South Africa and Zimbabwe battled each other in their opening game of the Cricket World Cup, at Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field and bowl first.
South Africa was initially in early trouble, losing 4 rather quick wickets, till David Miller and JP Duminy pulled them out of the fire with good tons each, Miller not out for 138 and Duminy not out for 115… when the 50 overs concluded.
Zimbabwe seemed to be going steadily towards the target, only 2 wickets down at the 25 over mark.
Wickets kept falling at regular intervals though and at 44 overs Zimbabwe were reeling at 8 wickets down.
Zimbabwe were all out after 48.2 overs, South Africa winning by 62 runs.
South Africa: 339 / 4 (50 Overs)
Zimbabwe: 277 All Out (48.2 Overs)
South Africa won by 62 runs
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q de Kock† | c Ervine b Chatara | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 | |
| HM Amla | b Panyangara | 11 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 42.30 | |
| F du Plessis | c †Taylor b Chigumbura | 24 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 75.00 | |
| AB de Villiers* | c Ervine b Kamungozi | 25 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 69.44 | |
| DA Miller | not out | 138 | 92 | 7 | 9 | 150.00 | |
| JP Duminy | not out | 115 | 100 | 9 | 3 | 115.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, w 16, nb 2) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 50 overs) | 339 | (6.78 runs per over) | ||||
Did not bat: F Behardien, VD Philander, DW Steyn, Imran Tahir, M Morkel
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (de Kock, 3.6 ov), 2-21 (Amla, 8.1 ov), 3-67 (du Plessis, 16.6 ov), 4-83 (de Villiers, 20.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T Panyangara | 10 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 7.30 | 29 | 5 | 4 | (3w) | |
| TL Chatara | 10 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 7.10 | 29 | 6 | 2 | (1nb, 3w) | |
| SF Mire | 6 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 10.16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | (2w) | |
| E Chigumbura | 4 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 7.50 | 12 | 1 | 2 | (1nb, 2w) | |
| SC Williams | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5.50 | 19 | 0 | 2 | (1w) | |
| T Kamungozi | 8 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 4.25 | 23 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sikandar Raza | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | (1w) | |
| H Masakadza | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe innings (target: 340 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Chibhabha | c Duminy b Imran Tahir | 64 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 78.04 | |
| Sikandar Raza | b Philander | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| H Masakadza | c Amla b Imran Tahir | 80 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 108.10 | |
| BRM Taylor† | c Philander b Morkel | 40 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| SC Williams | c †de Kock b Duminy | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 61.53 | |
| CR Ervine | c de Villiers b Steyn | 13 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 61.90 | |
| E Chigumbura* | run out (de Villiers) | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 114.28 | |
| SF Mire | c de Villiers b Philander | 27 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 108.00 | |
| T Panyangara | c de Villiers b Imran Tahir | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| TL Chatara | c & b Morkel | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| T Kamungozi | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Extras | (lb 13, w 9) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 48.2 overs) | 277 | (5.73 runs per over) | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Sikandar Raza, 6.2 ov), 2-137 (Chibhabha, 23.6 ov), 3-191 (Masakadza, 32.6 ov), 4-214 (Taylor, 36.1 ov), 5-218 (Williams, 37.4 ov), 6-236 (Chigumbura, 40.5 ov), 7-240 (Ervine, 42.6 ov), 8-245 (Panyangara, 43.5 ov), 9-272 (Mire, 47.1 ov), 10-277 (Chatara, 48.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VD Philander | 8 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3.75 | 31 | 3 | 0 | (3w) | |
| M Morkel | 8.2 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 5.88 | 32 | 6 | 2 | (2w) | |
| DW Steyn | 9 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 7.11 | 28 | 9 | 2 | ||
| F Behardien | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 8.00 | 11 | 3 | 2 | (1w) | |
| JP Duminy | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 5.62 | 22 | 4 | 1 | (2w) | |
| Imran Tahir | 10 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 3.60 | 34 | 3 | 0 | (1w) |
Match details
Points – South Africa 2, Zimbabwe 0
TV umpire – PR Reiffel (Australia)
Match referee – RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – RSA Palliyaguruge (Sri Lanka)
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 28 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 7.1: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire – RJ Tucker, Batsman – HM Amla (Upheld)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (85 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: South Africa – 59/2 in 16.0 overs (F du Plessis 17, AB de Villiers 19)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 24.1 overs (146 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (DA Miller 18, JP Duminy 30, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (207 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: South Africa – 151/4 in 35.0 overs (DA Miller 36, JP Duminy 40)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 – 40.0 (Batting side – 42 runs, 0 wicket)
- DA Miller: 50 off 55 balls (1 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 112 balls (DA Miller 47, JP Duminy 48, Ex 5)
- JP Duminy: 50 off 68 balls (2 x 4)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 40.2 overs (243 balls), Extras 12
- 5th Wicket: 150 runs in 145 balls (DA Miller 75, JP Duminy 69, Ex 7)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 45.2 overs (274 balls), Extras 14
- DA Miller: 100 off 81 balls (3 x 4, 6 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 200 runs in 162 balls (DA Miller 102, JP Duminy 90, Ex 9)
- South Africa: 300 runs in 47.5 overs (289 balls), Extras 15
- JP Duminy: 100 off 96 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 5th Wicket: 250 runs in 178 balls (DA Miller 128, JP Duminy 111, Ex 13)
- Innings Break: South Africa – 339/4 in 50.0 overs (DA Miller 138, JP Duminy 115)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 56 runs, 1 wicket)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 8.5 overs (53 balls), Extras 14
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 53 balls (CJ Chibhabha 26, H Masakadza 21, Ex 6)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe – 97/1 in 18.0 overs (CJ Chibhabha 49, H Masakadza 28)
- CJ Chibhabha: 50 off 63 balls (8 x 4)
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 18.5 overs (113 balls), Extras 15
- H Masakadza: 50 off 47 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 101 balls (CJ Chibhabha 45, H Masakadza 51, Ex 7)
- Zimbabwe: 150 runs in 25.4 overs (154 balls), Extras 16
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 47 balls (H Masakadza 26, BRM Taylor 23, Ex 2)
- Over 34.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire – RJ Tucker, Batsman – SC Williams (Struck down)
- Zimbabwe: 200 runs in 34.4 overs (208 balls), Extras 19
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 – 40.0 (Batting side – 27 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: Zimbabwe – 214/3 in 36.0 overs (BRM Taylor 40, SC Williams 6)
- Zimbabwe: 250 runs in 44.2 overs (266 balls), Extras 21
Ireland 1 of 3 teams to have chased 300+ successfully at a wc… And they did it 3 times.
@ GoBokkeAndIreland:
@ MacroBull:
Everyone in NZ has a little Irish blood in their veins today.
Great win.
I seem to recall Ireland had a win at the last Cricket WC as well.
@ cane:
Ireland beat england in probably one of the most famous world cup wins.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/433572.html
3 out of the 5 300+ run chases at the world cup was by the irish… That is some stat!
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