• BATSMEN
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    13.5 thin outside edge! Botha cuts back on the pace and gives it more air outside off, has Nicol poking at it outside off and de Villiers pouches the edge 45/2
    4.5 is that you Jonty? Nope, it's du Plessis! Shades of the old man there at backward point, it was short and wide outside off and Guptill had to chase it, hit it hard and du Plessis had barely enough time to react, fling himself to his left and catch it mid-air, both hands behind the ball. Coaches, you might want to keep a clipping of this 13/1
    21.2 the change of bowling does the trick! Soft dismissal in the end, it was pitched up, McCullum looked to be driving straight but instead he got a leading edge that lobbed to backward point 74/3
    29.5 Williamson doesn't bother hanging around! Just when a partnership was building. Franklin pushes it towards short cover and risks a single to du Plessis who's had a super day in the field, he charges at the ball, dives and almost in one motion flings it to de Villiers who whips off the bails, magnificent athleticism by du Plessis 105/4
    41.3 soft dismissal for Franklin, de Lange comes round the wicket and pitches it up, Franklin tries to clear the infield but ends up spooning it to Amla at short cover who takes it easily 169/6
    38.4 a direct hit thwarts a budding partnership! de Grandhomme pushes it towards mid-off and he challenges Albie who takes aim at the bowler's end, the batsman's dive wasn't good enough, the third umpire takes a look but it was quite straightforward, Albie hit the stumps from a side angle 160/5
    43.5 how many Amlas are there on the field? Body double or not, he has taken another catch, Nathan McCullum chips it in the air straight to short midwicket, de Lange has four on debut! 189/8
    41.5 pace, pace and pace! Too good for Ellis, de Lange bangs it in short and forces Ellis to play at it, tries to fend it off but ends up lobbing it off the top end of the bat to first slip. Amla seems to be everywhere! 171/7
    44.3 LBW appeal is referred, Peterson bowls it a touch flat, Mills was forward to defend and the ball hits him low on the pads quite adjacent to the leg stump, no evidence of an inside edge, Illingworth gave him out and the third umpire agrees 195/9
    46.6 no five-for for the debutant de Lange! Peterson bowls this one which goes through with the arm and hits him flush on the front pad adjacent to the stumps 206/10
    not out
    2
    6
    8
    0
    0
    33.33
    Extras
    14 (lb 3, nb 1, w 10)
    TOTAL
    206 all out (47 Overs, RR: 4.38)
    Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Martin Guptill, 4.5 ov), 2-45 (Rob Nicol, 13.5 ov), 3-74 (Brendon McCullum, 21.2 ov), 4-105 (Kane Williamson, 29.5 ov), 5-160 (Colin de Grandhomme, 38.4 ov), 6-169 (James Franklin, 41.3 ov), 7-171 (Andrew Ellis, 41.5 ov), 8-189 (Nathan McCullum, 43.5 ov), 9-195 (Kyle Mills, 44.3 ov), 10-206 (Michael Bates, 46.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    LL Tsotsobe923614.00364110
    DW Steyn722804.00303000
    M de Lange914645.11353110
    RJ Peterson1013623.60401110
    J Botha702814.00222020
    WD Parnell401804.50130101
    JP Duminy1011011.0000100
  • BATSMEN
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    27.4 that's Mills' 200th ODI wicket! Soft dismissal for Amla, he makes room and tries to swat it over the on side but gets a top edge that's taken by Brendon McCullum 138/2
    27
    41
    61
    3
    0
    65.85
    15.3 through the gate! Bates can't believe it and neither can Parnell because he missed a straight one, Parnell was trying to tuck it to the on side but was far too early on the shot, the ball hits off and middle 80/1
    31.2 Morkel falls going for the big hit over the on side! Pitched up on the pads and he tried to whip that over deep square leg, timed it well but he picked de Grandhomme at the edge of the circle 155/3
    39.5 bit of a lazy shot by du Plessis, the flatter delivery from Nicol, he tried to work it through the on side but it looked like hitting him in front of leg, not sure if he reviewed it or not 188/4
    25
    37
    44
    3
    0
    67.56
    41.1 a bit late in the day for New Zealand, Duminy chips down the track but is beaten in flight, he nearly ended up yorking himself and it went through and hit the stumps 195/5
    not out
    9
    5
    15
    0
    1
    180.00
    not out
    5
    10
    7
    1
    0
    50.00
    Extras
    6 (lb 2, nb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    208/5 (43.2 Overs, RR: 4.8)
    Fall of wickets: 1-80 (Wayne Parnell, 15.3 ov), 2-138 (Hashim Amla, 27.4 ov), 3-155 (Albie Morkel, 31.2 ov), 4-188 (Faf du Plessis, 39.5 ov), 5-195 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 41.1 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    KD Mills814115.12252111
    MD Bates602814.66224000
    NL McCullum1003503.50321000
    AJ McKay804005.00276010
    AM Ellis603515.83203200
    RJ Nicol3.201424.20120100
    C de Grandhomme10909.0011010
    KS Williamson10404.0020000

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Series result

South Africa won the 3-match series 3-0

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

3 March 2012 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

  • de Villiers' brand of captaincy "taking off"

    AB de Villiers, the South Africa limited-overs captain, has said the team has started to respond to his style of captaincy, as was evident from South Africa's 3-0 trouncing of New Zealand in the one-day series

  • An interlude of performing groundstaff

    ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day from the third ODI between New Zealand and South Africa, in Auckland

  • de Lange bowls South Africa to 3-0 win

    South Africa rested their bowler of the series and three injured batsmen, promoted a tailender to the top of the order, and had their big-hitting allrounder at No.3, but New Zealand still could not prevent a heavy five-wicket loss

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st80HM AmlaWD Parnell
2nd58JA MorkelHM Amla
3rd17JA MorkelF du Plessis
4th33JP DuminyF du Plessis
5th7JP DuminyAB de Villiers
6th13J BothaAB de Villiers