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Graeme Cremer will not travel with Zimbabwe to South Africa and Bangladesh this year having successfully undergone knee surgery in Harare.

The former Zimbabwe captain faces an eight-week lay-off, which rules him out of the upcoming tours between September and November.

“Following months of knee discomfort and pain, with conservative interventions failing to bring relief from the symptoms, Cremer finally went for knee surgery on the 23rd of August,” Zimbabwe physiotherapist Anesu Mupotaringa said in a press release Sunday. “The surgery went well and Cremer is now recovering well at home. We are looking at minimum six-eight weeks before he can return to action, which definitely rules him out of the South Africa and Bangladesh tours.”

Zimbabwe welcomed back the allrounder Solomon Mire and fast bowler Kyle Jarvis, who were ruled out of the home ODIs against Pakistan in July with injuries sustained during the preceding T20I tri-series also featuring Australia.

“Mire has now fully recovered from his ankle injury while his gluteal is now strong following successful rehab. He will be ready for our South Africa and Bangladesh tours,” Mupotaringa said. “Jarvis is recovering very well following his second operation on his fractured thumb in Cape Town. He has now started doing light bowling and batting drills with the team and we hope he will be ready for South Africa.”


https://www.cricketcountry.com/news...imbabwes-south-africa-bangladesh-tours-741559
 
Standard Bank Proteas batsman, Dean Elgar, has been added to the One-Day International (ODI) squad to take on Zimbabwe in the three-match series starting in Kimberley on Sunday.

Dean Elgar replaces Hashim Amla, who has been ruled out of the series due to a finger injury.

Commenting on the injury, team manager, Dr Mohammed Moosajee said: “ Hashim sustained a tear to the tendon in his left fifth digit while fielding during the recently concluded Caribbean Premier League. The injury will need up to three weeks to heal making him unavailable for the series against Zimbabwe.

“ The CSA medical committee has also withdrawn Faf from the ODI series. He has not made a satisfactory recovery from his shoulder injury and has been given more time to make a complete recovery. We are hopeful he will be fit enough to return to lead the T20 side for the three-match series against Zimbabwe.”

JP Duminy will lead the side in Du Plessis’ absence.

CSA National Selection Panel (NSP) convener, Linda Zondi, says Elgar’s recent form and experience will be added value at the top of the order.

“ We have said that the Zimbabwe series is an opportunity to further explore our ODI options and the unfortunate injury to Hashim gives us an opportunity to see what Dean is capable of in the limited-overs format. He has always been on our radar having put in consistent performances both in South Africa and the UK, and brings a wealth of valuable experience to the batting group in Hashim and Faf’s absence.”

Keshav Maharaj has been released from the ODI squad and will play for the Hollywoodbets Dolphins in their first round four-day competition fixture against the Multiply Titans starting at SuperSport Park on Wednesday.
 
South Africa [119/5] defeat Zimbabwe [117] by five wickets to win 1st ODI

With home advantage behind them, South Africa will hope to make a winning start to the three-ODI series against Zimbabwe.

Overview

South Africa v Zimbabwe
1st ODI
Diamond Oval, Kimberley
Sunday, 30 September, 10.00 AM local time, 08.00 AM GMT

South Africa, who will miss the services of veterans like Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis in the ODI series due to injuries, will be led by JP Duminy for the three games, while Hamilton Masakadza will lead Zimbabwe.

South Africa have a mixture of experience and youth in their squad – veteran fast-bowler Dale Steyn makes a comeback to the limited-overs unit, while Warriors batsman Christiaan Jonker got into the 15-man squad as the only uncapped member. Dean Elgar, a regular in the Proteas Test side, last featured in South Africa's ODI side back in October 2015, but has now been drafted in the ODI squad. With the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 on the horizon, players will want to consolidate their positions through strong performances.

Zimbabwe will rely on seasoned customers like Masakadza, Sean Williams, Brendan Taylor, and Craig Ervine for positive returns on the tour. But if the visitors are to spring a surprise, they'll need performances from more than just the experienced members.

Head coach Lalchand Rajput will want his team to improve on their last tour of South Africa was in 2010/11, where they were whitewashed by the hosts with a 3-0 scoreline.


Key players

JP Duminy (South Africa): With his all-round skills with the bat and ball, the Proteas skipper will be their main player going into the ODI series. With three centuries and a batting average of 94.71 against Zimbabwe, the 34-year-old will be the batting linchpin for South Africa. His contribution with the bat will be crucial to their cause, whereas his decision-making with respect to the selection of the playing XI as well as the bowling changes on the field will determine the outcome of the match.

Brendon Taylor (Zimbabwe): The wicket-keeper batsman is an integral part of Zimbabwe's batting order and has been in good touch off-late. He scored a brilliant 138 against the Windies in March and will be their main batsman against the Proteas in the first ODI.

Conditions

The weather conditions are expected to stay optimal throughout the game, with no forecast for rains for the day. The pitch at Diamond Oval is generally conducive for batting.


Squads

South Africa: Jean-Paul Duminy(c), Reeza Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Christiaan Jonker, Heinrich Klaasen, Aiden Markram, Willem Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi, Dale Steyn, Khaya Zondo, Dean Elgar

Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza(c), Solomon Mire, Craig Ervine, Brendan Taylor, Sean Williams, Peter Moor, Elton Chigumbura, Donald Tiripano, Kyle Jarvis, Brandon Mavuta, Richard Ngarava, Tinashe Kamunhukamwe, Wellington Masakadza, Ryan Murray, Tendai Chatara

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/864060
 
hoping for a zimbabwe upset. a tough battle between the africans.
 
