Top performers in Zimbabwe vs. South Africa ODI series
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 why they are one of the top sides of the World. In doing so, they gifted them a sweet clean sweep as they trounced the visiting team in the third One-day international to seal the three match series 3-0.
Batsmen have completely dominated the series as they took complete advantage of batting paradises in the whole series. In addition, seven centuries were scored from both the sides in the whole battle and over 250 runs were scored 5 times in the series.
The two sides gathered many records in the series. Proteas claimed their highest ever partnership of 219 runs in the Third ODIs. Brendon Taylor scored his highest of 145 runs, the best by any Zimbabwe batsmen against South Africa.
Hashim Amla and AB Devilliers cracked up two centuries in the series. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 gathered his highest individual score of 129 runs. Colin Ingram became the first South African to score a century on debut.
Furthermore, there were some good bowling performances as well in the series. Bowlers had to work hard on flat pitches that were used in the affairs. Some bowlers did come up with something special even on these grassless pitches.
Rusty Theron in his 2nd ODI picked up his maiden five wicket haul, and he was the leading wicket taker with 11 wickets. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johan-Botha-c67173 was the most economical bowler with four wickets. Parnell found his rhythm, taking 5 wickets.
The series has been concluded between the two, so Bettor.com has decided to present some of the top performers. So we peep into three limited over matches to vindicate the performances of the top players.
Brendon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915
Brendon Taylor has been a lone warrior for his team, the only Zimbabwean to score a century on the tour. There hasn’t been a much support for him, either with the bat or the ball.
In the first contest, Taylor showed why he is the best batsman in the team and proved his ability to play even better against a top-notch South African side. In all, he gathered 182 runs at an average of 91 with a best of 145 in the first ODI. His century
came under pressure as his team were chasing a mammoth target of 352 runs. It was the only 50 plus score in his team as the only other score of substance was 30, from his opening partner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamilton-Masakadza-c61354.
Hashim Amla
On the current basis of form, he is the best South African batsman. He is having the time of his life as he is experiencing a purple patch with the bat. In the series against the tourists, he hammered 244 runs at an average of 81 with a best of 110, including
two centuries. In doing so, Amla gathered 2 consecutive centuries in the first two ODIs.
His beauty in the first affair in which he scored 110 runs off 96 balls did set the tone for his team to stamp their authority in all three games. The hosts piled up a huge total and it was always, out of reach of the touring team.
Amla struck another century in the very next affair as he set up the chase of 269 runs very nicely in 39 overs. This time around he gathered an identical score of 110 runs off 103 balls.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887
AB de Villiers is another one of the Proteas batsman, who is in the form of his life. He had a remarkable year so far and he carried the momentum in the series against Zimbabwe. In all, he piled up 231 runs at a breath taking average of 115 with a best of
109. He followed Hashim to score successive hundreds in the 2nd and 3rd battle.
He completely blew his recent opponents out of the contest with the blaze of the willow. AB smothered a brilliant century in the 3rd ODI to set up a rare target of 400.
Rusty Theron
Rusty Theron has been a revelation for his team. He has been the highest wicket-taker as he scalped 11 victims in the series. In all, he took 11 wickets at an average of 11 with a best of 5/44. His maiden five-wicket haul in the 2nd game made
sure that the opponents did not get to a huge score to put his team under pressure as the visitors only managed 268 runs on a batting beauty.
Tags: