- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR30.3 Gone! good length ball around the off stump, shaping in this time, Smith tries to work it away onside, gets hit on the pad and right in front of the stumps 95/24.6 Early strike! fraction short around the off stump, nipping in off the wicket, Gibbs moves back to defend and gets an inside edge onto the stumps, Gibbs not in line of the ball to defend 16/136.5 Three down! short ball banged in just outside off stump, swinging away, Dippenaar rocks back and pulls in the air, front of the square and straight to Fulton at forward square leg, soft dismissal after reaching hif fifty! 119/362.2 Breakthrough from Franklin! yorker swinging in late into the leg stump, Kallis beaten all ends up by the late swing and ball crashes into the stumps, that was an amazing delivery! 177/544.6 Four down! short of length ball around the off stump, nipping away and climbing off the wicket, Prince moves back and tries to push off the back-foot, ball takes the edge and straight to Styris at second slip, good lift off the wicket providing Mills another wicket 130/468.5 Gone! short of length ball on the leg stump, moving away off the wicket, batsman squared up and beaten, ball clips the off stump, one more amazing delivery from Franklin 197/681.2 fraction short around the off stump, swinging away, Boucher tries to punch on the back-foot but gets the outside edge, ball goes to second slip but the fiedler drops it, the deflection is taken brilliantly by Fleming at first slip 229/782.2 One more to Mills! good length ball just outside off stump, swinging away, Pollock moves forward to defend and ball takes off the top edge and goes straight to Styris at second slip, simple catch taken 233/84.3 short ball on the leg stump, ball keeps a bit low, defended to mid-wicket 18/14.3 good line and length delivery on the leg stump, shaping away, Dippenaar defends it 18/1Extras20 (b 6, lb 4, nb 7, w 3)TOTAL276 all out (95.4 Overs, RR: 2.88, 404 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Herschelle Gibbs, 4.6 ov), 2-95 (Graeme Smith, 30.3 ov), 3-119 (Boeta Dippenaar, 36.5 ov), 4-130 (Ashwell Prince, 44.6 ov), 5-177 (Jacques Kallis, 62.2 ov), 6-197 (AB de Villiers, 68.5 ov), 7-229 (Mark Boucher, 81.2 ov), 8-233 (Shaun Pollock, 82.2 ov), 9-274 (Nicky Boje, 94.1 ov), 10-276 (Dale Steyn, 95.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB KD Mills 18 7 43 4 2.38 0 3 JEC Franklin 18 3 75 4 4.16 1 2 CS Martin 22.4 4 66 2 2.91 2 1 JDP Oram 14 7 27 0 1.92 0 0 DL Vettori 18 2 44 0 2.44 0 1 NJ Astle 5 2 11 0 2.20 0 0
15/04Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of South Africa at Centurion, Apr 15-19 2006
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
276 & 299 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
327 & 120 (36 ov)
Player of the Match
15/04Result
1st Test, New Zealand tour of South Africa at Centurion, Apr 15-19 2006
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
276 & 299 -
![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
327 & 120 (36 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.4 full length ball swinging in, batsman pushes and gets an inside edge onto the pads 18/19.6 Pollock strikes in the first over! short of length ball on the off stump, ball straightens and climbs off the wicket, batsman squared up and ball takes the outside edge, Boucher initially moves down the legside but stretches his right hand and takes a brilliant catch 38/44.5 full delivery swinging in, Dippenaar drives and gets an inside edge again, ball rolls wide of the stumps 18/18.6 Third one for Ntini! fraction short around the off stump, ball climbs off the wicket and nips in, Styris tries to defend on the back-foot but ball takes off the top edge, goes in the air to gully region, Gibbs dives to his right and takes a one-handed brilliant catch 32/312.2 Steyn joins the party! full length ball around the off stump, swinging away, Astle doesnt move his feet and just tries to defend, ball takes the outside edge and straight to Boucher, New Zealand in all sorts of trouble! 