Steyn not playing

Zimbabwe have reached 26/1 in 9 overs after being put into bat by South Africa in the first ODI
 
Zimbabwe in serious trouble on 86/6 * (25.6/50 ov) after being put into bat by South Africa in the first ODI; 2 wickets apiece for Phehlukwayo & Rabada as the hosts demonstrate complete superiority over the hapless tourists
 
It seems South Africa wanted this to finish early otherwise they wouldn't have put zimb in after winning the toss.
 
South Africa using this series as a chance to test some new players for the WC. A certain team could learn a lot from this. :mv
 
South Africa in trouble on 45/3 (12/50 ov, target 118) at Lunch; TL Chatara has 2 wickets whilst WP Masakadza has taken one wicket; Some tense times ahead for the hosts but one would expect them to win the 1st ODI
 
South africa seems to be on the same course to be included in the categories of windies, sri lanka,bangladesh etc.
 
South Africa B team is really weak. They will struggle big time when Faf and Amla retire
 
LUNGI NGIDI continued the impressive start he has made to his first year of One-Day International cricket by spearheading the Standard Bank Proteas to a five-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the opening Momentum ODI at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley on Sunday.

In a low-scoring match Ngidi picked up the Momentum Man of the Match award for his figures of 3/19 in 8.1 overs as Zimbabwe were bundled out for their lowest total against South Africa of 117 after being sent into bat on a pitch of inconsistent bounce that was exploited by the seam bowlers on both sides.

In addition, there was purchase available for the spinners who also got into the wickets column.

The Zimbabwe innings lasted only 34.1 overs while the Proteas needed just 26.1 overs to complete their victory chase.

Heinrich Klaasen built on the favourable impression that he created in his debut series against India earlier this year (average of 36 and strike rate of 90) to make easily the top score of the match of a career best 44 (44 balls, 5 fours and 2 sixes) with only three other batsmen in the match getting into the 20s. He was eventually caught in the deep going for a third successive six but by that time the match was finished as a contest.

Along with Ngidi, he was probably the one player on the fringes of the Proteas first choice squad who did the most to improve his chances of World Cup selection. This is particularly so, bearing in mind the back-up wicketkeeping skills to Quinton de Kock he provides as well.

Ngidi has now taken 21 wickets in only 9 matches at an average of 20.19 and has taken three or more wickets in four of those matches. The Zimbabwe batsmen were not able to cope with the new ball menace that he and Kagiso Rabada provided and they, in turn, were well backed up by Andile Phehlukwayo and Wiaan Mulder.

There was also an impressive showing from Imran Tahir who looks to have added further variation to his already formidable arsenal.

When the Proteas batted, they were also tested by the Zimbabwe seamers, the best of whom was Tendai Chatara who had a single spell of 2/12 in 6 overs. The conditions were hardly ideal for the aggressive brand of batting the Proteas are endeavouring to produce.

The Proteas will be happy to get off the mark in this three-match series. Remarkably, for the first time since the early days of unity, Zimbabwe fielded a substantially more experienced team than the 11 players the Proteas put on the field. JP Duminy, who scored his 5 000th ODI run and became the 9th Protea to reach this mark, was the only South Africa in the game with more than 100 caps with Imran Tahir and Rabada the only other two with more than 50. Zimbabwe had four centurions in their line-up.

The second match takes place at Bloemfontein’s Mangaung Oval on Wednesday and the final one at Eurolux Boland Park on Saturday.
 
Watch out for Willem Mulder. He looks like next superstar allrounder from Suid Afrika.
 
Imran Tahir says he is thrilled to be back playing for the Standard Bank Proteas in the ongoing Momentum One-Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe and insists he has plenty more cricket left in the tank. The 39-year-old had last played an ODI in February, and marked his comeback into the squad with 2/23 in the first ODI in Kimberley on Sunday.

He was rested for the Sri Lanka tour last month to give the selectors an opportunity to look at other spin options, and returns with a determined hunger and desire to succeed.

“I have been playing cricket so I haven’t been on a break,” he said to the media in Bloemfontein on Tuesday. “I played in England and the Caribbean, I have been playing the game which is very good for me. I would rather be playing than having a rest, which is why I am happy to come back and put the Proteas shirt on, it is an absolute privilege. I am looking forward to every match of this series.

“It is a bit early for me to say anything,” he said of his retirement. “I am loving the game at the moment, but I will admit that if we win the World Cup I will probably call it. It’s too early to say but at the moment I am enjoying every opportunity that I get to play for South Africa. I am trying to go as long as I can, I want to make sure I enjoy my game and I give what the team requires from me. I also don’t want to overstay in the team, I want to leave with respect.”

The Proteas have a quality pool of spinners to pick from across the formats, a headache which promotes healthy competition and variety in selection. Tahir, the incumbent first-choice ODI spinner for the Proteas with 86 caps and 141 wickets, says he is eager to impart his knowledge and skills to the next generation of spinners coming up.

