* Zimbabwe first team to be knocked out
* Kallis takes four wickets for 15 (Adds quotes)
HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Sept 20 (Reuters) – South Africa’s formidable pace attack proved too good for Zimbabwe, who bowed out of the Twenty20 World Cup following a 10-wicket thrashing in a Group C game at Hambantota on Thursday.
Put in to bat first, Zimbabwe were restricted to 93 for eight wickets with only Craig Ervine providing some resistance with a top score of 37 off 40 balls.
There were only six fours hit in the entire Zimbabwe innings and four of them came off Ervine’s bat.
The batsmen failed to come to terms with the quality fast bowling as Zimbabwe lost their first wicket in the second over and were soon reduced to 16 for three before Ervine and Stuart Matsikenyeri (11) provided some respite with a 35-run stand.
Jacques Kallis produced a double wicket maiden in his first over removing Matsikenyeri and trapping Elton Chigumbura lbw in successive deliveries to put the Zimbabwe innings in disarray.
The allrounder also got rid of Graeme Cremer and Ervine to end with figures of four for 15, his best in the shortest format of the game.
“We went wrong in all three departments. We dropped chances, we let balls go, we were a bit sloppy in the field, leaked too many runs with the ball and didn’t score many with the bat,” Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor said.
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