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SOUTH AFRICA 147/6 (20 OVERS)
- Jean-Paul Duminy41 (37)
- Justin Ontong32 (17)
- Ronnie Hira1/12 (2)
- Tim Southee3/28 (4)
NEW ZEALAND 148/4 (19.2 OVERS)
- Martin Guptill*78 (55)
- Kane Williamson24 (21)
- Jean-Paul Duminy1/20 (2)
- Morne Morkel1/26 (4)
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Avi Singh
That wraps up our coverage tonight, Firdose will be providing you news hounds with the final report soon as well as a host of other pieces. Thanks for all the mails as always. New Zealand take a 1-0 lead into the second match at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday. Until then, this is Avi Singh signing off on behalf of scorer Sanjay Murari and Firdose Moonda. Enjoy the weekend!
Martin Guptill is Man of the Match for the umpteenth time in this New Zealand summer: "Batting really well at the moment, opening with Rob is quite good at the moment. I only had one net yesterday and one this morning, but I feel in really good touch in the games."
Brendon McCullum: "Full credit to the bowlers and to Martin who's in great form at the moment. Really pleased for Nathan, who stepped up today after not getting as many opportunities as he would have liked in the Zimbabwe series. Pitch had something for both fast and slow bowlers, so it was decent. We drive ourselves pretty hard with fielding, can't fault our effort throughout the summer there so far, helps the bowlers to know they've got a good unit backing them up."
AB de Villiers: "Not a great start, I take responsibility for that. We were expecting them to open up with a spinner, not surprised at all. Overs 4 to 9 cost us, we didn't cash in at all, but we fought back and in the end we got quite close. We played well in patches, but we want to get it all together in the next game."
I had said during the innings break that South Africa were about 15 or so short, and so it proved as New Zealand were in control throughout the run chase, thanks mainly to the expert steering by Martin Guptill, who is in irresistable form at the moment as he notched up his sixth consecutive international half-century. South Africa were a little off the boil tonight, as Duminy and Ontong bailed out their top order to give them something to bowl at, but their bowling was unable to apply enough pressure.
Botha entrusted with the final over
END OF OVER:19 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 142/4 (6 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.47, RRR: 6.00)
- Martin Guptill78 (55b)
- James Franklin2 (2b)
- Morne Morkel4-1-26-1
- Rusty Theron4-0-27-1
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