Zimbabwe Tri-Series: Tim Safart Shine; New Zealand Register Wins seven wickets over South Africa | Cricket news
New Zealand won seven wickets against South Africa in their Zimbabwe Twenty20 Tri-series match at Harare Sports Club on Tuesday.After being sent to bat first, South Africa managed to score only 134 for eight in its 20 overs.New Zealand’s Tim Safart led Chase with an unbeaten 66 to win Black Caps to win with 25 balls.Black Caps maintained their correct record in the tournament, defeating Protease by 21 runs in their first encounter. He will face South Africa again in the same place at the same place.Despite losing only one wicket, South Africa struggled in the early overs, scoring just 18 runs in the first five overs.New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner said, “The way we bowled in power play, it was outstanding.”“Our bowlers found a length and found some swings and we were able to squeeze from there,” Santner said.New Zealand bowling attack proved to be effective, Jacob Dafi and Adam Milne claimed two wickets in each, while Zachari Folks bowled financially, scoring just 12 runs in three overs.South Africa’s strategy to field many spin bowlers at the opening of bowling by George Linde.Linde’s first over was expensive, which started with two wide, which included a single border. Additionally, the safurt was dropped for a long time before scoring, resulting in 15 runs from the over.The initial partnership of Safart and Devon Conway (19) quickly reached 50 runs in five overs, which established New Zealand’s dominance for the remaining of the match.
