For the final group game in the triangular series, hosts Zimbabwe will take on South Africa (SA vs ZIM) at the Harare Sports Club on September 4, 2014, with a dim hope of reaching the finals.
The match starts at 9:30 a.m. local time (1.00 p.m. India time).
Despite all the flaws, the hosts have somehow managed to keep their hopes high for the finals. For the same, the net run needs to be superb, and of course, they need to beat South Africa for that bonus point.
Watch the match live in South Africa and Zimbabwe on SuperSport and on Willow TV in US. In India, the broadcasting rights of the match are with Ten Sports, while PTV Sports will telecast in Pakistan.
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field. See live scores here.
It doesn’t matter whether Zimbabwe can actually reach the finals, because they have done better than expected and probably would want some good cricket on Thursday.
Watch the SA vs Zim live streaming of the match HERE.
For South Africa, the pressure is bigger as they have lost to Australia and can end up in a soup if this match turns against them. Their middle order remains the main concern, but the inconsistency of Zimbabwe is what they would take chance on.
For the hosts, Prosper Utseya needs to take charge to get the SA players for a setback. If he can take on Faf du Plessis with the same attitude as he played the entire series, things can bounce back.
For the top order of South Africa, he remains an asset, given that the runs have been slow from the openers.
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