21/02Result

2nd ODI, South Africa tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Feb 22 2017

New Zealand won by 6 runs

Player of the Match

Ross TaylorNew Zealand

END OF OVER:
50 | 8 Runs | SA: 283/9 (7 runs required, RR: 5.66)

Andile Phehlukwayo29 (34b)
Imran Tahir0 (0b)

Tim Southee10-0-60-1
Trent Boult10-0-63-3

Thanks for joining our coverage for this game. We'll see you at the next one. Bye-bye.

Ross Taylor is Man of the Match.

7pm Phew! What a match! New Zealand did really well to strange South Africa in the middle and then did really poorly to let them back in. But they edged it out in all the important phases - two solid partnerships in the middle overs when batting, and top-class death bowling to eek out a win. Quinton de Kock and JP Duminy in particular will feel prickly when they try to go to bed tonight - they got in and threw it away. AB de Villiers wasn't new to this situation, and played it sensibly, but fell at a crucial time, as did Miller. That's the end of their winning streak that lasted 12 games.

New Zealand got efforts from all their seniors - Williamson, Taylor, Southee and Boult. Santner was brilliant as well - 2 for 46. They didn't deserve to lose.

Shaheer: "Well, Boult made up for that catch drop with a stunning match winning over"

49.6

Southee to Phehlukwayo, FOUR, overpithched at leg stump, backs away and whacks it straight back over the umpire....and that's the match. 10 consecutive balls in the blockhole to win by six runs - they showed up when it mattered, those seniors.

49.5

Southee to Phehlukwayo, FOUR, attempted yorker outside off, after four balls, he goes for the reverse ramp and converts it into a full toss that he gets past the keeper

49.4

Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, ...it doesn't! This is phenomenal death overs bowling. As professional as it can get. Another yorker outside off, dug out to cover

This has to go the distance

49.3

Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, another yorker, wide outside off, thick edge down to third man and no run

49.2

Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, yorker outside off, carved straight to extra cover

49.1

Southee to Phehlukwayo, no run, yorker at the off stump, drives it to extra cover, bit of confusion as they don't know whether to go for the run - they decide not to

Right. Southee, around the wicket. 15 off 6 balls

END OF OVER:
49 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 275/9 (15 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.61, RRR: 15.00)

Andile Phehlukwayo21 (28b)

Trent Boult10-0-63-3
Tim Southee9-0-52-1

48.6

Boult to Pretorius, OUT, got him! Boult, you beauty! Misses the yorker marginally, he steps out and the full toss gets higher than it would've been for him, and it crashes into the off stump. Is that the match for New Zealand? What a fantastic knock by Pretorious, South Africa have no business being in this game right now, this is all him

D Pretorius b Boult 50 (57m 27b 4x4 2x6) SR: 185.18

Match Coverage

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South Africa INNINGS		R	B
HM Amla	lbw	10	13
Q de Kock	caught	57	65
F du Plessis	bowled	11	17
JP Duminy	stumped	34	44
AB de Villiers	caught wk	45	49
DA Miller	caught wk	28	39
D Pretorius	bowled	50	27
CH Morris	run out	7	8
WD Parnell	lbw	0	4
AL Phehlukwayo	not out	29	34
Imran Tahir	not out	0	0
EXTRAS	(lb 5, w 7)
TOTAL	283 (9 wkts; 50 ovs)

New Zealand BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	10.0	0	60	1	6.00	(1w)
TA Boult	10.0	0	63	3	6.30	(3w)
JDS Neesham	3.0	0	20	0	6.66	(1w)
C de Grandhomme	4.0	1	10	1	2.50
KS Williamson	3.0	0	16	0	5.33
IS Sodhi	10.0	0	63	1	6.30	(2w)
MJ Santner	10.0	0	46	2	4.60

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	22	HM Amla	Q de Kock
2nd	29	F du Plessis	Q de Kock
3rd	57	JP Duminy	Q de Kock
4th	16	AB de Villiers	Q de Kock
5th	68	AB de Villiers	DA Miller
6th	7	AB de Villiers	D Pretorius
7th	15	D Pretorius	CH Morris
8th	0	WD Parnell	D Pretorius
9th	61	D Pretorius	AL Phehlukwayo
10th	8	Imran Tahir	AL Phehlukwayo

END OF OVER:50 | 8 Runs | SA: 283/9 (7 runs required, RR: 5.66)

END OF OVER:49 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 275/9 (15 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.61, RRR: 15.00)

Taylor talked about as one of the greats - Hesson

Too much work left to lower order, says de Villiers

Boult, Taylor break South Africa's unbeaten run

De Villiers' injury scare

'We haven't played the perfect game' - McKenzie

END OF OVER:
50 | 8 Runs | SA: 283/9 (7 runs required, RR: 5.66)

END OF OVER:
49 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 275/9 (15 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.61, RRR: 15.00)