South Africa and New Zealand did battle in the 3rd T20 International at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth at 14:30 SA Time on Wednesday 26 December 2012.
This was the Live Game Article for the match.
South Africa posted a mighty 179 / 6 in their allotted 20 overs.
New Zealand started the chase well but after Martin Guptill and Brendan McCullum departed, it was all over bar the shouting.
South Africa won comfortably, by 33 runs and with only 1 New Zealand wicket left standing.
South Africa: 179 / 6 (20 overs)
New Zealand: 146 / 9 (20 overs)
Match over
- New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series – 3rd T20I
- T20I no. 297 | 2012/13 season
- Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
- 26 December 2012 (20-over match)
| South Africa innings (20 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| H Davids | c Anderson b McClenaghan | 68 | 67 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 133.33 | |
| F du Plessis* | b Hira | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 | |
| Q de Kock† | c Anderson b McClenaghan | 2 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JL Ontong | c Anderson b Franklin | 48 | 39 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 160.00 | |
| DA Miller | c Anderson b Bracewell | 28 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 186.66 | |
| F Behardien | c McClenaghan b Bracewell | 22 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 200.00 | |
| RK Kleinveldt | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 6) | 10 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs; 86 mins) | 179 | (8.95 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RJ Peterson, R McLaren, AM Phangiso, M Morkel |
| Fall of wickets 1-2 (du Plessis, 1.5 ov), 2-26 (de Kock, 4.4 ov), 3-115 (Ontong, 14.5 ov), 4-135 (Davids, 16.3 ov), 5-179 (Miller, 19.5 ov), 6-179 (Behardien, 19.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MJ McClenaghan | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 | (2w) | ||
| RM Hira | 4 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 | |||
| NL McCullum | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| JEC Franklin | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 10.00 | |||
| DAJ Bracewell | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 11.66 | (1w) | ||
| JDS Neesham | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 11.66 | (3w) |
| New Zealand innings (target: 180 runs from 20 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RJ Nicol | lbw b McLaren | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 | |
| MJ Guptill | c Peterson b Phangiso | 24 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 120.00 | |
| BB McCullum*† | c Ontong b Phangiso | 25 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 113.63 | |
| C Munro | c †de Kock b McLaren | 3 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| JEC Franklin | c Ontong b Phangiso | 16 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 123.07 | |
| JDS Neesham | c Morkel b Peterson | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| NL McCullum | c Peterson b McLaren | 17 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 121.42 | |
| Corey J Anderson | run out (McLaren) | 12 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| DAJ Bracewell | not out | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 166.66 | ||
| RM Hira | c Ontong b Kleinveldt | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| MJ McClenaghan | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 3) | 4 | ||||||
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| Total | (9 wickets; 20 overs) | 146 | (7.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets 1-6 (Nicol, 0.4 ov), 2-53 (Guptill, 6.6 ov), 3-56 (BB McCullum, 8.3 ov), 4-60 (Munro, 9.4 ov), 5-84 (Franklin, 12.3 ov), 6-87 (Neesham, 13.1 ov), 7-116 (Anderson, 16.4 ov), 8-116 (NL McCullum, 16.5 ov), 9-137 (Hira, 19.2 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| R McLaren | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | (1w) | ||
| RJ Peterson | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8.00 | |||
| M Morkel | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | (1w) | ||
| RK Kleinveldt | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 6.25 | (1w) | ||
| AM Phangiso | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6.25 | |||
| JL Ontong | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 |
| Match details |
| Toss South Africa, who chose to bat |
| Player of the match tba |
| Umpires JD Cloete and AT Holdstock TV umpire S George Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire BG Jerling |
| Match notes |
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December 26th, 2012 at 13:53 SAST
OK, so I’ve woken from my Christmas and pre-Christmas slumber.
I have not put up a Christmas Greetings video… why… because I’ve been plain bone idle.
Will put up a combined Christmas and Newyear’s Video message when I get time.
Who’s joining me for the Cricket today?
December 26th, 2012 at 14:02 SAST
Blomme won the toss… and chose to bat first
December 26th, 2012 at 14:18 SAST
Is Graham Smith out yet?
December 26th, 2012 at 14:19 SAST
Hello GBS? Did you have a good Xmas?
December 26th, 2012 at 14:21 SAST
4 @ Loosehead:
Yes thanks Loskoppie… and you and yours?
December 26th, 2012 at 14:24 SAST
5 @ grootblousmile: yeah,good thanks. I got a kindle.
Going to braai some steak later.
December 26th, 2012 at 14:24 SAST
Hello all trust you all had a good Christmas, GO PROTEAS!
December 26th, 2012 at 14:25 SAST
I see Levi has been left out, also no Steyn.
December 26th, 2012 at 14:27 SAST
SA Team: H Davids, F du Plessis*, Q de Kock†, F Behardien, DA Miller, RJ Peterson, JL Ontong, R McLaren, RK Kleinveldt, AM Phangiso, M Morkel – so Davids and Faf to open according to that
December 26th, 2012 at 14:29 SAST
Anthems done and dusted
December 26th, 2012 at 14:31 SAST
Hello Muppets , hehehe hope everyone had a great Xmas day.
