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Test no. 1562

South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Series - 1st Test
Zimbabwe v South Africa

2001/02 season

Played at Harare Sports Club on 7,8,9,10,11 September 2001 (5-day match)

Result South Africa won by 9 wickets


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HH Gibbs	b Friend	147	213	164	28	2	89.63
	G Kirsten	c A Flower b Hondo	220	442	286	33	1	76.92
	JH Kallis	not out	157	381	272	14	5	57.72
	ND McKenzie	c Hondo b Friend	52	138	109	6	1	47.70
	L Klusener	not out	8	13	11	0	1	72.72
	Extras	(lb 2, w 6, nb 8)	16

	Total	(3 wickets dec; 139 overs; 595 mins)	600	(4.31 runs per over)

Did not bat

MV Boucher, HH Dippenaar,

SM Pollock, CW Henderson, M Ntini, A Nel

Fall of wickets1-256 (Gibbs, 50.5 ov), 2-455 (Kirsten, 103.3 ov), 3-582 (McKenzie, 136.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
HH Streak	34	4	120	0	3.52	(2nb, 1w)
TJ Friend	27	2	147	2	5.44	(5nb, 4w)
DT Hondo	18	0	87	1	4.83	(1nb, 1w)
RW Price	42	2	192	0	4.57
GJ Whittall	12	2	34	0	2.83
GW Flower	6	0	18	0	3.00


Zimbabwe 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DD Ebrahim	st Boucher b Henderson	71	142	107	9	0	66.35
	ADR Campbell	c Boucher b Nel	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
	H Masakadza	run out (McKenzie)	13	51	40	2	0	32.50
	CB Wishart	c Klusener b Kallis	0	14	10	0	0	0.00
	A Flower	lbw b Pollock	142	289	200	21	1	71.00
	RW Price	c Kirsten b Nel	0	25	22	0	0	0.00
	GW Flower	c Dippenaar b Nel	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
	GJ Whittall	b Kallis	16	76	67	3	0	23.88
	HH Streak	lbw b Henderson	7	29	29	1	0	24.13
	TJ Friend	c Pollock b Nel	30	59	49	4	0	61.22
	DT Hondo	not out	1	17	10	0	0	10.00
	Extras	(b 4, nb 2)	6

	Total	(all out; 90.3 overs; 363 mins)	286	(3.16 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Campbell, 1.4 ov), 2-43 (Masakadza, 13.4 ov), 3-51 (Wishart, 16.5 ov), 4-133 (Ebrahim, 33.3 ov), 5-143 (Price, 41.1 ov), 6-143 (GW Flower, 43.2 ov), 7-188 (Whittall, 62.6 ov), 8-207 (Streak, 71.2 ov), 9-282 (Friend, 87.1 ov), 10-286 (A Flower, 90.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	22.3	5	62	1	2.75	(2nb)
A Nel	16	6	53	4	3.31
M Ntini	13	2	60	0	4.61
JH Kallis	12	1	39	2	3.25
CW Henderson	24	5	55	2	2.29
L Klusener	3	0	13	0	4.33


Zimbabwe 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DD Ebrahim	lbw b Pollock	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
	ADR Campbell	b Kallis	7	33	24	1	0	29.16
	H Masakadza	c Dippenaar b Henderson	85	294	230	13	0	36.95
	CB Wishart	c Klusener b Pollock	6	18	12	1	0	50.00
	A Flower	not out	199	590	470	24	1	42.34
	GW Flower	c Dippenaar b Ntini	16	84	74	3	0	21.62
	GJ Whittall	lbw b Henderson	3	42	28	0	0	10.71
	HH Streak	c Kallis b Pollock	19	52	51	3	0	37.25
	TJ Friend	b Klusener	17	71	85	3	0	20.00
	RW Price	c McKenzie b Klusener	4	31	28	0	0	14.28
	DT Hondo	lbw b Nel	6	58	34	1	0	17.64
	Extras	(b 10, lb 9, nb 10)	29

