Lhuan-dre Pretorius top scored with 94 as South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 43 runs in Windhoek on Tuesday to reach the final of a Twenty20 tri-series which also includes Namibia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
South Africa won the toss and posted 185-7 at one of the venues for the 2027 ODI Cricket World Cup. Zimbabwe were all out for 142 in 17.2 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hosts Namibia meet Zimbabwe on Thursday in the next match, which will decide the other finalists with both teams currently having two points.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Left-hand opener Pretorius fell just short of a maiden T20I century. An attempted flick exposed his wicket and quick bowler Brad Evans uprooted the leg stump.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 20-year-old South African struck three sixes and 12 fours off 51 deliveries as he bettered his previous T20I top score of 51.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I am just glad we won. Milestones can wait. At one stage I thought we would exceed 200 runs," Pretorius told reporters after receiving the player-of-the-match award.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Captain Sikandar Raza top-scored with 45 for Zimbabwe, who added 76 after slumping to 66-8 with spinner Bjorn Fortuin and quick Duan Jansen sharing the South African bowling honours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Brief scores<\/p>\r\n\r\n
South Africa 185-7 in 20 overs (L. Pretorius 94, D. Brevis 41; W. Madhevere 3-20) v Zimbabwe 142 in 17.4 overs (S. Raza 45; B. Fortuin 4-24, D. Jansen 3-21)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Result: South Africa won by 43 runs<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Toss: South Africa<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Thursday: Namibia v Zimbabwe (1200 GMT)
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