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South Africa vs Zimbabwe, Final Match Summary

SA vs ZIM, 2026 - T20 Summary

South Africa vs Zimbabwe Scorecard
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Innings Break   
Final, Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek , Sep 06, 2026
South Africa South Africa 205/5 (20.0/20)
CRR: 10.25
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Yet to Bat
South Africawon the toss and elected to bat
Over 1
  • 4
  • 1
  • 0
  • 4
  • 4
  • 1
Over 2
  • 1
  • 0
  • 0
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0
Over 3
  • 0
  • 0
  • 1
  • 6
  • 1
  • 6
Over 4
  • 2
  • 0
  • 4
  • 1 WD
  • 0
  • 4
  • 0
Over 5
  • 1
  • 1
  • 0
  • 0
  • 1 LB
  • 1
Over 6
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 1
  • 6
  • 1
Over 7
  • 0
  • 4
  • 1
  • 1
  • 0
  • 0
Over 8
  • 2
  • 4
  • 1
  • 4
  • W
  • 0
Over 9
  • 0
  • 1
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 4
Over 10
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • W
  • 1
Over 11
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 6
  • 1
  • 1
Over 12
  • 4
  • 0
  • 4
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1
Over 13
  • 1 B
  • 1
  • 1
  • W
  • 0
  • 0
Over 14
  • 5 WD
  • 0
  • 0
  • 1
  • 0
  • 4
  • 1
Over 15
  • 6
  • 1
  • 6
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1
Over 16
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1 WD
  • 4
  • 4
  • 1
  • 1
Over 17
  • 4
  • 1
  • 1
  • W
  • 1 LB
  • 1
Over 18
  • 1 WD
  • W
  • 1 WD
  • 2
  • 4
  • 1
  • 2
  • 4
Over 19
  • 1 WD
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 4
Over 20
  • 1
  • 4
  • 4
  • 2
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1.41 pm GMT - Finished on a high - Despite the inconsistent nature of the pitch in Windhoek, the South Africans have put themselves into a really strong position.
Over 20 : 205/5
14 Runs
  • 119.1
  • 419.2
  • 419.3
  • 219.4
  • 219.5
  • 1 B 19.6
D. Jansen
23 (14)
E. Bosch
7 (4)
B. Evans
4-0-36-2
19.6
b
Brad Evans To Duan Jansen
A bye to end the innings. Another off-pace delivery, there in the slot, around off. Jansen hangs deep in the crease and swings for the hills but cannot lay any bat on it. Duan is called through for a bye as the ball goes on the bounce to the keeper. Tadiwanashe Marumani lobs it towards the bowler, who turns around and has a shy at the bowling end but misses. Sikandar Raza gets around to his left and prevents a possible second run on the overthrow.
19.5
2
Brad Evans To Duan Jansen
Off-cutter, on a length, on off. Duan collapses his back knee and slams it back over the bowler's head to the left of long on for a brace.
19.4
2
Brad Evans To Duan Jansen
Good running. The yorker is nailed this time, on off and middle. Jansen jams it out in front of square on the leg side. The deep mid-wicket fielder is quick off the ropes but cannot prevent the second run from being taken.
19.3
4
Brad Evans To Duan Jansen
DROPPED, FOUR! That should have been taken. Evans goes for the yorker but ends up with a low full toss, on off. Jansen smears it away uppishly towards backward square leg, where Innocent Kaia is inside the circle. Kaia does not pick it up straight away and is late to react. He leaps to his right and the ball clips his fingertips before going behind towards the fence. South Africa bring up their 200.
19.2
4
Brad Evans To Duan Jansen
FOUR! Down the hill and into the fence. Evans misses his yorker by a small margin, on off. Jansen reaches out in front and hangs low to take the ball on the full. Smears it away through square leg and the deep mid-wicket fielder is beaten to his right.
19.1
1
Brad Evans To Eathan Bosch
Right in the blockhole, around the off stump. Bosch can't get under it and whips it down to long on for just a single.
Despite the four off the last ball, that was an exceptional penultimate over from Muzarabani. Righto, last over left. Brad Evans (3-0-23-2) will wrap it up. Can Zimbabwe keep the Proteas below 200? Let's find out.
Over 19 : 191/5
5 Runs
  • 1 WD 18.1
  • 018.1
  • 018.2
  • 018.3
  • 018.4
  • 018.5
  • 418.6
D. Jansen
11 (9)
E. Bosch
6 (3)
B. Muzarabani
4-0-25-0
18.6
4
Blessing Muzarabani To Duan Jansen
FOUR! Jansen finally gets one away. Blessing takes pace off and hurls it on a good length, on off. Jansen uses his long levers and swings through the line. Hits it wide enough of the long off fielder to pick up a boundary.
18.5
0
Blessing Muzarabani To Duan Jansen
Make that five dots in a row. Back to bowling the wide yorker, sneaking inside the guideline. Duan swings at it but misses.
