Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

PWA Mulder
PWA Mulder
367(334) 49x4 - 4x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 84 runs
  • 14x4 - 1x6
29 39 36 28 70 42 37 86
SC Williams
SC Williams
83(55) 7x4 - 2x6
Control %74%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog sweep
  • 19 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
2 5 3 4 23 10 21 15

Best performances - Bowlers

C Bosch
O19
M8
R38
W4
Eco2
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
P Subrayen
O10
M1
R42
W4
Eco4.2
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Zimbabwe , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

South Africa won the 2-match series 2-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

6,7,8 July 2025 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

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

77.3
W
Muthusamy to Chivanga, OUT, cries of catch it and taken at short leg, went down for a sweep and got a top-edge. Fuller length and outside leg stump, wasn't on top of the bounce and lost control while executing it. South Africa register a resounding 236-run win

TL Chivanga c Mulder b Muthusamy 22 (33m 26b 3x4 1x6) SR: 84.61

77.2
0
Muthusamy to Chivanga, no run, around, tossed right up to the toes, defended while sitting deep in the crease
77.1
0
Muthusamy to Chivanga, no run, Around the wicket, pushed in on a length at off, worked to mid on region

END OF OVER:
77 | 5 Runs | ZIM: 220/9

  • Wellington Masakadza17 (62b)
  • Tanaka Chivanga22 (23b)
  • Prenelan Subrayen14-3-36-0
  • Senuran Muthusamy19-1-77-2
76.6
0
Subrayen to Masakadza, no run, lobbed up and angled into his body, backs away to tap it on the up to mid-off
76.5
0
Subrayen to Masakadza, no run, good length on middle and leg, flicked towards square leg
76.4
0
Subrayen to Masakadza, no run, short of a length and given width, backs away to cash in with a cut and gets beaten, bounced more

Zimbabwe 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st31T KaitanoD Myers
2nd33T KaitanoNR Welch
3rd39SC WilliamsNR Welch
4th50CR ErvineNR Welch
5th13CR ErvineW Madhevere
6th11CR ErvineTE Tsiga
7th5CR ErvineWP Masakadza
8th0WP MasakadzaK Matigimu
9th2WP MasakadzaB Muzarabani
10th36WP MasakadzaTL Chivanga