Hamilton, 15th February - South Africa beat Zimbabwe comfortably by 62 runs in their first match of the World Cup 2015 here Sunday.
An unbeaten double century partnership between David Miller (138*) and JP Duminy (115*) helped South Africa to post mammoth 339/4 against Zimbabwe.
Chasing a massive total, Chibhabha and Hamilton got them off to a great start after losing Raza cheaply. Both the batsmen registered their fifty but after the two departs, no other Zimbabwe batsment was able to fight. Imran Tahir picked 3 wickets for his team.
Scorecard - Zimbabwe vs South Africa
AB de Villiers: Pretty happy with the winning start, it wasn't easy to start,credit to Elton and his boys as they made it difficult for us, thankfully Miller and Duminy got us to a decent total. In the last drink break, I said to the boys we are under the pump and we need to buckle up. Most frustrating moment of day was when I got dismissed.
Elton Chigumbura: Bowlers gave us the right start we needed but we gave away far too many runs in the last 4-5 overs. I knew they had big hitters which can clear the ropes with ease and we failed to hit the targets in the death overs. I think we lost wickets at the wrong time. Happy with the way boys performed, these are good signs for the games to come.