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South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 3, Match Update, Zimbabwe Need 505 Runs

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South Africa tour of Zimbabwe, 2025, Zimbabwe vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 3, Match Update, Zimbabwe Need 505 Runs

South Africa 418/9d & 369

Zimbabwe 251 & 32/1

Zimbabwe Need 505 Runs

South Africa1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tony de Zorzi	c Bennett b Chivanga	0	16	22	0	0	0.00
Matthew Breetzke	c Bennett b Chivanga	13	45	53	1	0	28.88
Wiaan Mulder	run out (Muzarabani)	17	47	74	1	0	36.17
David Bedingham	c Ervine b Chivanga	0	3	5	0	0	0.00
Lhuan-dre Pretorius	c Masakadza b Chivanga	153	160	205	11	4	95.62
Dewald Brevis	c Chivanga b Muzarabani	51	41	66	3	4	124.39
Kyle Verreynne †	c Ervine b Masakadza	10	16	23	2	0	62.50
Corbin Bosch	not out	100	124	131	10	0	80.64
Keshav Maharaj (c)	c Bennett b Masekesa	21	30	33	1	2	70.00
Codi Yusuf	c Williams b Muzarabani	27	49	45	5	0	55.10
Kwena Maphaka	not out	9	12	26	0	1	75.00
Extras	(lb 14, nb 3)	17
Total	90 Ov (RR: 4.64, 373 Mins)	418/9d

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	20	7	59	2	2.95	0	1
Wellington Masakadza	30	2	109	1	3.63	0	0
Tanaka Chivanga	16	2	83	4	5.18	0	2
Vincent Masekesa	13	1	97	1	7.46	0	0
Brian Bennett	9	0	46	0	5.11	0	0
Wessly Madhevere	2	0	10	0	5.00	0	0

Zimbabwe1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Brian Bennett	retired hurt	19	28	36	4	0	67.85
Takudzwanashe Kaitano	c de Zorzi b Codi Yusuf	0	1	3	0	0	0.00
Nick Welch	c †Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	4	5	15	1	0	80.00
Sean Williams	st †Verreynne b Maharaj	137	164	269	16	0	83.53
Craig Ervine (c)	st †Verreynne b Maharaj	36	90	106	4	0	40.00
Wessly Madhevere	lbw b Mulder	15	25	38	0	1	60.00
Prince Masvaure	c †Verreynne b Mulder	7	9	23	0	0	77.77
Tafadzwa Tsiga †	c Codi Yusuf b Mulder	9	8	10	2	0	112.50
Wellington Masakadza	c †Verreynne b Codi Yusuf	4	23	26	1	0	17.39
Vincent Masekesa	not out	11	43	58	1	0	25.58
Blessing Muzarabani	b Mulder	0	8	8	0	0	0.00
Tanaka Chivanga	c Maphaka b Maharaj	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 6, nb 1, w 2)	9
Total	67.4 Ov (RR: 3.70, 306 Mins)	251

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Codi Yusuf	14	2	42	3	3.00	0	1
Kwena Maphaka	12	1	52	0	4.33	1	0
Wiaan Mulder	16	2	50	4	3.12	1	0
Corbin Bosch	9	1	31	0	3.44	0	0
Keshav Maharaj	16.4	1	70	3	4.20	0	0

South Africa2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Matthew Breetzke	c Madhevere b Chivanga	1	6	5	0	0	16.66
Tony de Zorzi	c Williams b Chivanga	31	35	78	3	0	88.57
Wiaan Mulder	c Kaitano b Madhevere	147	206	236	17	2	71.35
David Bedingham	c Williams b Masakadza	35	39	54	4	1	89.74
Lhuan-dre Pretorius	b Masekesa	4	6	6	0	0	66.66
Dewald Brevis	b Masekesa	3	9	14	0	0	33.33
Kyle Verreynne †	c Ervine b Masakadza	36	56	90	3	0	64.28
Corbin Bosch	b Masakadza	36	41	69	4	0	87.80
Keshav Maharaj (c)	b Masakadza	51	70	60	4	1	72.85
Codi Yusuf	not out	8	17	25	1	0	47.05
Kwena Maphaka	b Muzarabani	8	14	19	0	1	57.14
Extras	(lb 5, nb 2, w 2)	9
Total	82.5 Ov (RR: 4.45, 341 Mins)	369

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Blessing Muzarabani	11.5	1	38	1	3.21	1	1
Tanaka Chivanga	16	0	76	2	4.75	1	1
Wellington Masakadza	22	0	98	4	4.45	0	0
Wessly Madhevere	10	1	35	1	3.50	0	0
Vincent Masekesa	23	1	117	2	5.08	0	0

Zimbabwe2nd Innings (Target:- 537 Runs)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Takudzwanashe Kaitano	c Pretorius b Bosch	12	62	0	0	19.35
Prince Masvaure	not out	5	49	0	0	10.20
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 5)	15
Total	18.2 Ov (RR: 1.74)	32/1

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Codi Yusuf	4	1	5	0	1.25	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	4	2	2	0	0.50	0	0
Kwena Maphaka	3	0	9	0	3.00	1	1
Keshav Maharaj	5	2	6	0	1.20	0	0
Corbin Bosch	2.2	1	1	1	0.42	0	0

Match Flow

Day 3

South Africa: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (T de Zorzi 24, PWA Mulder 25, Ex 1)
PWA Mulder: 50 off 89 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
South Africa: 100 runs in 23.5 overs (143 balls), Extras 1
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (PWA Mulder 31, DG Bedingham 19, Ex 0)
Drinks: South Africa - 121/2 in 29.0 overs (PWA Mulder 64, DG Bedingham 23)
South Africa: 150 runs in 36.1 overs (217 balls), Extras 2
PWA Mulder: 100 off 149 balls (13 x 4, 1 x 6)
Lunch: South Africa - 185/5 in 43.0 overs (PWA Mulder 104, K Verreynne 5)
South Africa: 200 runs in 45.5 overs (275 balls), Extras 2
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (PWA Mulder 38, K Verreynne 12, Ex 0)
South Africa: 250 runs in 56.3 overs (339 balls), Extras 2
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 120 balls (PWA Mulder 68, K Verreynne 34, Ex 0)
Drinks: South Africa - 259/6 in 59.0 overs (K Verreynne 36)
South Africa: 300 runs in 67.2 overs (404 balls), Extras 2
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (C Bosch 19, KA Maharaj 27, Ex 4)
Tea: South Africa - 336/7 in 74.0 overs (C Bosch 32, KA Maharaj 40)
KA Maharaj: 50 off 64 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
South Africa: 350 runs in 77.1 overs (464 balls), Extras 7
Innings Break: South Africa - 369/10 in 82.5 overs (Codi Yusuf 8)
End Of Day: Zimbabwe - 32/1 in 18.2 overs (PS Masvaure 5)