Rain halts SA prowl

Harare, Nov 11: South Africa restricted Zimbabwe to 48 for three before rain washed out the opening day of the second Test today.Opener G...

Harare, Nov 11: South Africa restricted Zimbabwe to 48 for three before rain washed out the opening day of the second Test today.

Opener Grant Flower pushed forward tentatively to a delivery from Lance Klusener to be caught at second slip by Jacques Kallis. Zimbabwe were six for two three balls later when Shaun Pollock’s away-swinger came off the face of Trevor Gripper’s bat and clipped the top of his stumps.

A downpour halted play for three and half hours. Murray Goodwin was dismissed for 17 nine balls after resumption when he edged a delivery from Pollock to Hansie Cronje at third slip.

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Both teams observed a minute’s silence before the match in memory of Malcolm Marshall. The South Africans wore black armbands, along with Neil Johnson, who played for Natal during Marshall’s four-season stint with the Province.

Zimbabwe (1st innings): G Flower c Kallis b Klusener 5, T Gripper b Pollock 1, M Goodwin c Cronje b Pollock 17, N Johnson batting 18, A Flower batting 2. Extras (lb3 nb2): 5
Total (for three wkts): 48
Fall of wickets: 1-6 2-6 3-35
Bowling: Donald 6-4-4-0, Pollock 11-5-16-2 (nb-2), Klusener 6-0-25-1.