South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2014

The South Africa cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 9 to 21 August 2014, playing one Test match and three One Day International (ODI) matches against the Zimbabwean team.^[1][2] South Africa won the one-off Test match and won the ODI series 3–0.

South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2014
	Zimbabwe	South Africa
Dates	9 August 2014 – 21 August 2014
Captains	Brendan Taylor	Hashim Amla (Tests) AB de Villiers (ODIs)
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Brendan Taylor (98)	Faf du Plessis (103)
Most wickets	John Nyumbu (5)	Dale Steyn, Dane Piedt (8)
Player of the series	Dane Piedt (SA)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Elton Chigumbura (133)	Quinton de Kock (185)
Most wickets	John Nyumbu (4)	Wayne Parnell (7)
Player of the series	Quinton de Kock (SA)

Squads

Tests		ODIs
Zimbabwe[3]	South Africa[4]	Zimbabwe[3]	South Africa[5]
Brendan Taylor (c) (wk) Regis Chakabva (wk) Tendai Chatara Elton Chigumbura Hamilton Masakadza Cuthbert Musoko Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Sikandar Raza Donald Tiripano Mark Vermeulen Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	Hashim Amla (c) Alviro Petersen Dean Elgar Faf du Plessis AB de Villiers (vc) JP Duminy Stiaan van Zyl Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Morne Morkel Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock (wk) Dane Piedt	Elton Chigumbura(c) Sikandar Raza Butt Luke Jongwe Tafadzwa Kamungozi Neville Madziva Timycen Maruma Hamilton Masakadza Shingi Masakadza Richmond Mutumbami John Nyumbu Tinashe Panyangara Vusi Sibanda Brendan Taylor (wk) Prosper Utseya Brian Vitori Malcolm Waller Sean Williams	AB de Villiers (c) Hashim Amla Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock (wk) Marchant de Lange JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Beuran Hendricks Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Rilee Rossouw Mthokozisi Shezi

Test series

Only Test

9–13 August Scorecard

Zimbabwe	v	South Africa
256 (92.4 overs) Brendan Taylor 93 (159) Dale Steyn 5/46 (22.4 overs)		397 (158.3 overs) Faf du Plessis 98 (264) John Nyumbu 5/157 (49.3 overs)
181 (76.2 overs) Richmond Mutumbami 43 (69) Dane Piedt 4/62 (25 overs)		44/1 (10.4 overs) Dean Elgar 21 (28) Tendai Chatara 1/5 (2 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Dane Piedt (SA)

• Zimbabwe won the tos and chose to bat
• Dane Piedt (SA), John Nyumbu (Zim) and Donald Tiripano (Zim) all made their Test debuts.
• Chris Gaffaney (NZ) stood in his first Test match as an umpire.^[6]
• John Nyumbu's five-wicket haul was only the 2nd five-wicket haul on Test debut by a Zimbabwean after Andy Blignaut's five-for in 2001.

ODI series

1st ODI

17 August 2014 Scorecard

South Africa  309/3 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 216 (49.5 overs)
Hashim Amla 122* (132) John Nyumbu 2/52 (8 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 61 (75) Aaron Phangiso 3/43 (9.5 overs)

South Africa won by 93 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Luke Jongwe, Neville Madziva and John Nyumbu (all Zim) made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

19 August 2014 Scorecard

South Africa  257 (49.4 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 196 (49.1 overs)
Faf du Plessis 55 (72) Sean Williams 2/37 (9.4 overs)		Sean Williams 55 (84) Ryan McLaren 3/21 (8 overs)

South Africa won by 61 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Owen Chirombe (Zim) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (SA)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

21 August 2014 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  165 (39.5 overs)	v	South Africa 171/3 (27.2 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 90 (122) Marchant de Lange 3/31 (7.5 overs)		Quinton de Kock 84 (75) Sean Williams 1/1 (2 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Jeremiah Matibiri (Zim) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Rilee Rossouw and Mthokozisi Shezi (both SA) made their ODI debuts.