South Africa have a wicket to end the day! Good ball from Bosch, angles in, seams away a touch, and Kaitano prods outside off stump, and edges it to Pretorius at second slip.
Zimbabwe vs South Africa, 1st Test at Bulawayo, ZIM vs SA, Jun 28 2025 - Live Cricket Score
5:02pm: Well, well, well. If Masvaure had shown a bit of gamesmanship in that Maharaj over, we'd have had stumps after that over. As it turned out, Bosch got a go, and he has put a dampener on a decent Zimbabwe start by dismissing Kaitano. The hosts are chasing 537, so they are 505 runs away. They need to bat out two whole days for the draw. So for any kind of result, Zimbabwe are fighting some serious odds. Earlier Wiaan Mulder's excellent 147 led the way for South Africa, before Keshav Maharaj's 51 ensured they finished on 369. Wellington Masakadza picked up four wickets, but that was all the cheer the hosts had on a day that turned into a bit of a leather hunt for them.
Tomorrow could well be the last day of this Test match. Himanshu and I will be back, about 15 minutes before the start of Day 4. Until then, take care, stay safe, we'll see you tomorrow.
This one kicks up off a length, and Kaitano defends with soft hands, so the ball dies down into the offside.
We'll have one more over in today's play than officially scheduled!
That's flatter and hitting a length outside off stump, Masvaure lets it go.
Length ball, hits a foot mark, and then spins and bounces. It hits Masvuare on the thigh pad.
Maharaj goes back over the wicket.
Back of a length on middle and leg, flicked square on the legside, de Zorzi dives and parries to stop any runs.
Around the wicket, goes Maharaj.
Full ball, just outside off, Masvaure again gets a big stride in to defend.
Full ball outside off stump, tossed up generously, good stride forward as Masvaure defends.
Tossed up, full ball around off stump, Masvaure defends off the front foot.
Last of the scheduled overs for the day coming up. If Maharaj gets this over done before 5pm, then we'll have another over.
Full ball around off stump, driven to mid-off.
Nearly lobs up to de Zorzi at forward short leg! It's that uppish flick from Kaitano again, he doesn't quite go through with the shot, it lobs up but doesn't carry to forward short leg.
Length ball, angling into the batter, he just taps it down to forward short leg.
Short ball from Bosch, goes down leg again, Kaitano ensures the gloves don't go anywhere near the ball. Even then, there is a bit of an appeal from the cordon.
Length ball around off stump, swinging away a tad, Kaitano leaves it alone.
Back of a length, angling into the body, Kaitano tucks it away off the hip but finds de Zorzi at forward short leg.
Arm ball from Maharaj, Kaitano looks to defend, but plays for the turn, so this one hits the inside edge and dribbles out onto the legside.
Length ball on off stump, Kaitano blocks it to short extra cover.
Full ball again, this time the drive is firm, and goes straight to mid-off.
Nice flight again, pitches full around off stump, blocked out onto the offside.
Floated up full around off stump, pushed back down the ground.
Full and wide, driven firmly through cover, they were loud shouts of 'catch it' as the ball passed close to the fielder in a catching position there, but the fielder's dive to his left isn't enough to get a hand on it.
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Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | |
Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
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Season | 2025 |
Match number | Test no. 2590 |
Hours of play (local time) | 10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00 |
Match days | 28,29,30 June,1,2 July 2025 - day (5-day match) |
ZIM Player Replacement | Concussion sub: in,  out (2nd innings, 26.6 ov) |
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