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Zimbabwe thrash South Africa
24 Jun 2012 at 18:16hrs | Views
Zimbabwe dominated South Africa to surprisingly win the final of the Twenty20 tri-series at Harare Sports Club by nine wickets on Sunday.
Opener Hamilton Masakadza made his fourth half-century in five innings at the tournament and captain Brendan Taylor spurred the host on with an unbeaten 59 from 41 balls as Zimbabwe cruised to 150-1 in 17.1 overs in reply to South Africa's 146-6.
Masakadza finished 58 not out, sharing an unbroken 118-run partnership with Taylor.
The off-form Proteas, who rested four frontline players for the series, were 67-5 before Faf du Plessis' 66 dragged them to a reasonable score.
South Africa captain Hashim Amla said "hopefully we have learnt some hard lessons" ahead of the team's tour of England starting next month and September's T20 World Cup.
Opener Hamilton Masakadza made his fourth half-century in five innings at the tournament and captain Brendan Taylor spurred the host on with an unbeaten 59 from 41 balls as Zimbabwe cruised to 150-1 in 17.1 overs in reply to South Africa's 146-6.
Masakadza finished 58 not out, sharing an unbroken 118-run partnership with Taylor.
The off-form Proteas, who rested four frontline players for the series, were 67-5 before Faf du Plessis' 66 dragged them to a reasonable score.
South Africa captain Hashim Amla said "hopefully we have learnt some hard lessons" ahead of the team's tour of England starting next month and September's T20 World Cup.
Source - Sapa-AP
