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Faf du Plessis and Dean Elgar made half-centuries on Sunday as top-ranked South Africa slowly chased down Zimbabwe in the one-off test at Harare Sports Club. Du Plessis was 69 not out and opener Elgar earlier made 61 to take South Africa to 201-4 by stumps on the second day, 55 behind Zimbabwe’s first-innings score of 256.
South Africa had to work hard against the lowly-ranked Zimbabweans on a dry, slow pitch where batsmen found it hard to score freely through the opening two days. Du Plessis ground out his 69 off 192 balls with eight fours and South Africa scored at less than 2 1/2 runs per over in its first innings. Offspinner John Nyumbu made the most of a helpful surface for slow bowlers to collect 2-71 for Zimbabwe on his test debut. Nyumbu removed opener Alviro Petersen (32) and then the dangerous AB de Villiers for seven to have the Proteas 157-4 midway through the day and in a little trouble. Du Plessis combined for an unbroken 44-run stand with wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock to take South Africa past 200 and within sight of Zimbabwe. South Africa needs to win to retain the No. 1 ranking it won back from Australia with a series victory in Sri Lanka last month. The test in Harare is the first between the African neighbors in a decade.
Chatara Reprimanded
The International Cricket Council says Zimbabwe’s Tendai Chatara has been reprimanded for showing dissent when he was given out in the ongoing one-off test against South Africa.
Chatara gestured toward his pad after he was given out caught behind late on the opening day of the Test on Saturday. TV replays showed the ball deflected off Chatara’s pad and not his bat. The ICC said that Chatara had pleaded guilty to a level one breach of the code of conduct and received an official reprimand for showing dissent at an umpire’s decision.
Brief scores: South Africa 201/4 in 84 overs (Du Plessis 69*, D. Elgar 61; J. Nyumbu 2/71) trail Zimbabwe 256 (B. Taylor 93; D. Steyn 5/46, D. Piedt 4/90) by 55 runs.
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