“It is nice to see the spinners coming up,” he said. “Shamsi has done well and deserves to be where he is at right now. I am looking forward to share my knowledge with him and with all the spinners that I will get to play with, even at the Dolphins. I always try to help spinners as much as I can wherever I play in the world. It is exciting that we have another mystery bowler in Shamsi and I look forward to playing with him if we do play two spinners. We talk often about the game, and we make plans in advance of any series or game, which is great. I am happy to help anyone who wants to talk about spin.”

The Proteas have turned their attention to the second ODI against Zimbabwe taking place at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Wednesday. The Proteas hold a 1-0 lead and will be looking to wrap up the series with a match to spare.

“Every game is a challenge. Personally I don’t take any match for granted. If you are playing for your country you have to be up for it, regardless of whom you are playing against you have to win, that is why we wear this jersey. I am up for it, the team is up for it and we have learnt from the mistakes we made in the last game,” Tahir concluded.
 
2nd game southafrica vs Zimbabwe in Couple of hours at 4.30 pm Good luck Zimbabwe as proteas tooks good in winning series to-nights
 
Standard Bank Proteas all-rounder, Wiaan Mulder, has been ruled out of the remainder of the Momentum One-Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe due to a left ankle injury. Mulder sustained the injury at practice on Tuesday and has been withdrawn for further assessment.

Proteas team manager, Dr Mohammed Moosajee explained the injury: “Wiaan felt some pain and discomfort in his left ankle at practice and has been withdrawn from the remainder of the ODI series. He will be assessed by an ankle and foot specialist in Johannesburg, who will be able to further assess the injury and give us a way forward in terms of the treatment and rehab strategy. The selectors will not name a replacement for the last ODI.”

The Proteas have won the toss and elected to bat in the second ODI at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Wednesday. Dale Steyn makes a return to ODI cricket after two years – he replaces Kagiso Rabada who is rested – and Khaya Zondo comes into the side for the injured Mulder.
 
South Africa 198 (47.3/50 ov)

Zimbabwe needs 199 runs to win the 2nd ODI
 
With every passing day, cricket looks to be a useless game.

Tests:
India plays in India, thrashes everyone. Outside Asia, gets humiliated

ENG plays India, win 4-1 against #1 side, outside home becomes a billi.

ODIs :

IND, ENG and NZ are the only quality teams left.

T20I: A fun cricket.

ICC should be scrapped.

Play t20 league cricket whole year. A T20 WC every 2 years.

Have already had enough of these useless, one sided, boring matches with no context.

Promote t20 and T10 cricket, make 30 nations play it.

If not, remove cricket altogether, let just India (as we don't have any other sport), and Bangladesh play it.
 
ZIM is quite a decent team actually with all their white players & Raza back. Sadly, they won't be going to WC in UK, where last time they did make the SF. Might win today.
 
I am sure there are other games but less than 200 totals yet losing by 120+ runs?
 
Zimbabwe replaces Ind as losing by the largest margin where opponent scored under 200. That is in the record books now.

SA 198 allout - Zim 78 allout. Margin of victory 121.

SL 185/8 - Ind 78 allout. Margin of victory 117. Dec 24, 1986.
 
Kohli said:
With every passing day, cricket looks to be a useless game.

Tests:
India plays in India, thrashes everyone. Outside Asia, gets humiliated

ENG plays India, win 4-1 against #1 side, outside home becomes a billi.

ODIs :

IND, ENG and NZ are the only quality teams left.

T20I: A fun cricket.

ICC should be scrapped.

Play t20 league cricket whole year. A T20 WC every 2 years.

Have already had enough of these useless, one sided, boring matches with no context.

Promote t20 and T10 cricket, make 30 nations play it.

If not, remove cricket altogether, let just India (as we don't have any other sport), and Bangladesh play it.
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You need International Cricket in order for leagues to survive.
 
DALE STEYN and Imran Tahir underlined the experience and skills they can bring to the Standard Bank Proteas World Cup campaign when they inspired their side to a series-winning victory by 120 runs over Zimbabwe in the second of the three Momentum ODIs at the Mangaung Oval on Wednesday evening.

The Proteas, having won their first match by five wickets at the Diamond Oval on Sunday, now take an unassailable 2-0 lead into the final match at Eurolux Boland Park on Saturday.

Zimbabwe looked as though they had the game for the winning when they reduced the Proteas to 101/7 at the halfway mark after the home side had again won the toss but Steyn responded with a career best 60 (85 balls, 9 fours and a six) that was also his maiden half-century in this format.

His partnership with Andile Phehlukwayo added 75 for the eighth wicket which was a Protea record against Zimbabwe and made the target of 199 for Zimbabwe on another difficult pitch look well above par.

What will have really pleased the Proteas World Cup planners was what followed when Steyn took the new ball and operated at speeds in the region of 145km/h and knocked over two wickets up front in a spell of 2/19 in 6 overs to clinch the Momentum Man of the Match award.

Imran then took over to take 6/24 to rout the Zimbabwe middle and lower order. In the process he became the fourth South African after Charl Langeveldt, JP Duminy and Kagiso Rabada (on debut) to take a hat trick and at one stage took 4 wickets in 7 balls to have figures of 5/16 in 4 overs.

His final figures were his second best for South Africa, beaten only by his career best 7/45 against the West Indies two years ago.

He has now taken four or more wickets in an innings on nine occasions and five or more on three occasions.

