South Africa v Zimbabwe, Port Elizabeth

South Africa 309/9

Zimbabwe 68/10 & 121/10

South Africa won by 120 runs

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth 26–27 Dec 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Zimbabwe had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.28× +28%

Zimbabwe

0.76× -24%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AK Markram South Africa

125 +110

AB de Villiers South Africa

53 +46

T Bavuma South Africa

44 +38

KM Jarvis Zimbabwe

28 +37

CR Ervine Zimbabwe

27 +25

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Morkel5/21

KA Maharaj5/59

AL Phehlukwayo3/13

KM Jarvis3/57

Top score

125

AK Markram · South Africa

Biggest stand

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · Zimbabwe

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 120 runs

Length2 days

South Africa

309 /9 (78.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c PJ Moor b KM Jarvis	31	56	5	0	55.36
AK Markram	c BRM Taylor b KM Jarvis	125	204	14	2	61.27
HM Amla	c PJ Moor b CB Mpofu	5	11	1	0	45.45
AB de Villiers	c & b CB Mpofu	53	65	5	1	81.54
T Bavuma	c BRM Taylor b KM Jarvis	44	72	5	0	61.11
Q de Kock	lbw b AG Cremer	24	38	4	0	63.16
VD Philander	lbw b AG Cremer	10	15	2	0	66.67
AL Phehlukwayo*	not out	4	6	1	0	66.67
K Rabada	run out (BRM Taylor)	1	1	0	0	100.00
KA Maharaj	c RP Burl b CB Mpofu	5	5	1	0	100.00

Extras 7 (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)

Total 309/9 (78.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KM Jarvis	18.0	2	57	3	3.17
B Muzarabani	13.0	2	48	0	3.69
CB Mpofu	13.3	1	58	3	4.30
CJ Chibhabha	11.0	1	51	0	4.64
AG Cremer	18.0	0	66	2	3.67
Sikandar Raza	5.0	0	25	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-72 (D Elgar, 21.3)·2-77 (HM Amla, 24.2)·3-173 (AB de Villiers, 46.5)·4-251 (AK Markram, 65.3)·5-272 (T Bavuma, 71.3)·6-298 (VD Philander, 75.5)·7-303 (Q de Kock, 77.3)·8-304 (K Rabada, 77.4)·9-309 (KA Maharaj, 78.3)

Zimbabwe

68 /10 (30.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
H Masakadza	lbw b M Morkel	0	1	0	0.00
CR Ervine	lbw b VD Philander	4	31	1	12.90
CJ Chibhabha	c T Bavuma b M Morkel	6	19	1	31.58
BRM Taylor	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	0	5	0	0.00
RP Burl	b M Morkel	16	35	3	45.71
KM Jarvis	c AB de Villiers b AL Phehlukwayo	23	50	3	46.00
Sikandar Raza	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	0	4	0	0.00
PJ Moor	b AL Phehlukwayo	9	19	1	47.37
AG Cremer	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	2	10	0	20.00
CB Mpofu	c T Bavuma b K Rabada	0	4	0	0.00
B Muzarabani*	not out	4	5	1	80.00

Extras 4 (lb 2, nb 2)

Total 68/10 (30.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	11.0	5	21	5	1.91
VD Philander	10.0	4	21	1	2.10
K Rabada	6.1	2	12	2	1.95
AL Phehlukwayo	3.0	0	12	2	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (H Masakadza, 0.1)·2-11 (CJ Chibhabha, 6.2)·3-11 (BRM Taylor, 8.1)·4-14 (CR Ervine, 10.4)·5-36 (RP Burl, 19.1)·6-36 (Sikandar Raza, 19.5)·7-55 (KM Jarvis, 25.5)·8-63 (AG Cremer, 28.5)·9-63 (PJ Moor, 29.1)·10-68 (CB Mpofu, 30.2)

Zimbabwe

121 /10 (42.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Masakadza	c AB de Villiers b KA Maharaj	13	34	1	1	38.24
CJ Chibhabha	c AB de Villiers b K Rabada	15	54	2	0	27.78
CR Ervine	lbw b AL Phehlukwayo	23	58	2	1	39.66
BRM Taylor	c HM Amla b KA Maharaj	16	36	3	0	44.44
Sikandar Raza	c AL Phehlukwayo b KA Maharaj	5	4	1	0	125.00
RP Burl	c AB de Villiers b AL Phehlukwayo	0	4	0	0	0.00
PJ Moor	c AB de Villiers b AL Phehlukwayo	1	6	0	0	16.67
AG Cremer*	not out	18	37	4	0	48.65
KM Jarvis	b VD Philander	5	10	1	0	50.00
CB Mpofu	b KA Maharaj	0	3	0	0	0.00
B Muzarabani	b KA Maharaj	10	9	1	1	111.11

Extras 15 (b 8, lb 7)

Total 121/10 (42.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	4.0	0	12	0	3.00
VD Philander	7.0	3	10	1	1.43
KA Maharaj	17.3	6	59	5	3.37
K Rabada	7.0	3	12	1	1.71
AL Phehlukwayo	7.0	2	13	3	1.86

Fall of wickets

1-54 (CJ Chibhabha, 17.2)·2-75 (BRM Taylor, 26.6)·3-75 (CR Ervine, 27.2)·4-80 (Sikandar Raza, 28.3)·5-80 (RP Burl, 29.1)·6-87 (PJ Moor, 31.2)·7-91 (H Masakadza, 34.2)·8-98 (KM Jarvis, 37.5)·9-103 (CB Mpofu, 38.6)·10-121 (B Muzarabani, 42.3)