Cremer	run out (Pollock/†Boucher)	2	13	9	0	0	22.22
70.2 Boje to Blignaut, run out (Pollock/†Boucher) 247/9
CB Mpofu	not out	0	23	10	0	0	0.00

Extras	(b 2, lb 7, w 2, nb 2)	13

Total	(all out; 75.2 overs; 316 mins)	265	(3.51 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (Matsikenyeri, 7.4 ov), 2-59 (Rogers, 15.6 ov), 3-157 (Masakadza, 44.6 ov), 4-173 (Taylor, 48.3 ov), 5-183 (Taibu, 53.6 ov), 6-186 (Chigumbura, 56.6 ov), 7-186 (Ebrahim, 57.1 ov), 8-214 (Streak, 67.3 ov), 9-247 (Cremer, 70.2 ov), 10-265 (Blignaut, 75.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	5	1	14	0	2.80

M Ntini	16	2	68	2	4.25
7.4 to Matsikenyeri, caught Rudolph 25/1 15.6 to Rogers, caught †Boucher 59/2
CK Langeveldt	9.3	3	27	2	2.84	(2nb)
53.6 to Taibu, caught sub (WE September) 183/5 57.1 to Ebrahim, 186/7
JH Kallis	17.3	7	40	1	2.28	(2w)
67.3 to Streak, caught Gibbs 214/8
N Boje	26.2	5	106	4	4.02
44.6 to Masakadza, caught Gibbs 157/3 48.3 to Taylor, caught Langeveldt 173/4 56.6 to Chigumbura, bowled 186/6 75.2 to Blignaut, stumped †Boucher 265/10
JA Rudolph	1	0	1	0	1.00

Match details

Toss Zimbabwe, who chose to bat
Series South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Player of the match JH Kallis (South Africa)

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire BG Jerling
Match referee AG Hurst (Australia)

Close of play
4 Mar day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 340/3 (JA Rudolph 49*, HH Gibbs 8*, 50 ov)
5 Mar day 2 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 265 (75.2 ov) - end of match

Match notes

General
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

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