SA vs ZIM

5:30 PM local time (9:00 PM IST): So, a Lhuan-dre Pretorius show at the Namibia Cricket Ground today! With that, South Africa pick up their second win and get themselves into a strong position to reach the final. We will be back with more live action from the next match on Thursday, between Namibia and Zimbabwe, beginning 2:00 PM local time (5:30 PM IST). This is Bidipto and Shahan taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda! 

Bjorn Fortuin (South Africa captain): "It's a good win, we value our wins a lot. Keeping our standards in mind, this is a good one indeed. Lhuan-dre (Pretoruis) played a good knock, and we bowled pretty well. Duan (Jansen) bowled four on the trot, and we kept taking wickets from start to finish to peg them back. Let's see now, how the next match unfolds!" 

Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe captain): "We have to win our next match and hope that South Africa win theirs. Yes this loss does feel a bit dampening, but we fought, we attacked. Sometimes you will go down, but going for it can help on most days. I think we came back into the first innings really well with the ball, even without Blessing (Muzarabani) in there. We are scoring runs in the lower order, we are scoring runs at the top, but the middle-order has to do better, including myself." 

Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Player of the Match, 94 runs off 51 balls and 2 catches): "It's fine I guess that I didn't get to my hundred, milestones will come and go, but I'm happy that we won. I had a chat with Heinrich Klaasen this morning and told him that if I give myself 15 balls, I can make it big. Well, that catch stuck in my hand! I thought Duan's (Jansen's) catch was the better one." 

5:16 PM local time (8:46 PM IST):

Zimbabwe 2nd Innings —

142 all out (17.4 overs)

South Africa wrapped up a 43-run victory after Zimbabwe's chase collapsed despite a strong counterattack from captain Sikandar Raza.

Sikandar Raza — 45 (33) — 5 fours, 2 sixes, SR 136.36. The standout Zimbabwe batter.
Innocent Kaia — 18 (11) — 1 four, 1 six.
Brian Bennett — 13 (8) — 1 four, 1 six.
Wellington Masakadza — 11 (7) — 2 fours.
The rest of the batting struggled to build partnerships, with five Zimbabwe batters scoring single figures.

South Africa's bowling
Bjorn Fortuin was the destroyer: 4 wickets for 24 runs in 3.4 overs.
Duan Jansen: 3/21 (4)
Nqabayomzi Peter: 1/29 (2)
Prenelan Subrayen: 1/22 (2)

Zimbabwe actually raced to 51/5, and although Raza tried to resurrect the chase, South Africa kept taking wickets and eventually bowled them out for 142.

Result
South Africa won by 43 runs.
Match standout: Lhuan-dre Pretorius' 94 off 51 in the first innings set up the win, while Fortuin's 4/24 finished the job.

17.4 Bjorn Fortuin to Newman Nyamhuri, AND THE CATCH IS TAKEN TO END THE MATCH! Into the pitch and turning away around off with some extra bounce on it. Nyamhuri had to wait, and then, lean forward to try and bash it down town. But all he managed was a miscue, straight down the throat of long-off! South Africa pick up a comfortable win and go top of the table.

17.3 Bjorn Fortuin to Newman Nyamhuri, TWO BYES! Full and fast, outside leg-stump. The reverse-sweep gets missed and the keeper misses his collection too. 

17.1 Bjorn Fortuin to Newman Nyamhuri, good length, around off and straight. The attempted big shot on the front foot over wide mid-off gets beaten.

16.6 Kwena Maphaka to Kundai Matigimu, full and straight. Matigimu heaved leg-side, got a thick inside edge on it, and Pretorius at deep square misfielded, to give away a couple of runs.

16.5 Kwena Maphaka to Newman Nyamhuri, good length, slow and around off. Nyamhuri tried to drag that across to the on-side, but got a thick edge on it, for a single to third man.

16.4 Kwena Maphaka to Newman Nyamhuri, pitched up around leg-stump. Nyamhuri backed away a lot and drove it firmly, only to find mid-off. No run.

16.3 Kwena Maphaka to Newman Nyamhuri, full and on off-stump. Nyamhuri swipes it around to the long-leg area and picks up a well-scampered two! 

16.2 Kwena Maphaka to Newman Nyamhuri, good length, slow and around leg-stump, following the batter. The attempted lofted shot over the mid-on area gets missed. No leg-bye, back to the bowler.

16.1 Kwena Maphaka to Kundai Matigimu, round the wicket, into the pitch and around off. Edged down to the right of deep third man, from the backfoot, for a single.