Zimbabwe Vs South Africa Live Cricket Score - Live Cricket Score, Super 8 - Match 11 - Commentary

17.5Blessing Muzarabani to Tristan Stubbs. 2 runs, 2 runs.

17.5Blessing Muzarabani to Tristan Stubbs. no ball, no run, NO BALL! Pitched up, around off, Tristan Stubbs drives this straight to Sikandar Raza at mid off for a dot. The batters were looking for a run but this was timed a bit too well by Stubbs. Hang on, the siren goes around signaling a no ball. Free hit up next. 

30 runs for George Linde 17.4Blessing Muzarabani to George Linde. 1 run, Linde was eyeing a boundary here. On a length wide of off, George Linde stays leg side and looks to loft this over covers but gets it edged off the inside half of the blade and the ball goes towards short fine leg for a single. 

150 runs for RSA 17.3Blessing Muzarabani to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Slower one, short and wide of off, Tristan Stubbs cuts this to deep point for another strike rotation. The 150 is up for the Proteas.

17.2Blessing Muzarabani to George Linde. 1 run, Good length around off, George Linde cuts this well towards point but a good effort from Wellington Masakadza as he gets a good bit of hand to it and takes the sting out of it, keeps it down to one.

17.1Blessing Muzarabani to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Blessing Muzarabani bends his back and hits the deck hard and bowls it around the off stump. Tristan Stubbs punches this off his back foot to sweeper cover for a single. 

16.6Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Dragged length, wide outside off, slapped off the back foot to deep point for a single.

16.5Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. no run, Bowled from the front of the hand, full and outside off, driven with an angled bat towards backward point.

16.5Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. wide, 1 run, WIDE. Loopy delivery, floated up wide outside off stump and just beyond the tramline as well. Tristan Stubbs leaves it alone for a wide.

16.4Ryan Burl to George Linde. 1 run, Flat and full, just outside off, Linde stays leg side of the ball and hits it down to long off for a run.

16.3Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Length ball, angled into the pads, Stubbs turns it through mid-wicket for one more.

16.2Ryan Burl to George Linde. 1 run, Fired in now, at the toes, Linde flicks it through square leg for a single.

16.1Ryan Burl to George Linde. FOUR, FOUR! The finishing line is in sight now for the Proteas. Full and down the leg side, Linde sits down and sweeps it aerially over the short fine leg region and picks up a boundary.

15.6Brian Bennett to George Linde. 1 run, Fired on middle and off, George Linde rocks back and smashes this to wide long on for a single.

15.5Brian Bennett to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Tossed up, on middle and leg, Tristan Stubbs rolls this down to long on for a run. 17 needed off the last 25 balls.

15.4Brian Bennett to George Linde. 1 run, Pushed through on the pads, George Linde smashes this to deep mid-wicket for an easy single.

15.3Brian Bennett to George Linde. FOUR, FOUR! This is poor from Brian Bennett. Fired onto the pads, a bit too much leg sidish from Brian Bennett. George Linde goes deep inside the crease and hits this wide to the right of the fielder at short fine leg for a boundary.

15.2Brian Bennett to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Fuller around off, Tristan Stubbs tucks this through mid-wicket and rotates the strike again. 

15.1Brian Bennett to George Linde. 1 run, Brian Bennett comes around the stumps, tosses this up on off. George Linde pushes this through covers for a single.

14.6Ryan Burl to George Linde. 1 run, Quicker one, around the pads, George Linde rises with the bounce and chips this to deep mid-wicket's right for a single. 

14.5Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, A tad short and on middle and leg, Tristan Stubbs punches this through mid on and rotates the strike.

14.4Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. no run, Tossed up, on off, Tristan Stubbs hits this well but straight to the fielder.

14.3Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. no run, A genuine leggie from Ryan Burl, tossed up around off, turning away from the right-hander. Tristan Stubbs looks to drive this one through covers but misses out and the ball beats his outside edge.

14.2Ryan Burl to Tristan Stubbs. no run, Quicker one, full and on off, Tristan Stubbs pushes this to covers for no run.

14.1Ryan Burl to George Linde. 1 run, Burl starts with a slider on middle and leg, George Linde rocks back and nudges this through mid-wicket for a single. 

DRINKS! South Africa seem to have just done enough here. 28 more needed off 36 balls and Corbin Bosch still to come. If Zimbabwe are to win, they need a couple of breakthroughs quickly after the break otherwise a couple of more boundaries here and there, and it will be too late. Sikandar Raza is bowled out and the likes of Blessing Muzarabani and Brad Evans might have to step up here as the others haven't managed to make an impact. Both have an over left. For the Proteas, Tristan Stubbs will have to take the responsibility and stay on till the end to ensure a victory. Also, Ryan Burl comes into the attack for the first time in this game.

