Bowlers deliver SA bonus-point win

Aug 29, 2014

South Africa were inserted in Harare, and made a bright start as Quinton de Kock scored a run-a-ball 76, his third fifty in four ODIs against Zimbabwe•AFP

De Kock kept targeting Elton Chigumbura's short deliveries, as the opening pair added 142 in 24.2 overs•AFP

He eventually finished with a career best 5 for 36•AFP

Zimbabwe got off to a shaky start, losing Tino Mawoyo to a run out which brought together Sikandar Raza and Hamilton Masakadza•AFP

Brendan Taylor soon fell for a duck in Phangiso's next over, leaving the score at 46 for 3•Associated Press

Williams top-scored with 46 before he became Ryan McLaren's first wicket•Associated Press

Hashim Amla was his watchful self at the other end, and continued his fine form in 2014 by making 66•AFP

Prosper Utseya, however, turned the game around in the space of two overs. He first lured Amla out and had the batsman stumped •AFP

John Nyumbu, who began in quiet fashion, found zip in his second spell and took three quick wickets, as South Africa lost nine for 53 runs•AFP

The pair took the run rate above four with a stand of 42 before...•AFP

While Raza resisted with a 50-ball 35, he was the next batsman to fall and was followed by Malcolm Waller, who fell to Dale Steyn•AFP

And Chigumbura's was the penultimate wicket to fall when he was dismissed for 22 by Steyn•AFP

In his next over, Utseya dismissed de Kock, Rilee Rossouw and David Miller with successive deliveries to become only the second Zimbabwean to claim an ODI hat-trick•AFP

Imran Tahir, however, chipped in with a handy 23 not out as South Africa's tail offered a dogged resistance to drag the score to 231•Associated Press

...Aaron Phangiso struck in his first over with the wicket of Masakadza•AFP

Sean Williams and Elton Chigumbura also tried to resist but South Africa never allowed them to get on top•AFP

Steyn picked the last wicket too, to finish with 3 for 36, which gave South Africa a 61-run win with a bonus point•Associated Press