- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 brilliant work there by the South African skipper, he missed the pull, hit the pad and rolled behind the stumps, Guptill races through but Nicol is slow to respond and de Villiers fires a brilliant throw which hits the stumps bullseye at the bowler's end to catch Nicol well short even with a desperate dive 37/111.5 South Africa get Guptill for less than fifty, it was short on off and he went for the hook over the fence to bring up his half-century but he top-edged it down to deep backward square where Albie Morkel was safely underneath it, a big wicket for the visitors who desperately needed a breakthrough 97/214.4 but Botha hits back immediately as Baz comes down the track and pulls into the deep but Botha had just slowed it up a touch and McCullum didn't have enough muscle on it to get it past deep midwicket who ran in and took a good catch running in on his knees 114/317.5 well that was all a bit understated, a full ball outside off which Franklin tries to jam through third man, ball hits bat as bat is hitting ground and the edge goes through to AB, they appeal and the umpire takes a while to send Franklin on his way as the players just stand around momentarily 159/4Extras9 (b 1, lb 3, w 5)TOTAL173/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.65)Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Rob Nicol, 4.3 ov), 2-97 (Martin Guptill, 11.5 ov), 3-114 (Brendon McCullum, 14.4 ov), 4-159 (James Franklin, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB J Botha 4 0 22 1 5.50 14 2 1 0 0 LL Tsotsobe 3 0 23 0 7.66 8 4 0 1 0 M Morkel 4 0 38 1 9.50 11 3 3 0 0 M de Lange 4 0 43 1 10.75 7 2 3 4 0 WD Parnell 2 0 15 0 7.50 6 3 0 0 0 JP Duminy 3 0 28 0 9.33 3 1 2 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.1 Amla has miscalculated there, goes for a needless loft to a full ball outside off, slices it high down to Franklin at long-off who takes a simple catch 25/14.2 tossed up wide outside off and spinning away, Parnell tried to swing across the line and had to reach for it, missed and overbalanced out of the crease while doing so, Baz whips the bails off with Parnell well out as he tries to get back in 41/2Extras12 (lb 2, w 10)TOTAL174/2 (16 Overs, RR: 10.87)Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Hashim Amla, 2.1 ov), 2-41 (Wayne Parnell, 4.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NL McCullum 2 0 18 1 9.00 7 1 1 1 0 DAJ Bracewell 2 0 37 0 18.50 3 1 5 0 0 TG Southee 4 0 40 0 10.00 9 5 1 2 0 RJ Nicol 1 0 10 1 10.00 3 0 1 1 0 RM Hira 4 0 34 0 8.50 9 1 3 1 0 KD Mills 2 0 26 0 13.00 2 2 2 0 0 JEC Franklin 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
3-match series level 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.15, Interval 20.15-20.30, Second Session 20.30-21.50
Match days
19 February 2012 - night match (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 3
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (MJ Guptill 34, BB McCullum 16, Ex 1)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 5
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 173/4 in 20.0 overs (KS Williamson 28, C de Grandhomme 3)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 63 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 4.6 overs (30 balls), Extras 8
- RE Levi: 50 off 25 balls (2 x 4, 6 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 29 balls (RE Levi 31, AB de Villiers 19, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 8
- RE Levi: 100 off 45 balls (3 x 4, 12 x 6)
- 3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 55 balls (RE Levi 71, AB de Villiers 24, Ex 5)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 14.3 overs (87 balls), Extras 11
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