T20 World Cup: South Africa and Zimbabwe share factors as rain performs spoilsport

Playing of their first Super 12 sport on the 2022 T20 World Cup, South Africa and Zimbabwe shared factors after the match was referred to as off attributable to rain. The Group 2 match on the Bellerive Oval acquired off to a late begin as drizzle pressured the gamers off the sphere simply after the toss.

A two hour plus delay meant that the sport was shortened to 9 overs a facet. Even although Zimbabwe managed to bat the 9 overs, an additional two overs had been deducted owing to a different spherical of showers throughout South Africa’s chase of 80. After the DLS methodology was employed and the goal lowered to 64, additional rain pressured the umpires to name the sport off.

Earlier, Zimbabwe had received the toss and opted to bat first. The Craig Ervine led-side had been opened up by South Africa’s tempo assault and had been 4 down at 19 after 4 overs. Lungi Ngidi picked two wickets off his first over whereas Wayne Parnell claimed the Zimbabwe skipper. A horrible combine up within the center and David Miller’s direct hit from level introduced one other wicket.

🚨 NO RESULT

The stop-start nature of the sport involves an finish as rain has the ultimate say, regardless of our greatest efforts to chase down the goal.#ZIMvSA #T20WorldCup #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/8JbCj342f0

— Proteas Men (@ProteasMenCSA) October 24, 2022

Wesley Madhevere (35 off 18) then discovered a manner again alongside Milton Shumba (18 off 20) because the duo stitched collectively 60 runs off the final 5 overs to take Zimbabwe’s complete to 79.

de Kock virtually wins the race

80 off 9 overs was by no means going to be sufficient to defend in opposition to batting powerhouse South Africa. And it grew to become evident within the first over itself as Quinton de Kock produced 23 runs off Tendai Chatara.

The South Africa keeper continued the assault within the subsequent over, taking over Richard Ngarava for 4 extra boundaries because the scorecard learn 40/0.

The southpaw appeared in nice contact scoring an unbeaten 47 off 18 deliveries as he tried to race to the end line earlier than rain pressured a no end result. But with the rain displaying no signal of stopping and Zimbabwe gamers slipping on the moist floor, the officers needed to adjudge the sport inconclusive.

Brief Scores: South Africa 51/0 in three overs (Quinton de Kock 47, Temba Bavuma 2) NR Zimbabwe 79 for 5 in 9 overs (Wesley Madhevere 35, Milton Shumba 18, Lungi Ngidi 2/20, Wayne Parnell, Anrich Nortje 1/10)