If the two veterans were the stars of the occasion, Phehlukwayo was not far behind. Apart from his contribution to the match-winning partnership with Steyn, he put in an excellent spell of 1/7 in 5 overs and took an acrobatic catch at short midwicket to help Steyn to his second wicket.

Once again, the specialist batsmen on both sides struggled with a testing surface in another low-scoring affair.
 
Ned Flanders said:
You need International Cricket in order for leagues to survive.
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It may look that way, but the more and more leagues take place and players start playing in other countries' leagues, this issue will be solved.

Make it jus like FB

Keep 3 big leagues

IPL
BBL
H100

3 Mid level

PSL
SAT20
CPL

3 low level

BPL
AFGT20
SLT20

3 others

T10
CAN GLT20
UAEXT20

Fill it for 12 months with no league overlapping (atleast not top 6)
 
Hasan123 said:
South Africa using this series as a chance to test some new players for the WC. A certain team could learn a lot from this. :mv
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The concept of testing out the bench strength is simply too overwhelming and beyond the intellectual capacity of the selectors, management and captain of Pakistan.

So instead they send their strongest team when they play B sides of WI + SL, World XI, Scotland and Zimbabwe. Our fans then wonder why we can't develop a team for the future... :mou
 
Kohli said:
It may look that way, but the more and more leagues take place and players start playing in other countries' leagues, this issue will be solved.

Make it jus like FB

Keep 3 big leagues

IPL
BBL
H100

3 Mid level

PSL
SAT20
CPL

3 low level

BPL
AFGT20
SLT20

3 others

T10
CAN GLT20
UAEXT20

Fill it for 12 months with no league overlapping (atleast not top 6)
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I agree, lots to work out though in order for it to withstand for the foreseeable future.
 
topspin said:
The concept of testing out the bench strength is simply too overwhelming and beyond the intellectual capacity of the selectors, management and captain of Pakistan.

So instead they send their strongest team when they play B sides of WI + SL, World XI, Scotland and Zimbabwe. Our fans then wonder why we can't develop a team for the future... :mou
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That Zimbabwe series was a waste of time. Just played the same team that won CT.

Was the perfect chance to select a back up keeper, try out new pacers instead of playing Hasan and Amir , Hafeez didn't need to be on the bench,and could have test Babar or Fakhar as captain.

PCB lack basic cricketing intelligence.
 
Without international cricket, nobody will care about some silly T20 leagues.

Pretty sure Tests and T20 survives because of ODIs. Cricket should just stick to one format or maybe 2 format at the max.
 

3 wickets in 4 balls not call Hattricks

15.5 @ wicket
15.6 no wicket
Next over
First two ball @2 wickets.

4 ball 3 wickets.Pakistan's Intikhab Alam took 3 in 3 ball in his debut test
 

Pakistan wants to play vs Zim/WI for Ranking improvements only,india did same, they lost 10 points in England from 125_115 so they wants 2/0 vs WI

India still number 1 in test but no longer they will there as Australia series coming up.7
 
Imran Tahir wants to retire if southafrica win World cup.his 6 for 24 really great spell from him yesterday.yesterday Andy (28) and Steyn (60) put on 75 for the 8th wicket record to broke Klusner/Shaun Pollack record.

Cong SOA for 2/0 vs # 12 crap team Zimbabwe.Southafrican senior player Amla, Elgar etc need to play better cricket to makes their mark in world cup than play such loose cricket they plays, so far this week.
 
CRICKET SOUTH AFRICA (CSA) has congratulated the Standard Bank Proteas on clinching the Momentum ODI Series against Zimbabwe with a match to spare. The Proteas won the series when they beat their neighbours in the second match by 120 runs at the Mangaung Oval on Wednesday evening to go 2-0 up in the series.



The final match will be played at Eurolux Boland Park on Saturday.



“Congratulations to head coach Ottis Gibson, stand-in captain JP Duminy and all the players and team management on their good start to what is a very important year in this format, leading up to the ICC World Cup in England and Wales next year,” commented CSA Chief Executive Thabang Moroe.



“It has been heart-warming to see the form of our world-class veterans, Dale Steyn and Imran Tahir, as well as the continued development of younger players such as Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo and Heinrich Klaasen.



“A special word of thanks is undoubtedly due to our medical team for the job they have done to get Dale fit and firing again. His value to South African cricket cannot be under-estimated.



“We can all look forward to exciting contests ahead of us this summer against Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka before the players head for the big one in England,” concluded Mr. Moroe.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
Not really. The only relevant international matches for soccer are World Cup matches. Cricket is one of the few sports where international matches have any importance.
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Where are you going to get the players from if International Cricket doesn't give them the recognition?
 
Ned Flanders said:
NHL/NBA etc have a transition from High School > College > etc.

Cricket doesn't have that, cricket is much different.
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I guess cricket will have to build that then? International matches have failed to expand cricket beyond 10-15 countries. At least league cricket will provide more incentive and opportunity for cricketers from other non-cricketing nations to be interested. ICC has 12 test nations and half of them are currently struggling to stay alive and pay bills.
 
Joseph Gomes said:
I guess cricket will have to build that then? International matches have failed to expand cricket beyond 10-15 countries. At least league cricket will provide more incentive and opportunity for cricketers from other non-cricketing nations to be interested. ICC has 12 test nations and half of them are currently struggling to stay alive and pay bills.
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Cricket will always be a niche sport.
 