45/571.4 All out! slower ball on the stumps, Oram looks to hammer through legside, gets the top edge and ball goes high in the air, Pollock runs in from long-on and takes a smart catch at mid-on, that brings an end to an amazing innings under pressure 327/1021.5 Kallis provides the breakthrough! short of length ball around the off stump, climbs off the wicket, McCullum pushes off the back-foot, surprised the bounce and takes his right hand off, takes the outside half of the bat and ball balloons to Boje at point 89/660.1 Breakthrough from Ntini! fraction short on the middle and leg stump, nipping away, Vettori shapes to play the pull shot, gets the top edge and ball balloons to point, Prince takes an easy catch and brings an end to a great partnership 272/762.5 5-fer Ntini! good length ball just outside off stump, Franklin getting too ambitious and tries to drive on the up, ball takes the nick and straight to Boucher, change of angle working for Ntini and an another 5-wicket haul for him! 280/870.5 Pollock picks up his first wicket! short ball banged in, Mills looks to pull and gets the top edge, ball goes high in the air to mid-wicket, Boje runs in and takes a well judged catch 322/9Extras20 (lb 12, nb 8)TOTAL327 all out (71.4 Overs, RR: 4.56, 336 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Hamish Marshall, 2.2 ov), 2-12 (Stephen Fleming, 4.1 ov), 3-32 (Scott Styris, 8.6 ov), 4-38 (Peter Fulton, 9.6 ov), 5-45 (Nathan Astle, 12.2 ov), 6-89 (Brendon McCullum, 21.5 ov), 7-272 (Daniel Vettori, 60.1 ov), 8-280 (James Franklin, 62.5 ov), 9-322 (Kyle Mills, 70.5 ov), 10-327 (Jacob Oram, 71.4 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 Martin strikes early! length ball on the leg stump, nipping away a bit, Smith tries to defend and misses, ball strikes the pads and Smith caught plumb in front, good decision from Benson 8/16.2 One more! fraction short on the middle stump, nipping away off the wicket this time, Gibbs tries to defend off the back-foot but gets the edge straight to Styris at second slip 19/216.1 fraction short around the off stump, nipping in a bit, Dippenaar tries to defend off the back-foot, squared up and ball takes the outside edge to first slip, Fleming takes a good low catch, Dippenaar stands his ground but Harper after consultation with Benson gives the decision 42/355.3 Styris provides breakthrough! short ball on the stumps, Kallis goes for the pull shot and ends up getting a top edge, ball goes high in the air and straight to fine leg, Vettori gets underneath and takes the skier 140/530.1 Four down! short ball around the off stump, swinging away, Prince moves back and tries to punch, ball takes the outside edge and straight to McCullum, identical shot off the last ball, thats a very poor shot! 73/45.1 full outside off stump, batsman drives and gets an inside edge to onside 18/171.6 Mills strikes! length ball outside off stump, nipping in a bit, Boucher drives on the up and gets a big inside edge onto the stumps, big breakthrough for the Kiwis! 