South African cricket team in Zimbabwe 2007 - 3rd ODI
{{date|August 26, 2007}}

[[w:South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] have recorded a 3-0 series whitewash over [[w:Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]] with victory in the final [[w:One-Day International|One-Day International]] of the [[w:South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2007|series]] at [[w:Harare Sports Club|Harare Sports Club]], [[w:Harare|Harare]], [[Zimbabwe]].

Having chosen to bat first, South Africa lost both opening batsmen relatively early. Albie Morkel and Abraham de Villiers shared a massive partnership of 186 [[w:Run (cricket)|runs]], with Morkel falling just short of a century when he was [[w:caught|caught]] behind at 97 and de Villiers scoring 107 in 89 balls. Other South African batsmen were dismissed cheaply, with Zimbabwean bowler Gary Brent taking three [[w:Wicket|wickets]], but South Africa reached 323-9 after fifty [[w:Over (cricket)|overs]].  

The Zimbabwean opening batsmen,  Vusi Sibanda and Hamilton Masakadza, scored 41 and 48 runs respectively in a bright start for Zimbabwe. Brendan Taylor added 43 runs, and shared a partnership of 109 with Tatenda Taibu. Taibu went on to score his first ever one-day century, finishing on 107 [[w:Not out|not out]]. However it was not enough to boost Zimbabwe's run chase and they finished on 295-7, 28 runs short of South Africa's total.

'''Toss:''' South Africa won, and chose to bat first.

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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Gulam Bodi|G H Bodi]]|status=c Taibu b Mupariwa|runs=32|balls=33|4s=3|6s=1|strike_rate=96.96}}
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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Shaun Pollock|S M Pollock]]|status=c Taibu b Masakadza|runs=8|balls=5|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=160.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Vernon Philander|V D Philander]]|status=run out (Maruma/Taibu)|runs=6|balls=9|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=66.66}}
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{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Makhaya Ntini|M Ntini]]|status=c Sibanda b Brent|runs=1|balls=2|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=50.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Thandi Tshabalala|T Tshabalala]]|status=not out|runs=2|balls=3|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=66.66}}
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{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=('''9 wickets'''; 50 overs)|runs='''323'''|balls=|4s=24|6s=13|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-52 (Bodi, 8.5 ov), 2-69 (Smith, 13.1 ov), 3-255 (JA Morkel, 40.6 ov), 4-265 (Pollock, 42.1 ov), 5-280 (Philander, 44.2 ov), 6-289 (de Villiers, 45.3 ov), 7-294 (van der Wath, 46.5 ov), 8-297 (Duminy, 47.3 ov), 9-299 (Ntini, 47.6 ov)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=[[Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg|20px]] [[w:Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe bowling]]}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Gary Brent|G B Brent]]|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=58|wickets=3|econ=6.44}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Elton Chigumbura|E Chigumbura]]|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=48|wickets=2|econ=5.33}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Tawanda Mupariwa|T Mupariwa]]|overs=8|maiden=0|runs=51|wickets=1|econ=6.37}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Hamilton Masakadza|H Masakadza]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=55|wickets=2|econ=5.50}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Timycen Maruma|T Maruma]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=23|wickets=0|econ=7.66}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Prosper Utseya|P Utseya]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=63|wickets=0|econ=6.30}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Sean Williams (cricketer)|S C Williams]]|overs=1|maiden=0|runs=22|wickets=0|econ=22.00}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

{{Cricket match batting box begin|title=[[Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg|20px]] [[w:Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe innings]] (Target: 324 runs from 50 overs)}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Vusi Sibanda|V Sibanda]]|status=c de Villiers b M Morkel|runs=41|balls=41|4s=9|6s=0|strike_rate=100.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Hamilton Masakadza|H Masakadza]]|status=c de Villiers b van der Wath|runs=48|balls=55|4s=8|6s=1|strike_rate=87.27}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Brendan Taylor|B R M Taylor]]|status=c Duminy b Tshabalala|runs=43|balls=59|4s=2|6s=1|strike_rate=71.18}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Tatenda Taibu|T Taibu]]|status=not out|runs=107|balls=103|4s=9|6s=1|strike_rate=103.88}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Elton Chigumbura|E Chigumbura]]|status=c Bodi b van der Wath|runs=13|balls=10|4s=1|6s=1|strike_rate=130.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Sean Williams (cricketer)|S C Williams]]|status=run out (Smith)|runs=4|balls=5|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=80.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Stuart Matsikenyeri|S Matsikenyeri]]|status=c van der Wath b Pollock|runs=18|balls=13|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=138.46}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Gary Brent|G B Brent]]|status=b Ntini|runs=1|balls=2|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=50.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[w:Prosper Utseya|P Utseya]]|status=not out|runs=9|balls=13|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=69.23}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 1; lb 7; w 3; nb 1)|runs=12|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=('''7 wickets'''; 50 overs)|runs='''295'''|balls=|4s=31|6s=4|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-76 (Sibanda, 13.3 ov), 2-101 (Masakadza, 19.3 ov), 3-210 (Taylor, 36.4 ov), 4-231 (Chigumbura, 39.4 ov), 5-236 (Williams, 41.1 ov), 6-271 (Matsikenyeri, 45.4 ov), 7-273 (Brent, 46.1 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' T Maruma, T Mupariwa

