Zimbabwean national cricket team in South Africa for the 2018/19 season

The Zimbabwean national cricket team tour to South Africa in the 2018/19 season took place from September 30th to October 14th, 2018. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018/19 international cricket season and included three ODIs and three Twenty20s . South Africa won the ODI series with 3–0 and the Twenty20 series with 2–0.

prehistory

It was the first tour of the season for both teams. The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 2017/18 season in South Africa .

Stages

Benoni Bloemfontein East London Kimberley Pair Potchefstroom

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on April 23, 2018.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Willowmoore Park	Benoni	20,000	3. T20
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	2. ODI
Buffalo Park	East London	20,000	1. T20
De Beers Diamond Oval	Kimberley	11,000	1. ODI
Boland Park	Pair	10,000	3. ODI
Senwes Park	Potchefstroom	18,000	2. T20

Squad lists

Zimbabwe named its squad on September 13, 2018.

ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	Zimbabwe	South Africa	Zimbabwe
Faf du Plessis ( K ) JP Duminy ( UK ) Hashim Amla Dean Elgar Reeza Hendricks Christiaan Jonker Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Willem Mulder Lungi Ngidi Andile Phehlukwayo Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Khaya Zondo	Hamilton Masakadza ( K ) Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Craig Ervine Kyle Jarvis Tinashe Kamunhukamwe Wellington Masakadza Brandon Mavuta Solomon Mire Peter Moor Ryan Murray Richard Ngarava Brendan Taylor Donald Tiripano Sean Williams	Faf du Plessis ( K ) JP Duminy ( UK ) Gihahn Cloete Junior Dala Quinton de Kock Robert Frylinck Christiaan Jonker Heinrich Klaasen David Miller Lungi Ngidi Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Tabraiz Shamsi Imran Tahir Rassie van der Dussen	Hamilton Masakadza ( K ) Tendai Chatara Chamu Chibhabha Elton Chigumbura Tendai Chisoro Kyle Jarvis Neville Madziva Wellington Masakadza Brandon Mavuta Solomon Mire Peter Moor Christopher Mpofu Tarisai Musakanda Brendan Taylor Sean Williams

One-day internationals

First ODI in Kimberley

September 30th scorecard	Kimberley	Zimbabwe 117 (34.1)	-	South Africa 119-5 (26.1)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

Second ODI in Bloemfontein

October 3rd scorecard	Bloemfontein	South Africa 198 (47.3)	-	Zimbabwe 78 (24)
		South Africa wins with 120 runs

The South African bowler Imran Tahir managed a hat trick in this game .

Third ODI in Paarl

October 6th scorecard	Pair	Zimbabwe 228 (49.3)	-	South Africa 231-6 (45.5)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in East London

October 9 scorecard	East London	South Africa 160-6 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 126 (17.2)
		South Africa wins with 34 runs

Second Twenty20 in Potchefstroom

October 12 scorecard	Potchefstroom	Zimbabwe 132-7 (20)	-	South Africa 135-4 (15.4)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Third Twenty20 in Benoni

October 14 scorecard	Benoni	South Africa	-	Zimbabwe
		Game canceled

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Centurion takes Boxing Day Test as CSA confirm 2018-19 fixtures ( English ) Cricinfo. April 23, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
2. ↑ Firdose MOONDA: Taylor, Williams back squad in Zimbabwe; Raza not picked ( English ) Cricinfo. September 13, 2018. Accessed December 1, 2018.
3. ↑ Liam Brickhill: Steyn's all-round show, Tahir hat-trick flatten Zimbabwe ( English ) Cricinfo. October 3, 2018. Accessed December 1, 2018.