Standard Bank Proteas captain, Faf du Plessis, returns to bolster the squad ahead of the third and final Momentum One-Day International (ODI) against Zimbabwe at Eurolux Boland Park in Paarl on Saturday. Du Plessis was initially ruled out of the series, but has made a faster recovery than expected from a right shoulder injury.

The Proteas wrapped up the series with the 120-run win in the second ODI in Bloemfontein on Wednesday, but remain motivated to finish the series off strongly, particularly as opportunities to cement positions in the squad lessen.

“The guys have been training hard,” Du Plessis said to the media at Boland Park on Friday. “I have also been training hard with the guys and I’m feeling excited to be back on the field again. The guys are motivated, we are not only looking at what is in front of us now, there is a bigger purpose and push for what lies ahead. At no stage will we be taking it easy. The guys are still trying to impress and are trying to get into that World Cup side.

“The players are motivated and driven to put in performances to put their names into the hat for the World Cup selection,” he explained. “As a team, we are still trying to find our feet as to how exactly we are going to go about playing in the World Cup. There are some exceptional players coming through which is great to see.”

Du Plessis has been travelling with the team despite his injury and has been able to keep up to date with the progress of the squad and players. He says he has been impressed by some of the individual performances throughout the series, but hopes for better batting conditions to give the batsmen an opportunity to put up big scores.

“The bowling has been exceptional once again,” he praised. “ We have some good wicket-taking options throughout the innings. That is what we are working to get better on, from overs 11 – 50, we want to keep getting wickets, Imran (Tahir) has been exceptional. With the batting, it is too difficult to say where we have been leaving it too short or where we have been good because it has been quite challenging for the batsmen.

“It (batting) has been difficult with the wickets that we have been playing on,” he admitted. “One or two guys have been looking good but from a batting-unit point of view it has been tough for the guys. I am hoping tomorrow (Saturday) will be a lot different, it looks like a good wicket. That is what you want to see, you want big runs on the board and games going on a bit longer.”
 
Zim already in trouble. 59 for 3 after 15 overs.
 
THE Momentum ODI Series may already have been decided by the time the teams took the field at Eurolux Boland Park today but the final contest between the Standard Bank Proteas and Zimbabwe was probably more relevant than its two predecessors, certainly in terms of the home side’s Vision 2019 in preparing for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup.

The result duly went the expected way with the Proteas completing an expected 3-0 series sweep thanks to a 4-wicket victory with 4.1 overs to spare.

But the relevance came from the fact that the match was played on the sort of surface the Proteas can expect to encounter in Britain next year; that captain Faf du Plessis hit the ball as sweetly as ever on his return from injury before falling to a spectacular catch; and the Proteas were able to unveil the most likely bowling plan for their World Cup campaign.

Proteas head coach Ottis Gibson has lived, played and coached extensively in England and his astute cricket brain will have noted that World Cup hosts England are using two specialist spinners in all their matches.

Gibson has two outstanding wrist spinners up his own sleeve in the ageless Imran Tahir and Tabraiz Shamsi and he gave a good idea of how he plans to use them by giving Imran the new ball today in partnership with the rejuvenated Dale Steyn. The result is that both Steyn and Kagiso Rabada, who returned for this match in place of Lungi Ngidi, have plenty of overs in reserve for the critical second half of the innings.

Rabada, for instance only bowled 5 overs out of the first 34.

Making enough runs will always be a key component of white ball cricket but there is little doubt that the World Cup is going to be won by the team with the most effective bowling attack, particularly in the second power play. And this means the ability to take wickets.

Here again, Gibson has three aces in Imran, Steyn and Rabada who between them took 8 wickets at miserly cost today.

Zimbabwe, having won the toss, got themselves into a position to post a healthy total in the region of 250 to 270 thanks to a fourth wicket partnership of 73 between the experienced pair of Brendan Taylor, who went past 6 000 career runs, and Sean Williams who made top score of 69 (79 balls, 10 fours).

Zimbabwe were only three down at the halfway stage but then the three South African strike bowlers claimed a wicket each in the space of 9 overs. There were important contributions in the field as well from Heinrich Klaasen, who made a smart stumping to remove Taylor, and Reeza Hendricks who underlined his credentials as a slip catcher with another fine effort to remove Peter Moor.

This triple breakthrough exposed the lack of depth to Zimbabwe’s batting and they were only able to score 46 runs for the loss of their remaining four wickets in the final power play, just failing to bat out their overs.

Imran took his career total to 149 ODI wickets and, all things being equal, he should join Allan Donald and Morne Morkel as the joint fourth fastest to 150 when the Australia series starts next month.

Hendricks and Aiden Markram took any stress out of the South African reply with an opening stand of 75 at a rate of six to the over before the latter was unluckily dismissed leg before wicket. Hendricks went on to make the main contribution of 66 (82 balls, 5 fours and a six) before the finishing touches were applied in the main by Klaasen with a maiden half-century (59 off 67 balls, 6 fours and a six) and Khaya Zondo in a partnership of 66 off 73 balls.

Klaasen has been the pick of the South African batsmen in the series. He has made his mark as a finisher and both his average and strike rate look to be well in the ascendancy.

Klaasen was named Momentum Man of the Match and Imran Momentum Man of the Series.
 