194/674.2 Gone! length ball on the middle and off stump, straight on, Pollock moves forward to defend but gets on the pads, loud appeal and Harper gives it out 205/75.2 short ball outside off stump, left alone 18/198.1 All out! length ball on the off stump, went straight on, Ntini moves back and plays for the turn, beaten completely and ball strikes the pads and Ntini caught plumb in front 299/10Extras19 (b 12, lb 2, nb 5)TOTAL299 all out (98.1 Overs, RR: 3.04, 409 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Graeme Smith, 3.1 ov), 2-19 (Herschelle Gibbs, 6.2 ov), 3-42 (Boeta Dippenaar, 16.1 ov), 4-73 (Ashwell Prince, 30.1 ov), 5-140 (Jacques Kallis, 55.3 ov), 6-194 (Mark Boucher, 71.6 ov), 7-205 (Shaun Pollock, 74.2 ov), 8-270 (AB de Villiers, 88.3 ov), 9-276 (Nicky Boje, 89.6 ov), 10-299 (Makhaya Ntini, 98.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JEC Franklin 14 2 60 2 4.28 0 3 CS Martin 24 6 64 1 2.66 0 0 KD Mills 21 5 57 1 2.71 0 1 JDP Oram 17 3 44 2 2.58 0 0 DL Vettori 15.1 0 42 2 2.76 0 1 NJ Astle 5 1 15 1 3.00 0 0 SB Styris 2 0 3 1 1.50 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR34.5 5-fer Ntini! good length ball just outside off stump, angled in and straightens, lifts off the wicket, Marshall tries to defend off the front-foot, ball takes the nick and straight to Boucher, 4th 10-wicket match haul for Ntini! 119/82.1 Ntini strikes early! short ball on the off stump, swinging away a bit, Fulton moves back and tries to defend, ball takes the nick and straight to Boucher, excellent start for Proteas! 5/12.3 Great catch and Ntini strikes again! fraction short on the off stump, straightening off the wicket, Mills moves back and plays for the incoming delivery, ball takes the outside edge and goes to first slip, Dippenaar stretches forward towards his right and takes a very good low catch 5/27.2 Three down! good length ball around the off stump, swinging away, Fleming drives off the front-foot and gets the outside edge, straight to Kallis at second slip, Kiwis tumbling here! 17/39.2 Steyn picks one more! fraction short around the off stump, swinging away, batsman moves back and pushes, takes the outside edge and straight to Boucher 23/410.4 Five down! fraction short just outside off stump, angled in, Astle defends off the back-foot and gets the outside edge, straight to de Villiers at third slip 26/512.4 Six down and Kiwis sliding here! length ball on the middle stump, angled away and ball keeps a bit low, Oram plays back and misses, ball passes below his bat and strikes the off stump 28/623.1 Steyn provides breakthrough! fraction short around the off stump, shaping away, McCullum moves back and tries to punch, ball takes the outside edge and straight to Dippenaar at first slip 73/735.3 Steyn joins the party as well! short ball outside off stump, Vettori moves back and cuts it, gets the nick and Boucher takes another catch,his 4th catch of the innings. 119/935.6 All over! full length ball on the middle stump, swinging away, Martin moves back and tries to play it away onside, has no clue to the outswing, beaten all ends up and ball crashes into the stumps 120/10Extras8 (lb 2, nb 6)TOTAL120 all out (36 Overs, RR: 3.33, 177 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Peter Fulton, 2.1 ov), 2-5 (Kyle Mills, 2.3 ov), 3-17 (Stephen Fleming, 7.2 ov), 4-23 (Scott Styris, 9.2 ov), 5-26 (Nathan Astle, 10.4 ov), 6-28 (Jacob Oram, 12.4 ov), 7-73 (Brendon McCullum, 23.1 ov), 8-119 (Hamish Marshall, 34.5 ov), 9-119 (Daniel Vettori, 35.3 ov), 10-120 (Chris Martin, 35.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB M Ntini 14 3 51 5 3.64 0 0 DW Steyn 17 4 47 5 2.76 0 2 SM Pollock 5 1 20 0 4.00 0 4
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
15,16,17,18,19 April 2006 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sat, 15 Apr - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 266/8 (N Boje 20*, DW Steyn 8*, 90 ov)
- Sun, 16 Apr - day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 4/0 (GC Smith 3*, HH Gibbs 0*, 1 ov)
- Mon, 17 Apr - day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 280/9 (DW Steyn 5*, M Ntini 0*, 91 ov)
