Boult, Taylor break South Africa's unbeaten run
Ross Taylor struck his 17th ODI century and Trent Boult produced 3 for 63, helping New Zealand scrape to a six-run, series-levelling victory against South Africa in Christchurch
21/02Result
2nd ODI, South Africa tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Feb 22 2017
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
283/9 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
21/02Result
2nd ODI, South Africa tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Feb 22 2017
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
283/9 (50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
LRPL Taylor
102(110) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
- Productive Shot
- flick
- 24 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
JDS Neesham
71(57) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 14 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
TA Boult
- O10
- M0
- R63
- W3
- Eco6.30
| 1W | ||||
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
D Pretorius
- O10
- M0
- R40
- W2
- Eco4.00
| 1W | ||||
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.30 Interval 14.30-15.15, Second Session 15.15-18.45
Match days
22 February 2017 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 289/4 (50 OVERS)
- Ross Taylor*102 (110)
- James Neesham*71 (57)
- Wayne Parnell1/49 (8)
- Dwaine Pretorius2/40 (10)
SOUTH AFRICA 283/9 (50 OVERS)
- Dwaine Pretorius50 (27)
- Quinton de Kock57 (65)
- Trent Boult3/63 (10)
- Mitchell Santner2/46 (10)
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Varun Shetty
END OF OVER:50 | 8 Runs | SA: 283/9 (7 runs required, RR: 5.66)
- Andile Phehlukwayo29 (34b)
- Imran Tahir0 (0b)
- Tim Southee10-0-60-1
- Trent Boult10-0-63-3
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Ross Taylor is Man of the Match.
7pm Phew! What a match! New Zealand did really well to strange South Africa in the middle and then did really poorly to let them back in. But they edged it out in all the important phases - two solid partnerships in the middle overs when batting, and top-class death bowling to eek out a win. Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy in particular will feel prickly when they try to go to bed tonight - they got in and threw it away. AB de Villiers wasn't new to this situation, and played it sensibly, but fell at a crucial time, as did Miller. That's the end of their winning streak that lasted 12 games.
New Zealand got efforts from all their seniors - Williamson, Taylor, Southee and Boult. Santner was brilliant as well - 2 for 46. They didn't deserve to lose.
Shaheer: "Well, Boult made up for that catch drop with a stunning match winning over"
49.6
4
Southee to Phehlukwayo, FOUR, overpithched at leg stump, backs away and whacks it straight back over the umpire....and that's the match. 10 consecutive balls in the blockhole to win by six runs - they showed up when it mattered, those seniors.
49.5
4
Southee to Phehlukwayo, FOUR, attempted yorker outside off, after four balls, he goes for the reverse ramp and converts it into a full toss that he gets past the keeper
49.4
0
Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, ...it doesn't! This is phenomenal death overs bowling. As professional as it can get. Another yorker outside off, dug out to cover
This has to go the distance
49.3
0
Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, another yorker, wide outside off, thick edge down to third man and no run
49.2
0
Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, yorker outside off, carved straight to extra cover
49.1
0
Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, yorker at the off stump, drives it to extra cover, bit of confusion as they don't know whether to go for the run - they decide not to
Right. Southee, around the wicket. 15 off 6 balls
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