Get Ball by Ball Commentary of New Zealand vs South Africa 2nd ODI 2014

6.15 pm South Africa have won the series with a 2-0 lead after another no-show from New Zealand's top-order batsmen. Their bowlers did a decent job of reining in South Africa but all of it was in vain. Only Luke Ronchi showed spine in the chase.

Sameer: "SAF is Hiring, wanted a bowler who can take the 10th wicket in a match"

Dan: "More than twice the next best partnership. The other nine players really need to ask themselves some questions."

Alex: "Wow, the guy who mailed in pre-match and said he'd taken SA by 70 runs in an office sweepstake really knows his stuff." Michael, it was.

Brendon McCullum: "Wasn't great, batting let us down, bowling was okay. We were good in the field. Too many soft dismissals, little backbone at the end but far too little too late. We got to continue to get used to the conditions, short on adapting to this wicket ... we got a bit of hard work to do over the next two days. 280 at the half-way mark was okay, the bowlers kept coming back nicely in those last ten overs. It's a beautiful ground and a fantastic place, great crowd as well."

AB de Villiers: "It was a bit frustrating at the end, we lost Immi so I had to make up the overs too. I;ve been bowling a little bit, discussing the options, if I can land it it will be handy in certain games, I won't bowl in all the games. When Hashim bats like that it just sets up the whole line up to be aggressive ... another great hundred ... I thought Quinny started well as well, always important to get a good opening stand. We have about eight games down under and we want to win most of them."

Hashim Amla is the Man of the Match: "It felt good, it was difficult early on. The little things went out way and we managed to hang in there quite a while. Today the wicket was doing a bit and the guys were bowlign well so it did not allow us to go hard up front but we were able to push on in the middle ..."

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46.3

Philander to Ronchi, OUT, it's all over! South Africa have been kept in the field for much longer than they would have liked, but in the end it is a thumping victory for them. Ronchi will have to wait for his maiden hundred. He falls after slicing the ball over point but Faf was quick enough to run back and take a well-judged catch

L Ronchi c du Plessis b Philander 79 (120m 83b 7x4 1x6) SR: 95.18

46.2

Philander to McClenaghan, 1 run, mis-timed towards mid-on for a single, McClenaghan ran the first hard wanting the second, but decided against it

Philander's back to try and end this ...

46.1

Philander to McClenaghan, no run, McClenaghan backs away and slogs at a short of a length ball outside off, he makes no contact

END OF OVER:
46 | 8 Runs | NZ: 209/9 (74 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.54, RRR: 18.50)

Mitchell McClenaghan33 (41b)
Luke Ronchi79 (82b)

Dale Steyn9-1-35-2
Morne Morkel9-1-44-1

45.6

Steyn to McClenaghan, 1 run, McClenaghan clears his front foot and slogs a short of a length ball to wide long on, New Zealand have broken their record last wicket stand in ODIs two games in a row. Move over Trent Boult, McClenaghan has taken your spot with Ronchi.

45.5

Steyn to Ronchi, 1 run, Ronchi does it much more conventionally, steering the ball with an open face to third man

45.4

1lb

Steyn to McClenaghan, 1 leg bye, McClenaghan jumps outside the line of off stump and tries to glance Steyn past the keeper, gets hit on the pad and runs a leg bye to fine leg

45.3

Steyn to Ronchi, 1 run, plays a lofted cover drive into the deep, falls short of the fielder

45.2

Steyn to Ronchi, FOUR, so much for mundanity! Ronchi swivels and pulls a short ball, hitting it over the infield and into the gap on the midwicket boundary

45.1

Steyn to Ronchi, no run, full and straight, Ronchi plays it watchfully back to the bowler, all rather mundane after McClenaghan's bravado

Dale Steyn is back ...

RobbieMc: "We should just pick ten bowlers and Ronchi. It would give us more bowling options while sacrificing nothing with the bat. "

END OF OVER:
45 | 12 Runs | NZ: 201/9 (82 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.46, RRR: 16.40)

Mitchell McClenaghan32 (39b)
Luke Ronchi73 (78b)

Morne Morkel9-1-44-1
Jean-Paul Duminy7-0-41-1

44.6

Morkel to McClenaghan, no run, McClenaghan feels he can do anything now! He jumps outside the line of off stump and then tries to scoop a short of a length ball over de Kock, he does not make any contact

gav: "Why couldn't Chris Martin ever do this"

44.5

Morkel to McClenaghan, FOUR, Morkel is taking a beating from a No. 11, McClenaghan makes room by moving outside leg and then swings freely, smashing the ball past mid-on

44.4

Morkel to McClenaghan, no run, dug in short again, just outside leg, McClenaghan moves towards the off side to let it pass, should have been called wide even though the batsman moved a long way

END OF OVER:
46 | 8 Runs | NZ: 209/9 (74 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.54, RRR: 18.50)

END OF OVER:
45 | 12 Runs | NZ: 201/9 (82 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.46, RRR: 16.40)

South Africa tour of New Zealand [October 2014] 2014-15 News

Rewarding times for Hashim Amla

De Villiers happy with NZ outing ahead of World Cup

Matt Henry eases in on comeback

The Steyn impersonation

Morkel upbeat on Australia tour

END OF OVER:46 | 8 Runs | NZ: 209/9 (74 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.54, RRR: 18.50)

END OF OVER:45 | 12 Runs | NZ: 201/9 (82 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.46, RRR: 16.40)

Rewarding times for Hashim Amla

De Villiers happy with NZ outing ahead of World Cup

Matt Henry eases in on comeback

The Steyn impersonation

Morkel upbeat on Australia tour

END OF OVER:
46 | 8 Runs | NZ: 209/9 (74 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 4.54, RRR: 18.50)

END OF OVER:
45 | 12 Runs | NZ: 201/9 (82 runs required from 30 balls, RR: 4.46, RRR: 16.40)