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New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2007/08 / Scorecard

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New Zealand in South Africa T20I Match

South Africa v New Zealand

South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

T20I no. 48 | 2007/08 season
Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
23 November 2007 - day/night (20-over match)


New Zealand innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
L Vincent	lbw b Botha	15	41	20	1	0	75.00
9.6 got him! A reverse sweep from Vincent to a straight, full ball which raps him on the toe and that's bang in front of middle. What an awful, hopeless shot that was 66/4
BB McCullum†	c Duminy b Pollock	9	9	8	0	1	112.50
2.2 shot! But caught! He absolutely nailed that on the front foot; a crunching, satisfying crack of the bat, but the ball found cover who didn't need to move a muscle, taking an easy catch in front of his nose 14/1
JM How	c Duminy b Pollock	14	11	11	1	1	127.27
4.6 gone this time. Poor shot; he tried to smack this over long-on but got a leading edge to mid-off who swallowed a simple skier 34/2
LRPL Taylor	c Kallis b Morkel	7	9	8	0	1	87.50
6.4 fine bowling from Morkel! That's the length on this pitch; it's got plenty of bounce and the taller bowlers are extracting it. It rises on Taylor who fends it straight to first slip 45/3
SB Styris	c Smith b Steyn	30	39	27	3	0	111.11
16.2 oh, well caught Smith! Styris thumped this on the front foot, timing it very well but Smith, at mid-off, timed his leap to his left perfectly to clutch a fine catch above his head 98/7
GJ Hopkins	c de Villiers b Morkel	6	11	10	0	0	60.00
12.3 oh dear. A meaningless shot to a poor, wide delivery outside off. He just patted it to point who scooped it up at ankle height to take an easy catch. A clueless stroke, really; rather like a coach might angle his bat to give the slips catching practice 78/5
DL Vettori*	c Morkel b Pollock	2	9	7	0	0	28.57
14.3 short, he tries to pull it but gets a top edge to Morkel at mid-on who back-peddles nicely to take a tumbling catch. New Zealand are finished 84/6
KD Mills	not out	33	26	24	1	2	137.50

MR Gillespie	not out	4	18	5	0	0	80.00

Extras	(lb 3, w 6)	9

Total	(7 wickets; 20 overs; 85 mins)	129	(6.45 runs per over)

Did not bat JS Patel, MJ Mason

Fall of wickets 1-14 (McCullum, 2.2 ov), 2-34 (How, 4.6 ov), 3-45 (Taylor, 6.4 ov), 4-66 (Vincent, 9.6 ov), 5-78 (Hopkins, 12.3 ov), 6-84 (Vettori, 14.3 ov), 7-98 (Styris, 16.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	4	0	28	3	7.00	(1w)
2.2 to McCullum, shot! But caught! He absolutely nailed that on the front foot; a crunching, satisfying crack of the bat, but the ball found cover who didn't need to move a muscle, taking an easy catch in front of his nose 14/1 4.6 to How, gone this time. Poor shot; he tried to smack this over long-on but got a leading edge to mid-off who swallowed a simple skier 34/2 14.3 to Vettori, short, he tries to pull it but gets a top edge to Morkel at mid-on who back-peddles nicely to take a tumbling catch. New Zealand are finished 84/6
DW Steyn	4	0	17	1	4.25
16.2 to Styris, oh, well caught Smith! Styris thumped this on the front foot, timing it very well but Smith, at mid-off, timed his leap to his left perfectly to clutch a fine catch above his head 98/7
CK Langeveldt	4	0	33	0	8.25	(3w)

JA Morkel	4	0	29	2	7.25	(2w)
6.4 to Taylor, fine bowling from Morkel! That's the length on this pitch; it's got plenty of bounce and the taller bowlers are extracting it. It rises on Taylor who fends it straight to first slip 45/3 12.3 to Hopkins, oh dear. A meaningless shot to a poor, wide delivery outside off. He just patted it to point who scooped it up at ankle height to take an easy catch. A clueless stroke, really; rather like a coach might angle his bat to give the slips catching practice 78/5
J Botha	4	0	19	1	4.75
9.6 to Vincent, got him! A reverse sweep from Vincent to a straight, full ball which raps him on the toe and that's bang in front of middle. What an awful, hopeless shot that was 66/4