Zimbabwe have competed well in this series. Good to see.
 
The South Africa v Zimbabwe one-day international series wasn’t a good one for the batsmen, but a number of bowlers made merry on helpful tracks.

The series went 3-0 to South Africa, but not too many batsmen had a good time of it. Heinrich Klaasen and Aiden Markram topped the scorers’ chart with 104 runs each from three games.

Markram got there with decent hands in all three games – 27, 35 and 42 – while Klaasen got big runs in the first and third matches – 44 and 59, the latter his first ODI half-century.

Both of them remained well outside the top 100 in the MRF Tyres ICC Men's ODI Player Rankings for batsmen, but moved up significantly: Markram by 14 positions to No.115, and Klaasen by 47 spots to 118. Both of them, interestingly, have career-high points tallies by the end of the series.

From Zimbabwe’s point of view, their two best batsmen also moved up. Sean Williams, their top scorer with 82 runs, gained eight spots to be joint with India’s Suresh Raina at No.78, while higher up, captain Hamilton Masakadza’s 80 runs in the series took him up three places to No.64.

The series, however, belonged to the bowlers, as the scores – 117 and 119/5, 198 and 78, and 228 and 231/6 – suggest.

The most successful across sides was South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir. His 10 wickets earned him the Player of the Series award, and also took him up three spots to No.7. Just above him on the list is teammate Kagiso Rabada, who picked up five wickets in the series at an economy rate of 3.66 – he also gained three spots.

Zimbabwe’s Tendai Chatara was the second-highest wicket-taker in the series with six strikes. That helped him move up six spots to No.45.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/873764
 
The Standard Bank Proteas and Zimbabwe turn their attention to the fast-paced KFC T20 International (KFC T20I) series starting at Buffalo Park in East London on Tuesday. The Proteas start the three-match series on a high following the 3-0 whitewash in the One-Day International series and will be hoping to continue with the same form in the shorter format.

All-rounder, Andile Phehlukwayo, says the squad has made the transition into T20 mode, and hopes the players will take the learnings from the ODI series into the first Day/Night encounter on Tuesday.

“The camp is in a good state, everyone is positive,” he said in East London on Monday. “It doesn’t matter the team we are playing, the preparation doesn’t change, the culture is always the same. T20 cricket is a different ball game, the skills are more pressured, you have to execute really well.

“The first match is important to set the tone,” he stressed. “Before the T20’s the guys have been playing good cricket in the ODI’s so there is a positive vibe in the camp. The players are putting in performances, there is always a learning that you can take from every match, and I feel we will be bringing that into the series.”

Gihahn Cloete and Rassie van Der Dussen are the two debutants in the squad, which features a good mixture of youth and experience. The majority of the players are all in contention for World Cup positions, which gives players another opportunity to impress the coach and selectors.

“There are a lot of new guys in the team,” Phehlukwayo said. “They have all put in the performances at domestic level and deserve their call-ups. There is a balance between the experienced guys who have played a few matches and the ‘newbies’ who are coming into the team.

“The depth in the South African system is really good,” he added. “There are a few guys who received new caps in the ODI series and it is good to see the new guys picking up their hands and putting their names into the World Cup hat.”

Phehlukwayo says the Proteas are wary of a bounce-back from the visitors following their disappointing run in the ODI series, and believes the shortened format brings the teams closer regardless of rankings.

“They are a good unit,” he said of the Zimbabwe T20 squad. “T20 cricket is the type of format where any team is in the game, it doesn’t matter if you are ranked 14th or first. On the day it will come down to who executes well and performs. T20 cricket is an exciting format and hopefully the guys can put in good performances.”
 
Tuesday 9th October 2018

INTERNATIONAL TWENTY20 MATCH

South Africa vs Zimbabwe

Time: 17:00

Venue: Buffalo Park, East London
 
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South Africa score 160/6 (20) as debutante Rassie van der Dussen hits a half-century; For Zimbabwe, Jarvis took 3/37 to help in somewhat restricting the hosts to a manageable score #SAvZIM
 
Rassie van der Dussen emulated the performances of Graeme Smith and Rilee Rossouw in making a half-century on debut and then Imran Tahir took one of the fastest five-wicket hauls ever to set the Standard Bank Proteas up for a 34-run win over Zimbabwe with 14 balls left unbowled in the opening KFC T20 International match at Buffalo Park on Tuesday evening.

In the end the winning margin looked comfortable enough but it was very nearly a lot closer after Peter Moor hit four successive sixes off the last four balls of Tabraiz Shamsi’s final over and, with the aid of the promising Brandon Mavuta, took 43 runs off 10 balls in the 15th and 16th overs as the bowlers struggled with the dew factor.

Lungi Ngidi, who took a remarkable 1/7 in 3 overs, and Andile Phehlukwayo then closed the game down as Zimbabwe were left wondering what might have been.

As had been the case in the second Momentum ODI at the Mangaung Oval they put themselves in with a good chance when they again restricted the Proteas to a modest total, this time 160 on the back of Van der Dussen’s 56 off 44 balls (5 fours and a six). The debutant was involved in the only two notable partnerships of the innings of 41 for the third wicket with Faf du Plessis and 87 for the fourth with David Miller.

