SCORECARDCOMMENTARY
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Test
Play In Progress
Day: 4, Session: 2
ZIM need 379 runs to win with 4 wickets remaining
SA
418-9 & 369-10
251-10 &
158/6
ZIM
South Africa in Zimbabwe, 2 Test Series, 2025 |1st Test |6/28/2025
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
| BATSMAN | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Ervine (C) | 42 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 60.00 |
| Wellington Masakadza * | 50 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 73.53 |
| BOWLERS | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keshav Maharaj | 18 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 2.61 |
| Corbin Bosch * | 7.6 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 4.21 |
Commentary
- 50.64Corbin Bosch to Wellington Masakadza, Four!
- 50.50Corbin Bosch to Wellington Masakadza, No run.
- 50.41Corbin Bosch to Craig Ervine, 1 run.
- 50.31Corbin Bosch to Wellington Masakadza, In the air and safe! Bowls it on full and on the pads. Wellington Masakadza clips it to the outer half of the bat to the deep square leg for one.
- 50.20Corbin Bosch to Wellington Masakadza, On a length, on pads. Wellington Masakadza defends it right under his eyes.
- 50.12Corbin Bosch to Wellington Masakadza, 2 runs.
- END OF OVER 50 | 0 Runs & 0 Wkt | ZIM 150/6
- Corbin Bosch will operate from the other end. 7-2-24-3 so far for Bosch.
- 49.60Keshav Maharaj to Craig Ervine, Full and on off, another confident block off the front foot.
- 49.50Keshav Maharaj to Craig Ervine, Fuller on off, Craig Ervine defends it.
- 49.40Keshav Maharaj to Craig Ervine, Tossed up, wide of off, Craig Ervine jams this down.
- 49.30Keshav Maharaj to Craig Ervine, Fuller around off, Craig Ervine looks to block it but gets beaten.
- 49.20Keshav Maharaj to Craig Ervine, Tossed up on the pads, Craig Ervine lunges to block but the ball kicks up a bit and turns sharply to catch the inside edge. Luckily for Ervine, it falls in the vacant backward short leg region and evades Tony de Zorzi to his left.
- 49.10Keshav Maharaj to Craig Ervine, Bowls it on a length, on off from over the wicket. Craig Ervine works it to the backward point region for couple of runs.
- END OF OVER 49 | 3 Runs & 0 Wkt | ZIM 150/6
- All in readiness for the second session of the day to get underway. Keshav Maharaj gathers his men in a huddle near the ropes before going out to the centre. They are followed by Craig Ervine and Wellington Masakadza. Maharaj will kickstart proceedings with the ball. Ervine to face. A slip and a short leg in place. Let's play...
- ... DAY 4, SESSION 2 ...
- Craig Ervine and Wellington Masakadza came together to steady the innings and bring much-needed calm after a chaotic start. Masakadza looked the more assured of the two, capitalising as the sun broke through and the conditions eased. South Africa will return after the break, looking to wrap up the game, while Ervine and Masakadza will need to reset and show the same resistance they displayed before Lunch. The afternoon session could well be the final one of the Test. Do join us at 10.40 am GMT for the start of the second session.
- Play began under thick cloud cover, and Corbin Bosch and Codi Yusuf made the most of the helpful conditions. Bosch struck with the very first ball of the day and soon followed it up by removing first-innings centurion Sean Williams. Then it was Yusuf who took centre stage, tearing through the middle order with three wickets in as many overs. Zimbabwe were left reeling at 82 for 6 within the first hour.
- SESSION SUMMARY - 30.4 overs, 118 runs and 5 wickets. Quite an eventful session. It was a tale of two halves as in the first hour, Zimbabwe were in complete disarray, losing 5 wickets for just 50 runs but the hour that followed told a different story, as they added 68 runs without losing a wicket through Craig Ervine and Wellington Masakadza.
- 48.60Dewald Brevis to Wellington Masakadza, Flighted around off, Wellington Masakadza defends it out. That will be LUNCH on Day 4!
- 48.50Dewald Brevis to Wellington Masakadza, Short of a length around off, Wellington Masakadza thumps this back to the bowler for no run.
- 48.40Dewald Brevis to Wellington Masakadza, Too full on off, Wellington Masakadza defends it.
- 48.31Dewald Brevis to Craig Ervine, Googly around off, Craig Ervine guides this to deep third for a single.
- 48.21Dewald Brevis to Wellington Masakadza, Haltracker around leg, Wellington Masakadza swipes it straight onto the shoes of Tony de Zorzi at short leg. The ball deflects to deep square for one.