Zimbabwe vs. South Africa, 2nd ODI: Highlights, Scorecard and Report

South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 61 runs in the second one-day international in Bulawayo.

The hosts, who won the toss and chose to field, restricted their opponents to 257 with South Africa bowled out two balls before the end of their 50 overs.

However the Zimmies could only make 196 in their reply.

Quinton de Kock got SA off to a good start with a run-a-ball 38, but he departed either side of key man Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers with the captain running himself out.

Faf du Plessis (55), JP Duminy (36) and DA Miller (45) all made contributions in the middle order, and there were lower-order cameos from Wayne Parnell (24) and Kyle Abbott (23).

However, none made a big score to give Zimbabwe hope of just a third win in 34 one-day internationals against their neighbours.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
de Kock	c Chigumbura	b Nyumbu	38	55	38
Amla		b Nyumbu	15	40	21
du Plessis	c Chigumbura	b Utseya	55	110	72
de Villiers	run out (Mutumbami)		1	3	4
Duminy		b Utseya	36	52	47
Miller	lbw	b Vitori	45	55	48
McLaren	c Chigumbura	b Vitori	4	30	12
Parnell	c Williams	b Madziva	24	39	27
Abbott	c Raza	b Williams	23	31	26
Phangiso	c Nyumbu	b Williams	2	6	3
Tahir	not out		0		0
Extras		0nb 7w 0b 7lb	14
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Vitori		9	0	57	2
Utseya		10	1	39	2
Madziva		5	0	27	1
Nyumbu		10	0	44	2
Jongwe		2	0	20	0
Raza		2	0	15	0
Williams		9.4	0	37	2
Chigumbura		2	0	11	0

That hope soon evaporated as they were reduced to 59-5 with Parnell picking up two wickets.

Sean Williams followed up his two wickets with 55, but he became Ryan McLaren's third victim in the 37th over, and the innings petered out with Parnell finishing with 3-28.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
H Masakadza		b Parnell	7	30	24
Mutumbami	lbw	b Phangiso	12	27	20
Raza		b McLaren	0	17	14
Taylor	c Miller	b Duminy	14	36	28
Williams	c Parnell	b McLaren	55	102	84
Chigumbura	c Duminy	b Parnell	7	22	13
Jongwe	c Amla	b McLaren	6	26	16
Utseya	lbw	b Parnell	15	55	34
Madziva		b Tahir	25	45	37
Nyumbu	c de Kock	b Tahir	18	25	18
Vitori	not out		20	6	8
Extras		1nb 6w 2b 8lb	17
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Abbott		8	2	19	0
Parnell		9	2	28	3
Phangiso		8	2	34	1
McLaren		8	0	21	3
Duminy		7	0	58	1
Tahir		9.1	1	26	2

De Villiers said he was happy with the victory in the post-match presentation as reported by ESPN Cricinfo:

"

Bit of an awkward game with some of the dismissals, specifically myself. Very happy with our recovery. We were very hungry in the field and that always helps.

"

South Africa won the opening match of the series by 93 runs on Sunday. The series concludes at the same venue on Thursday.