Taibu's ton in vain as SA complete clean sweep
South Africa staved off a spirited run-chase to complete a successful weekend double-header, beating Zimbabwe by 28 runs in the most competitive match of the series to seal it 3-0
26/08Result
3rd ODI, South Africa tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Aug 26 2007
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
295/7 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
26/08Result
3rd ODI, South Africa tour of Zimbabwe at Harare, Aug 26 2007
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
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![Zimbabwe]( "Zimbabwe")
295/7 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
T Taibu
107(103) 9x4 - 1x6
Control %95%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 22 runs
- 0x4 - 1x6
AB de Villiers
107(89) 8x4 - 6x6
Control %98%
- Productive Shot
- pull/hook on back foot
- 27 runs
- 0x4 - 4x6
Best performances - Bowlers
GB Brent
- O9
- M1
- R58
- W3
- Eco6.44
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
E Chigumbura
- O9
- M1
- R48
- W2
- Eco5.33
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
South Africa won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00. Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
26 August 2007 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SOUTH AFRICA 323/9 (50 OVERS)
- AB de Villiers107 (89)
- Albie Morkel97 (104)
- Gary Brent3/58 (9)
- Elton Chigumbura2/48 (9)
ZIMBABWE 295/7 (50 OVERS)
- Hamilton Masakadza48 (55)
- Tatenda Taibu*107 (103)
- Morne Morkel1/44 (10)
- Johan van der Wath2/50 (8)
END OF OVER:50 | 10 Runs | ZIM: 295/7 (29 runs required, RR: 5.90)
- Tatenda Taibu107 (103b)
- Prosper Utseya9 (13b)
- Morne Morkel10-1-44-1
- Makhaya Ntini7-0-49-1
Great attempt by Zimbabwe who for much of the innings stayed ahead of the run chase. Wickets at the wrong time added to the pressure and in the end finished only 28 runs behind. A few catches and some fielding slips may have left it a lot closer. The South African bowling attack does however have a lot of work to do before the start of the T20. Ntini seems to have lost all his form, but did come back well bowling his best few overs at the end of this match. Pollock his normal self while Morne Morkel showed signs of a bright future. Thanks for staying with us and hopefully you will join us again in the near future.
49.6
2
M Morkel to Taibu, 2 runs, touch short and outside off, goes over the off side inner ring, cut off by the sweeper to bring the match and series to an end
49.5
1
M Morkel to Utseya, 1 run, full at the legs, stroked out to the on side and fittingly taibu will take the last ball
49.4
1lb
M Morkel to Taibu, 1 leg bye, leg side, flicks, but off the pad to the on side
49.3
1
M Morkel to Utseya, 1 run, outside off, just short, flat bats that down the ground to mid-off
49.2
1
M Morkel to Taibu, 1 run, makes room again but this time drives straight at the deep mid-off
49.1
4
M Morkel to Taibu, FOUR, outside off, males room to the leg side and slashes that on the drive behind point
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All Match NewsTaibu's ton in vain as SA complete clean sweep
South Africa staved off a spirited run-chase to complete a successful weekend double-header, beating Zimbabwe by 28 runs in the most competitive match of the series to seal it 3-0