13.6Brad Evans to Tristan Stubbs. 2 runs, Hard length, on middle and leg, Tristan Stubbs rocks back and tucks this gently through the mid-wicket region. He places this well in the gap and the batters take two.

13.5Brad Evans to Tristan Stubbs. 2 runs, Back of a length around middle and off, Tristan Stubbs hits this in the gap through mid-wicket and scampers back for two.

13.4Brad Evans to George Linde. 1 run, Hard length around off, George Linde cuts this to the right of backward point and a good effort by the fielder to his right keeps it down to just one run.

13.3Brad Evans to George Linde. no run, An appeal for caught behind from Tadiwanashe Marumani and even Brad Evans joins him this time. Brad Evans comes around the stumps and bowls it short and on off, George Linde gets up on his toes and looks to play this late and guide this through short third. Linde misses out on any sort of connection with the bat but both the bowler and the keeper heard something and appealed for it but the umpire turns it down. Raza sends this upstairs. Nothing on the UltraEdge as the ball passes the bat and Zimbabwe loses a review.

13.2Brad Evans to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Pitched up, on off, Tristan Stubbs leans ahead and pushes this through mid off for a single. 

13.1Brad Evans to Tristan Stubbs. no run, Bowled into the pitch and over off, stays a bit low, Tristan Stubbs defends it down the pitch.

Just 34 needed off 42 balls but Zimbabwe will be more concerned with the wickets. With that said, Brad Evans comes back into the attack.

12.6Wellington Masakadza to George Linde. no run, Pushed through on off, George Linde keeps it out off his back foot. A tidy over from Wellington Masakadza. 

12.5Wellington Masakadza to George Linde. 2 runs, Tossed up, around middle and leg, George Linde goes down on a knee and slogs this towards the left of wide long on for a couple of runs to close the over.

12.5Wellington Masakadza to George Linde. wide, 1 run, WIDE! Full and wide down the leg. George Linde leaves it. Wided.

12.4Wellington Masakadza to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Tossed up, on off, Tristan Stubbs drives this down to long off and rotates the strike.

12.3Wellington Masakadza to George Linde. 1 run, Full and on off, George Linde rolls this down to long on for a single. 

12.2Wellington Masakadza to George Linde. no run, Full and on the pads, George Linde tucks this to short fine leg for no run.

12.1Wellington Masakadza to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Quicker and flatter around off, Tristan Stubbs punches this through mid off and takes a single.

11.6Graeme Cremer to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Good half stop from the skipper. Short and wide outside off, there to be hit. Tristan Stubbs slaps it hard but Sikandar Raza at covers makes a tumbling stop to his left and parries it behind. Just a single, so three runs saved for Zimbabwe.

11.5Graeme Cremer to George Linde. 1 run, Flatter delivery on leg, tucked away through mid-wicket for a single.

11.4Graeme Cremer to George Linde. SIX, SIX! Oh, that's a poor delivery, all the pressure is released now. Juicy full toss on middle, George Linde gets under it and gets a hold of the heave, smacking it wide of long on for a six.

11.3Graeme Cremer to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Shorter in length, Stubbs works it through mid-wicket and turns the strike over.

11.2Graeme Cremer to George Linde. 1 run, Flatter one around off, pushed through, Linde backs away and hits it through point for one more.

11.1Graeme Cremer to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Dragged length on off, turning away and stays a shade low as well. Stubbs pushes it through the gap at covers and picks up a single.

10.6Sikandar Raza to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, Flatter one, on a good length, Tristan Stubbs rocks back and punches it down to long on for one.

10.5Sikandar Raza to George Linde. 1 run, Dragged length on middle and leg, tucked away past square leg for a single.

It's getting interesting now. The well-settled Brevis is gone, which means two new batters will be at the crease. George Linde is in at number 7.

3 wickets for Sikandar Raza. Sikandar Raza is on a roll. 5 wickets down for RSA. Out batsman is Dewald Brevis 10.4Sikandar Raza to Dewald Brevis. out, OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust and Zimbabwe have belief once again. A round-arm delivery from Sikandar Raza, floated up around middle. Dewald Brevis sits down and looks to slog sweep but one hand comes off the handle as he connects with the ball and ends up skying it high over mid on. Ryan Burl runs in from long on and slides forward to take a brilliant catch. Brevis' quickfire knock comes to an end and Sikandar Raza punches the air in delight. Actually, replays show that it was the carrom ball from Raza. South Africa are 101/5, still needing 53 more from 56.

