Pacy South Africa restrict lacklustre Zimbabwe to 93/8

Kallis utlised the lively pitch at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium to perfection and scalped four wickets for 15 runs to rock the Zimbabwe innings.

He was ably supported by pace duo of Morne Morkel (2/16) and Dale Steyn (1/9), who produced a lethal opening spell to dismantle the Zimbabweans.

Zimbabwe's struggle can be ascertained from the fact that only two of its batsmen -- Craig Ervine (37) and Stuart Matsikenyeri (11) -- managed double figures.

Put into bat, Zimbabwe found the going tough as Morne did the early damage by picking up two wickets in his first two overs.

Morne first went through the defence of opener Vusi Sibanda in the second over and then came back to induce an edge from Zimbabwe skipper Brendan Taylor which was gleefully accepted by South Africa captain AB de Vielliers.

Morne's brother Albie also found himself among wickets in his opening over when he had Hamilton Masakadza caught by Richard Levi at mid-on as Zimbabwe slumped to 16 for three.

Top-scorer Ervine and Matsikenyeri then tried hard to resurrect the innings with a fighting 35-run fourth wicket partnership before Jacques Kallis' double blow in the 11th over put paid to their efforts. MORE