South_African_cricket_team_in_Zimbabwe_in_2014

South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2014

International cricket tour

The South Africa cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 9 to 21 August 2014, playing one Test match and three One Day International (ODI) matches against the Zimbabwean team.^[1]^[2] South Africa won the one-off Test match and won the ODI series 3–0.

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South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2014

	Zimbabwe	South Africa
Dates	9 August 2014 – 21 August 2014
Captains	Brendan Taylor	Hashim Amla (Tests) AB de Villiers (ODIs)
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Brendan Taylor (98)	Faf du Plessis (103)
Most wickets	John Nyumbu (5)	Dale Steyn, Dane Piedt (8)
Player of the series	Dane Piedt (SA)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Elton Chigumbura (133)	Quinton de Kock (185)
Most wickets	John Nyumbu (4)	Wayne Parnell (7)
Player of the series	Quinton de Kock (SA)

Squads

More information Tests, ODIs ...

Tests		ODIs
Zimbabwe^[3]	South Africa^[4]	Zimbabwe^[3]	South Africa^[5]
Brendan Taylor (c) (wk) Regis Chakabva (wk) Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Hamilton Masakadza Cuthbert Musoko Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Sikandar Raza Donald Tiripano Mark Vermeulen Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	Hashim Amla (c) Alviro Petersen Dean Elgar Faf du Plessis AB de Villiers (vc) JP Duminy Stiaan van Zyl Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Morne Morkel Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock (wk) Dane Piedt	Elton Chigumbura(c) Sikandar Raza Butt Luke Jongwe Tafadzwa Kamungozi Neville Madziva Timycen Maruma Hamilton Masakadza Shingi Masakadza Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Brendan Taylor (wk) Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	AB de Villiers (c) Hashim Amla Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock (wk) Marchant de Lange JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Beuran Hendricks Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Rilee Rossouw Mthokozisi Shezi

9–13 August
Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	South Africa
256 (92.4 overs) Brendan Taylor 93 (159) Dale Steyn 5/46 (22.4 overs)		397 (158.3 overs) Faf du Plessis 98 (264) John Nyumbu 5/157 (49.3 overs)
181 (76.2 overs) Richmond Mutumbami 43 (69) Dane Piedt 4/62 (25 overs)		44/1 (10.4 overs) Dean Elgar 21 (28) Tendai Chatara 1/5 (2 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Dane Piedt (SA)

Zimbabwe won the tos and chose to bat
Dane Piedt (SA), John Nyumbu (Zim) and Donald Tiripano (Zim) all made their Test debuts.
Chris Gaffaney (NZ) stood in his first Test match as an umpire.^[6]
John Nyumbu's five-wicket haul was only the 2nd five-wicket haul on Test debut by a Zimbabwean after Andy Blignaut's five-for in 2001.

17 August 2014
Scorecard

South Africa 309/3 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 216 (49.5 overs)
Hashim Amla 122* (132) John Nyumbu 2/52 (8 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 61 (75) Aaron Phangiso 3/43 (9.5 overs)

South Africa won by 93 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)

19 August 2014
Scorecard

South Africa 257 (49.4 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 196 (49.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 55 (72) Sean Williams 2/37 (9.4 overs)		Sean Williams 55 (84) Ryan McLaren 3/21 (8 overs)

South Africa won by 61 runs
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (SA)

21 August 2014
Scorecard

Zimbabwe 165 (39.5 overs)	v	South Africa 171/3 (27.2 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 90 (122) Marchant de Lange 3/31 (7.5 overs)		Quinton de Kock 84 (75) Sean Williams 1/1 (2 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

[1]
"South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
[2]
"South Africa in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2014". ESPNcricinfo. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
[3]
"Zimbabwe v South Africa / Zimbabwe Squad". ESPNcricinfo (ESPN Sports Media). 4 August 2014.
[4]
"South Africa retain winning Test squad for Zimbabwe". espncricinfo. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
[5]
"SA call up Rossouw, Shezi for Zimbabwe ODIs". espncricinfo. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
[6]
"Gaffaney to umpire debut Test". Blackcaps. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2016.

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