3rd Test: New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, Mar 26-30, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard

South Africa won by 6 wickets

Fall of wickets 1-23 (Papps, 12.3 ov), 2-23 (Richardson, 13.3 ov), 3-90 (Fleming, 39.3 ov), 4-97 (Styris, 45.1 ov), 5-163 (Sinclair, 69.2 ov), 6-248 (McCullum, 89.5 ov), 7-257 (Cairns, 91.4 ov), 8-257 (Vettori, 91.6 ov), 9-264 (Mason, 98.5 ov), 10-297 (Oram, 103.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	29	2	85	3	2.93	(4nb, 1w)
89.5 to McCullum, lbw 248/6 91.4 to Cairns, bowled 257/7 91.6 to Vettori, caught †Boucher 257/8
M Ntini	21	6	63	1	3.00	(1nb)
12.3 to Papps, lbw 23/1
JH Kallis	7	5	4	1	0.57
13.3 to Richardson, caught †Boucher 23/2
A Nel	27	9	77	1	2.85
98.5 to Mason, caught van Jaarsveld 264/9
N Boje	20	2	65	4	3.25
39.3 to Fleming, caught Pollock 90/3 45.1 to Styris, bowled 97/4 69.2 to Sinclair, lbw 163/5 103.6 to Oram, stumped †Boucher 297/10

Fall of wickets 1-103 (Smith, 24.1 ov), 2-130 (Gibbs, 36.5 ov), 3-136 (Kirsten, 38.1 ov), 4-251 (van Jaarsveld, 81.1 ov), 5-265 (Kallis, 85.1 ov), 6-265 (Boucher, 85.4 ov), 7-270 (Pollock, 88.2 ov), 8-304 (Boje, 97.4 ov), 9-308 (Ntini, 97.6 ov), 10-316 (Nel, 99.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	20	6	55	5	2.75	(2nb)
36.5 to Gibbs, caught sub (JAH Marshall) 130/2 38.1 to Kirsten, caught †McCullum 136/3 81.1 to van Jaarsveld, caught Oram 251/4 85.1 to Kallis, caught †McCullum 265/5 85.4 to Boucher, caught Papps 265/6
MJ Mason	16	4	73	0	4.56

JDP Oram	11	3	21	1	1.90
88.2 to Pollock, caught Fleming 270/7
DL Vettori	26	6	76	0	2.92

CL Cairns	16.5	2	60	4	3.56	(2nb)
24.1 to Smith, bowled 103/1 97.4 to Boje, bowled 304/8 97.6 to Ntini, caught †McCullum 308/9 99.5 to Nel, caught Oram 316/10
SB Styris	10	4	30	0	3.00

Fall of wickets 1-1 (Papps, 0.6 ov), 2-42 (Fleming, 23.2 ov), 3-73 (Sinclair, 37.5 ov), 4-107 (Richardson, 48.3 ov), 5-111 (McCullum, 50.3 ov), 6-198 (Cairns, 74.5 ov), 7-201 (Styris, 75.6 ov), 8-220 (Vettori, 87.6 ov), 9-224 (Mason, 90.5 ov), 10-252 (Oram, 96.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	22	10	65	2	2.95	(3nb, 1w)
0.6 to Papps, lbw 1/1 37.5 to Sinclair, lbw 73/3
M Ntini	20	6	50	1	2.50	(1w)
87.6 to Vettori, caught van Jaarsveld 220/8
A Nel	21	5	58	2	2.76	(1w)
23.2 to Fleming, caught †Boucher 42/2 75.6 to Styris, caught & 201/7
N Boje	33.2	7	69	4	2.07
48.3 to Richardson, caught Smith 107/4 50.3 to McCullum, bowled 111/5 74.5 to Cairns, caught van Jaarsveld 198/6 96.2 to Oram, lbw 252/10


South Africa 2nd innings (target: 234 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	not out	125	295	203	17	0	61.57

HH Gibbs	c Fleming b Martin	16	19	12	2	1	133.33
4.4 caught Fleming 29/1
JA Rudolph	b Martin	0	9	8	0	0	0.00
6.6 bowled 31/2
JH Kallis	lbw b Oram	1	11	9	0	0	11.11
9.3 lbw 36/3
G Kirsten	lbw b Styris	76	227	180	11	0	42.22
65.5 lbw 207/4
M van Jaarsveld	not out	13	25	23	2	0	56.52

Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)	3

Total	(4 wickets; 72.2 overs; 295 mins)	234	(3.23 runs per over)

Did not bat MV Boucher†, SM Pollock, N Boje, M Ntini, A Nel

Fall of wickets 1-29 (Gibbs, 4.4 ov), 2-31 (Rudolph, 6.6 ov), 3-36 (Kallis, 9.3 ov), 4-207 (Kirsten, 65.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	18.2	2	65	2	3.54
4.4 to Gibbs, caught Fleming 29/1 6.6 to Rudolph, bowled 31/2
MJ Mason	6	1	32	0	5.33

JDP Oram	11	3	23	1	2.09
9.3 to Kallis, lbw 36/3
CL Cairns	10	2	19	0	1.90	(1nb)

DL Vettori	18	2	53	0	2.94

SB Styris	9	1	40	1	4.44
65.5 to Kirsten, lbw 207/4

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Series 3-match series drawn 1-1

Test debut MJ Mason (New Zealand)
Player of the match GC Smith (South Africa)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire GAV Baxter
Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Close of play
Fri, 26 Mar	- day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 248/6 (CL Cairns 60*, 89.5 ov)
Sat, 27 Mar	- day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 237/3 (JA Rudolph 60, M van Jaarsveld 48, 74 ov)
Sun, 28 Mar	- day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 128/5 (SB Styris 41, CL Cairns 7, 59.4 ov)
Mon, 29 Mar	- day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 82/3 (GC Smith 46, G Kirsten 19, 30 ov)
Tue, 30 Mar	- day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 234/4 (72.2 ov) - end of match