Zimbabwean national cricket team in South Africa in the 2017/18 season

The Zimbabwean cricket team's tour to South Africa in the 2017/18 season took place from December 26th to 29th, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2017/18 international cricket season and included a test that was the first test ever to be scheduled for just four days. South Africa won the test series 1–0.

prehistory

South Africa previously played a tour against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe against West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in Zimbabwe in the 2014 season . After the International Cricket Council decided to allow tests scheduled for four days, this test is the first to take place. For this purpose, the number of overs that is completed daily is increased from 90 to 98.

Stages

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on September 27, 2017.

Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
St George's Park	Port Elizabeth	19,000	1st test

Squad lists

Zimbabwe named its test squad on December 11th.

test
South Africa	Zimbabwe
Faf du Plessis ( K ) AB de Villiers ( UK ) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Theunis de Bruyn Dean Elgar Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Morné Morkel Andile Phehlukwayo Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Dale Steyn	Graeme Cremer ( K ) Ryan Burl Regis Chakabva Tendai Chatara Chamunorwa Chibhabha Tendai Chisoro Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Hamilton Masakadza Solomon Mire Peter Moor Christopher Mpofu Blessing Muzarabani Sikandar Raza Brendan Taylor ( wk )

Tour Match in Paarl

December 20-22 Scorecard	Pair	Zimbabweans 196 & 243	-	Cricket South African Invitation XI 287 & 154-5 (38.2)
		Cricket South African Invitation XI wins with 5 wickets

Only test in Port Elizabeth

December 26-29 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 309-9d (78.3)	-	Zimbabwe 68 (30.1) & 121 (42.3) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 120 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nagraj Gollapudi & Osman Samiuddin: South Africa to play Zimbabwe in inaugural four-day test ( English ) Cricinfo. October 13, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
2. ↑ Four-day test to have 98 overs a day ( English ) Cricinfo. December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
3. ↑ CSA announces Zimbabwe and India tour itineraries ( English ) Cricinfo. September 27, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
4. ↑ Zimbabwe pick uncapped Muzarabani, Burl for South Africa test . Cricinfo. December 11, 2017.