South Africa and New Zealand did battle in the 1st 5-Day Test at Newlands, Cape Town at 10:30 SA Time on Wednesday 2 January 2013 and the match was supposed to run until Sunday 6 January 2013.

South Africa demolished the New Zealanders in the 1st Innings, bowling them out for a measly 45 runs in total, then went in to bat a couple of overs before Lunch on Day 1. South Africa amassed a lead of 302 runs before declaring on 347 / 8 on Day 2 of the match.

At the start of Day 3 of the match New Zealand had already lost 4 wickets, but made a gritty start to the day until eventually tumbling to an Innings and 27 run defeat three quarters through Day 3.

 

 

 

New Zealand: 1st Innings – 45 ALL Out (19.2 overs), 2nd Innings – 275 All Out (102.1 overs)

South Africa: 1st Innings – 347 / 8 Declared (95.2 overs)

 

South Africa won by an innings and 27 runs

  • New Zealand in South Africa Test Series – 1st Test
  • Test no. 2069 | 2012/13 season
  • Played at Newlands, Cape Town
  • 2,3,4 January 2013 (5-day match)
New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Guptill c †de Villiers b Philander 1 8 6 0 0 16.66
BB McCullum* b Philander 7 24 19 1 0 36.84
KS Williamson lbw b Philander 13 28 19 2 0 68.42
DG Brownlie c Smith b Philander 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
DR Flynn c & b Steyn 8 72 28 1 0 28.57
BJ Watling† c †de Villiers b Philander 0 5 1 0 0 0.00
JEC Franklin c Smith b Morkel 1 9 10 0 0 10.00
DAJ Bracewell b Steyn 2 13 10 0 0 20.00
JS Patel c Amla b Morkel 5 15 9 1 0 55.55
TA Boult c †de Villiers b Morkel 1 10 9 0 0 11.11
CS Martin not out 0 4 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 6, nb 1) 7
Total (all out; 19.2 overs; 100 mins) 45 (2.32 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Guptill, 1.6 ov), 2-14 (McCullum, 5.3 ov), 3-14 (Brownlie, 5.6 ov), 4-27 (Williamson, 7.6 ov), 5-27 (Watling, 9.1 ov), 6-28 (Franklin, 10.5 ov), 7-31 (Bracewell, 13.3 ov), 8-38 (Patel, 16.4 ov), 9-45 (Boult, 18.3 ov), 10-45 (Flynn, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 7.2 2 18 2 2.45
VD Philander 6 3 7 5 1.16
M Morkel 6 2 14 3 2.33 (1nb)
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
GC Smith* lbw b Bracewell 1 6 5 0 0 20.00
AN Petersen b Boult 106 282 176 11 1 60.22
HM Amla lbw b Franklin 66 110 74 9 0 89.18
JH Kallis c †Watling b Boult 60 110 89 5 2 67.41
AB de Villiers† b Martin 67 191 129 8 0 51.93
F du Plessis c Williamson b Martin 15 35 28 2 0 53.57
D Elgar c †Watling b Boult 21 74 52 2 0 40.38
RJ Peterson b Martin 5 26 15 1 0 33.33
VD Philander not out 0 6 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 2, nb 1) 6
Total (8 wickets dec; 95.2 overs; 416 mins) 347 (3.63 runs per over)
Did not bat DW Steyn, M Morkel
Fall of wickets 1-1 (Smith, 1.1 ov), 2-108 (Amla, 25.2 ov), 3-212 (Kallis, 51.3 ov), 4-255 (Petersen, 65.1 ov), 5-281 (du Plessis, 73.2 ov), 6-335 (Elgar, 89.2 ov), 7-342 (de Villiers, 93.6 ov), 8-347 (Peterson, 95.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
TA Boult 21 2 78 3 3.71 (1w)
DAJ Bracewell 24 4 93 1 3.87
CS Martin 19.2 4 63 3 3.25 (1nb, 1w)
JEC Franklin 14 1 50 1 3.57
JS Patel 17 4 60 0 3.52
New Zealand 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Guptill c Amla b Steyn 0 3 6 0 0 0.00
BB McCullum* lbw b Peterson 51 146 103 7 0 49.51
KS Williamson c Petersen b Kallis 15 78 46 2 0 32.60
DG Brownlie c Peterson b Morkel 109 272 186 13 2 58.60
DR Flynn c †de Villiers b Kallis 14 51 36 3 0 38.88
BJ Watling† c Smith b Philander 42 211 151 4 0 27.81
JEC Franklin b Steyn 22 103 59 2 0 37.28
DAJ Bracewell c Petersen b Philander 0 10 5 0 0 0.00
JS Patel b Steyn 8 26 16 1 0 50.00
TA Boult not out 2 4 5 0 0 40.00
CS Martin run out (Steyn/†de Villiers) 0 2 0 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 8, w 3) 12
Total (all out; 102.1 overs; 460 mins) 275 (2.69 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Guptill, 0.6 ov), 2-29 (Williamson, 17.4 ov), 3-118 (McCullum, 31.1 ov), 4-155 (Flynn, 43.6 ov), 5-229 (Brownlie, 80.5 ov), 6-252 (Watling, 92.5 ov), 7-252 (Bracewell, 94.4 ov), 8-265 (Patel, 99.4 ov), 9-274 (Franklin, 101.6 ov), 10-275 (Martin, 102.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 30 6 67 3 2.23
VD Philander 24 8 76 2 3.16 (1w)
M Morkel 21 6 50 1 2.38 (1w)
JH Kallis 11.1 3 31 2 2.77 (1w)
RJ Peterson 16 6 42 1 2.62
Match details
Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat
Series South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0
Player of the match VD Philander (South Africa)
Umpires IJ Gould (England) and RJ Tucker (Australia)
TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Match referee DC Boon (Australia)
Reserve umpire S George
Close of play
– day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 252/3 (AN Petersen 103*, AB de Villiers 19*, 64 ov)
– day 2 – New Zealand 2nd innings 169/4 (DG Brownlie 69*, BJ Watling 10*, 52 ov)

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