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South Africa tour of New Zealand - Tour match

Canterbury v South Africans

South Africans won by 20 runs

Twenty20 match | 2011/12 season
Played at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
15 February 2012 (20-over match)


South Africans innings (20 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
RE Levi	b Worker	63	32	32	10	3	196.87
8.2 stood way outside leg stump before the ball was delivered, waited and then came down the track to a full ball, misses completely and it clips leg stump, end of a blazing innings from Levi who won't have been seen by many New Zealand fans 81/1
HM Amla	b Johnston	35	53	33	4	0	106.06
13.5 lovely ball gets Amla, tossed up outside off and Amla was early on the paddle sweep as he was deceived by the lack of pace, ball hits the off stump 107/4
CA Ingram	c McEwan b Worker	2	6	8	0	0	25.00
10.1 Ingram always looked out of touch, came down the track and mistimed the loft straight to long-off 89/2
AB de Villiers*†	c Henry b Worker	4	6	5	0	0	80.00
12.1 mistimes the chip loft inside out over the covers and picks out long-off for Worker's third wicket 98/3
JP Duminy	c Latham b McEwan	24	28	22	0	1	109.09
19.2 slower ball outside off and he mistimes the carve to long-off where the son of Rod Latham takes the catch to give the son of Peter McEwan, both former New Zealand Test players, his first wicket 145/6
JL Ontong	c McEwan b Henry	8	10	11	0	0	72.72
16.4 full toss on middle and he gets it off the bottom of the bat down to long-on who almost overruns it but takes it high above his head 120/5
JA Morkel	not out	10	14	7	0	1	142.85

J Botha	not out	3	3	2	0	0	150.00

Extras	(w 1)	1

Total	(6 wickets; 20 overs; 79 mins)	150	(7.50 runs per over)

Did not bat M Morkel, J Theron, LL Tsotsobe

Fall of wickets 1-81 (Levi, 8.2 ov), 2-89 (Ingram, 10.1 ov), 3-98 (de Villiers, 12.1 ov), 4-107 (Amla, 13.5 ov), 5-120 (Ontong, 16.4 ov), 6-145 (Duminy, 19.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	4	0	27	1	6.75
16.4 to Ontong, full toss on middle and he gets it off the bottom of the bat down to long-on who almost overruns it but takes it high above his head 120/5
RJ McCone	2	0	20	0	10.00

LV van Beek	1	0	21	0	21.00

MB McEwan	4	0	30	1	7.50
19.2 to Duminy, slower ball outside off and he mistimes the carve to long-off where the son of Rod Latham takes the catch to give the son of Peter McEwan, both former New Zealand Test players, his first wicket 145/6
GH Worker	4	0	23	3	5.75	(1w)
8.2 to Levi, stood way outside leg stump before the ball was delivered, waited and then came down the track to a full ball, misses completely and it clips leg stump, end of a blazing innings from Levi who won't have been seen by many New Zealand fans 81/1 10.1 to Ingram, Ingram always looked out of touch, came down the track and mistimed the loft straight to long-off 89/2 12.1 to de Villiers, mistimes the chip loft inside out over the covers and picks out long-off for Worker's third wicket 98/3
TG Johnston	4	0	24	1	6.00
13.5 to Amla, lovely ball gets Amla, tossed up outside off and Amla was early on the paddle sweep as he was deceived by the lack of pace, ball hits the off stump 107/4
HM Nicholls	1	0	5	0	5.00


Canterbury innings (target: 151 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GH Worker	c M Morkel b Tsotsobe	4	7	10	1	0	40.00
1.5 gets underneath a full ball on middle and times the loft nicely but gets too much elevation and not enough distance as it drops towards the edge of the circle where Morne Morkel waits and waits before diving to take the catch 6/1
PG Fulton*	b Tsotsobe	0	9	2	0	0	0.00
1.6 two in two for Lonwabo as he bowled it full outside off and Fulton drove at it without moving the feet, gets a thick inside edge into the stumps via back pad 6/2
SL Stewart	lbw b Tsotsobe	2	7	4	0	0	50.00
3.1 and he gets it! Perfect ball to bowl, it was full on middle and off and swung back in, Stewart had planted the front pad across and tried to play around it but couldn't get bat on it and the finger went up fairly quickly 9/3
TWM Latham	c †de Villiers b Tsotsobe	11	18	10	2	0	110.00
5.4 short down leg and he tried to glance it fine but it nips the glove and bat through to AB who dives to collect a good take low down 24/4 5.4 short down leg and he tried to glance it fine but it nips the glove and bat through to AB who dives to collect a good take low down 24/4 5.4 short down leg and he tried to glance it fine but it nips the glove and bat through to AB who dives to collect a good take low down 24/4
RA Young†	c Ingram b Theron	5	21	12	0	0	41.66
7.1 starts with a gentle long hop and Young looked to have timed the pull well but didn't get enough behind it and he picks out Ingram at deep midwicket 28/5
HM Nicholls	c Levi b Duminy	18	31	17	2	0	105.88
12.3 gets down to reverse sweep a full ball outside off and picks out Levi at backward point 63/7
LV van Beek	c Theron b Botha	1	7	4	0	0	25.00
8.6 full on off and he gets under it and swings it high out towards cow corner but long-on is there to ruin the fun and takes an easy catch 39/6
MB McEwan	c Tsotsobe b Theron	30	47	33	3	1	90.90
18.6 the action is all over at Hagley Oval as McEwan tried to hook a short ball on leg into the crowd at square leg but could only get it three-quarters of the required distance and Tsotsobe clutched it awkwardly to end an entertaining fightback 130/10
MJ Henry	c †de Villiers b M Morkel	42	24	17	1	5	247.05
17.4 very full on middle in the blockhole and he tries to smash it down the ground, bat hits ground and ball goes through to AB who dives to take a one-hander, Henry waits and the third umpire concludes that Henry got bat to ball first 122/8
TG Johnston	run out (M Morkel/†de Villiers)	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
17.5 from M Morkel, gets forward to defend and sets off but there is hesitation and he goes back but can't beat the throw as South Africa have nearly ended the Cantabrian resistance 122/9
RJ McCone	not out	3	5	4	0	0	75.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 5, w 5)	14

