Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    2.5 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. 27/1
    3.6 short ball outside off. Tries to pull, and top-edged! Goes up and the keeper gets under it to take a simple one 35/2
    not out
    75
    57
    77
    6
    3
    131.57
    7.4 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. 62/3
    8.6 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. 69/4
    9.3 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. 70/5
    not out
    44
    30
    44
    1
    3
    146.66
    Extras
    16 (lb 3, w 13)
    TOTAL
    173/5 (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)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    L Ngidi302819.3372130
    KT Maphaka403829.5114150
    C Bosch403308.2595010
    G Coetzee403919.75102320
    GF Linde101301300100
    S Muthusamy401914.7580000
  • BATSMEN
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    3.2 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 34/1
    6.2 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 50/3
    4.2 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! 35/2
    7.5 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. 60/4
    8.4 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. 62/5
    11.6 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! 101/6
    17.4 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! 148/8
    13.1 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. 111/7
    18.2 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. 152/10
    17.5 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. 148/9
    not out
    0
    1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    Extras
    5 (nb 1, w 4)
    TOTAL
    152 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)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    MJ Henry3.2034310.2104200
    JA Duffy402035163010
    IS Sodhi403428.552110
    JDS Neesham302909.6643011
    MJ Santner403518.7591310

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

Match Notes

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