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=[[Image:Flag of South Africa.svg|20px]] [[w:South Africa cricket team|South Africa bowling]]}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Shaun Pollock|S M Pollock]]|overs=10|maiden=2|runs=47|wickets=1|econ=4.70}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Makhaya Ntini|M Ntini]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=49|wickets=1|econ=7.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Morne Morkel|M Morkel]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=44|wickets=1|econ=4.40}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Vernon Philander|V D Philander]]|overs=8|maiden=0|runs=47|wickets=0|econ=5.87}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Johan van der Wath|J J van der Wath]]|overs=8|maiden=0|runs=50|wickets=2|econ=6.25}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Thandi Tshabalala|T Tshabalala]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=50|wickets=1|econ=7.14}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''Zimbabwe:''' [[w:Vusi Sibanda|V Sibanda]], [[w:Hamilton Masakadza|H Masakadza]], [[w:Brendan Taylor|B R M Taylor]], [[w:Tatenda Taibu|T Taibu]] (wkt), [[w:Sean Williams (cricketer)|S C Williams]], [[w:Stuart Matsikenyeri|S Matsikenyeri]], [[w:Elton Chigumbura|E Chigumbura]], [[w:Timycen Maruma|T Maruma]], [[w:Prosper Utseya|P Utseya]] (capt), [[w:Gary Brent|G B Brent]], [[w:Tawanda Mupariwa|T Mupariwa]]<br>

'''South Africa:''' [[w:Graeme Smith|G C Smith]] (capt), [[w:Gulam Bodi|G H Bodi]], [[w:Albie Morkel|J A Morkel]], [[w:Abraham de Villiers|A B de Villiers]] (wkt), [[w:Shaun Pollock|S M Pollock]], [[w:Vernon Philander|V D Philander]], [[w:Johan van der Wath|J J van der Wath]], [[w:Jean-Paul Duminy|J P Duminy]], [[w:Morne Morkel|M Morkel]], [[w:Makhaya Ntini|M Ntini]], [[w:Thandi Tshabalala|T Tshabalala]]<br>

'''Man of the Match''' and '''Man of the Series:''' [[w:Abraham de Villiers|A B de Villiers]] (South Africa)<br>

'''Umpires:''' [[w:Kevan Barbour|K C Barbour]] and [[w:Steve Davis (umpire)|S J Davis]] (Australia)<br>
'''TV umpire:''' [[w:Ian Robinson (cricket umpire)|I D Robinson]]<br>
'''Match referee:''' [[w:Javagal Srinath|J Srinath]] (India)<br>
'''Reserve umpire:''' J Matibiri

==Related stories==
{{wikipedia|South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2007}}
*{{Wikinews|title=South African cricket team in Zimbabwe 2007 - 2nd ODI|date=August 25, 2007}}
*{{Wikinews|title=South African cricket team in Zimbabwe 2007 - 1st ODI|date=August 22, 2007}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/300488.html|title=South Africa tour of Zimbabwe 3rd ODI: Zimbabwe v South Africa at Harare|author=|pub=Cricinfo|date=August 26, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/shared/fds/hi/statistics/cricket/scorecards/2007/8/14281/html/scorecard.stm|title=One Day International Series: Zimbabwe v South Africa|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=August 26, 2007}}

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South Africa have recorded a 3-0 series whitewash over Zimbabwe with victory in the final One-Day International of the series at Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Having chosen to bat first, South Africa lost both opening batsmen relatively early. Albie Morkel and Abraham de Villiers shared a massive partnership of 186 runs, with Morkel falling just short of a century when he was caught behind at 97 and de Villiers scoring 107 in 89 balls. Other South African batsmen were dismissed cheaply, with Zimbabwean bowler Gary Brent taking three wickets, but South Africa reached 323-9 after fifty overs.  

The Zimbabwean opening batsmen,  Vusi Sibanda and Hamilton Masakadza, scored 41 and 48 runs respectively in a bright start for Zimbabwe. Brendan Taylor added 43 runs, and shared a partnership of 109 with Tatenda Taibu. Taibu went on to score his first ever one-day century, finishing on 107 not out. However it was not enough to boost Zimbabwe's run chase and they finished on 295-7, 28 runs short of South Africa's total.

'Toss:' South Africa won, and chose to bat first.

'Fall of wickets:' 1-52 (Bodi, 8.5 ov), 2-69 (Smith, 13.1 ov), 3-255 (JA Morkel, 40.6 ov), 4-265 (Pollock, 42.1 ov), 5-280 (Philander, 44.2 ov), 6-289 (de Villiers, 45.3 ov), 7-294 (van der Wath, 46.5 ov), 8-297 (Duminy, 47.3 ov), 9-299 (Ntini, 47.6 ov)

'Fall of wickets:' 1-76 (Sibanda, 13.3 ov), 2-101 (Masakadza, 19.3 ov), 3-210 (Taylor, 36.4 ov), 4-231 (Chigumbura, 39.4 ov), 5-236 (Williams, 41.1 ov), 6-271 (Matsikenyeri, 45.4 ov), 7-273 (Brent, 46.1 ov)

'Did not bat:' T Maruma, T Mupariwa


'Zimbabwe:' V Sibanda, H Masakadza, B R M Taylor, T Taibu (wkt), S C Williams, S Matsikenyeri, E Chigumbura, T Maruma, P Utseya (capt), G B Brent, T Mupariwa

'South Africa:' G C Smith (capt), G H Bodi, J A Morkel, A B de Villiers (wkt), S M Pollock, V D Philander, J J van der Wath, J P Duminy, M Morkel, M Ntini, T Tshabalala

'Man of the Match' and 'Man of the Series:' A B de Villiers (South Africa)

'Umpires:' K C Barbour and S J Davis (Australia)
'TV umpire:' I D Robinson
'Match referee:' J Srinath (India)
'Reserve umpire:' J Matibiri
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