- Tue, 18 Apr - day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 98/7 (HJH Marshall 24*, DL Vettori 18*, 30 ov)
- Wed, 19 Apr - day 5 - New Zealand 2nd innings 120 (36 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- NZ 2nd Innings:
- Lunch: New Zealand - 34/6 in 15.0 overs (HJH Marshall 12, BB McCullum 5)
- NZ 50 runs, 91 mins, 108 balls, 3x4, 1x6
- NZ 100 runs, 147 mins, 189 balls, 7x4, 3x6
- Man of the Match: M Ntini
- SA 2nd Innings:
- Drinks: South Africa - 41/2 in 15.0 overs (HH Dippenaar 15, JH Kallis 11)
- SA 50 runs, 92 mins, 127 balls, 6x4
- Lunch: South Africa - 63/3 in 28.0 overs (JH Kallis 17, AG Prince 11)
- SA 100 runs, 179 mins, 248 balls, 12x4
- Kallis 50 runs, 174 mins, 129 balls, 7x4
- 50 P/S (Kallis 27, de Villiers 22, Extras 2) 72 mins, 99 balls, 6x4
- SA 150 runs, 250 mins, 367 balls, 16x4
- de Villiers 50 runs, 141 mins, 99 balls, 6x4
- 50 P/S (de Villiers 32, Boucher 17 Extras 1) 64 mins, 97 balls, 5x4
- Drinks: South Africa - 194/6 in 72.0 overs (AB de Villiers 61)
- SA 200 runs, 305 mins, 446 balls, 23x4
- New ball taken after 80 overs, SA 217/7
- SA 250 runs, 348 mins, 508 balls, 30x4, 1x6
- 50 P/S (de Villiers 27, Boje 22, Extras 4) 43 mins, 61 balls, 8x4, 1x6
- NZ 1st Innings:
- Drinks: New Zealand - 32/3 in 9.0 overs (PG Fulton 8)
- NZ 50 runs, 73 mins, 89 balls, 7x4
- Lunch: New Zealand - 74/5 in 17.0 overs (JDP Oram 11, BB McCullum 17)
- NZ 100 runs, 116 mins, 145 balls, 16x4
- Drinks: New Zealand - 127/6 in 30.0 overs (JDP Oram 28, DL Vettori 19)
- 50 P/S (Oram 25, Vettori 22, Extras 3) 56 mins, 69 balls, 9x4
- NZ 150 runs, 170 mins, 216 balls, 23x4
- Oram 50 runs, 139 mins, 85 balls, 9x4
- Tea: New Zealand - 187/6 in 43.0 overs (JDP Oram 57, DL Vettori 45)
- 100 P/S (Oram 26, Vettori 46, Extras 8) 97 mins, 133 balls, 16x4
- Vettori 50 runs, 106 mins, 80 balls, 8x4
- NZ 200 runs, 214 mins, 285 balls, 30x4
- 150 P/S (Oram 74, Vettori 71, Extras 8) 133 mins, 189 balls, 21x4, 1x6
- NZ 250 runs, 253 mins, 344 balls, 34x4, 1x6
- Drinks: New Zealand - 264/6 in 58.0 overs (JDP Oram 95, DL Vettori 80)
- Oram 100 runs, 218 mins, 146 balls, 13x4, 1x6
- NZ 300 runs, 299 mins, 395 balls, 41x4, 2x6
- South Africa 1st Innings:
- Drinks: South Africa - 36/1 in 14.0 overs (GC Smith 16, HH Dippenaar 10)
- SA 50 runs, 79 mins, 110 balls, 7x4
- 50 P/S (Smith 31, Dippenaar 15, Extras 4) 83 mins, 111 balls, 7x4
- Lunch: South Africa - 85/1 in 28.0 overs (GC Smith 41, HH Dippenaar 31)
- SA 100 runs, 151 mins, 209 balls, 15x4
- Dippenaar 50 runs, 141 mins, 94 balls, 10x4
- Drinks: South Africa - 122/3 in 40.0 overs (JH Kallis 5, AG Prince 1)
- SA 150 runs, 233 mins, 334 balls, 22x4
- Tea: South Africa - 153/4 in 57.0 overs (JH Kallis 21, AB de Villiers 7)
- SA 200 runs, 289 mins, 422 balls, 29x4
- Drinks: South Africa - 208/6 in 72.0 overs (MV Boucher 7, SM Pollock 10)
- New ball taken after 80 overs, SA 229/6
- SA 250 runs, 357 mins, 519 balls, 36x4
- 4th Umpire - JD Cloete
Match Coverage
All Match NewsFleming: Pacemen made the difference
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Steyn and Ntini rout New Zealand
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'We knew the new ball would play a role': Steyn
Dale Steyn has grown in confidence through the first Test against New Zealand at Centurion. Playing his fourth Test, Steyn took 3 for 35 as New Zealand were reduced to 98 for 7 in their pursuit of 249
Ntini and Steyn fire before rain
New Zealand were in tatters at 98 for 7, chasing 249, when rain and bad light forced an early end to the fourth day
AB de Villiers turns the table
AB de Villiers struck a fine innings of 97, and Nicky Boje chipped in with a vital cameo to wrestle back the initiative for South Africa on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand at Centurion