18.4
0
Blessing Muzarabani To Duan Jansen
So far, so good by Blessing Muzarabani. Off-cutter, not all that short, on off. Jansen tries to force it away on the off side but chops it down off an underedge as the ball dribbles to the left of the keeper. Four dots in a row.
18.3
0
Blessing Muzarabani To Duan Jansen
On a back of a length, on off. Duan hits it on the rise but straight to extra cover.
18.2
0
Blessing Muzarabani To Duan Jansen
Good change up by Blessing Muzarabani. Takes pace off and drags the length back, on off. Jansen was perhaps expecting another full ball and could not adjust to the length of the ball. He hangs his bat out and is beaten past the outside edge.
18.1
0
Blessing Muzarabani To Duan Jansen
A big swing and a miss. Within the tramline, full in length. Duan flashes but can only connect with thin air.
18.1
wd
Blessing Muzarabani To Duan Jansen
Wide! Just beyond the tramline on off, very full. Jansen throws his hands at the ball but fails to connect.
Despite picking up a couple of big wickets, Newman Nyamhuri ends his spell on a very expensive note - 2/51 in 4 overs. South Africa are still in a decent position to breach that 200-run barrier with these two more than capable of tonking a few into the stands. Blessing Muzarabani (3-0-20-0) will bowl the penultimate over.
Over 18 : 186/5
15 Runs
  • 1 WD 17.1
  • W 17.1
  • 1 WD 17.2
  • 217.2
  • 417.3
  • 117.4
  • 217.5
  • 417.6
E. Bosch
6 (3)
D. Jansen
7 (3)
N. Nyamhuri
4-0-51-2
17.6
4
Newman Nyamhuri To Eathan Bosch
FOUR! Nicely done. Pitches it up, on middle and leg. Bosch is quick to get the front leg out of the way and he whips it well wide to the right of the man at deep mid-wicket for a four. 15 runs off the over.
17.5
2
Newman Nyamhuri To Eathan Bosch
Tries the slower one but it comes out as a low full toss, on off, Eathan cracks it away wide of deep extra cover for a couple of runs.
17.4
1
Newman Nyamhuri To Duan Jansen
A well-executed yorker, on off. Duan hits it down to long off for a run.
17.3
4
Newman Nyamhuri To Duan Jansen
FOUR! Gets it away. Newman gets the yorker wrong and it comes out as a full toss, on leg. Jansen swats it away behind square leg for a boundary.
17.2
2
Newman Nyamhuri To Duan Jansen
Good cricket all around. Newman gets the yorker in, on off. Jansen hurriedly gets his bat down and squeezes it out in front of long off. By the time Sikandar Raza can get in off the ropes, the batters charge back for the second run.
17.2
wd
Newman Nyamhuri To Duan Jansen
Wide! Drifts beyond the tramline. Duan initially looks to go after it but then bails out.
Another mini-collapse for South Africa - from 169/3 to 172/5 - losing both the set batters. Two new batters at the crease, with 17 balls remaining in the first innings. Zimbabwe have a big opportunity to keep the Proteas below 200. Duan Jansen is in at number 7.
17.1
W
Newman Nyamhuri To Rubin Hermann OUT!
OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Rubin Hermann stands there in absolute disbelief, unhappy with the umpire's decision. Rub of the green goes Zimbabwe's way. Angled into the pads, on a good length. Hermann walks inside the line to swipe it away behind square leg, with the angle of the ball. He is beaten for pace, and the ball lobs up off his thigh pad without seemingly having made any contact with the bat or the glove. The keeper, Tadiwanashe Marumani moves to his right and snaffles it comfortably. No reviews in this tri-series and Rubin has no option but to accept the umpire's verdict.
17.1
wd
Newman Nyamhuri To Rubin Hermann
Wide! That is a harsh call. Rubin moves across the stumps and spotting that, Newman pushes it wider on off. Hermann flashes but fails to connect. The umpire feels that it was wide anyway despite the movement by the batter.
Newman Nyamhuri (3-0-36-1) replaces Blessing Muzarabani and will bowl out.
Over 17 : 171/4
8 Runs
  • 416.1
  • 116.2
  • 116.3
  • W 16.4
  • 1 LB 16.5
  • 116.6
R. Hermann
27 (15)
E. Bosch
0 (1)
B. Evans
3-0-23-2
16.6
1
Brad Evans To Rubin Hermann
Slower one, floated up wide on off. Rubin reaches across and hits it down to long off for a run.
16.5
lb
Brad Evans To Eathan Bosch
Missed out. Angled in at the hips, there to be helped away but Bosch misses out. It clips the pads before going behind, where Tadiwanashe Marumani tries to gather it with his left glove but cannot collect it cleanly. It goes away off his gloves and the batters pick up a leg bye.
That's an enormous wicket for Zimbabwe, given how destructive Brevis can be in the backend. With 20 balls left in the innings, Eathan Bosch walks in at number 6.
16.4
W
Brad Evans To Dewald Brevis OUT!
OUT! CAUGHT! Brad Evans gets the prized scalp. The ploy to stay out of the hitting zone has paid off for Evans. Around the wide guideline on off, on the fuller side. Brevis takes a step across to get closer to the line of the ball and tries to smoke it downtown. The bat turns in his hand and he slices it down to long off, where Sikandar Raza settles under the skier and does the rest.
