Zimbabwe vs. South Africa: Triangular Series Highlights, Scorecard and Report

South Africa recorded their second win in the Zimbabwe Triangular Series with a 61-run victory over the hosts in Harare.

The Proteas were dismissed for 231 off the penultimate ball of their 50 overs.

However Zimbabwe could only make 170 in return as Ryan McLaren and Dale Steyn took three wickets apiece.

Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock put on 142 for the opening wicket in under 25 overs before a dramatic South Africa collapse sparked by Prosper Utseya.

The off-spinner picked up 5-36 including a hat-trick, just the second by a Zimbabwean bowler in one-day internationals.

Utseya removed opener Amla (66), but the drama came in the 27th over as de Kock (76) departed before Rilee Rossouw suffered his second first-ball duck in a row and David Miller was trapped lbw.

Four overs later, he trapped JP Duminy lbw before Zimbabwe's other off-spinner, John Nyumbu, picked up three wickets.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
Amla	st Taylor	b Utseya	66	98	80
de Kock	c Chatara	b Utseya	76	107	76
du Plessis	c Raza	b Nyumbu	15	39	25
Rossouw	c Nyumbu	b Utseya	0		1
Miller	lbw	b Utseya	0		1
Duminy	lbw	b Utseya	2	12	12
McLaren		b Nyumbu	6	34	20
Steyn		b Nyumbu	10	38	32
Abbott	c Chigumbura	b Chatara	6	21	13
Phangiso	c Taylor	b Chatara	13	32	19
Tahir	not out		23	24	20
Extras		0nb 12w 0b 2lb	14
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Nyumbu		10	2	42	3
Chatara		8.5	1	28	2
Vitori		6	0	50	0
Chigumbura		2	0	19	0
Williams		10	0	37	0
Utseya		10	0	36	5
Raza		1	0	9	0
Waller		2	0	8	0

Zimbabwe’s reply started badly as Tino Mawoyo was run out without scoring, and then their slow left-armer Aaron Phangiso picked up two wickets as the hosts were reduced to 70-4.

Sean Williams top-scored with 48, but he flicked McLaren to mid-wicket in the 32nd over, and then the seamer picked up two in two balls.

Elton Chigumbura was the Zimmies’ last realistic hope, but Steyn removed him for 22 and sealed the win by having Brian Vitori caught behind.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls
Mawoyo	run out (Miller)		0	5	10
Raza	c Miller	b Tahir	35	76	50
H Masakadza		b Phangiso	25	30	33
Taylor		b Phangiso	0	8	4
Williams	c Amla	b McLaren	46	77	57
Waller	c Rossouw	b Steyn	20	30	23
Chigumbura	c Rossouw	b Steyn	22	44	29
Utseya	c de Kock	b McLaren	5	18	9
Nyumbu	c de Kock	b McLaren	0		1
Chatara	not out		6	12	10
Vitori	c de Kock	b Steyn	3	7	5
Extras		0nb 6w 0b 2lb	8
Bowler		Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Steyn		8.3	2	36	3
Abbott		6	0	36	0
Phangiso		8	0	33	2
McLaren		7	0	24	3
Tahir		8	0	32	1
Duminy		1	0	7	0

After chasing 328 to beat Australia on Wednesday, SA now top the table with Zimbabwe at the bottom.

All three teams meet once more before the final on September 6.