South African national cricket team in Zimbabwe in the 2014 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to Zimbabwe in the 2014 season took place from 9 to 21 August 2014. The international cricket tour was part of the 2014 international cricket season . It comprised a test match and three ODIs . The test and all three ODIs were won by South Africa.

prehistory

For Zimbabwe, the tour followed a financial crisis in the association, which led to player strikes and the suspension of the domestic league. The last test game on home soil in September 2013 against Pakistan was won. Previously, both teams played at the ICC World Twenty20 2014 , with South Africa moving into the semi-finals, while Zimbabwe failed in the preliminary round.

Stages

Bulawayo Harare

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on April 10, 2014.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Harare	Harare Sports Club	10,000	1st test
Bulawayo	Queens Sports Club	9,000	1st - 3rd ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named its test squad on July 29th, and its ODI squad on August 5, 2014. Zimbabwe named its test squad on August 8th, and its ODI squad on August 14th, 2014.

test		ODI
Zimbabwe	South Africa	Zimbabwe	South Africa
Brendan Taylor ( K & wk ) Regis Chakabva ( wk ) Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Hamilton Masakadza Cuthbert Musoko Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Sikandar Raza Donald Tiripano Mark Vermeulen Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	Hashim Amla ( K ) Alviro Petersen Dean Elgar Faf du Plessis AB de Villiers ( UK ) JP Duminy Stiaan van Zyl Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Morné Morkel Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Dane Piedt	Elton Chigumbura ( K ) Sikandar Raza Luke Jongwe Tafadzwa Kamungozi Neville Madziva Timycen Maruma Hamilton Masakadza Shingi Masakadza Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Brendan Taylor ( wk ) Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	AB de Villiers ( K ) Hashim Amla Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Marchant de Lange JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Beuran Hendricks Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Rilee Rossouw Mthokozisi Shezi

Test in Harare

August 9-13 Scorecard	Harare	Zimbabwe 256 (92.4) & 181 (76.2)	-	South Africa 397 (158.3) & 44-1 (10.4)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

One-Day Internationals in Bulawayo

First ODI

August 17th Scorecard	Bulawayo	South Africa 309-3 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 216 (49.5)
		South Africa wins with 93 runs

Second ODI

August 19th scorecard	Bulawayo	South Africa 257 (49.4)	-	Zimbabwe 196 (49.1)
		South Africa wins with 61 runs

Third ODI

August 21 scorecard	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe 165 (39.5)	-	South Africa 171-3 (27.2)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

test
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	1	2	103	103.00	98	0	1
Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	1	2	98	49.00	93	0	1
Dean Elgar	South Africa	1	2	82	41.00	61	0	1
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	1	1	81	81.00	81	0	1
Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe	1	2	64	32.00	45	0	0
Richmond Mutumbami	Zimbabwe	1	2	64	32.00	43	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dale Steyn	South Africa	1	44	8th	10.50	5/46	1	0
Dane Piedt	South Africa	1	49	8th	19.00	4/62	0	0
John Nyumbu	Zimbabwe	1	53.3	5	36.20	5/157	1	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	1	34	3	18.00	3/15	0	0
Tendai Chatara	Zimbabwe	1	29	2	19.50	1/5	0	0
Donald Tiripano	Zimbabwe	1	26th	2	32.50	2/65	0	0
Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	1	27.4	2	52.00	2/95	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	3	3	185	61.66	84	0	2
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	3	3	154	51.33	59	0	2
Hashim Amla	South Africa	2	2	137	137.00	122 *	1	0
Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe	3	3	133	44.33	90	0	1
Sean Williams	Zimbabwe	3	3	123	41.00	55	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Wayne Parnell	South Africa	3	25th	7th	14.85	3/28	0	0
Imran Tahir	South Africa	2	19.1	5	14.00	3/44	0	0
Aaron Phangiso	South Africa	3	23.5	5	18.00	3/43	0	0
Ryan McLaren	South Africa	3	22nd	5	19.20	3/21	0	0
John Nyumbu	Zimbabwe	3	23.2	4th	32.25	2/44	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Quinton de Kock

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Dane Piedt
1. ODI	Hashim Amla
2. ODI	Wayne Parnell
3. ODI	Quinton de Kock

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tristan Holme and Liam Brickhill: Zimbabwe Cricket mismanaged $ 6m ICC loan . Cricinfo. March 3, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
2. ^ Zimbabwe players boycott domestic game . Cricinfo. December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
3. ^ Zimbabwe to host SA, Australia in August . Cricinfo. April 10, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
4. ^ South Africa retain winning Test squad for Zimbabwe . Cricinfo. July 29, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
5. ↑ Firdose MOONDA: SA call up Rossouw, Shezi for Zimbabwe ODIs . Cricinfo. August 5, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
6. ↑ Vermeulen returns to Zimbabwe Test squad . Cricinfo. August 8, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
7. ↑ Vitori returns to Zimbabwe ODI squad . Cricinfo. August 14, 2014. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
8. ↑ Records / South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2014 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / South Africa in Zimbabwe Test Match, 2014 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / South Africa in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2014 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / South Africa in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2014 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 12, 2016.