The South Africa A cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April and May to play three List-A matches and five Twenty20 matches against the Zimbabwe XI cricket team.[1] All the matches were played at Harare Sports Club in Harare.
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| Zimbabwe XI | South Africa A | ||
| Dates | 25 April – 10 May 2022 | ||
| Captains | Sikandar Raza | Heinrich Klaasen | |
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | South Africa A won the 5-match series 4–1 | ||
| Most runs | Sikandar Raza (129) | Reeza Hendricks (194) | |
| Most wickets | Tanaka Chivanga (7) | Glenton Stuurman (10) | |
| Player of the series | Reeza Hendricks | ||
| LA series | |||
| Result | South Africa A won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Sikandar Raza (98) | Andile Phehlukwayo (143) | |
| Most wickets | Wellington Masakadza (6) | Lizaad Williams (5) | |
| Player of the series | Andile Phehlukwayo | ||
Zimbabwe XI won the first Unofficial ODI by 5 runs due to DLS method as the play was stopped after 48.5 overs due to Bad light.[2][3] 2nd Unofficial ODI was also interrupted by rain twice. South Africa A's innings was reduced to 46.5 overs with South Africa scoring 266 runs thanks to Reeza Hendricks 102 runs. Zimbabwe XI initially were given a target of 283 runs in 46 overs by applying DLS method. But it was again reduced to 145 runs from 20 overs as play had to stopped due to rain for 2nd time. Eventually South Africa won the 2nd Unofficial ODI by 51 runs levelling the series 1–1 with one match to be played. South Africa A went on to win the 3rd Unofficial ODI by 36 runs and won the List-A series by 2–1.
South Africa A maintained their win campaign by winning the T20 series 4–1.
Squads
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Ahead of the tour, Lutho Sipamla returned home to South Africa due to an aggravation to the injury which he had suffered during South Africa's Test matches against Bangladesh. Glenton Stuurman was named his replacement.[5] Prenelan Subrayen was ruled out of SA A squad for the List-A series due to testing COVID-19 positive. Wihan Lubbe was added to SA A squad for the LA series replacing Prenelan.[5]
List-A Series
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- Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.
- Play was stopped after 48.5 overs due to bad light. As Zim XI were 5 runs ahead of DLS par score, they were declared winners.
2nd Unofficial ODI
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- Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa A's innings was stopped after 46.5 overs due to rain. Zimbabwe XI were given a target of 283 runs in 46 overs. Again the target was reduced to 145 runs from 20 overs due to second rain interruption.
3rd Unofficial ODI
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- Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.
Twenty20 series
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to field.
2nd Unofficial T20
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
3rd Unofficial T20
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- Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to field.
4th Unofficial T20
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- Zimbabwe XI won the toss and elected to bat.
5th Unofficial T20
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- South Africa A won the toss and elected to bat.
References
edit- ^ "Zimbabwe announces senior and A team busy schedule". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Zimbabwe XI opens campaign with win". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Zimbabwe XI defeats SA A in first Unofficial ODI". Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Zimbabwe Squad for SA A and Nepal fixtures". Cricket Zimbabwe. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Heinrich Klaasen named captain of SA A for Zimbabwe tour". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 26 April 2022.