Namibia T20I Tri-Series: The South African team, which had lost to host Namibia in the very first match of the Namibia T20I Tri-Series, made a brilliant comeback and won the title of the tournament. In the final match, South Africa defeated Zimbabwe by 48 runs in a one-sided fashion. This was South Africa’s third consecutive win over Zimbabwe in the last eight days. This team, which came in the absence of its important players, played brilliantly in the entire tournament.
Jordan Harman played a stormy innings
Luan-Dre Pretorius, the joint highest run scorer in the tournament, could not be a part of the final due to a groin injury, but it had no impact on the Proteas team. Making a comeback in the opening, Jordan Harman hit fours and sixes all around the field. He completed his first half-century in just 24 balls. There was a partnership of 84 runs for the first wicket between Harman and Connor Esterhuizen.
Then Rubin Harman and Dewald Brewis added 47 runs for the fifth wicket, on the basis of which South Africa made a huge score of more than 200 for the second time in three days and scored 205 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. On the other hand, for Zimbabwe, Blessing Muzarabani gave an economical 25 runs in 4 overs, while Brad Evans and Newman Nyamahuri took 2-2 wickets.
Zimbabwe’s batting collapsed like a house of cards
Zimbabwe, which set out to chase the target of more than 200 runs, had a very bad start. Ben Curran became the victim of Ethan Bosch without opening the account on the very first ball. Then Duane Yansen’s bounce and speed sent Innocent Kaya and Brian Bennett to the pavilion. By the fourth over, Zimbabwe lost 4 for 25 runs and by the ninth over, 6 wickets fell. However, Brad Evans played a career best unbeaten inning of 56 runs and made a partnership of 52 runs for the 9th wicket with Kundai Matigumu. But despite this, South Africa won the match by 48 runs and lifted the trophy.