South Africa vs Zimbabwe Head to Head Stats & Records in Test Cricket
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| # | Team 1 | Team 2 | Winner | Margin | Date | Venue | Scorecard |
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| 1 | Zimbabwe | South Africa | SA | an innings and 236 runs | 06 Jul 2025 | Bulawayo | SA won by an innings and 236 runs |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | South Africa | SA | 328 runs | 28 Jun 2025 | Bulawayo | SA won by 328 runs |
| 3 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | an inns & 120 runs | 26 Dec 2017 | Port Elizabeth | SA won by an inns & 120 runs |
| 4 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | won by 9 wickets | 09 Aug 2014 | Harare | SA won by 9 wickets |
| 5 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | won by an innings and 62 runs | 11 Mar 2005 | Centurion | SA won by an innings and 62 runs |
| 6 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | won by an innings and 21 runs | 04 Mar 2005 | Cape Town | SA won by an innings and 21 runs |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | South Africa | - | Match drawn | 14 Sep 2001 | Bulawayo | Match drawn |
| 8 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | won by 9 wickets | 07 Sep 2001 | Harare | SA won by 9 wickets |
| 9 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | won by an innings and 219 runs | 11 Nov 1999 | Harare | SA won by an innings and 219 runs |
| 10 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | won by an innings and 13 runs | 29 Oct 1999 | Bloemfontein | SA won by an innings and 13 runs |
| 11 | South Africa | Zimbabwe | SA | won by 7 wickets | 13 Oct 1995 | Harare | SA won by 7 wickets |
South Africa vs Zimbabwe Head to Head in Test Cricket
South Africa and Zimbabwe have played 11 Tests, the first in 1995 and the latest beginning 6 July 2025. South Africa have won 10 and 1 have been drawn; Zimbabwe have yet to win one. South Africa's highest innings total in the fixture is 626, Zimbabwe's 419. The lowest completed innings are 309 and 54. Every Test is listed above. Updated 9 September, 2026.
Queens Sports Club, 7 July 2025: Wiaan Mulder, captaining South Africa for the first time, made 367 not out and then declared at lunch on the second day rather than chase Brian Lara's 400. It is the highest score by a South African in Test cricket, past Hashim Amla's 311 not out, and among the five highest anyone has made.
Zimbabwe's best cricket in the fixture came in September 2001, when Andy Flower made 199 not out at Harare and they reached 419 for 9 at Bulawayo in the next Test. Both were drawn - the only two of eleven that Zimbabwe have survived.
Allan Donald's 8 for 71 at Harare in October 1995, in the very first Test between the two, remains the best bowling here.