10.3Sikandar Raza to Tristan Stubbs. 1 run, A touch short, on the leg stump, Stubbs tucks it away to deep square leg for a single.

100 runs for RSA 10.2Sikandar Raza to Dewald Brevis. 1 run, Fired onto the pads, on a length, Brevis nudges it to deep square leg's left for a run. 100 UP FOR SOUTH AFRICA!

10.1Sikandar Raza to Dewald Brevis. SIX, SIX! Superb stroke! Full ball fired in at middle from over the wicket at 91.6 kph. Dewald gets right under it and, with a clean vertical bat swing, launches it 76 metres over the long off boundary.

Tristan Stubbs walks out next to bat for South Africa.

9.6Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. out, OUT! CAUGHT! Oh, a soft dismissal and David Miller will be disappointed here. Back of a length, angled across off, Miller stays back and just lets the ball come on, looking to glide it away. However, he gets it right off the face of the blade and ends up pushing it straight into the hands of the short third fielder. Dion Myers makes no mistake and Miller has to depart.

9.5Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. no run, Change of pace from Muzarabani. Slower length ball, slanted across off, Miller looks to drive but misses.

9.4Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. FOUR, FOUR! Under a-run-a-ball required now for South Africa. A touch full and outside off, not overpitched, David Miller gets a half stride out and just caresses it past extra cover for a boundary and holds the pose as well. The 50-run stand is also up between these two, off just 23 balls.

9.3Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. no run, Good length on off, Miller looks to run it down to deep third but ends up chopping down towards the gully region.

9.2Blessing Muzarabani to Dewald Brevis. 1 run, Hard length outside off, Brevis gets on his toes and punches it down through covers for a run.

30 runs for Dewald Brevis 9.1Blessing Muzarabani to Dewald Brevis. SIX, SIX! It's raining sixes in Delhi! Back of a length and over middle, Muzarabani extracts extra bounce due to his height. However, Dewald Brevis is waiting for it and swivels onto the back foot, whacking the pull over the mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

8.6Wellington Masakadza to David Miller. SIX, SIX! Muscled away for another maximum, 17 runs off Masakadza's first over. Shorter this time, on leg again, David Miller stays deep in the crease and hoicks it over deep mid-wicket for a huge six. Just 72 needed now off 66 balls.

8.5Wellington Masakadza to David Miller. FOUR, FOUR! Swung away to the fence. On the pads, Miller takes the front leg out and heaves it away just behind square on the leg side for a boundary.

8.4Wellington Masakadza to David Miller. no run, Flat again, on a dragged length, Miller jams it out to covers.

8.3Wellington Masakadza to David Miller. no run, Flatter delivery, pitches around leg stump and Miller misses the backfoot-pull, getting hit on the pads. A stifled appeal from the keeper and nothing more.

8.2Wellington Masakadza to David Miller. SIX, SIX! Up, up and away! Full ball on leg, right in the slot and also the swinging arc. David Miller clears the front leg and heaves it wide of deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

8.1Wellington Masakadza to Dewald Brevis. 1 run, Good length, angled into middle and leg, Brevis backs away and slaps it hard to deep cover for a single.

7.6Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. no run, BEATEN! Half a shout for caught behind, but the umpire is unmoved. Zimbabwe do not review it either. Regardless, a pearler from Muzarabani as this is bashed hard on a length, in the channel of off. It lands, nips away. Miller hangs his bat loosely away from the body to block and is beaten on the outside edge by a kitten-whisker.

7.5Blessing Muzarabani to Dewald Brevis. 1 run, Slower ball, on a good length, on off, Brevis presses back and dinks it through mid-wicket for a single.

7.4Blessing Muzarabani to Dewald Brevis. FOUR, FOUR! A lovely-looking shot! Slightly fuller and outside the off stump. Dewald Brevis gets on the front foot, gets his head right on top of the ball and creams it past the cover and mid off gap for a boundary.

7.3Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. 1 run, A bit too full, on the leg stump. David Miller flicks it to the left of the bowler. Blessing Muzarabani extends his wingspan, but still, the ball stays out of his reach and rolls down to long on for a single.

7.2Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. no run, Attacks the stumps with a skiddy ball, on a good length. Miller waits back and dabs it in front of backward point.

7.1Blessing Muzarabani to David Miller. no run, Full, straight, on leg, Miller flicks it to mid-wicket.

Blessing Muzarabani (1-0-8-0) comes back into the attack to replace Brad Evans. 

