Related Link : Standard Bank International Series 1996/97
Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
Toss : Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Rudi Koertzen and David Orchard
Match Result : South Africa won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match : Dave Houghton
Zimbabwe (50 Overs Maximum)
Grant Flower b Pollock 0 (3)
Andy Waller b Bryson 52 (86) 5 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andy Flower (WK) run out (Cullinan) 13 (50) 2 ‘4s’
Paul Strang c Rhodes b Symcox 11 (27)
Craig Evans c&b Pollock 19 (27) 2 ‘4s’
Alistair Campbell (C) c Rhodes b Cronje 30 (52) 1 ‘4s’
Dave Houghton not out 57 (44) 7 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Guy Whittall not out 26 (20) 3 ‘4s’
Heath Streak
Eddo Brandes
John Rennie
Extras : 18 (1 b, 4 lb, 8 nb, 5 w)
Total : 226/6 (50.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 (Grant Flower), 2-49 (A Flower), 3-77 (Strang), 4-100 (Waller), 5-125 (Evans), 6-176 (Campbell)
South Africa Bowling
Pollock 10-0-50-2 (2w 4nb)
Bryson 10-0-41-1 (2w 2nb)
Donald 10-0-44-0 (1w)
Klusener 10-0-38-0 (2nb)
Symcox 4-0-16-1
Cronje 6-0-32-1 (1nb)
South Africa (Target : 227 from 50 Overs)
Andrew Hudson c Strang b Brandes 26 (37) 4 ‘4s’
Gary Kirsten run out (Whittall) 55 (88) 5 ‘4s’
Lance Klusener c Grant Flower b Rennie 19 (30) 1 ‘4s’
Daryll Cullinan c Campbell b Whittall 33 (50) 2 ‘4s’
Jonty Rhodes not out 36 (41) 1 ‘4s’
Hansie Cronje (C) b Rennie 22 (23) 3 ‘4s’
Shaun Pollock not out 26 (18) 4 ‘4s’
Dave Richardson (WK)
Pat Symcox
Rudi Bryson
Allan Donald
Extras : 12 (4 lb, 3 nb, 5 w)
Total : 229/5 (47.0 Overs)
Fall of Wickets : 1-50 (Hudson), 2-83 (Klusener), 3-131 (Kirsten), 4-154 (Cullinan), 5-187 (Cronje)
Zimbabwe Bowling
Brandes 10-1-51-1 (1w)
Rennie 10-1-51-2 (3w)
Streak 8-0-34-0 (3nb)
Whittall 8-0-42-1 (2nb)
Strang 7-0-26-0 (1w)
Evans 4-0-21-0