zimcricketnews.com

Day One Report | Day Two Report
As unlikely as it may have seemed at close of play on Thursday, Zimbabwe mopped up Composite's tail on Saturday morning to secure a 51-run win and an unassailable 2-0 lead in the SuperSport Challenge, with just one match left to play. Elton Chigumbura took 5/33 to help reduce Composite to 98 all out - which does make the result look more like the vagaries of a dodgy pitch, than a match based on talent. A win is a win, but quite a few of the Zimbabwe side will need to take a look at how they've performed this match, as it wasn't really up to the standards we'd like to expect.
Zimbabwe 89 (Chigumbura 35, Coetzee 4/19) & 246 (Taibu 100, Burger 5/59), SA Composite XI 186 (Madsen 70*, Utseya 5/40) & 98 (Coetzee 17*, Chigumbura 5/33). Zimbabwe win by 51 runs, win series 2-0 with 1 to play. Scorecard below the cut.

Next match: SA Composite XI v Zimbabwe (SuperSport Challenge, 3rd Match) - 3-6 January 2008 at Kimberley.

Zimbabwe 1st innings
H Masakadza	c Reddy b Coetzee			4
V Sibanda	c Adams b Burger			0
CJ Chibhabha	c Dyili b Burger			1
T Taibu		c Burger b Kruger			20
BRM Taylor	lbw b Coetzee				2
S Matsikenyeri	c Madsen b Coetzee			7
KM Dabengwa	c Madsen b Kruger			5
E Chigumbura	c Liebisch b Kruger			35
P Utseya	lbw b Coetzee				0
RW Price	c Hector b Burger			2
CB Mpofu	not out					0
    Extras	(lb 11, w 1, nb 1)			13
    Total	(all out; 43.3 overs)			89

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sibanda, 1.2 ov), 2-1 (Chibhabha, 3.2 ov), 
3-9 (Masakadza, 8.6 ov), 4-27 (Taylor, 16.1 ov), 5-35 (Taibu, 20.3 ov), 
6-48 (Dabengwa, 28.2 ov), 7-51 (Matsikenyeri, 30.1 ov), 
8-51 (Utseya, 30.4 ov), 9-83 (Price, 42.2 ov), 10-89 (Chigumbura, 43.3 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
J Coetzee	15	9	19	4	1.26	
S Burger	8	4	13	3	1.62	
BL Reddy	11	5	26	0	2.36	(1nb)
AK Kruger	7.3	3	15	3	2.00	(1w)
SW Liebisch	2	1	5	0	2.50	


South African Composite XI 1st innings
BD Snijman	b Chigumbura				9
R Jappie	run out (Chibhabha)			2
B Hector	c Dabengwa b Chigumbura			5
WL Madsen	not out					70
SW Liebisch	c Utseya b Mpofu			19
S Burger	b Masakadza				19
AK Kruger	b Utseya				37
AZM Dyili	c Dabengwa b Utseya			2
J Coetzee	b Utseya				11
PR Adams	c Chibhabha b Utseya			4
BL Reddy	c Chibhabha b Utseya			0
    Extras	(lb 6, w 2)				8
    Total	(all out; 61.3 overs; 244 mins)		186

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Jappie, 3.6 ov), 2-14 (Snijman, 5.2 ov), 
3-19 (Hector, 5.5 ov), 4-49 (Liebisch, 13.5 ov), 5-73 (Burger, 21.3 ov), 
6-153 (Kruger, 45.5 ov), 7-157 (Dyili, 49.2 ov), 8-175 (Coetzee, 57.2 ov), 
9-181 (Adams, 59.4 ov), 10-186 (Reddy, 61.3 ov)
							
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
CB Mpofu	16	3	45	1	2.81	(1w)
E Chigumbura	11	1	49	2	4.45	(1w)
CJ Chibhabha	7	2	14	0	2.00	
H Masakadza	3	1	6	1	2.00	
RW Price	13	3	26	0	2.00	
P Utseya	11.3	3	40	5	3.47	


Zimbabwe 2nd innings
H Masakadza	c Snijman b Kruger			9
V Sibanda	lbw b Burger				5
CJ Chibhabha	c Dyili b Burger			35
T Taibu		c Snijman b Burger			100
BRM Taylor	c Kruger b Burger			0
S Matsikenyeri	c Madsen b Liebisch			0
KM Dabengwa	c Dyili b Kruger			17
E Chigumbura	c Madsen b Adams			49
P Utseya	c Hector b Liebisch			7
RW Price	b Burger				10
CB Mpofu	not out					4
    Extras	(b 4, lb 2, w 2, nb 2)			10
    Total	(all out; 55.4 overs; 256 mins)		246

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Sibanda, 5.6 ov), 2-20 (Masakadza, 9.1 ov), 
3-83 (Chibhabha, 19.2 ov), 4-83 (Taylor, 19.4 ov), 5-84 (Matsikenyeri, 20.2 ov), 
6-116 (Dabengwa, 27.2 ov), 7-202 (Chigumbura, 40.6 ov), 8-225 (Utseya, 50.5 ov), 
9-237 (Taibu, 53.4 ov), 10-246 (Price, 55.4 ov)
							
Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
J Coetzee	2.2	0	7	0	3.00	
S Burger	13.4	0	59	5	4.31	
BL Reddy	6.4	1	20	0	3.00	
AK Kruger	11	0	61	2	5.54	(1w)
SW Liebisch	14	1	54	2	3.85	(2nb)
PR Adams	8	2	39	1	4.87	(1w)


South African Composite XI 2nd innings (target: 150 runs)
BD Snijman	b Chigumbura				5
R Jappie	c Masakadza b Chigumbura		3
B Hector	b Mpofu					4
WL Madsen	lbw b Chibhabha				9
SW Liebisch	b Chigumbura				10
S Burger	lbw b Mpofu				13
AK Kruger	c Taibu b Chigumbura			1
AZM Dyili	st Taibu b Price			9
BL Reddy	c Dabengwa b Chigumbura			8
J Coetzee	not out					17
PR Adams	c Utseya b Mpofu			12
    Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 1)			7
    Total	(all out; 41.1 overs)			98

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Snijman, 1.5 ov), 2-8 (Jappie, 5.4 ov), 3-12 (Hector, 8.4 ov), 
4-25 (Madsen, 15.1 ov), 5-48 (Liebisch, 25.1 ov), 6-50 (Burger, 26.3 ov), 
7-56 (Kruger, 29.6 ov), 8-60 (Dyili, 30.4 ov), 9-70 (Reddy, 31.4 ov), 
10-98 (Adams, 41.1 ov)

Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ	
CB Mpofu	12.1	4	22	3	1.80	(1w)
E Chigumbura	13	5	33	5	2.53	
H Masakadza	4	1	8	0	2.00	
CJ Chibhabha	5	2	10	1	2.00	
RW Price	6	1	18	1	3.00	
P Utseya	1	0	1	0	1.00