Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
HM Amla
92(107) 12x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
- Productive Shot
- cut shot on back foot
- 25 runs
- 5x4 - 0x6
BB McCullum
85(96) 11x4 - 2x6
Control %82%
- Productive Shot
- pull/hook on back foot
- 25 runs
- 3x4 - 2x6
29/02Result
2nd ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of New Zealand at Napier, Feb 29 2012
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
231/4 (38.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
29/02Result
2nd ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of New Zealand at Napier, Feb 29 2012
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
231/4 (38.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 2-0
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
29 February 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 230 (47.3 OVERS)
- Brendon McCullum85 (96)
- Martin Guptill58 (73)
- Morne Morkel5/38 (9.3)
- Lonwabo Tsotsobe3/43 (10)
SOUTH AFRICA 231/4 (38.2 OVERS)
- Hashim Amla92 (107)
- Jean-Paul Duminy43 (39)
- Andrew Ellis1/16 (3)
- Tarun Nethula2/60 (10)
Scorer: Sanjay Murari | Commentator: Siddhartha Talya
They've taken an unassailable lead, and the third game is a dead rubber. On a Napier track that promised plenty of runs, New Zealand managed a below-par score, suffering a collapse that they were unable to recover from. They had few answers against a classy Hashim Amla in the chase; his partnership with Faf du Plessis setting the tempo for the innings, something JP Duminy helped maintain. The bright spot for New Zealand in their bowling was the performance of Tarun Nethula, and hs duel with Amla, but the hosts showed little fight otherwise after they lost McCullum in their innings.
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McCullum: "8 for 60-odd is not acceptable. We need to have a good hard look at our game, 300 would have been competitive. It was definitely a 300 wicket, they were able to steal the momentum from us in the middle stages. Tarun was exceptional, we didn't field that well. He was good for us, and Andy bowled with good pace and asked a few questions as well. We didn't have enough runs for them. There's a big Test series to come as well, so the game in Auckland is big for a number of reasons."
AB: "We played consistently well today, Morne bowled exceptionally for us and set the trend. Morne just wickets at the right time for us. Always nice when someone starts well up the order like Amla this time, he made it easy for the middle order. Faff is a world-class talent, I'm looking forward to watching him grow into a world-class player. We'd like to do it 3-0."
Morne Morkel is Man of the Match: "I'm very grateful I can put in that kind of performance for the team. I was surprised by the pace and bounce in the wicket, and it's going well for me at the moment. Allan Donald has been great with the bowlers, he's got the experience. Auckland will be quick and bouncy, we've got the momentum with us."
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38.2
1
Mills to de Villiers, 1 run, AB does it delicately, it's a gentle nudge through square leg and South Africa have won comprehensively, taking the series with them
38.1
1
Mills to Ontong, 1 run, short of a good length outside off, turned past square leg for a single, scores level
Should be all over, this over
END OF OVER:38 | 14 Runs | SA: 229/4 (2 runs required from 12 overs, RR: 6.02, RRR: 0.16)
- AB de Villiers30 (34b)
- Justin Ontong16 (18b)
- Tim Southee8-0-61-0
- Kyle Mills6-1-39-1
37.6
4
Southee to de Villiers, FOUR, tries something similar, AB moves away again and Southee generously doles this out on the pads, flicked away to the fine-leg boundary is the result
37.5
0
Southee to de Villiers, no run, AB made room and Southee chased him, pushed it full, was driven to mid-on
37.4
1
Southee to Ontong, 1 run, back of a length outside off, cut away down towards third man for a single
37.3
4
Southee to Ontong, FOUR, comes off perfectly this time, short outside off and he middles it like he wants to, short and it's pulled powerfully over midwicket
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