New Rules For South Africa's 4-day Test With Zimbabwe
Test Debut - Zimababwe' Ryan Burl and Blessing Muzarabani
The match ended before the scheduled dinner break on the second day.
Fast bowler Morne Morkel was the destroyer in the first innings, taking 5/21, but medium-pacer Andile Phehlukwayo and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj engineered Zimbabwe's collapse in the second innings.
Phehlukwayo took 3/13 and Maharaj claimed 5/59, with stand-in captain AB de Villiers seemingly using his front-line fast bowlers sparingly so they could take advantage of the helpful conditions under floodlights. In the end, they weren't needed.
Zimbabwe put up a fight at the start of their second innings, reaching 54 before they lost their first wicket, although opening batsman Hamilton Masakadza was forced to retire hurt after being struck on the right elbow by a ball from Morkel.
The total reached 75/1 before the innings imploded, with four wickets falling in 14 balls. The last nine wickets fell for 46 runs in 15.4 overs.
South Africa needed just 68 minutes and 14.1 overs on Wednesday to take Zimbabwe's remaining six first-innings wickets after they resumed on 30/4
The one-off day-night Test between South Africa and Zimbabwe,
starting on Tuesday, will be staged under experimental playing
conditions.
The International Cricket Council gave permission to Cricket South Africa to stage a four-day Test.
There are several variations from standard Test playing conditions.
Play will be scheduled for six-and-a-half hours each day, half an hour more than in five-day games, with 98 overs due to be bowled in a day, instead of 90. As in five-day games, an extra half hour can be added in order to complete the overs.
The first two sessions of play will be two hours 15 minutes each, instead of two hours, with a 20-minute tea break instead of a lunch break after the first session. There will be a 40-minute dinner break after the second session.
There is no provision for time lost to be carried over to subsequent days.
The follow-on can be enforced with a lead of 150 runs, compared to 200 runs in five-day games.
Play will start at 1.30 p.m. (local time) each day. The sunset in Port Elizabeth will be between 7.30 p.m. and 7.31p.m. on the four days of the match, half an hour into the last session.
It is the first Test match since 1972/73 to be scheduled over four days. Until then, Test matches were played over varying numbers of days, from three to six — and on a number of occasions were “timeless”, played over an unlimited number of days until a result was achieved.
The International Cricket Council gave permission to Cricket South Africa to stage a four-day Test.
There are several variations from standard Test playing conditions.
Play will be scheduled for six-and-a-half hours each day, half an hour more than in five-day games, with 98 overs due to be bowled in a day, instead of 90. As in five-day games, an extra half hour can be added in order to complete the overs.
The first two sessions of play will be two hours 15 minutes each, instead of two hours, with a 20-minute tea break instead of a lunch break after the first session. There will be a 40-minute dinner break after the second session.
There is no provision for time lost to be carried over to subsequent days.
The follow-on can be enforced with a lead of 150 runs, compared to 200 runs in five-day games.
Play will start at 1.30 p.m. (local time) each day. The sunset in Port Elizabeth will be between 7.30 p.m. and 7.31p.m. on the four days of the match, half an hour into the last session.
It is the first Test match since 1972/73 to be scheduled over four days. Until then, Test matches were played over varying numbers of days, from three to six — and on a number of occasions were “timeless”, played over an unlimited number of days until a result was achieved.
Four-day Test over in two days: South Africa crush Zimbabweby an innings & 120 Runs
Tests completed in two days in last 50 years
| Team 1 | Team 2 | Runs | Wkts | Venue | Year |
| England | West Indies | 505 | 30 | Leeds | 2000 |
| Australia | Pakistan | 422 | 30 | Sharjah | 2002 |
| South Africa | Zimbabwe | 659 | 23 | Cape Town | 2005 |
| Zimbabwe | New Zealand | 610 | 29 | Harare | 2005 |
| South Africa | Zimbabwe | 498 | 29 | Port Elizabeth | 2017 |
Scorecard
South Africa 309/9 Declared
Zimbabwe 68 and 121
Match Result - South Africa won by an innings and 120 Runs
MOM - Aiden Makram(South Africa) for his 125(204 Balls 4x14 and 6x2)
Series Result - South Africa won the one-off 4-Day Test Match
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first
Test Debut - Zimababwe' Ryan Burl and Blessing Muzarabani
South Africa crushed Zimbabwe by an innings and 120 runs inside two
days in their one-off day-night Test at St George's Park on Wednesday.
Forced to follow on after being bowled out for 68 in their first
innings, Zimbabwe were shot out for 121 runs in their second innings.
The match ended before the scheduled dinner break on the second day.Fast bowler Morne Morkel was the destroyer in the first innings, taking 5/21, but medium-pacer Andile Phehlukwayo and left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj engineered Zimbabwe's collapse in the second innings.
Phehlukwayo took 3/13 and Maharaj claimed 5/59, with stand-in captain AB de Villiers seemingly using his front-line fast bowlers sparingly so they could take advantage of the helpful conditions under floodlights. In the end, they weren't needed.
Zimbabwe put up a fight at the start of their second innings, reaching 54 before they lost their first wicket, although opening batsman Hamilton Masakadza was forced to retire hurt after being struck on the right elbow by a ball from Morkel.
The total reached 75/1 before the innings imploded, with four wickets falling in 14 balls. The last nine wickets fell for 46 runs in 15.4 overs.
South Africa needed just 68 minutes and 14.1 overs on Wednesday to take Zimbabwe's remaining six first-innings wickets after they resumed on 30/4
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