Full Commentary
20 OV
14 Runs
B. Evans to E. Bosch D. Jansen
  • 119.1
  • 419.2
  • 419.3
  • 219.4
  • 219.5
  • 1 B 19.6
19 OV
5 Runs
B. Muzarabani to D. Jansen
  • 1 WD 18.1
  • 018.1
  • 018.2
  • 018.3
  • 018.4
  • 018.5
  • 418.6
18 OV
15 Runs
N. Nyamhuri to R. Hermann D. Jansen E. Bosch
  • 1 WD 17.1
  • W 17.1
  • 1 WD 17.2
  • 217.2
  • 417.3
  • 117.4
  • 217.5
  • 417.6
17 OV
8 Runs
B. Evans to D. Brevis R. Hermann E. Bosch
  • 416.1
  • 116.2
  • 116.3
  • W 16.4
  • 1 LB 16.5
  • 116.6
16 OV
13 Runs
B. Muzarabani to R. Hermann D. Brevis
  • 115.1
  • 115.2
  • 1 WD 15.3
  • 415.3
  • 415.4
  • 115.5
  • 115.6
15 OV
17 Runs
S. Raza to R. Hermann D. Brevis
  • 614.1
  • 114.2
  • 614.3
  • 114.4
  • 214.5
  • 114.6
14 OV
11 Runs
N. Nyamhuri to D. Brevis R. Hermann
  • 5 WD 13.1
  • 013.1
  • 013.2
  • 113.3
  • 013.4
  • 413.5
  • 113.6
13 OV
3 Runs
S. Raza to D. Brevis de Zorzi R. Hermann
  • 1 B 12.1
  • 112.2
  • 112.3
  • W 12.4
  • 012.5
  • 012.6
12 OV
12 Runs
K. Matigimu to de Zorzi D. Brevis
  • 411.1
  • 011.2
  • 411.3
  • 111.4
  • 211.5
  • 111.6
11 OV
13 Runs
W. Madhevere to de Zorzi D. Brevis
  • 210.1
  • 210.2
  • 110.3
  • 610.4
  • 110.5
  • 110.6
10 OV
5 Runs
B. Evans to J. Hermann D. Brevis de Zorzi
  • 19.1
  • 19.2
  • 19.3
  • 19.4
  • W 9.5
  • 19.6
9 OV
5 Runs
S. Raza to J. Hermann D. Brevis
  • 08.1
  • 18.2
  • 08.3
  • 08.4
  • 08.5
  • 48.6
8 OV
11 Runs
N. Nyamhuri to J. Hermann C. Esterhuizen D. Brevis
  • 27.1
  • 47.2
  • 17.3
  • 47.4
  • W 7.5
  • 07.6
7 OV
6 Runs
S. Raza to C. Esterhuizen J. Hermann
  • 06.1
  • 46.2
  • 16.3
  • 16.4
  • 06.5
  • 06.6
6 OV
20 Runs
K. Matigimu to J. Hermann C. Esterhuizen
  • 45.1
  • 45.2
  • 45.3
  • 15.4
  • 65.5
  • 15.6
5 OV
4 Runs
B. Muzarabani to C. Esterhuizen J. Hermann
  • 14.1
  • 14.2
  • 04.3
  • 04.4
  • 1 LB 4.5
  • 14.6
4 OV
11 Runs
B. Evans to J. Hermann
  • 23.1
  • 03.2
  • 43.3
  • 1 WD 3.4
  • 03.4
  • 43.5
  • 03.6
3 OV
14 Runs
N. Nyamhuri to C. Esterhuizen J. Hermann
  • 02.1
  • 02.2
  • 12.3
  • 62.4
  • 12.5
  • 62.6
2 OV
4 Runs
B. Muzarabani to J. Hermann C. Esterhuizen
  • 11.1
  • 01.2
  • 01.3
  • 21.4
  • 11.5
  • 01.6
1 OV
14 Runs
W. Madhevere to C. Esterhuizen J. Hermann
  • 40.1
  • 10.2
  • 00.3
  • 40.4
  • 40.5
  • 10.6
Match Info
  • Venue Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek
  • Weather Sunny
  • Toss South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
  • Umpire Ewoud Lassen (NAM), Langton Rusere (ZIM) and Claus Schumacher (NAM)
  • Referee Graeme Labrooy (SL)
Match Notes
  • Innings Break: South Africa 205/5 in 20 overs
  • South Africa 200/5 in 19.3 overs
  • South Africa 150/3 in 15.0 overs
  • South Africa 105/2 in 10.4 overs
  • J Hermann maiden T20I fifty: 50 runs in 24 balls (4x8) (6x1)
  • Mandatory Power play (1-6 overs): South Africa 67/0
  • 1st wkt Partnership: 51 off 31 balls between C Esterhuizen (16) and J Hermann (33)
  • South Africa 51/0 in 5.1 overs
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