- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR18.6 Pole goes flying! Pretorius shuffles across to expose his stumps and Evans fires in a full slower ball that the opener misses and it dislodges the leg stump. Evans wheels away in celebration as Pretorius walks off six short of what would have been a maiden T20I century 180/67.4 gone!! Three dots followed by a wicket. Hermann finds Burl at point as he looks to slash this hard. The ball is short and outside off, and there to be smashed, but Hermann plays it exactly where the fielder was positioned 68/115.2 Oh, he's sliced that a bit and picks out wide long-off! This was there to be hit, overpitched wide of off, but Brevis can't middle it, and hits it off the toe end. Gets the height on it, but not the distance. Brevis walks back for 41 off 27, a good knock nonetheless, ensuring South Africa didn't lose momentum after that rollicking opening partnership 154/216.1 This is full and going well down leg, Esterhuizen looks to take it on anyway with a flick but it flies off the leading edge and Zimbabwe have another wicket! Deep square leg comes in and takes it and Nyamhuri gets a wicket off a freebie! That would have been a wide had Esterhuizen left it alone 161/317.2 Dropped last ball, not this time! Comes down the track but can't quite get to the pitch of it as he tries to hit it downtown. Slices it a bit as he reaches out in front and ends up picking out long-off. 168/417.6 Fourth wicket in three overs, second in this one! Bosch look to take on this full ball around off and picks out Innocent Kaia at long-on. Couldn't quite get under it enough 174/519.6 Another full toss outside off, driven out to deep point. A fumble prompts the batters to try and run the second, but Fortuin can't make it back at the striker's end with his dive. South Africa finish on 185 for 7 185/7Extras11 (b 1, lb 5, w 5)TOTAL185/7 (20 Overs, RR: 9.25)Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Jordan Hermann, 7.4 ov), 2-154 (Dewald Brevis, 15.2 ov), 3-161 (Connor Esterhuizen, 16.1 ov), 4-168 (Rubin Hermann, 17.2 ov), 5-174 (Eathan Bosch, 17.6 ov), 6-180 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 18.6 ov), 7-185 (Bjorn Fortuin, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Sikandar Raza 4 0 36 0 9 3 4 0 1 0 NT Nyamhuri 4 0 30 1 7.5 9 4 0 2 0 W Madhevere 3 0 20 3 6.66 10 1 1 2 0 B Evans 4 0 33 2 8.25 8 2 2 0 0 K Matigimu 2 0 29 0 14.5 3 3 2 0 0 WP Masakadza 3 0 31 0 10.33 5 1 3 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 taken one-handed at short third. It's Pretorius there, who wears a shocked look himself. He turned halfway to his right, and stuck his right hand out. The ball landed exactly there, after Bennett looked to swat pull a short delivery but got it off the top edge. Maybe the slowness of the surface came into play there 33/21.5 taken at short fine leg. Curran wanted to go over the fielder's head with that sweep, but fails to clear him. Full ball angled into middle and leg, and Curran misses out on a scoring opportunity. Early strike for South Africa 20/15.5 lovely delivery. The off stump bounces out. Kaia falls over as he looks to flick at this ball, but it's a yorker, and too full for that shot. His head was nowhere in position as he lost his shape in looking to hit that 43/43.3 chipped to mid-on. Fortuin has two in three balls. Zimbabwe lose their way after a bright start. Madhevere skipped down the pitch and looked to attack the left-arm spinner. His advancement turned it into a length ball too, but it wasn't timed anywhere near as good as he would've liked 33/313.2 Outfoxed and Raza is a goner! Fortuin spots Raza coming down the track and fires it in quicker and wider. Raza misses and Esterhuizen does the needful! Excellent stuff from Fortuin 105/97.1 amazing return catch!! Jansen stuns Burl and the others by taking this one-handed by bringing his left hand out even while leaping. Burl looked to loft this length delivery by going down the ground, but Jansen, even with hardly any time to react, bags a stunning catch 51/57.2 gone first ball!! Jansen is on a hat-trick. But my first impression was that it was heading down the leg side. Marumani shifted his weight back and looked to clip this length delivery slightly on the shorter side, but was struck in front 51/68.1 It's all going South Africa's way! Peter doesn't bowl his best ball - it's a rank long hop - but Evans miscues his pull straight to deep midwicket! Peter strikes with his first ball and Zimbabwe slide closer to defeat here 54/79.4 Sees Raza skipping out and banges it in short. Raza fends at it as the ball goes to backward point's right, Masakadza had taken off for the single before being sent off by Raza and he's well short as the throw comes in to Jansen and Masakadza is caught well short of the crease! A run-out is the last thing Zimbabwe needed right now, but here we are 66/817.4 And, that will be that! South Africa win by 43 runs. Takes on this length ball and tonks it down the ground, but can't clear Bosch at long-off. And with that, South Africa are through to the final! 142/10Extras10 (b 2, w 8)TOTAL142 all out (17.4 Overs, RR: 8.03)Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Ben Curran, 1.5 ov), 2-33 (Brian Bennett, 3.1 ov), 3-33 (Wessly Madhevere, 3.3 ov), 4-43 (Innocent Kaia, 5.5 ov), 5-51 (Ryan Burl, 7.1 ov), 6-51 (Tadiwanashe Marumani, 7.2 ov), 7-54 (Brad Evans, 8.1 ov), 8-66 (Wellington Masakadza, 9.4 ov), 9-105 (Sikandar Raza, 13.2 ov), 10-142 (Newman Nyamhuri, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB KT Maphaka 4 0 33 0 8.25 10 3 1 3 0 P Subrayen 2 0 22 1 11 4 0 2 1 0 BC Fortuin 3.4 1 24 4 6.54 14 1 2 0 0 E Bosch 2 0 11 0 5.5 6 1 0 0 0 D Jansen 4 0 21 3 5.25 10 1 0 2 0 N Peter 2 0 29 1 14.5 3 5 1 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
1 September 2026 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
South Africa 2, Zimbabwe 0
Match Notes
- South Africa: 50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (LG Pretorius 25, J Hermann 23, Ex 2)
- LG Pretorius: 50 off 27 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (LG Pretorius 23, D Brevis 23, Ex 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 15.1 overs (91 balls), Extras 8
- Innings Break: South Africa - 185/7 in 20.0 overs (D Jansen 3)
- Zimbabwe: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 5
- Zimbabwe: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 8
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