6.6Graeme Cremer to Dewald Brevis. SIX, SIX! 'Catch it' is the shout, but it will be caught in the crowd! Very full from Graeme, on off and middle. Dewald Brevis gets right underneath it by moving his front leg away and clubs it over the long off fence for a six. 16 runs from the over. 29 from the last 2 for South Africa.

6.5Graeme Cremer to Dewald Brevis. 2 runs, Short, but does not rise enough, on off. Dewald Brevis presses back and punches it to the vacant deep cover region. The deep point fielder covers a lot of ground and slides to cut it off in the outfield. Two taken.

6.4Graeme Cremer to David Miller. 1 run, Spins in a touch, full and on off, David Miller tries to push it to the off side, but inside edges it into the square leg region for a single.

6.3Graeme Cremer to David Miller. no run, Nicely tossed up, on the stumps, watchfully blocked by Miller.

50 runs for RSA 6.2Graeme Cremer to Dewald Brevis. 1 run, Quicker and flatter, on leg, Dewald whips it to deep square leg for a single. 50 UP FOR SOUTH AFRICA!

6.1Graeme Cremer to Dewald Brevis. SIX, SIX! That's a huge hit! It sounded so nice off the bat. 50th T20I six for Brevis, informs Shaun Pollock on air. Overpitched on the leg stump. Dewald Brevis clears the front leg to give himself some space and tonks it high and handsome over long on for a biggie.

5.6Brad Evans to David Miller. no run, On a back of a length, outside off, Miller lets it pass. South Africa end their Powerplay on 43/3.

DRINKS! A fascinating passage of play and Zimbabwe are firmly in the game right now. South Africa still have plenty of batting to come but they will have to apply themselves better in the phase after the Powerplay. A couple of more wickets before the halfway mark and Zimbabwe will feel they have a good chance of winning. With that said, David Miller walks out to bat now.

3 wickets down for RSA. Out batsman is Ryan Rickelton 5.5Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. out, OUT! IN THE AIR AND TAKEN! A superman effort from Burl in the deep. A well-directed short ball dug into the pitch, and rising at shoulder height of the batter. Ryan Rickelton shapes up to pull it behind deep square leg, but the ball spits up a bit from the pitch and takes the top edge. It flies high, but not far enough in the deep mid-wicket region. Ryan Burl kind of misjudges the trajectory but adjusts himself at the very last second as he dives to his right and completes the catch. He almost misjudges it but manages to cling on.

5.4Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Slammed really hard into the pitch, outside off. Ryan Rickelton lines up for a pull shot, but misses to connect. Tadiwanashe Marumani appeals for caught behind and he is really interested, but Brad Evans turns back and walks to his bowling mark. Ryan Burl is the acting captain as Sikandar Raza is off the field for a moment and they do no go upstairs.

5.3Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Back of a length, skidding through and nipping back in. Ryan Rickelton tries to square cut it through point, but gets beaten on the inside edge as the ball stays low.

5.3Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. wide, 1 run, WIDE! Spills it far outside off, full in length, Rickelton ignores as it breaches the tramline.

30 runs for Ryan Rickelton 5.2Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. SIX, SIX! Change of pace, but the result is the same! Slower and fuller by Evans, on off. Ryan Rickelton picks the variation early, gets in a good position before he whips it cleanly behind deep mid-wicket for another six.

5.1Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. SIX, SIX! Absolutely belted! Evans serves it fuller and on the leg stump line. Ryan Rickelton clears the front leg and smokes it over cow corner. Not exactly off the middle of the bat, but enough on it to clear the fence for half a dozen runs.

4.6Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. 1 run, Good length, around off and middle, and this is gently knocked down to long on for a single.

4.5Sikandar Raza to Dewald Brevis. 1 run, The carrom ball, on a length, on off, Brevis works it through mid-wicket for a single.

4.4Sikandar Raza to Dewald Brevis. no run, A touch short, outside off, punched off the back foot to cover.

4.3Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. 1 run, In-angler on a fuller length, on leg. Rickelton hangs back and nudges it wide of mid-wicket for a single.

4.2Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. SIX, SIX! That has gone many a mile! Slightly overpitched, on leg, Ryan Rickelton makes room by staying leg side and golfs it downtown for a huge six.

4.1Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Skiddy delivery from around the stump, goes straight with the arm. Ryan Rickelton backs away and pats it back to the bowler.

3.6Brad Evans to Dewald Brevis. no run, Hard length on top of off, Dewald Brevis defends this off his back foot.

3.5Brad Evans to Dewald Brevis. 2 runs, Good length on the pads, Dewald Brevis tucks this through the right of mid-wicket and hustles back for two.

