Zimbabwe Select turned on a spirited show at the weekend when they beat South Africa Composite XI by 10 wickets at Sedgars Park in Potchefstroom, The Herald reported yesterday.

The match was in the first of the three four-day cricket matches in the Supersport Challenge against the SA Composite XI that was chosen by that country's National Selection Panel.

Zimbabwe Select only needed 57 runs in their second innings to claim the victory and this came courtesy of the opening partnership of Brandon Taylor (35) and Visimuzi Sibanda (19) and three extras.

South Africa Composite XI were the first to bat having won the toss and in the first innings they scored 288 before Zimbabwe Select replied with 493 as captain Prospers Utseya led from the front to score an unbeaten 115.

The hosts went in to bat again for their second innings and this time they were 261 all out and this means that the visitors needed 57 runs to win and Sibanda and Taylor just did that without the loss of a wicket.

The games are part of the drive by CSA to help the young Zimbabwean players gain more experience in the longer version of the game, in preparation for their resumption of Test participation.

Zimbabwe will also play as a seventh franchise in the MTN Domestic Championship and the Standard Bank Pro 20 Series with the matches in the two competitions being played on a normal home and away basis.