Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

TB Robinson
75(57) 6x4 - 3x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 18 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
11 8 9 7 15 4 9 12
BJ Jacobs
44(30) 1x4 - 3x6
Control %68%
  • Productive Shot
  • straight drive
  • 10 runs
  • 0x4 - 1x6
5 4 2 2 4 15 10 2

Best performances - Bowlers

JA Duffy
JA Duffy
O4
M0
R20
W3
Eco5
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W1W
MJ Henry
MJ Henry
O3.2
M0
R34
W3
Eco10.2
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

South Africa , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

13.00 start, First Session 13.00-14.30, Interval 14.30-14.50, Second Session 14.50-16.20

Match days

16 July 2025 (20-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

New Zealand 2, South Africa 0

Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Sreshth Shah

That's all from the post-match presentation, and also from our coverage at ESPNcricinfo. Thank you for joining us everyone. See you soon for more tri-series matches, or head elsewhere from our homepages to enjoy SL vs Bangladesh, England-W vs India-W or Rangpur vs Dubai in the Global Super League. On behalf of Chetan, this is Sreshth saying bye!

Mitchell Santner, the winning captain: "It was a great team performance. That partnership was outstanding. The Proteas put us under pressure in the powerplay but to get to 170 was good. We learnt that taking wickets throughout would help in the second innings. (To get 170+) We were thinking maybe 150-160 was the score we'd get."

Tim Robinson, the POTM, for his unbeaten 75: "Feel great to contribute to a win. We had a rough start but to keep going with Bevon was fun. (Conversation) Credit to the Proteas bowlers when new batters came in. Bevon and I wanted to take it as deep as we could. It was a good wicket and the ball does fly. (Surface) I thought it was a good surface but South Africans used the big side really well. They had their length well, so it was difficult to start. After that you start to trust the wicket."

Rassie van der Dussen, losing captain: "Our bowlers did their part, but we couldn't get it together with the bat. But in saying that there's a certain way we want to play. Got to take the rough with the smooth. That's why these kind of series is there to try new guys. (Halfway stage discussion) Just using the boundaries smartly - short and long boundary. It's often times tough to defend both sides, with twos on offer. It's not a good batting performance but it's not the end of the world. We'll keep trying till we get it right. (Muthusamy's figures) It was brilliant, he didn't have much spin to work with. Brilliant bowler, played with his pace and his line."

Eventually, an easy victory for New Zealand, making a stellar start to their campaign. Rob Walter wins with his new side.

South Africa will be disappointed by the way their batters crumbled even if they were a batter short in the XI today. The century run stand between Robinson and debutant Jacobs also took the sting out of the SA performance in the first innings after their bowlers had reduced NZ to 70 for 5.
Henry and Duffy finish with three-fors with their change of paces and short balls working well. Who should get the POTM award?

Walt: "Robinson for POTM! He gave NZ a total to defend in the first place. "

18.2
W
Henry to Coetzee, OUT, Neesham takes a diving catch and New Zealand have won by 21 runs! Pace taken off, full and wide, Coetzee tries for another across-the-line slog, and this time the ball has popped up. Nobody is at midwicket but Neesham runs in and takes the catch while tumbling.

G Coetzee c Neesham b Henry 17 (24m 16b 2x4 0x6) SR: 106.25

18.1
4
Henry to Coetzee, FOUR, streaky four! Thick outside edge to this full and wide ball! He tried for a mighty slog but got enough in the edge

END OF OVER:
18 | 5 Runs 2 Wkts | SA: 148/9 (26 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.22, RRR: 13.00)

  • Lungi Ngidi0 (1b)
  • Gerald Coetzee13 (14b)
  • Jacob Duffy4-0-20-3
  • James Neesham3-0-29-0
17.6
0
Duffy to Ngidi, no run, length ball defended to the off side.

on a hat-trick

17.5
W
Duffy to Maphaka, OUT, straight to cover! Santner takes that! And Duffy is on a hat-trick. Full ball outside off and the ball was there in the slot to drive. But the fielder smartly took it. The umpires want to have a look at the front-foot though. Is it a no-ball? Very tight. Given out.

KT Maphaka c Santner b Duffy 0 (2m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

17.4
W
Duffy to Linde, OUT, short of good length on off. Linde shapes up to pull. Good timing, but it's the longer side, and he has holed out at deep square leg!

GF Linde c Conway b Duffy 30 (41m 20b 1x4 2x6) SR: 150

17.3
0
Duffy to Linde, no run, full and wide outside off from around the wicket. Linde can't get bat on ball. Through to the keeper. Dot!

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st34RR HendricksLG Pretorius
2nd1RR HendricksRA Herman
3rd15RR HendricksS Muthusamy
4th10HE van der DussenS Muthusamy
5th2HE van der DussenD Brevis
6th39GF LindeD Brevis
7th10GF LindeC Bosch
8th37GF LindeG Coetzee
9th0G CoetzeeKT Maphaka
10th4L NgidiG Coetzee