Today at 7:30 GMT South Africa will take on Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in their second ODI, which can be live streamed for free by clicking this link. Despite the home advantage, Zimbabwe offered little resistance in the first ODI and will look to have a better showing today.
Zimbabwe struggled even against South Africa's second tier bowlers, leading some to predict the South Africans will toss out their least-experienced players to earn their stripes. If that is to happen, however, it will be in the third ODI provided the South Africans win today. Marchant de Lange and Mthokozisi Shezi are a pair of promising bowlers, and Rilee Rossouw, a rookie batsman, could be seen in that third matchup should South Africa record a series win today.
Captain AB de Villiers characterized the South African stomping of Zimbabwe as an "exceptional batting performance," with Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis both brought up half-centuries.
"There were talks of 250 at one point and even Hashim said when he came off that he never thought we would get to 300-plus. I thought it was a great batting performance, it was set up by the man himself with Quinton and Faf batting around him," said de Villiers.
"It shows you that we are quite dangerous with wickets in hand in the last 10 to 15 overs. I thought we were good in the field as well. It is easy to go into a situation where you lose your energy and focus, especially after the first 15 overs where we started well. I thought the boys stuck to their guns quite well, we kept taking wickets and stuck to our skills, it was all round a good 100 or so overs for us."
STARTING SQUADS:
South Africa
Quinton de Kock(w), Hashim Amla, Rilee Rossouw, Jean-Paul Duminy, AB de Villiers(c), Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Ryan McLaren, Kyle Abbott, Imran Tahir, Marchant de Lange, Aaron Phangiso, Mthokozisi Shezi
Zimbabwe
Elton Chigumbura(c), Richmond Mutumbami(w), Luke Jongwe, Neville Madziva, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Shingirai Masakadza, Malcolm Waller, Prosper Utseya, John Nyumbu, Tinashe Panyangara, Vusi Sibanda, Sikandar Raza, Brendan Taylor, Brian Vitori, Sean Williams
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