
Corbin Bosch Breaks Through As South Africa Set Zimbabwe Massive Target
Protean pacer Corbin Bosch broke Zimbabwe's opening resistance with a wicket in the last over of Day 3.
Protean pacer Corbin Bosch broke through the staunch resistance of Zimbabwe's opening batters with a wicket in the last over of Day 3 of the first Test at the Queens Sports Club on Monday.
Set an impossible target of 537 runs to win, Zimbabwe closed the day at 32/1, after Takudzwanashe Kaitano was caught at third slip. He had defended to make 12 off 62 deliveries.
Keshav Maharaj, leading South Africa in a Test for the first time, opted to keep Zimbabwe in the field until his side was bowled out for 369 in their second innings, more than half an hour after tea.
Allrounder Wiaan Mulder, in his third game since being promoted to bat No. 3, scored his second Test hundred, smacking a fluent 147 before being caught on the deep midwicket boundary off part-time spinner Wessly Madhevere.
Zimbabwe were hindered by the absence of pacer Blessing Muzarabani because of illness. He was off the field for most of the morning, meaning he could not bowl until half an hour before tea.
Tanaka Chivanga was the sole pacer available to skipper Craig Ervine for most of the innings, leaving the bulk of the bowling to the spinners.
As in the first innings, South Africa scored at over four runs per over, but left-arm spinner Wellington Masakadza picked up four wickets for 98 runs.
Leg-spinner Vincent Masekesa, who had suffered at the hands of debutants Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Dewald Brevis in the first innings, dismissed both youngsters the second time around.
The southpaw Pretorious, who made 153 in the first innings, was bowled for four by a delivery that spun back. Brevis added just three to his first innings 51 before being bowled by a flighted ball when he tried a big shot.
When the Protean innings ended, there were a minimum of 18 overs to be bowled. Because of the number of overs bowled by the Zimbabwe spinners, who kept their side ahead of the required over rate, a rare occurrence in modern Tests took place as South Africa were able to squeeze in an extra over before the close.
(With AFP Inputs)
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June 30, 2025, 21:34 IST

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