South Africa and New Zealand did battle in the 2nd T20 International at Buffalo Park, East London at 18:00 SA Time on Sunday 23 December 2012.

This was the Live Game Article for the match.

After New Zealand won the toss again, they decided to field first.

South Africa set a wonderful total of 165 / 5 after 19 overs (match was reuced to 19 overs due to a power outage in the flodd lights). bad fielding by South Africa, shoddy bowling with a wet ball and a marvelous innings of 101 not out by Martin Guptill saw New zealand home off a 4 on the last ball.

 

 

 

South Africa: 165 / 5 (19 overs)

New Zealand: 169 / 2 (19 overs)

 

Match over, New Zealand win

  • New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series – 2nd T20I
  • T20I no. 295 | 2012/13 season
  • Played at Buffalo Park, East London
  • 23 December 2012 – day/night (20-over match)
South Africa innings (19 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
RE Levi c NL McCullum b Hira 5 13 13 0 0 38.46
H Davids c Neesham b McClenaghan 55 46 38 7 1 144.73
F du Plessis* c Anderson b Bracewell 63 68 43 8 1 146.51
DA Miller c Hira b Bracewell 33 35 18 2 2 183.33
F Behardien not out 5 5 2 1 0 250.00
RJ Peterson c Neesham b Bracewell 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
Q de Kock† not out 0 1 0 0 0
Extras (lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 4
Total (5 wickets; 19 overs; 87 mins) 165 (8.68 runs per over)
Did not bat R McLaren, M Morkel, RK Kleinveldt, AM Phangiso
Fall of wickets 1-13 (Levi, 3.1 ov), 2-81 (Davids, 11.3 ov), 3-160 (Miller, 18.2 ov), 4-160 (du Plessis, 18.3 ov), 5-161 (Peterson, 18.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
MJ McClenaghan 4 0 32 1 8.00 (1nb)
RM Hira 4 0 37 1 9.25
DAJ Bracewell 3 0 33 3 11.00 (1w)
Corey J Anderson 2 0 21 0 10.50
NL McCullum 4 0 23 0 5.75
JEC Franklin 1 0 10 0 10.00
RJ Nicol 1 0 7 0 7.00
New Zealand innings (target: 169 runs from 19 overs) R B 4s 6s SR
MJ Guptill not out 101 69 9 6 146.37
RJ Nicol c Miller b Peterson 25 24 4 0 104.16
BB McCullum*† c Miller b McLaren 17 15 2 0 113.33
C Munro not out 8 7 0 0 114.28
Extras (lb 9, w 8, nb 1) 18
Total (2 wickets; 19 overs) 169 (8.89 runs per over)
To bat JEC Franklin, Corey J Anderson, NL McCullum, JDS Neesham, DAJ Bracewell, RM Hira, MJ McClenaghan
Fall of wickets 1-76 (Nicol, 9.5 ov), 2-149 (BB McCullum, 16.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Peterson 3 0 28 1 9.33 (1w)
M Morkel 4 0 29 0 7.25 (1w)
RK Kleinveldt 4 0 35 0 8.75
R McLaren 4 0 26 1 6.50 (1nb, 1w)
AM Phangiso 4 0 42 0 10.50 (1w)
Match details
Toss New Zealand, who chose to field
T20I debut AM Phangiso (South Africa)
Umpires S George and AT Holdstock
TV umpire JD Cloete
Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve umpire BG Jerling

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