But once again none of Zimbabwe’s top five batsmen were able to bat through to the business end of the innings and it was left to Moor to attempt the near impossible with his innings of 44 (21 balls, 1 four and 5 sixes).

The match had looked over as contest when Imran took five of the first six wickets to fall as Zimbabwe collapsed to 65/6. He completed his second five-wicket haul in the space of just 17 deliveries and twice took two wickets off successive balls to be on potential hat tricks. His tally also took him past Dale Steyn as South Africa’s leading wicket taker in this format and the first to reach 60 dismissals.

His final figures of 5/23 were South Africa’s joint second best alongside David Wiese with only Ryan McLaren (5/19) having done better.

Quinton de Kock also contributed significantly to the Proteas victory with two acrobatic catches behind the stumps.

Imran was named KFC Man of the Match.

The second of the three matches takes place at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, on Friday evening.
 
Some good hitting by Zimbabwe towards the end, at one stage they got 42 runs off 9 balls

6 6 6 6 4 4 2 6 2 out

Immi has tormented them this series, while Shamsi has had a forgettable one so far.
 
Dussen and Junior Dala


So Dussen is new player but Jonkar so far super Flops.i would like Behradien for world Cup or Zondo
 
Standard Bank Proteas batsman, Rassie van der Dussen, has described scoring a half-century on his T20 International (T20I) debut against Zimbabwe at Buffalo Park on Tuesday as the ‘perfect’ start to his international career. Van der Dussen (56 off 44 balls) came to the crease with the Proteas on 11/2, but showed no signs of debutant nerves as he rebuilt the innings together with captain Faf du Plessis (34 off 20 balls) and David Miller (39 off 34 balls) towards a defendable total of 160.

The 29-year-old has worked hard for his international selection this year; he earned his maiden SA ‘A’ call-up after finishing as the leading run-scorer of the four-day competition last season, took the Vancouver Knights to their maiden Global T20 Canada League title and featured for the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the Caribbean Premier League.

“It is pretty close to perfect,” he said of his debut. “To get 50 on debut and to top it off with the team winning, which is the most important thing, it is a dream come true and I couldn’t be happier.

“It has definitely helped my game,” he said of playing in the various T20 leagues around the world. “You come up against some of the best in the world in these international tournaments. Doing well there gave me the confidence to know that I can perform at that level. This is international cricket, it is a new stage with extra pressure but also with a lot of privilege. It gave me confidence to come out and play my game.”

The second T20I takes place at Senwes Park in Potchefstroom on Friday, a former home ground for Van der Dussen, who played for North West before becoming a consistent starter for the bizhub Highveld Lions. He expects the conditions up on the Highveld to produce high-scoring pitches which will need a change of game plans and mindset against Zimbabwe’s bowlers.

“ As a player you always have to try to learn and adapt,” he explained. “You want to get better every day. I came up against Zimbabwe’s bowlers for the first time so going into the next few games I will reassess and see where I went wrong and where I can do better. Hopefully I can emulate what I did here in the last two games.

“Spin won’t be as effective on the Highveld,” he said. “We might have some high-scoring games if the wickets are like they usually are in Potch and Benoni. As a batter your scoring areas and tactics change a bit, especially against spin. I can see some big totals if we get good wickets.”

Imran Tahir has been released from the squad for the last two matches which will give the selectors an opportunity to look at other bowling options.
 
Zimbabwe
132/7

South Africa
135/4 (15.4/20 ov, target 133)

South Africa won by 6 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
 
DANE PATERSON and Robbie Frylinck celebrated their return to the Standard Bank Proteas starting line-up with two wickets apiece at minimal cost to lay the foundation for a comfortable six-wicket victory with 26 balls to spare for their side in the second KFC T20 International match against Zimbabwe at Senwes Park on Friday evening.

The victory clinched the series for the Proteas who now hold an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series with just the final match of the tour to come at Willowmoore Park on Sunday (14h00 start).

The pair, making their first appearances of the series, had combined figures of 4/42 from 8 overs with Frylinck’s return of 2/20 being a career best.

They were largely responsible for restricting Zimbabwe, who had won the toss, to 32/2 in the power play and they were equally effective at the death with the visitors only able to score 31/3 in their final five overs at the death.

Zimbabwe once again lost too many wickets too cheaply up front with only Sean Williams, their outstanding batsman of the tour, making much of a show with his innings of 41 (28 balls, 2 fours and 3 sixes) with all 3 sixes coming from one Tabraiz Shamsi over.

In spite of some inconsistency in the pitch’s bounce their total of 132 was never going to be enough to test the Proteas who cantered home in spite of losing wickets at regular intervals.

JP Duminy with top score of 33 not out (26 balls, 3 fours and a six) and David Miller saw them safely over the line.

Williams completed a good all-round performance by taking 2/25 in 3 overs and the match confirmed that Zimbabwe have an emerging talent of great ability in Brandon Mavuta.

With most of Zimbabwe’s senior players comfortably into their 30s, Mavuta is going to have to lead Zimbabwe going forward and he will be an asset to the many T20 leagues around the world.

Paterson was named KFC Man of the Match.
 
Faf du Plessis introduces the 'specialist coin-******'

After going six matches on the trot without winning a toss, South Africa captain Faf du Plessis got JP Duminy to toss the coin for him.

Since South Africa's last Test against Australia in March-April, Faf du Plessis had gone six matches across formats without winning a toss.

