- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR12.5 they're going to have to reconsider the ramp! Amla walks across once more, but this time he's pushed it flat and back of a length. Amla is still moving as it arrives at him with all stumps exposed. In the end, he can't get down fast, or stay still to play with a straight bat. Gets hurried on the ramp, takes it on the inside edge outside off and it clips off stump...in fact, it's hit middle, but only the bail on the left has lit up 66/20.3 ...but they won't need anyone out in the field! Goes around the wicket, good length, pushed outside off, de Kock puts in a half-stride and checks his shot as the ball turns sharply and catches the outside edge 1/130.6 chipped straight to midwicket. Length ball, gets stuck in the surface and does not really come on. It was an off-cutter and du Plessis comes forward and tries to turns it away into the leg side. But he is not in the best of positions and he fails to keep it along the ground as he fails to get his head completely down while playing it 140/426.5 Dragged on. The wide outside off channel pays. Duminy opens his blade as he sees this one pitch around a set of stumps outside off and tries to cut it away. But he does not account for the late movement. Cuts back in late after pitching and gets the inside edge as the ball goes into the stumps. 128/331.6 Miller sweeps again but this time he does not keep it along the ground. Gives it too much power and it goes hard and flat to the fielder at deep midwicket. Brownlie snaffles a superb catch. It was coming on to him quickly and dipping on him but he judges the dive to perfection as he gets forward, gets low enough and pouches it smartly 143/536.5 that is dreadful running. Good length on the pads, he's got good bat on his push, it's straight to Taylor at square leg. de Villiers has called for a run that was never on. Pretorious is nowhere close as a gentle throw comes in on the bounce and the bowler flicks the bails off. There was slight hesitation from him, but he trusted his partner and went through 158/645.4 ...but he's certainly tried to clobber this. Comes around the wicket, bowls it full, angled in at the batsman. He wants to slog this way over midwicket, but it catches him on the pads and clatters into middle stump 216/749.6 yorker outside off, jammed into the off side, teases the sweeper cover fielder who puts in a nice throw as AB comes back for the second and finds that his partner wasn't thinking along the same lines. Run out by a long way 279/8Extras7 (w 7)TOTAL279/8 (50 Overs, RR: 5.58)Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Quinton de Kock, 0.3 ov), 2-66 (Hashim Amla, 12.5 ov), 3-128 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 26.5 ov), 4-140 (Faf du Plessis, 30.6 ov), 5-143 (David Miller, 31.6 ov), 6-158 (Dwaine Pretorius, 36.5 ov), 7-216 (Chris Morris, 45.4 ov), 8-279 (Wayne Parnell, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB JS Patel 10 0 57 2 5.70 26 6 0 2 0 MJ Santner 10 0 40 1 4.00 29 1 1 0 0 TA Boult 10 0 70 1 7.00 27 8 2 2 0 TG Southee 10 0 70 1 7.00 24 5 3 2 0 C de Grandhomme 2 0 10 0 5.00 6 1 0 0 0 KS Williamson 3 0 17 0 5.66 4 1 0 0 0 JDS Neesham 5 0 15 1 3.00 16 0 0 1 0
Player of the Match
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 another inside edge on the attempted flick, and this time it's tickled through to de Kock down the leg! Was a poor ball, fired down the leg and his nervous innings has come to an end 5/112.2 appeal for lbw, given by umpire Reiffel. Williamson opts to not review it. Wouldn't have helped him as that would have probably hit middle and off. Williamson gets down to sweep but it is not full enough to sweep. Pitching on middle and leg and turning away and gets rapped on the pads 77/242.6 and as soon as the fielder comes in, he has fallen for it. Comes down the track to this full toss and it is dipping. He tries to loft it over mid-on as he sees the fielder coming in but with the ball dipping on him, cannot make good connection. Ends up chipping a straightforward catch to the fielder there 257/3Extras8 (lb 4, w 4)TOTAL280/3 (45 Overs, RR: 6.22)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Dean Brownlie, 2.5 ov), 2-77 (Kane Williamson, 12.2 ov), 3-257 (Ross Taylor, 42.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB K Rabada 8 0 41 1 5.12 28 6 0 3 0 WD Parnell 7 1 44 0 6.28 21 6 1 0 0 CH Morris 9 0 54 0 6.00 28 5 2 1 0 JP Duminy 3 0 26 0 8.66 6 3 1 0 0 D Pretorius 8 0 55 0 6.87 24 5 3 0 0 Imran Tahir 10 2 56 2 5.60 35 1 5 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 2-2
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-17.30, Interval 17.30-18.15, Second Session 18.15-21.45
Match days
01 March 2017 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 51 runs, 1 wicket)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (57 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 54 balls (HM Amla 31, F du Plessis 17, Ex 2)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 122 runs, 5 wickets)
- Over 16.1: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - PR Reiffel, Batsman - F du Plessis (Struck down)
- Drinks: South Africa - 81/2 in 17.0 overs (F du Plessis 31, JP Duminy 8)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 20.5 overs (125 balls), Extras 2
- F du Plessis: 50 off 72 balls (3 x 4)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 69 balls (F du Plessis 32, JP Duminy 21, Ex 0)
- Drinks: South Africa - 143/5 in 32.0 overs (AB de Villiers 7)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 35.1 overs (211 balls), Extras 3
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 106 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 44.4 overs (268 balls), Extras 3
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (AB de Villiers 30, CH Morris 20, Ex 0)
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 50 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 48.0 overs (288 balls), Extras 6
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 18 balls (AB de Villiers 19, WD Parnell 27, Ex 4)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 279/8 in 50.0 overs (AB de Villiers 72)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 57 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 42 balls (MJ Guptill 37, KS Williamson 15, Ex 0)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 177 runs, 1 wicket)
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 38 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Over 15.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - WR Knights, Batsman - MJ Guptill (Upheld)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 17.6 overs (108 balls), Extras 0
- Drinks: New Zealand - 103/2 in 18.0 overs (MJ Guptill 73, LRPL Taylor 5)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (MJ Guptill 37, LRPL Taylor 16, Ex 0)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 25.4 overs (154 balls), Extras 1
- MJ Guptill: 100 off 82 balls (12 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 118 balls (MJ Guptill 67, LRPL Taylor 32, Ex 1)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 193/2 in 34.0 overs (MJ Guptill 132, LRPL Taylor 34)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 34.5 overs (209 balls), Extras 3
- Over 37.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - WR Knights, Batsman - LRPL Taylor (Struck down)
- LRPL Taylor: 50 off 83 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 163 balls (MJ Guptill 95, LRPL Taylor 50, Ex 8)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- MJ Guptill: 150 off 123 balls (14 x 4, 8 x 6)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 41.4 overs (250 balls), Extras 8
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