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After a so-so final session yesterday, Zimbabwe roared into the final day of the SuperSport Challenge opener. Prosper Utseya and Timycen Maruma took sole charge of the bowling, a move that paid quick dividends as the pair accounted for 7 of Composite's remaining 8 wickets before lunch. Composite were one man short for the innings, as Cliff Deacon was unable to bat due to injury, and ended their innings on 261 - a lead of just 56. Utseya took 3/92 in the innings and Maruma 3/93 - great contributions from both men that left Zimbabwe within striking distance of the win.

Brendan Taylor and Vusi Sibanda opened for Zimbabwe, and were all the batting power that the visitors needed - the pair saw Zimbabwe safely home inside 9 overs. This win gives Zimbabwe the best possible start in the series, and puts down a marker to those who doubt the side's abilities, with good performances being put in by both batsmen and bowlers. Full scorecard, and links to match reports for days 1-3, below the cut.
South African Composite XI 288 (Hector 79, Maruma 4/68) & 261 (Hector 96, Maruma 3/91), Zimbabwe 493 (Utseya 115*, Symes 4/191) & 57/0 (Taylor 35*, Sibanda 19*). Zimbabwe win by 10 wickets, lead series 1-0 with 2 to play.

Day One
Day Two
Day Three

Scorecard

South African Composite XI 1st innings
SC Cook		c Matsikenyeri b Maruma			45
BD Snijman	b Chigumbura				7
B Hector	b Utseya				79
PJ Koortzen	c Masakadza b Chigumbura		39
S van Zyl	c Mawoyo b Chigumbura			12
DL Makalima	c Sibanda b Maruma			17
J Symes		c Matsikenyeri b Chibhabha		24
AZM Dyili	lbw b Utseya				6
WA Deacon	b Maruma				13
PSE Sandri	not out					19
S Mjekula	lbw b Maruma				11
    Extras	(b 3, lb 2, nb 11)			16
    Total	(all out; 89.5 overs; 323 mins)		288

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Snijman, 2.3 ov), 2-94 (Cook, 27.1 ov), 
3-178 (Koortzen, 47.6 ov), 4-184 (Hector, 50.2 ov), 
5-193 (van Zyl, 54.5 ov), 6-222 (Makalima, 63.5 ov), 
7-244 (Symes, 75.3 ov), 8-244 (Dyili, 76.2 ov), 
9-274 (Deacon, 83.6 ov), 10-288 (Mjekula, 89.5 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
E Chigumbura	16	4	54	3	3.37	(3nb)
GB Brent	12	3	40	0	3.33	
CJ Chibhabha	12	3	42	1	3.50	(1nb)
T Maruma	20.5	5	68	4	3.26	(6nb)
P Utseya	28	6	75	2	2.67	(1nb)
S Matsikenyeri	1	0	4	0	4.00	


Zimbabwe 1st innings
BRM Taylor	c & b Symes				41
V Sibanda	c Snijman b Mjekula			33
CJ Chibhabha	c Dyili b Symes				9
T Taibu		c Hector b Symes			49
S Matsikenyeri	b Sandri				2
H Masakadza	c Hector b Sandri			88
TMK Mawoyo	c Koortzen b Sandri			34
E Chigumbura	b van Zyl				47
P Utseya	not out					115
GB Brent	b Symes					20
T Maruma	lbw b Mjekula				35
    Extras	(b 2, lb 4, w 8, nb 6)			20
    Total	(all out; 155.4 overs; 602 mins)	493

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (Sibanda, 12.6 ov), 2-69 (Chibhabha, 19.5 ov), 
3-98 (Taylor, 27.4 ov), 4-106 (Matsikenyeri, 28.6 ov), 
5-161 (Taibu, 56.1 ov), 6-261 (Mawoyo, 86.1 ov), 
7-262 (Masakadza, 86.3 ov), 8-354 (Chigumbura, 109.3 ov), 
9-408 (Brent, 126.2 ov), 10-493 (Maruma, 155.4 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
WA Deacon	2.2	1	5	0	2.14	(1nb)
PSE Sandri	27	2	108	3	4.00	(4nb, 1w)
S Mjekula	25.2	6	77	2	3.03	(1w)
J Symes		62	11	191	4	3.08	
PJ Koortzen	9	1	53	0	5.88	
S van Zyl	25	9	41	1	1.64	(1nb, 1w)
SC Cook		5	0	12	0	2.40	(1w)


South African Composite XI 2nd innings
SC Cook		c Masakadza b Chigumbura		3
BD Snijman	b Brent					70
B Hector	lbw b Utseya				96
PSE Sandri	lbw b Maruma				8
PJ Koortzen	c Sibanda b Maruma			3
S van Zyl	c Maruma b Utseya			35
DL Makalima	c Sibanda b Utseya			8
J Symes		not out					15
AZM Dyili	b Maruma				0
S Mjekula	run out (Taibu/Masakadza)		0
WA Deacon	absent hurt				-
    Extras	(b 9, lb 3, nb 11)			23
    Total	(all out; 78.1 overs; 284 mins)		261

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Cook, 4.3 ov), 2-125 (Snijman, 33.4 ov), 
3-175 (Sandri, 53.4 ov), 4-187 (Koortzen, 57.3 ov), 
5-207 (Hector, 62.6 ov), 6-234 (Makalima, 70.6 ov), 
7-260 (van Zyl, 76.5 ov), 8-261 (Dyili, 77.4 ov), 
9-261 (Mjekula, 78.1 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
E Chigumbura	8	0	20	1	2.50	(1nb)
GB Brent	8	4	11	1	1.37	
CJ Chibhabha	5	0	23	0	4.60	
H Masakadza	4	1	12	0	3.00	
P Utseya	24.1	1	92	3	3.80	
T Maruma	29	3	91	3	3.13	(10nb)


Zimbabwe 2nd innings (target: 57 runs)
BRM Taylor	not out					35
V Sibanda	not out					19
    Extras	(b 2, lb 1)				3
    Total	(0 wickets; 8.4 overs)			57

Did not bat: CJ Chibhabha, T Taibu, S Matsikenyeri, H Masakadza, 
TMK Mawoyo, E Chigumbura, P Utseya, GB Brent, T Maruma

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
J Symes		4.4	0	38	0	8.14	
PSE Sandri	3.3	0	16	0	4.57	
SC Cook		0.3	0	0	0	0.00