To try and change his fortunes, he decided to hand over the coin-tossing duties to JP Duminy – who wasn't in the playing XI – ahead of the first Twenty20 International against Zimbabwe on 9 October in East London. He didn't step away as the team captain, though.

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The ploy worked as South Africa won the toss and they elected to bat in East London, eventually going on to win the game by 34 runs.

"They say the strength of a captain is to know his weaknesses, so I brought in JP Duminy as a specialist coin-******," du Plessis said in the pre-game chat with the broadcasters.

Later on social media, du Plessis commented: "I love what I do, important to have some fun along the way as well, especially in t20 cricket!! Might have started something here..."

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/878327
 
3rd T20I, Zimbabwe tour of South Africa at Benoni, Oct 14 2018

South Africa vs Zimbabwe

Match abandoned without a ball bowled
 
IMRAN TAHIR NAMED KFC T20I MAN OF THE SERIES

Sunday, 14 October 2018

IMRAN TAHIR was named KFC Man of the Series on the strength of his brilliant five-wicket haul in the opening match of the KFC T20 International Series after the final match between the Standard Bank Proteas and Zimbabwe at Willowmoore Park on Sunday afternoon was abandoned without a ball being able to be bowled.

Torrential rain during the night that carried through into today made any thought of play impossible.

Imran took 5/23, the joint second-best performance by a Protea in this format, in the opening match at Buffalo Park last Tuesday evening.

The Proteas thus won the series by a 2-0 margin.

The Proteas next assignment is their limited overs tour to Australia that starts at the end of this month.

PROTEAS TOUR TO AUSTRALIA 2018

October 31: Prime Minister’s XI, Manuka Oval, Canberra (D/N)

November 4: 1st ODI, Perth (D/N)

November 9: 2nd ODI, Adelaide Oval (D/N)

November 11: 3rd ODI, Hobart (D/N)

November 14: T20 Tour match, Allan Border Field, Brisbane (Day)

November 17: T20 International, Gold Coast (Night)
 
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Standard Bank Proteas head coach, Ottis Gibson, says the recently concluded limited-overs series against Zimbabwe has given him a clearer indication of the players he would like on the journey towards the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. The Proteas completed a clean sweep in both the ODI (3-0) and T20I (2-0) series, which were once again used as platforms for opportunity and exploration.

Gibson feels that the series ‘answered some nice questions’, as CSA prepares to select a squad for the short but important tour of Australia next month. Hashim Amla has not recovered from a finger injury and will not be available for selection for the upcoming tour.

“There are a lot of guys we have in our thoughts who will be in the squad to Australia,” he explained after the abandoned T20I on Sunday. “Hashim is injured, he is out of the squad already, as a selection group we have already discussed that with him. We want to give him as much time as possible for him to get ready for the next set of cricket that he has coming up.

“We want to win,” he said of the series. “We want to go there with an attitude of trying to win. The squad that we pick will reflect that and reflect our feeling on the formula and the way we want to play cricket. There is a lot being said about being positive, we played that way in the first few games in Sri Lanka. The key is having the will to stick with it even when things get tough.

“For the last 12 months we have been looking at players,” he added. “In the next couple of months the window is closing, the players have been told that the window is closing all the time. We are getting closer and closer to the guys that we want on the journey. In the Pakistan and Sri Lanka series we want to be focusing on a core of 17 to 18 players we will be looking at.”

The comeback performances from the experienced duo of Imran Tahir and Dale Steyn were the standout highlights for the coach, who is beaming with the current load of bowling options at his disposal. From a batting point of view, the absence of Amla opens up another opportunity for the selectors to continue to groom possible top order replacements.

“Rabada and Ngidi have done very well,” he said. “We have given Tahir time off to allow us to see other players and he has come back and shown us why he is our number one. He has come back and bowled really well, he is mentoring Shamsi which is good for Shamsi, we have high hopes for him.

“I know what Rabada and Ngidi can do but for me the real excitement was watching Dale Steyn bowling in the second game in Bloemfontein. It was fantastic to see him back to that level again, bowling quickly with that skill and accuracy. That is the real exciting part for me.”

The squad for the three-match ODI and one-off T20I tour to Australia will be announced on Thursday and will depart on Tuesday, October 23.
 
Kohli said:
With every passing day, cricket looks to be a useless game.

Tests:
India plays in India, thrashes everyone. Outside Asia, gets humiliated

ENG plays India, win 4-1 against #1 side, outside home becomes a billi.

ODIs :

IND, ENG and NZ are the only quality teams left.

T20I: A fun cricket.

ICC should be scrapped.

Play t20 league cricket whole year. A T20 WC every 2 years.

Have already had enough of these useless, one sided, boring matches with no context.

Promote t20 and T10 cricket, make 30 nations play it.

If not, remove cricket altogether, let just India (as we don't have any other sport), and Bangladesh play it.
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India don't have any other sport?
FYI India's achievements in Badminton,Shooting,Wrestling in this decade is greater than our achievements in Cricket
We have some of the biggest leagues in various sports and lot of work is also been done at the grassroot level
Cricket is not even no.1 sport in terms of following in many parts of India
If u don't have enough knowledge about a topic better don't comment on it

And u included only India & BD but excluded SL & Pak
So I am quite interested In knowing at which sport those nations are good at?
 
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