South Africa’s strong victory. (Photo- Matthew Lewis-Bicc/ICC Via Getty Images)
In the fourth match of the T20 tri -series played at Harare Sports Club, South Africa defeated hosts Zimbabwe by 7 wickets. This series is being played between the teams of South Africa, Zimbabwe and New Zealand. With this victory, South Africa also confirmed its place in the final. The final match of this series will be played on 26 July, where South Africa will face New Zealand team.
South Africa’s strong victory
Zimbabwe, who came out to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start. South African fast bowlers Corbin Bosch and Nandre Burger bowled brilliantly in the powerplay and gave early shocks to Zimbabwe. In the first 10 overs, Zimbabwe’s score was 3 wickets for only 55 runs. However, Brian Bennett took over his team by playing an aggressive innings of 61 runs. Bennett made a significant partnership of 78 runs for the fourth wicket with Ryan Berl (36 not out), which took Zimbabwe to 144 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs.
Bennett hit 7 fours and 3 sixes in his innings, but it proved to be expensive for Zimbabwe to add only 22 runs in the last four overs. For South Africa, Corbin Bosch took 2 wickets for 16 runs in 4 overs, while Masakayomji Peter also took an important wicket.
Rasi van Dar Dusen’s captaincy innings
Chasing a target of 145 runs, South Africa also stumbled. Zimbabwe’s fast bowler Tinotenda Mapososa bowled brilliantly, dismissing opener Luan-Dre Pretorius (4) and Reeja Hendrix (6) early and brought South Africa to the loss of 2 wickets for 22 runs. But after this Rubin Harman took over the innings with captain Rasi Van Dar Dusen. Both shared a brilliant partnership of 106 runs for the third wicket, pushing Zimbabwe bowlers on the backfoot. Harman scored 63 runs in 36 balls, including 3 sixes and 4 fours. On the other hand, Van Dar Dusen played an unbeaten 52 -run innings with the help of 6 fours. Due to which Africa won an easy win by scoring 145 runs for 3 wickets in 17.2 overs.