South Africa innings (target: 130 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c †McCullum b Mills	7	21	16	1	0	43.75
4.6 goddim! Smith's poor run of form continues as he plays a horrid, cross-batted stroke and gets a thick outside edge to McCullum 33/2
JH Kallis	c Mills b Gillespie	4	6	5	1	0	80.00
1.4 goddim! A straight bouncer from Gillespie which Kallis hooks straight down fine-leg's throat 6/1
JP Duminy	st †McCullum b Vettori	33	34	19	3	2	173.68
8.6 gone! Very well bowled from Vettori, beating Duminy in the flight. He came prancing down the pitch, was beaten by the turn and McCullum does the rest. 64/3
AB de Villiers	not out	52	70	45	4	1	115.55

MV Boucher†	lbw b Patel	7	16	10	0	0	70.00
12.3 he's got him! Boucher went for the sweep, was beaten by the turn and up goes the finger. He is decidedly unhappy 89/4
SM Pollock	c Taylor b Patel	6	9	5	0	0	120.00
14.3 gone! Taylor's taken a blinder at deep midwicket, as Pollock tried to pull this but couldn't time it. Taylor, crouching low, took it inches above the turf and a metre inside the rope 103/5
JA Morkel	c Vettori b Styris	9	12	11	0	1	81.81
17.2 gone, beaten by the offie! Morkel mistimes it straight to Vettori at cover. A wasteful stroke, frankly 116/6
VD Philander	run out (Taylor/Vincent)	2	10	7	0	0	28.57
19.2 from Mills, cut to short third man again who lines up a throw. There's a mix-up between the batsmen and Vincent, at the non-striker's end, collects the ball and shatters the stumps to dismiss Philander! 124/7
J Botha	not out	6	4	2	1	0	300.00

Extras	(lb 2, w 2, nb 1)	5

Total	(7 wickets; 19.5 overs; 91 mins)	131	(6.60 runs per over)

Did not bat CK Langeveldt, DW Steyn

Fall of wickets 1-6 (Kallis, 1.4 ov), 2-33 (Smith, 4.6 ov), 3-64 (Duminy, 8.6 ov), 4-89 (Boucher, 12.3 ov), 5-103 (Pollock, 14.3 ov), 6-116 (Morkel, 17.2 ov), 7-124 (Philander, 19.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Mills	3.5	0	34	1	8.86
4.6 to Smith, goddim! Smith's poor run of form continues as he plays a horrid, cross-batted stroke and gets a thick outside edge to McCullum 33/2
MR Gillespie	4	0	22	1	5.50	(2w)
1.4 to Kallis, goddim! A straight bouncer from Gillespie which Kallis hooks straight down fine-leg's throat 6/1
DL Vettori	4	0	24	1	6.00
8.6 to Duminy, gone! Very well bowled from Vettori, beating Duminy in the flight. He came prancing down the pitch, was beaten by the turn and McCullum does the rest. 64/3
MJ Mason	3	0	28	0	9.33	(1nb)

JS Patel	4	0	17	2	4.25
12.3 to Boucher, he's got him! Boucher went for the sweep, was beaten by the turn and up goes the finger. He is decidedly unhappy 89/4 14.3 to Pollock, gone! Taylor's taken a blinder at deep midwicket, as Pollock tried to pull this but couldn't time it. Taylor, crouching low, took it inches above the turf and a metre inside the rope 103/5
SB Styris	1	0	4	1	4.00
17.2 to Morkel, gone, beaten by the offie! Morkel mistimes it straight to Vettori at cover. A wasteful stroke, frankly 116/6

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Series South Africa won the one-off match

T20I debuts GJ Hopkins and JM How (New Zealand); DW Steyn (South Africa)
Player of the match AB de Villiers (South Africa)

Umpires IL Howell and BG Jerling
TV umpire M Erasmus
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire ZTA Ndamane

Match notes

New Zealand innings
New Zealand: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (47 balls), Extras 5
New Zealand: 100 runs in 17.1 overs (107 balls), Extras 7

South Africa innings
Innings Break: South Africa - 0/0
South Africa: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (47 balls), Extras 4
South Africa: 100 runs in 13.6 overs (87 balls), Extras 5
AB de Villiers: 50 off 43 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)

Series Results

South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg - Nov 23, 2007
South Africa won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

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Match Coverage

Match Day

Report - Nervy South Africa edge thriller

Match reports - South Africa v New Zealand 2007-08

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Nov 23, 2007

Johan Botha salutes his winning boundary

Nov 23, 2007

The New Zealanders congratulate Ross Taylor on his catch

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