	Total	(all out; 171.5 overs; 637 mins)	391	(2.27 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Ebrahim, 0.5 ov), 2-18 (Campbell, 7.4 ov), 3-25 (Wishart, 12.3 ov), 4-211 (Masakadza, 75.5 ov), 5-243 (GW Flower, 96.4 ov), 6-260 (Whittall, 107.1 ov), 7-287 (Streak, 120.6 ov), 8-326 (Friend, 145.3 ov), 9-344 (Price, 155.2 ov), 10-391 (Hondo, 171.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	29	5	67	3	2.31	(4nb)
A Nel	14.5	5	33	1	2.22	(2nb)
JH Kallis	21	5	52	1	2.47	(2nb)
CW Henderson	55	16	122	2	2.21
M Ntini	23	10	48	1	2.08
L Klusener	29	9	50	2	1.72	(2nb)


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 78 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HH Dippenaar	lbw b Friend	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	G Kirsten	not out	31	66	36	6	0	86.11
	JH Kallis	not out	42	65	55	9	0	76.36
	Extras	(b 5, lb 1)	6

	Total	(1 wicket; 15.2 overs; 66 mins)	79	(5.15 runs per over)

Did not bat ND McKenzie, L Klusener,

MV Boucher, HH Gibbs,

SM Pollock, CW Henderson, M Ntini, A Nel

Fall of wickets1-0 (Dippenaar, 0.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
TJ Friend	7	0	44	1	6.28
HH Streak	4	2	10	0	2.50
RW Price	3.2	0	19	0	5.70
DT Hondo	1	1	0	0	0.00

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debuts CW Henderson and A Nel (South Africa); DT Hondo (Zimbabwe)
Player of the match A Flower (Zimbabwe)

Umpires DB Hair (Australia) and RB Tiffin
TV umpire QJ Goosen
Match referee Naushad Ali (Pakistan)

Close of play
7 Sep day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 414/1 (G Kirsten 202*, JH Kallis 56*, 90 ov)
8 Sep day 2 - Zimbabwe 1st innings 143/4 (A Flower 54*, RW Price 0*, 41 ov)
9 Sep day 3 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 97/3 (H Masakadza 37*, A Flower 43*, 39 ov)
10 Sep day 4 - Zimbabwe 2nd innings 304/7 (A Flower 138*, TJ Friend 10*, 133 ov)
11 Sep day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 79/1 (15.2 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
HH Gibbs 50 off 50 balls, 71 mins, 12x4
South Africa 100 runs off 18 overs, 83 mins
G Kirsten 51 off 53 balls, 87 minutes (10x4)
HH Gibbs 100 off 118 balls, 150 minutes (20x4, 1*6)
South Africa 200 runs off 251 balls 171 minutes
Record 256 1st wkt partnership, RSA v ZIM, Gibbs and Kirsten
South Africa 300 runs off 61.1 overs, 257 minutes
G Kirsten 150 off 190 balls, 265 mins, (24x4, 1x6)
Record 199 2nd wkt partnership, RSA v ZIM, Kirsten and Kallis
JH Kallis passes 3,000 test runs
JH Kallis 50 off 98 balls (7x4 1x6)
G Kirsten passes 5,000 test runs
G Kirsten 200 off 251 balls, 363 minutes (31x4 1x6)

Day 2
JH Kallis 100 off 231 balls, 316 mins (12x4 1x6)
ND McKenzie 50 off 96 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Record 127 3rd wkt partnership, RSA v ZIM, Kallis and McKenzie
JH Kallis 150 off 269 balls, 14x4, 4x6
Highest score, 600/3, by RSA v ZIM
DD Ebrahim 50 off 71 balls, 5x4, 110 mins
A Flower 50 off 87 balls, 111 mins (5x4)
Record 82 4th wkt partnership, ZIM v RSA, DD Ebrahim & A Flower

Day 3
Equal 45 7th wkt partnership, ZIM v RSA, A Flower & GJ WHittall
A Flower passes 4,000 test runs
A Flower 100 off 149 balls, 13*4, 1*6, 213 mins
Record 75 9th wkt partnership, ZIM v RSA, A Flower & TJ Friend
Highest score, 286, by ZIM v RSA

Day 4
A Flower 50 off 87 balls, 111 mins (5x4)
H Masakadza 50 off 157 balls, 202 mins (7x4)
Record 186 4th wkt partnership, ZIM v RSA, H Masakadza & A Flower
A Flower 100 off 196 balls, 260 mins (13x4)
A Flower 150 off 364 balls, 491 minutes (2084)
New ball taken after 161 overs

Day 5
ADR Campbell takes over from Flower as keeper in the last innings

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