Total	(all out; 19 overs; 93 mins)	130	(6.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-6 (Worker, 1.5 ov), 2-6 (Fulton, 1.6 ov), 3-9 (Stewart, 3.1 ov), 4-24 (Latham, 5.4 ov), 5-28 (Young, 7.1 ov), 6-39 (van Beek, 8.6 ov), 7-63 (Nicholls, 12.3 ov), 8-122 (Henry, 17.4 ov), 9-122 (Johnston, 17.5 ov), 10-130 (McEwan, 18.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JA Morkel	2	0	7	0	3.50

LL Tsotsobe	4	0	18	4	4.50	(1w)
1.5 to Worker, gets underneath a full ball on middle and times the loft nicely but gets too much elevation and not enough distance as it drops towards the edge of the circle where Morne Morkel waits and waits before diving to take the catch 6/1 1.6 to Fulton, two in two for Lonwabo as he bowled it full outside off and Fulton drove at it without moving the feet, gets a thick inside edge into the stumps via back pad 6/2 3.1 to Stewart, and he gets it! Perfect ball to bowl, it was full on middle and off and swung back in, Stewart had planted the front pad across and tried to play around it but couldn't get bat on it and the finger went up fairly quickly 9/3 5.4 to Latham, short down leg and he tried to glance it fine but it nips the glove and bat through to AB who dives to collect a good take low down 24/4 5.4 to Latham, short down leg and he tried to glance it fine but it nips the glove and bat through to AB who dives to collect a good take low down 24/4 5.4 to Latham, short down leg and he tried to glance it fine but it nips the glove and bat through to AB who dives to collect a good take low down 24/4
M Morkel	4	0	21	1	5.25	(2w)
17.4 to Henry, very full on middle in the blockhole and he tries to smash it down the ground, bat hits ground and ball goes through to AB who dives to take a one-hander, Henry waits and the third umpire concludes that Henry got bat to ball first 122/8
J Botha	4	0	34	1	8.50	(1w)
8.6 to van Beek, full on off and he gets under it and swings it high out towards cow corner but long-on is there to ruin the fun and takes an easy catch 39/6
J Theron	4	0	34	2	8.50	(1w)
7.1 to Young, starts with a gentle long hop and Young looked to have timed the pull well but didn't get enough behind it and he picks out Ingram at deep midwicket 28/5 18.6 to McEwan, the action is all over at Hagley Oval as McEwan tried to hook a short ball on leg into the crowd at square leg but could only get it three-quarters of the required distance and Tsotsobe clutched it awkwardly to end an entertaining fightback 130/10
JP Duminy	1	0	7	1	7.00
12.3 to Nicholls, gets down to reverse sweep a full ball outside off and picks out Levi at backward point 63/7

Match details

Toss Canterbury, who chose to field

Twenty20 debuts TG Johnston, RJ McCone, MB McEwan, HM Nicholls and LV van Beek (Canterbury)

Umpires TJ Parlane and DJ Walker
TV umpire GAV Baxter

Match notes

12th Men: TD Astle (Canterbury) and W Parnell (South Africans)

South Africans innings
Fielding Restriction Overs: Overs 0.1 - 6.0
50 runs in 5.1 overs (31 balls), Extras 0
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 31 balls (RE Levi 45, HM Amla 8, Ex 0)
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 20 mins (RE Levi, HM Amla)
RE Levi: 50 off 25 balls (9 x 4, 2 x 6)
100 runs in 12.4 overs (76 balls), Extras 1
150 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 1

Canterbury innings
LL Tsotsobe took a hat-trick with the last 2 balls of his 1st over and first ball of his 2nd over, Worker, Fulton and Stewart
50 runs in 10.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 7
100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 9
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 27 balls (MB McEwan 11, MJ Henry 42, Ex 1)