Dominant South Africa wrap up 2-0 sweep inside three days
South Africa needed a little over two sessions to bundle Zimbabwe out and win by an innings
South Africa needed a little over two sessions to bundle Zimbabwe out and win by an innings
Scorer: Ranjith P
While the players cool off, Himanshu's got the action covered. The match report's just out, fresh out of the oven! Dominant South Africa wrap up 2-0 sweep inside three days
Wiaan Mulder, Player of the Match & South Africa captain: Super special. It's something I dreamt of as a kid. To captain the country is one of the biggest honour you can get as a cricketer. I was disappointed in the way I got out in the first Test. Coming into this game, I tried my best, just let the outcome go and focussed on what I could do in the moment. I just want to play, whatever role, coach makes the decision. We go to the subcontinent from here...my role might change but I just want to perform. Lot of guys put up their hand...everyone contributed in their own ways and that's good to see for South African cricket
Craig Ervine, Zimbabwe captain: There were a lot of positives we took out of the first test, hoping to rectify our mistakes but the second Test didn't go as planned. Lot of work to be done. It's not easy for the group when you lose your premier opener in Brian Bennett. Prince went down with a flu. Myers unfortunately didn't take his chance. Guys definitely got an opportunity, including myself, Sean Williams scored big in the first Test and if you have to do well, you need big hundreds. He is an important part of the batting line-up; the way he moves the game and scores freely against the spinners, still got a couple of years in his legs I hope. The youngsters need to learn from him. There are a lot of lessons; the way South African bowlers grouped, we can learn from that. From Wiaan Mulder, the tempo at which he batted, didn't change too much...we can learn a fair bit. It is time for us to show it out in the middle. Enough has been said, it's time to put it into action
From Sampath: With the Zimbabwe-South Africa Test match ending today, tomorrow will be first day without Test cricket since the start of Sri Lanka-Bangladesh series on 17th June. Most consecutive days of Test cricket: (Excluding rest days and no play days)
31 days - 21 Jul 2016 to 20 Aug 2016 24 days - 04 Mar 2022 to 27 Mar 2022 22 days - 12 Nov 2005 to 03 Dec 2005 22 days - 17 Jun 2025 to 8 Jul 2025 21 days - 21 Nov 2021 to 11 Dec 2021
TL Chivanga c Mulder b Muthusamy 22 (33m 26b 3x4 1x6) SR: 84.61
South Africa allrounder had declared the innings when he was on 367 not out, 33 short of Lara's world record
Wiaan Mulder, who got a mammoth 367* against Zimbabwe, gained in both batters' and allrounders' rankings
Gayle said Mulder's decision to not got after Lara's record was an "error" and "he didn't know what to do in that situation"
South Africa needed a little over two sessions to bundle Zimbabwe out and win by an innings
Kundai Matigimu picked up the ball in his follow through and hurled it at batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius, "hitting him at close range on the wrist"