o2926 a20164	South Africa v Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe in South Africa 2009/10 (1st ODI)
Venue	Willowmoore Park Main Oval, Benoni on 8th November 2009 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 45 runs
Umpires	HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), RE Koertzen
TV umpire	JD Cloete
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire	KH Hurter
Player of the Match	T Taibu
Articles	South Africa win despite Taibu ton

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
HM Amla	c Vermeulen b Cremer	80	96	131	6	-	83.33
*GC Smith	c Mpofu b Price	35	39	59	6	1	89.74
AB de Villiers	c Vermeulen b Price	51	51	49	5	1	100.00
+MV Boucher	c Vermeulen b Price	18	34	37	1	-	52.94
AN Petersen	c Cremer b Chibhabha	39	36	59	4	-	108.33
JA Morkel	not out	50	39	50	3	3	128.21
R McLaren	not out	6	5	5	1	-	120.00
J Botha	did not bat
DW Steyn	did not bat
LL Tsotsobe	did not bat
CK Langeveldt	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 13 w)	16
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 198 minutes, 50 overs)	295
Fall of wickets:
1-67 (Smith, 13.3 ov), 2-157 (de Villiers, 28.3 ov), 3-185 (Amla, 35.1 ov), 4-202 (Boucher, 38.2 ov), 5-288 (Petersen, 48.6 ov)

Zimbabwe bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Mpofu	10	0	70	0	3	-	-	7.00
Chibhabha	9	0	64	1	1	-	54.00	7.11
Price	10	0	44	3	2	-	20.00	4.40
Utseya	10	0	59	0	-	-	-	5.90
Cremer	10	0	47	1	1	-	60.00	4.70
Matsikenyeri	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	8.00

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Zimbabwe innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MA Vermeulen	c Amla b Tsotsobe	8	18	19	-	-	44.44
CJ Chibhabha	lbw b McLaren	21	30	46	3	-	70.00
H Masakadza	c Boucher b Steyn	11	38	47	-	-	28.95
BRM Taylor	c Boucher b McLaren	2	6	10	-	-	33.33
+T Taibu	not out	103	112	140	6	3	91.96
E Chigumbura	b Steyn	4	4	5	1	-	100.00
S Matsikenyeri	b McLaren	86	87	114	8	1	98.85
AG Cremer	not out	1	5	9	-	-	20.00
*P Utseya	did not bat
RW Price	did not bat
CB Mpofu	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 5 lb, 8 w)	14
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 197 minutes, 50 overs)	250
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Vermeulen, 5.1 ov), 2-35 (Chibhabha, 11.3 ov), 3-40 (Taylor, 13.5 ov), 4-44 (Masakadza, 16.2 ov), 5-48 (Chigumbura, 16.6 ov), 6-236 (Matsikenyeri, 47.6 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Steyn	10	0	51	2	2	-	30.00	5.10
Tsotsobe	8	0	41	1	1	-	48.00	5.12
Langeveldt	8	0	33	0	1	-	-	4.12
McLaren	10	0	51	3	2	-	20.00	5.10
Botha	10	1	41	0	1	-	-	4.10
Morkel	4	0	27	0	1	-	-	6.75

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Notes
--> South Africa powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (49/0)
--> South Africa powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (49/0) to 15 (73/1)
--> South Africa powerplay 3 (chosen by the batting side): overs 43 (216/4) to 47 (274/4)
--> Zimbabwe powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (28/1)
--> Zimbabwe powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (28/1) to 15 (41/3)
--> Zimbabwe powerplay 3 (chosen by the batting side): overs 33 (105/5) to 37 (144/5)
--> South Africa innings: 50 in 10.4 overs, 46 minutes
--> South Africa innings: 100 in 19.3 overs, 80 minutes
--> South Africa innings: 150 in 27.2 overs, 104 minutes
--> South Africa innings: 200 in 37.4 overs, 141 minutes
--> South Africa innings: 250 in 45.5 overs, 176 minutes
--> Zimbabwe innings: 50 in 18.1 overs, 77 minutes
--> Zimbabwe innings: 100 in 30.4 overs, 118 minutes
--> Zimbabwe innings: 150 in 38.3 overs, 152 minutes
--> Zimbabwe innings: 200 in 44.5 overs, 174 minutes
--> Zimbabwe innings: 250 in 49.6 overs, 197 minutes
--> R McLaren made his debut in ODI matches
--> MA Vermeulen made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> HM Amla 50 in 62 balls, 86 minutes with 4 fours
--> HM Amla passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 18
--> AB de Villiers 50 in 48 balls, 42 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> MV Boucher passed 6000 runs in List A matches when he reached 15
--> JA Morkel 50 in 39 balls, 48 minutes with 3 fours and 3 sixes
--> T Taibu 50 in 71 balls, 92 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> T Taibu 100 in 110 balls, 139 minutes with 6 fours and 3 sixes
--> S Matsikenyeri 50 in 68 balls, 89 minutes with 3 fours
--> R McLaren made his debut for South Africa in List A matches
--> AG Cremer made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> LL Tsotsobe made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> MA Vermeulen made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> RW Price made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> DW Steyn reached 50 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed H Masakadza, his 1st wicket in the Zimbabwe innings
--> HM Amla (28) and GC Smith (20) added 50 in 65 balls, 46 minutes for the South Africa 1st wicket
--> HM Amla (21) and AB de Villiers (34) added 50 in 55 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket
--> AN Petersen (22) and JA Morkel (29) added 50 in 45 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket
--> T Taibu (19) and S Matsikenyeri (22) added 50 in 78 balls for the Zimbabwe 6th wicket
--> T Taibu (49) and S Matsikenyeri (40) added 100 in 126 balls for the Zimbabwe 6th wicket
--> T Taibu (71) and S Matsikenyeri (68) added 150 in 163 balls for the Zimbabwe 6th wicket

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