New Zealand seamer Matt Henry restricted South Africa to 3 runs from the final over to seal a three-run victory within the Twenty20 Worldwide Tri-Sequence ultimate on the Harare Sports activities Membership in Zimbabwe on Saturday.
Chasing 181 for victory, South Africa wanted eight off the final eight balls with six wickets in hand, and 7 from the ultimate over, however good catches within the outfield by Michael Bracewell and Daryl Mitchell helped prohibit them to 177 for six.
Dewald Brevis regarded as if he had gained the sport with 31 from 16 deliveries and was an inch or two from finishing the job as he launched Henry in direction of the square-leg boundary, just for Bracewell to juggle the ball as he stepped over the rope again into play to finish the catch.
Mitchell took an excellent diving effort at lengthy off to dismiss George Linde, who regarded as if he would win the sport for the South Africans with an enormous hit down the bottom.
Senuran Muthusamy couldn’t get bat to ball on the ultimate supply of the sport from Henry, who completed with figures of 2-19 from three overs.
“As a gaggle we have now been enjoying some actually good cricket and to recover from the road in a very tight recreation, I’m happy with the fellows,” Henry stated.
“It’s credit score to the angle of our group, ensuring we keep within the combat and realizing that wickets can change issues.”
New Zealand had been despatched into bat and amassed 180 for 5. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra each scored 47.
Teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored 51 from 35 balls in South Africa’s reply they usually coasting house earlier than Brevis’ dismissal and the superb ultimate over from Henry.
“We performed a reasonably good recreation, it was a match of millimetres,” South Africa captain Rassie van der Dussen stated.
“We’ve had guys making debuts and experimented a bit (within the collection), so for the younger guys to come back in and get so shut, we’ll be taught rather a lot from this.”
Zimbabwe had been the third group concerned within the Tri-Sequence, however misplaced all 4 group video games.