da wazamba： South Africa defeated Zimbabwe by eight wickets on Tuesday to make itto the Plate Championship final, where they will play Bangladesh
Blessington Thomas25-Jan-2000South Africa defeated Zimbabwe by eight wickets on Tuesday to make itto the Plate Championship final, where they will play Bangladesh.Requiring 180 runs for victory at 3.59 runs an over, the South Africanopeners, Smith (82) and Puttick (37) ran away it with an opening standof 117 runs in 131 balls.In the morning the Zimbabweans, deciding to bat first after callingthe toss correctly, lost wickets at regular intervals in the face ofsome very disciplined bowling by the South Africans. Off-spinnerV. Abrahams was particularly impressive, bowling his ten overs on thetrot to finish with 2-33.The only resistance from Zimbabwe was a fine fourth wicket partnershipof 100 in 145 balls by Ervine and Greg Lamb.