South Africa, 626 for 5 dec (Wiaan Mulder 367*, David Bedingham 82, Tanaka Chivanga 2-112), beat Zimbabwe, 170 (Sean Williams 83*, Prenelan Subrayen 4-42, Codi Yusuf 2-20) and 220 (Nick Welch 55, Corbin Bosch 4-38, Senuran Muthusamy 3-77), by an innings and 236 runs.
South Africa on Tuesday crushed Zimbabwe by an innings and 236 runs in the second and final Test in Bulawayo to claim a two-nil series win over their neighbours.
The victory on day three extended South Africa's winning streak to 10 Tests, the longest in the Proteas' history and the fourth-longest overall in Test history. Since August last year, they've beaten:
- West Indies (once);
- Bangladesh (twice);
- Sri Lanka (twice);
- Pakistan (twice);
- Australia (once); and
- Zimbabwe (twice).
The Proteas, despite playing with a largely fringe, inexperienced team, completely outplayed Zimbabwe in both matches, dishing out a 328-run defeat in the first match.
In the second Test, player of the match Wiaan Mulder's undefeated 367 was 23 runs more than the entire Zimbabwe batting lineup accumulated across both innings (170 and 220).
Mulder was understandably recognised as the player of the series for his efforts, which included scoring 147 in the first Test as well as taking seven wickets with his medium-fast bowling....
