# South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2001–02

The South African national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in September 2001 and played a two-match Test series against the Zimbabwean national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 1–0. South Africa were captained by Shaun Pollock and Zimbabwe by Heath Streak. In addition, the teams played a three-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which South Africa won 3–0.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs |
| Zimbabwe | South Africa | Zimbabwe | South Africa |
| Heath Streak (C) Dion Ebrahim Alistair Campbell Hamilton Masakadza Andy Flower (WK) Craig Wishart Grant Flower Guy Whittall Paul Strang Mushfiqur Rahim Travis Friend Mluleki Nkala Raymond Price | Shaun Pollock (c) Mark Boucher (wk) Gary Kirsten Herschelle Gibbs Boeta Dippenaar Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Shaun Pollock Neil McKenzie Richmond Mutumbami Claude Henderson Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini | Heath Streak (C) Dion Ebrahim Alistair Campbell Hamilton Masakadza Andy Flower (WK) Craig Wishart Grant Flower Guy Whittall Paul Strang Mushfiqur Rahim Travis Friend Mluleki Nkala | Shaun Pollock (c) Mark Boucher (wk) Gary Kirsten Herschelle Gibbs Jonty Rhodes Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Shaun Pollock Neil McKenzie Richmond Mutumbami Claude Henderson Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini |

## Test Series
### 1st Test

* 7–11 September Scorecard
* South Africa won by 9 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) & Russell Tiffin (Zim) Player of the match: Andy Flower (Zim)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd Test

* 14–18 September Scorecard
* Match drawn Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Kevan Barbour (ZIM) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* Raymond Price (Zim) took five-wicket haul

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 23 September 2001 Scorecard
| South Africa 363/3 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 210/5 (50 overs) |
| Herschelle Gibbs 125 (112) Paul Strang 1/56 (10 overs) | | Alistair Campbell 81 (117) Andre Nel 1/27 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 153 runs Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Umpires: Charles Coventry (Zim) and Jeff Fenwick (Zim) Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Claude Henderson (SA) and Hamilton Masakadza (Zim) both made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 29 September 2001 Scorecard
| South Africa 272/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 124 (40.1 overs) |
| Herschelle Gibbs 69 (77) Grant Flower 2/21 (5 overs) | | Stuart Carlisle 31 (36) Claude Henderson 4/17 (9.1 overs) |
* South Africa won by 148 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Quintin Goosen (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Jonty Rhodes (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 30 September 2001 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 184/6 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 188/4 (41 overs) |
| Stuart Carlisle 51 (100) Claude Henderson 2/34 (10 overs) | | Neil McKenzie 69* (86) Mluleki Nkala 2/46 (9 overs) |
* South Africa won by 6 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Ahmed Esat (Zim) and Graeme Evans (Zim) Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (SA)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.