Zimbabwe A v South Africa A - Tri-Series - Final - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 win the tournament - Live Score and Update
Zimbabwe A 199/9 (50 ov) v South Africa A 203/7 (46.5 ov) - South Africa A won by 3 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
Harare Sports Club: South Africa A won the tri-nation One Day International (ODI) series against hosts Zimbabwe A on Saturday, July 21, after winning the final of the tournament by three wickets, successfully chasing a total of 200 runs, needed to win the match.
Having a clean record in the series before coming into the final, South Africa were being backed as the favourites, while Zimbabwe had the home advantage on their side.
After winning the toss, South African skipper, F du Plessis, chose to field first as he wanted his bowlers to have a first go at the opposition.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 on the other hand, were poised for a big innings as they knew that in order to subdue the mighty South Africans, they needed a big total on the board.
However, South Africa made early inroads by grabbing two quick wickets of TMK Mawoyo (5) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sibanda-c2740 (5) with only 27 runs on the board, to put the hosts under pressure early on.
The pair of middle-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Matsikenyeri-c2395 then took the score to 51 before this partnership also met its demise.
Later, however, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RW-Chakabva-c2380 jabbed an astounding innings of 51 runs off 62 deliveries to prevent his team from faltering on a below par total.
Beginning their run chase en route to victory, South Africa got an early wakeup call on the demise of RE Levi (6) with only 18 runs on the board.
This was something South Africa needed to avoid in order to deny the hosts the series. However, RR Hendricks and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CA-Ingram-c1208 steadfast and steered the score to 79 runs, before Hendricks, departed after belting an innings of 28 runs.
For South Africa, this was not the end, as Ingram forged another daunting partnership alongside his skipper, taking the score to 121 runs, before du Plessis hit the showers after losing his wicket on a tally of 21 runs.
While Ingram departed after jabbing a 61-run knock, it was the unbeaten innings of 30 runs by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787, that took the side across the finish line in 46.5 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
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