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Only T20I

New Zealand beat South Africa by 5 wickets in the only T20I

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, . New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl.

South Africa13319.3 ov
New Zealand134/518 ov
New Zealand won by 5 wickets

Match report

From the scorecard

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl. South Africa were bowled out for 133, Graeme Smith 61 from 43 balls. Nathan Astle took 3 for 20.

New Zealand reached 134 for 5 in 18 overs, Stephen Fleming 31 from 25 balls. Charl Langeveldt took 2 for 14.

New Zealand won by 5 wickets.

Key performers

South Africa innings

133(19.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Graeme Smithc & b NJ Astlec & b NJ Astle6143101141.86
Jacques Kallisb JS Patelb JS Patel201811111.11
Herschelle Gibbslbw b JS Patellbw b JS Patel9710128.57
Justin Kempc & b NJ Astlec & b NJ Astle8111072.73
Mark Boucher †b NJ Astleb NJ Astle480050.00
Shaun Pollockc SP Fleming b AR Adamsc SP Fleming b AR Adams02000.00
Ashwell Princerun out (JS Patel)run out (JS Patel)560083.33
Albie Morkelc †BB McCullum b JS Patelc †BB McCullum b JS Patel11120191.67
Charl Langeveldtb SE Bondb SE Bond240050.00
Makhaya Ntinib SE Bondb SE Bond561083.33
André Nelnot outnot out0*2000.00
Extras(b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 4)(b 1, lb 2, w 1, nb 4)8
Total19.3 Ov (RR 6.82)19.3 Ov (RR 6.82)133
Did not bat: Nicky Boje
Fall of wickets: 84-1 (GC Smith, 9.4 ov), 90-2 (JH Kallis, 10.3 ov), 99-3 (HH Gibbs, 12.1 ov), 105-4 (JM Kemp, 13.4 ov), 106-5 (SM Pollock, 14.1 ov), 110-6 (MV Boucher, 15.2 ov), 117-7 (AG Prince, 16.4 ov), 121-8 (CK Langeveldt, 17.4 ov), 129-9 (JA Morkel, 18.4 ov), 133-10 (M Ntini, 19.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Shane Edward Bond3.302527.14125000
Kyle Mills403809.50104111
Andre Adams402716.75113100
Nathan Astle402035.00112000
Jeetan Patel402035.00120101
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stGC Smith 61(43) & JH Kallis 19(16)8458
2ndHH Gibbs 5(3) & JH Kallis 1(2)65
3rdJM Kemp 5(6) & HH Gibbs 4(4)910
4thMV Boucher 3(4) & JM Kemp 3(5)69
5thSM Pollock 0(2) & MV Boucher 0(1)13
6thAG Prince 3(4) & MV Boucher 1(3)47
7thJA Morkel 3(7) & AG Prince 2(2)78
8thJA Morkel 2(2) & CK Langeveldt 2(4)46
9thM Ntini 1(3) & JA Morkel 6(3)86
10thA Nel 0(2) & M Ntini 4(3)45

New Zealand innings

134/5(18 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Stephen Flemingc JA Morkel b CK Langeveldtc JA Morkel b CK Langeveldt312560124.00
Nathan Astleb A Nelb A Nel101010100.00
Hamish Marshallc †MV Boucher b A Nelc †MV Boucher b A Nel3300100.00
Craig McMillanc A Nel b N Bojec A Nel b N Boje15191078.95
Scott Styrisb CK Langeveldtb CK Langeveldt24282085.71
Jacob Oramnot outnot out23*1612143.75
Brendon McCullum †not outnot out17*911188.89
Extras(b 1, lb 3, w 3, nb 4)(b 1, lb 3, w 3, nb 4)11
Total18 Ov (RR 7.44)18 Ov (RR 7.44) · Target 134 from 20 ov134/5
Fall of wickets: 37-1 (NJ Astle, 5.1 ov), 41-2 (HJH Marshall, 6 ov), 46-3 (SP Fleming, 6.2 ov), 80-4 (CD McMillan, 12.1 ov), 110-5 (SB Styris, 16.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Shaun Pollock301605.33102010
Makhaya Ntini2021010.5034000
André Nel401924.75111000
Charl Langeveldt201427.0062020
Nicky Boje402716.7592100
Albie Morkel201306.5040100
Graeme Smith1020020.0011102
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stSP Fleming 26(21) & NJ Astle 10(10)3731
2ndHJH Marshall 3(3) & SP Fleming 1(2)45
3rdSP Fleming 4(2) & CD McMillan 0(0)52
4thSB Styris 18(16) & CD McMillan 15(19)3435
5thSB Styris 6(12) & JDP Oram 22(13)3025
6thBB McCullum 17(9) & JDP Oram 1(3)24*10

Commentary

End of innings: NZ 134/5 (18 ov)
End of over 1821 runsNZ 134/543Nb1b1128Nb1
BB McCullum 17(9)JDP Oram 23(16)GC Smith 1-0-20-0
17.61
GC Smith to BB McCullum, 1 run
17.68Nb
GC Smith to BB McCullum, SIX
17.52
GC Smith to BB McCullum, 2 runs
17.41
GC Smith to JDP Oram, 1 run
17.31
GC Smith to BB McCullum, 1 run
17.21b
GC Smith to JDP Oram, 1 bye
17.23Nb
GC Smith to BB McCullum, no ball, 1 run
17.14
GC Smith to BB McCullum, FOUR
End of over 173 runs, 1 wktNZ 113/50W11Lb01
BB McCullum 2(3)JDP Oram 22(14)CK Langeveldt 2-0-14-2
16.61
CK Langeveldt to BB McCullum, 1 run
16.50
CK Langeveldt to BB McCullum, no run
16.41Lb
CK Langeveldt to JDP Oram, 1 leg bye
16.31
CK Langeveldt to BB McCullum, 1 run
16.2W
CK Langeveldt to SB Styris, OUT
SB Styris b CK Langeveldt 24(28) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 110/5 (16.2 ov)
16.10
CK Langeveldt to SB Styris, no run
End of over 169 runsNZ 110/4106101
SB Styris 24(26)JDP Oram 22(13)JA Morkel 2-0-13-0
15.61
JA Morkel to SB Styris, 1 run
15.50
JA Morkel to SB Styris, no run
15.41
JA Morkel to JDP Oram, 1 run
15.36
JA Morkel to JDP Oram, SIX
15.20
JA Morkel to JDP Oram, no run
15.11
JA Morkel to SB Styris, 1 run
End of over 1514 runsNZ 101/411Lb2604
JDP Oram 15(10)SB Styris 22(23)N Boje 4-0-27-1
14.64
N Boje to JDP Oram, FOUR
14.50
N Boje to JDP Oram, no run
14.46
N Boje to JDP Oram, SIX
14.32
N Boje to JDP Oram, 2 runs
14.21Lb
N Boje to SB Styris, 1 leg bye