1st ODI: Zimbabwe elect to bat against South Africa

NEW DELHI, August 22: Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first against South Africa in the first ODI on Wednesday at Queens Sports Club at Bulwayo in Zimbabwe.
Currently batting, the Zimbabweans have scored 130 runs for the loss of seven wickets at the end of 39 overs. Tatenda Taibu, perhaps the only world-class batsman in the line-up, scored 22 runs for the hosts.
As of now, all-rounder Vernon Philander has taken two wickets, while Shaun Pollock and Morne Morkel have taken a wicket each for the Proteas.
Teams:
Zimbabwe: 1 Vusimuzi Sibanda, 2 Hamilton Masakadza, 3 Brendon Taylor, 4 Sean Williams 5 Tatenda Taibu (wk), 6 Stuart Matsikenyeri 7 Prosper Utseya (capt), 8 Elton Chigumbura, 9 Gary Brent. 10 Christopher Mpofu, 11 Timycen Maruma
South Africa: 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Loots Bosman, 3 Gulam Bodi, 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Jean Paul Duminy, 6 Vernon Philander, 7 Shaun Pollock 8 Johan van der Wath, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Thandi Tshabalala, 11 Makhaya Ntini