3.4Brad Evans to Dewald Brevis. no run, On a length around off, Dewald Brevis pushes this to extra cover.

3.3Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. 1 run, Good length on off, Ryan pushes this gently to mid off and takes a quick single.

Thankfully, Rickelton smiles and is finally good to continue. Will we see another bumper here?

3.2Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. no run, RYAN IS ROCKED! A bumper, around the right shoulder of Ryan Rickelton from Brad at full throtle and Ryan goes for the hook but misses. Gets thumped onto the front of his helmet. The ball deflects to square leg but Ryan Rickelton looks rattled as he takes his helmet off his head. The South African team physio has rushed in to have a check on the batter. A prolonged check on Ryan adds to the concern for Rickleton's well-being but it is good to see that the batter is still up on his feet and is smiling. After a long check, Ryan is good to continue.

3.1Brad Evans to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Good length on middle and off, Ryan Rickelton drives this to mid off for a dot.

2.6Sikandar Raza to Dewald Brevis. FOUR, FOUR! A boundary from the bat of Brevis to get him off the mark. Quicker and flatter around off, Dewald Brevis rocks back and plays the square cut well. Gets it past backward point and the ball has raced to the fence for four.

Two down early for the Proteas. Dewald Brevis is in at number 4.

Ooooh! That one just didn't rise enough from the pitch as goes almost underground. And Raza's joy knows no bounds.

2.5Sikandar Raza to Aiden Markram. out, OUT! TIMBER! The Proteas are put under pressure from Raza's brilliance. Seam up, full and in the line of the stumps, Aiden Markram backs away and looks to punch this through covers but the ball doesn't bounce as much as the batter expected it to and gets cleaned up. The in-form Aiden Markram departs for 4 off 5. 

2.4Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. 1 run, Floated onto the pads, Ryan Rickelton tucks it around square leg for a strike rotation.

2.3Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Tossed up, on leg, Ryan Rickelton goes for a flick but gets it edged off the outside to extra cover.

2.2Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Full and on off, Ryan Rickelton backs away and drives this well but straight to wide mid off.

2.1Sikandar Raza to Aiden Markram. 1 run, Good length on the pads, Aiden Markram works this away to deep mid-wicket for one.

1.6Blessing Muzarabani to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Hard length on middle and off, Ryan Rickelton pulls this flat to mid-wicket for no run.

1.5Blessing Muzarabani to Ryan Rickelton. SIX, SIX! Back of a length on middle and off, Ryan Rickelton plants his front foot away from the line of it and pulls this over the fence towards deep mid-wicket for a biggie. 

1.4Blessing Muzarabani to Aiden Markram. 1 run, Short and on middle and off, Aiden Markram gets it away from the inside of his bat to the right of Sikandar Raza at mid on for one.

1.3Blessing Muzarabani to Ryan Rickelton. 1 run, Good length on middle and off, Ryan goes back and guides this to third man region for a run.

1.2Blessing Muzarabani to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Blessing Muzarabani goes full, and angling it across the batter. Ryan Rickelton takes a baby step out in front and goes after it but gets beaten on the outside.

1.1Blessing Muzarabani to Ryan Rickelton. no run, Hard length on off, Ryan Rickelton keeps it out off his back foot.

Assuming Blessing Muzarabani will take the ball from the other end. Bingo. Here's Zimbabwe's most successful bowler this World Cup into the attack.

0.6Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. 1 run, Tossed up, on middle and off, Ryan Rickelton strides out in front and milks this through mid on for a run to end the over. 

0.5Sikandar Raza to Aiden Markram. 1 run, Pushed through on off, Aiden Markram goes back inside the crease and milks this through mid on for another single.

0.4Sikandar Raza to Ryan Rickelton. 1 run, Floated onto the pads, Ryan Rickelton flicks this through mid-wicket for a run.

Raza can do nothing wrong today. Provides a massive breakthrough in the very first over. Ryan Rickelton is the next batter in at number 3.

0.3Sikandar Raza to Quinton De Kock. out, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Sikandar Raza bowls from around the stumps to Quinton de Kock, darts one just outside off. Quinton de Kock looks to play the late cut off the back foot but slashes under it and outside edges this back to Tadiwanashe Marumani behind the stumps. The ball sticks in his gloves. A duck for Quinton de Kock and Zimbabwe are off to a great start.

0.2Sikandar Raza to Quinton De Kock. no run, Short and wide of off, Quinton de Kock punches this to short cover for no run.

0.1Sikandar Raza to Aiden Markram. 1 run, Fired into the pads from Raza, Aiden Markram rocks back and tucks this through mid-wicket for a single to get off the mark.