Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    7.5 What a catch by Southee, as good as the one Tait took yesterday at third man, Kallis played a good-looking uppercut to a shortish ball, the ball flew to the right of third man, Southee hared across and dived to pluck a low two-handed catch 55/2
    4.5 a bit of swing for Southee, who strikes with a not-particularly-good delivery, fullish on the pads, Smith hoicks it to deep midwicket where Guptill pouches the catch 40/1
    13.3 jinxed him, Gibbs is gone, he looks to repeat the stroke, but gets a top edge to a legstump delivery, Brendon McCullum runs across from midwicket to take a simple catch near square leg 97/3
    not out
    47
    39
    43
    1
    2
    120.51
    19.5 shorter this time and outside off, de Villiers misses again, this time they go for the bye, Albie is run out by a direct hit from Hopkins, end of just the innings he's in the team for 169/4
    not out
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    Extras
    8 (b 6, w 2)
    TOTAL
    170/4 (20 Overs, RR: 8.5)
    Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Graeme Smith, 4.5 ov), 2-55 (Jacques Kallis, 7.5 ov), 3-97 (Herschelle Gibbs, 13.3 ov), 4-169 (Albie Morkel, 19.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    NL McCullum403518.7570310
    SE Bond403308.2582200
    TG Southee3039113.0041400
    JDP Oram302217.3351100
    DL Vettori402105.25100100
    SB Styris201407.0021000
  • BATSMEN
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    0.5 that's the end of McCullum though, yet again he moves to leg and looks to hit over off, punches it flat, Gibbs pulls off a spectacular catch at cover to send him back, he dived to his right to pluck a one-handed low catch 7/1
    9.4 the end of Ryder, flighted delivery dips and the charging Ryder is fooled by that one, checks his shot after seeing he's not near the pitch of the ball, it lobs to mid-off for a simple catch 67/3
    7.3 Guptill's troubles in the middle are over, he gets on one knee and looks to swing that over long-on, can only hit it as far as Albie Morkel, Botha strikes in his first over 51/2
    12.2 New Zealand's chances are fading now, Taylor is gone to a super Gibbs catch, on middle stump, looks to flick it to midwicket, Gibbs is across to his left to take another low catch 87/4
    14.5 another one gone, a short ball outside off, Styris could have put that away anywhere he waned, instead he slogs it to Gibbs at midwicket 109/5
    16.2 again backs away, this time he looks to uppercut a short ball over third man as he had two overs ago, can't time it as well as then, can only find Steyn at third man this time 123/7
    15.2 end of Oram, who examines his bat to suggest there might have been an inside-edge after a short of length ball pitching on leg thuds into the pads, that was heading for middle and off 110/6
    not out
    26
    17
    23
    3
    1
    152.94
    not out
    10
    10
    17
    1
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    14 (lb 7, nb 2, w 5)
    TOTAL
    157/7 (20 Overs, RR: 7.85)
    Did not bat: SE Bond, TG Southee
    Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Brendon McCullum, 0.5 ov), 2-51 (Martin Guptill, 7.3 ov), 3-67 (Jesse Ryder, 9.4 ov), 4-87 (Ross Taylor, 12.2 ov), 5-109 (Scott Styris, 14.5 ov), 6-110 (Jacob Oram, 15.2 ov), 7-123 (Gareth Hopkins, 16.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CK Langeveldt403929.7583220
    DW Steyn402516.25123021
    M Morkel402726.75131201
    JH Kallis402305.75133010
    J Botha302327.6682100
    JA Morkel1013013.0011100

Match Notes

  • Albie Morkel regains some of his powers

    Albie Morkel has been living on reputation rather than results over the last year of international cricket

  • Albie Morkel stars in easy win

    A magnificent display of clean hitting from Albie Morkel, South Africa's slog-over specialist, and good support from AB de Villiers helped South Africa to a 13-run victory against New Zealand in their opening Super Eights game at the Kensington Oval

New Zealand 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7BB McCullumJD Ryder
2nd44JD RyderMJ Guptill
3rd16LRPL TaylorJD Ryder
4th20SB StyrisLRPL Taylor
5th22SB StyrisGJ Hopkins
6th1GJ HopkinsJDP Oram
7th13GJ HopkinsNL McCullum
8th34DL VettoriNL McCullum

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS22041.525
PAK2112-0.325
BAN2020-1.2
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ22040.428
SL21120.355
ZIM2020-1.595
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND22041.495
SA21121.125
AFG2020-2.446
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI22042.78
ENG2011-0.452
IRE2011-3.5
Group E
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33060.962
PAK31220.041
NZ3122-0.373
SA3122-0.617
Group F
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS33062.733
SL3214-0.333
WI3122-1.281
IND3030-1.117