South Africa and New Zealand did battle in the 2nd 5-Day Test at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth which started at 10:30 SA Time on Friday 11 January 2013 and which was due to only finish on Tuesday 15 January 2013.

This was the Live Game Article for the match.

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. They posted a mammoth First Innings total of 525 runs for 8 wickets, when they declared the First Innings closed.

New Zealand went in to bat and the South Africans demolished them by bowling them out for a measly 121 runs, forcing New Zealand for follow on with their Second Innings. New Zealand battled on a bit more resolutely in the Second Innings but the last 5 wickets fell rapidly at the end, causing New Zealand to be all out for 211, still 193 runs short.

South Africa won by an Innings and 193 runs, before Lunch on Day 4, also winning the Series with a clean sweep of 2 / 0.

 

 

South Africa: First Innings – 525 / 8 Declared (153.5 overs)

New Zealand: First Innings – 121 ALL OUT (44.4 overs), Second Innings – 211 ALL OUT (86.4 overs)

 

South Africa won by an innings and 193 runs

  • New Zealand in South Africa Test Series – 2nd Test
  • Test no. 2071 | 2012/13 season
  • Played at St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth
  • 11,12,13,14 January 2013 (5-day match)
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Petersen c Patel b Bracewell 21 43 40 3 0 52.50
GC Smith* c †Watling b Wagner 54 140 88 8 0 61.36
HM Amla c †Watling b Boult 110 378 235 8 0 46.80
JH Kallis c †Watling b Bracewell 8 20 11 2 0 72.72
AB de Villiers† c Williamson b Patel 51 107 81 6 0 62.96
F du Plessis c McCullum b Munro 137 311 252 14 2 54.36
D Elgar not out 103 231 170 14 1 60.58
RJ Peterson c Patel b Munro 8 23 13 1 0 61.53
DW Steyn c Patel b Bracewell 5 30 23 0 0 21.73
RK Kleinveldt not out 7 14 13 1 0 53.84
Extras (b 6, lb 8, w 4, nb 3) 21
Total (8 wickets dec; 153.5 overs; 654 mins) 525 (3.41 runs per over)
Did not bat M Morkel
Fall of wickets 1-29 (Petersen, 9.6 ov), 2-121 (Smith, 30.4 ov), 3-137 (Kallis, 35.4 ov), 4-223 (de Villiers, 61.1 ov), 5-336 (Amla, 97.6 ov), 6-467 (du Plessis, 136.5 ov), 7-481 (Peterson, 142.6 ov), 8-508 (Steyn, 150.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
TA Boult 32 5 108 1 3.37 (2w)
DAJ Bracewell 34 6 94 3 2.76 (1w)
N Wagner 33 4 135 1 4.09 (3nb, 1w)
JS Patel 36.5 2 134 1 3.63
C Munro 18 4 40 2 2.22
New Zealand 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Guptill c Petersen b Steyn 1 12 11 0 0 9.09
BB McCullum* c Kallis b Peterson 13 97 61 2 0 21.31
KS Williamson c Smith b Steyn 4 8 5 1 0 80.00
DG Brownlie c †de Villiers b Kleinveldt 10 41 22 2 0 45.45
DR Flynn lbw b Kleinveldt 0 10 4 0 0 0.00
BJ Watling† c Smith b Morkel 63 133 87 13 0 72.41
C Munro c Elgar b Peterson 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
DAJ Bracewell c †de Villiers b Steyn 7 52 44 0 0 15.90
N Wagner lbw b Steyn 0 10 7 0 0 0.00
JS Patel b Steyn 0 7 3 0 0 0.00
TA Boult not out 17 34 23 2 1 73.91
Extras (lb 5, w 1) 6
Total (all out; 44.4 overs; 208 mins) 121 (2.70 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-2 (Guptill, 2.6 ov), 2-8 (Williamson, 4.4 ov), 3-27 (Brownlie, 13.3 ov), 4-27 (Flynn, 15.1 ov), 5-39 (McCullum, 20.2 ov), 6-39 (Munro, 20.3 ov), 7-61 (Bracewell, 32.4 ov), 8-62 (Wagner, 34.5 ov), 9-62 (Patel, 36.2 ov), 10-121 (Watling, 44.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 13 5 17 5 1.30 (1w)
M Morkel 12.4 6 26 1 2.05
RK Kleinveldt 11 3 53 2 4.81
RJ Peterson 7 2 20 2 2.85
JH Kallis 1 1 0 0 0.00
New Zealand 2nd innings (following on) R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Guptill b Kleinveldt 48 155 122 10 0 39.34
BB McCullum* lbw b Peterson 11 88 57 1 0 19.29
KS Williamson b Peterson 11 42 32 2 0 34.37
DG Brownlie c †de Villiers b Kallis 53 174 141 8 0 37.58
DR Flynn c †de Villiers b Kleinveldt 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
BJ Watling† b Steyn 63 168 117 11 0 53.84
C Munro c Petersen b Morkel 15 22 25 3 0 60.00
DAJ Bracewell c Petersen b Steyn 0 15 4 0 0 0.00
N Wagner c †de Villiers b Steyn 4 20 13 1 0 30.76
TA Boult c Peterson b Morkel 3 5 5 0 0 60.00
JS Patel not out 0 5 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (lb 2, w 1) 3
Total (all out; 86.4 overs; 358 mins) 211 (2.43 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-40 (McCullum, 20.2 ov), 2-64 (Williamson, 30.4 ov), 3-84 (Guptill, 39.3 ov), 4-84 (Flynn, 39.4 ov), 5-182 (Brownlie, 76.1 ov), 6-203 (Munro, 81.5 ov), 7-203 (Watling, 82.4 ov), 8-204 (Bracewell, 84.2 ov), 9-207 (Boult, 85.3 ov), 10-211 (Wagner, 86.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DW Steyn 15.4 2 48 3 3.06
M Morkel 16 6 36 2 2.25 (1w)
RK Kleinveldt 15 8 44 2 2.93
RJ Peterson 26 13 47 2 1.80
JH Kallis 9 3 18 1 2.00
GC Smith 1 0 10 0 10.00
AN Petersen 4 0 6 0 1.50
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Test debut C Munro (New Zealand)
Player of the match tba
Umpires HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and IJ Gould (England)
TV umpire RJ Tucker (Australia)
Match referee DC Boon (Australia)
Reserve umpire JD Cloete
Close of play
– day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 325/4 (HM Amla 106*, F du Plessis 69*, 90 ov)
– day 2 – New Zealand 1st innings 47/6 (BJ Watling 15*, DAJ Bracewell 3*, 24 ov)
– day 3 – New Zealand 2nd innings 157/4 (DG Brownlie 44*, BJ Watling 41*, 67 ov)

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