- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.5 full ball on off. Slogs to the leg side, loses one hand off the bat while playing it, and that's been miscued to deep square leg. Muthusamy gets under it. 27/13.6 short ball outside off. Tries to pull, and top-edged! Goes up and the keeper gets under it to take a simple one 35/27.4 short of good length ball just outside off. Tries to pull but top edged to deep square leg! Outfielder runs in and dives forward to complete the catch. 62/38.6 trapped lbw? Umpire has a long think before raising his finger. First T20I wicket for Muthusamy as this flat length ball skids into the batter's pads and beats his back-foot defense. Hay is gone for two. 69/49.3 back of a length ball outside off. Neesham stands tall and tries to pull a six over the stands, but all he can get is the elevation, not the distance. Deep square leg does the rest. 70/5Extras16 (lb 3, w 13)TOTAL173/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8.65)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Tim Seifert, 2.5 ov), 2-35 (Devon Conway, 3.6 ov), 3-62 (Daryl Mitchell, 7.4 ov), 4-69 (Mitchell Hay, 8.6 ov), 5-70 (James Neesham, 9.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB L Ngidi 3 0 28 1 9.33 7 2 1 3 0 KT Maphaka 4 0 38 2 9.5 11 4 1 5 0 C Bosch 4 0 33 0 8.25 9 5 0 1 0 G Coetzee 4 0 39 1 9.75 10 2 3 2 0 GF Linde 1 0 13 0 13 0 0 1 0 0 S Muthusamy 4 0 19 1 4.75 8 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 guided to the keeper! The experienced man has his say. Good length ball angling away from Lhuan-dre. He tries to play a cute guided shot towards short third but instead helps it into the keeper's gloves. The off-cutter has done the trick 34/16.2 stumpes rattled! You miss, I hit stuff as Santner goes stumps to stumps. Lands on a good length,skids into middle and leg stump. Hendricks in no position to play any shot after goes deep in his crease 50/34.2 short and quick. Hermann tries to pull but it hits him high up on the bat. Simple catch for midwicket. This tactic worked for SA, and now NZ are using it too! 35/27.5 middle stump gone! Sodhi with one that goes straight. Muthusamy made room, exposed all his stumps, thinking he would go inside out. But the ball lands around leg stump and the delivery skids into middle stump. 60/48.4 full ball on middle. Tentatively nurdles it to the leg side and he's having to run because the non-striker Brevis has called for a single. Keeper runs to his left and has a throw towards Santner at the bowler's end. But the throw is not near the stumps and Santner has to do a rebound throw while being on the floor away from the stumps. However, van der Dussen is still struggling, and that means Santner's rebound direct-hit throw is good enough! NZ didn't think that was a wicket, but they're ecstatic after seeing the replay. 62/511.6 holes out! Brevis tries to swat another shot over the leg side, but this good-length ball has some pace taken off. Miscued, mistimed, and down long on's throat! 101/617.4 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! 148/813.1 full ball on middle. Goes for a reverse sweep but he's beaten by the lack of pace. Through the shot too early. Ball hits him on the body, and the umpire raises his fingers up in a flash. LBW! Only question was whether that googly would turn too much and miss leg stump, but NZ and the umpire sure don't think so. 111/718.2 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. 152/1017.5 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. 148/9Extras5 (nb 1, w 4)TOTAL152 all out (18.2 Overs, RR: 8.29)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 3.2 ov), 2-35 (Rubin Hermann, 4.2 ov), 3-50 (Reeza Hendricks, 6.2 ov), 4-60 (Senuran Muthusamy, 7.5 ov), 5-62 (Rassie van der Dussen, 8.4 ov), 6-101 (Dewald Brevis, 11.6 ov), 7-111 (Corbin Bosch, 13.1 ov), 8-148 (George Linde, 17.4 ov), 9-148 (Kwena Maphaka, 17.5 ov), 10-152 (Gerald Coetzee, 18.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ Henry 3.2 0 34 3 10.2 10 4 2 0 0 JA Duffy 4 0 20 3 5 16 3 0 1 0 IS Sodhi 4 0 34 2 8.5 5 2 1 1 0 JDS Neesham 3 0 29 0 9.66 4 3 0 1 1 MJ Santner 4 0 35 1 8.75 9 1 3 1 0
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)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, South Africa 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 43 runs, 2 wickets)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (41 balls), Extras 5
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 13.4 overs (82 balls), Extras 8
- TB Robinson: 50 off 42 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (TB Robinson 26, BJ Jacobs 23, Ex 4)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (107 balls), Extras 20
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 18.3 overs (111 balls), Extras 14
- BJ Jacobs: 50 off 31 balls (1 x 4, 4 x 6)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 61 balls (TB Robinson 39, BJ Jacobs 44, Ex 17)
- 6th Wicket: 100 runs in 62 balls (TB Robinson 45, BJ Jacobs 44, Ex 11)
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 173/5 in 20.0 overs (TB Robinson 75, BJ Jacobs 44)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 5.6 overs (37 balls), Extras 3
- South Africa: 100 runs in 11.5 overs (72 balls), Extras 5
- South Africa: 150 runs in 18.1 overs (110 balls), Extras 5
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