Now for some cricket and lets hope out team has fixed the problem area’s
December 26th, 2012 at 14:34 SAST
OK, we’re A for away… and a shout for LBW in the 1st over… turned down
December 26th, 2012 at 14:37 SAST
O donner… Faf bowled…
SA 2 / 1 after 1.5 overs
December 26th, 2012 at 14:40 SAST
dagse Rudi onse Burgermeeater van BakkenjanPan
December 26th, 2012 at 14:41 SAST
Faf goes early. Jeez it looks tough out there for batting. Why they play a T20 in PE??? A pitch suited for spinners. Not going to see the 6′s and 4′s out there, which most of the crowd come to see no doubt.
December 26th, 2012 at 14:46 SAST
14 @ Sharks_forever:
Hello Tjarkie.
By the way, I put your Looseforwards Article back on Draft, all the Locks articles not done yet.
9 @ Bullscot:
Hello Bully!
15 @ Puma:
Hello Oompie!
December 26th, 2012 at 14:48 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
I saw bro no problem
December 26th, 2012 at 14:49 SAST
2nd Wicket down… Quinton de Kock goes
December 26th, 2012 at 14:50 SAST
Both Wickets to fall due to seriously stupid shots, hell they should have a little look first
December 26th, 2012 at 15:03 SAST
We are struggling to make runs, this is not good as we need to make atleast 150 runs
December 26th, 2012 at 15:09 SAST
SA 63 / 2 after 10 overs
December 26th, 2012 at 15:27 SAST
SA 113 / 2 after 14.3 overs
December 26th, 2012 at 15:27 SAST
Ontong & Davids doing stellar work now
December 26th, 2012 at 15:28 SAST
Ontong persihes on 48 off 30 balls
SA 115 / 3 after 14.5 overs
December 26th, 2012 at 15:29 SAST
Wonder how much will be enough here? 140 or more? They chased us down well the other night.
December 26th, 2012 at 15:32 SAST
Little Davids now the one to see to it that SA gets a decent total…
December 26th, 2012 at 15:33 SAST
I think if we get around 175 we should be OK’ish…
December 26th, 2012 at 15:34 SAST
SA 131 / 3 after 16 overs….
4 overs (24 balls) to go in the innings
December 26th, 2012 at 15:35 SAST
Come on fellas.. post a handsome total for us, please
December 26th, 2012 at 15:38 SAST
Henry Davids persihes on 68
SA 135 / 4 after 16.3 overs
December 26th, 2012 at 15:40 SAST
170 is still on if they concentrate
December 26th, 2012 at 15:44 SAST
SA 147 / 4 after 18 overs
December 26th, 2012 at 15:44 SAST
SA need 2 great overs now…..
December 26th, 2012 at 15:47 SAST
150 up for SA as 2 successive wides are bowled
December 26th, 2012 at 15:48 SAST
Ah, a 4 and a 6 too!
December 26th, 2012 at 15:51 SAST
SA 165 / 4 after 19 overs
Bad bowling by Neesham… 3 wides in the over
December 26th, 2012 at 15:51 SAST
One last great over.. boys!
December 26th, 2012 at 15:53 SAST
2 x 4 off the 1st 2 balls… 4 balls to go.
SA 173 / 4 off 19.2 overs
December 26th, 2012 at 15:54 SAST
OK, the 175 is up, 3 balls to go
December 26th, 2012 at 15:54 SAST
4
December 26th, 2012 at 15:55 SAST
Wicket
SA 179 / 5, 1 ball to go
December 26th, 2012 at 15:58 SAST
SA 179 / 6, with 2 wickets falling in the last 2 balls
New Zealand needs 180 to win, that is 9 runs per over.
December 26th, 2012 at 16:04 SAST
Much better after a poor start, the guys took the singles and ran a lot of 2′s excellent. the boys have an excellent target to protect
December 26th, 2012 at 16:09 SAST
43 @ Sharks_forever:
Bulls Locks & Southern Kings locks are up… now we’re only waiting for Kickers to put the Stormers Locks up.
Southern Kings are in the poo with only Sykes & Bulbring really any quality in the locks department.
December 26th, 2012 at 16:09 SAST
Our Bowlers have to really make sure their bowling lines are good as well as the lengths. Also vary the pace.
Our spinners should also have a say if they bowl well
December 26th, 2012 at 16:09 SAST
45 @ Sharks_forever:
We need to get Guptill quickly this time….
December 26th, 2012 at 16:11 SAST
@ grootblousmile
Eish ya they in big shit, Sykes is a good lock yes but if he is injured??? no depth is a huge problem and a rugby match is won by the tight 5, they not great in that department.
December 26th, 2012 at 16:12 SAST
Wicket!
Nicol GONE!
December 26th, 2012 at 16:13 SAST
@ grootblousmile:
Yeah we do. Nicol out, shit ball by Maclaren and then a wicket, he seriously needs to up his consistency when he bowls
December 26th, 2012 at 16:14 SAST
We need Guptill now fast, also MaCullum is a threat