South Africa vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I at East London, Dec 23 2012 - Match Result

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Martin Guptill is the Man of the Match: "I was talking to Taylor earlier today and he said to relax during the innings. Hopefully i can continue and deliver more of the same in Port Elizabeth."

Brendon McCullum: "It is great that the team turned around in 48 hours and a great knock by Martin after being sick a couple of days back. Our bowlers did well to stop SA's batting line up, but no one expected Martin to play that innings after being sick. Rob Nicol played well at the top too. I was under a bit of pressure, but hopefully this result will help us leapfrog further. This is not a one-off game, we have to carry on doing this ahead as this is a long tour."

Faf du Plessis: "I thought we had enough runs on the board. Unfortunately the ball started skidding for spinners, we missed a couple of catches too. We scored enough with the bat. But it was an unbelievable hundred by Guptill. For me it is about learning, and today it was a steep learning curve. We didn't play a bad game, we were just outplayed by a great innings."

Martin Guptill's hundred has seen NZ home and what an effort after missing the first match! His sixes were monsters and he kept running hard till the end. Sample the last over. But he got good support from Nicol first and then McCullum. The series is now squared. What a chase!

Jeremy: "Wahoo! One small step for NZ and a giant leap for Gingers everywhere."

Alan: "Fantastic, the cat lives. to beat SA and Duckworth Lewis in the same game. Sensational."

18.6

Kleinveldt to Guptill, FOUR runs

He has done it!! That wasn't the best timed shot, but that had enough on it to beat the fielder at cover and roll on to the boundary. Guptill shows all the emotion there, he is ecstatic! Only the second Kiwi batsman to get a hundred in T20, but more importantly, only the second batsman ever in T20 to get a hundred in a chase

Guptill on strike, needs four for win, needs three for a ton, take your pick

18.5

Kleinveldt to Munro, 1 run

short slower delivery outside off, the batsman chops it without any timing to point.

18.4

Kleinveldt to Munro, 2 runs

fuller ball outside off, and another 100m Olympic medal winning sprint from the two as this was straight to long-on

Seven off Three

18.3

Kleinveldt to Munro, 2 runs

fuller ball, Munro drives it over the bowler's head and the batsman run for their lives and take a couple

18.2

Kleinveldt to Guptill, 1 run

fuller ball, crashed hard to long-on, they want one, they want two.. confusion reins

Guptill Guptill Guptill

18.1

Kleinveldt to Munro, 1 run

length ball on the pads, Munro drives it to deep midwicket

Last over. tik tok tik tok..11 off 6.. Eleven off Six. Once off Seis...Kleinveldt round the wicket

Over18

9 runs

NZ 158/2CRR: 8.77 RRR: 11.00

C Munro 2 (3b)MJ Guptill 96 (67b 8x4 6x6)

M Morkel0/29 (4)

17.6

Morkel to Munro, 1 run

slower full toss, Munro mishits it, on to himself, but manages a single

17.5

Morkel to Guptill, 1 run

full toss on the middle, punched to midwicket

17.4

Morkel to Guptill, FOUR runs

Guptill rubs it now, stays back to this short of length ball, and guides it from where the slips should be for a four

17.3

Morkel to Guptill, 2 runs

dropped! Guptill rides his luck-buggy. He heaved this one and the leading edge carried the ball to the moon. It came down after ages and Peterson drops it at point

19 off 10. Nineteen off Ten

17.2

Morkel to Munro, 1 run

manages a single as he pushes this down the ground for a single

Alan: "Next thing us cynics will be saying that this NZ effort is just "dead cat bounce""

17.1

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Morkel to Munro, no run

short of length on off, punched to cover, who makes a good stop

~~Taylor~~ Munro is the new man. 20 off 12. It's Morkel to Munro

Over17

10 runs, 1 wicket

NZ 149/2CRR: 8.76 RRR: 10.00

MJ Guptill 89 (64b 7x4 6x6)

R McLaren1/26 (4)

16.6

McLaren to McCullum, OUT

caught at long on! length ball on the middle, McCullum aims his shot at the sight screen, but that hits high on the bat and doesn't get the distance. It goes comfortably to the fielder at long on

Brendon McCullum c Miller b McLaren 17 (15b 2x4 0x6 17m) SR: 113.33

16.5

McLaren to Guptill, 1 run

full and quick on off, the batsman blocks it towards the leg side and calls for a quick single

16.4

McLaren to McCullum, 1 run

fuller length and McCullum drives it hard towards long-off, who fields it after one bounce

Mark no. 1: "@Mark No2 - we can't be that sad and cynical. We're still here hoping. And any cynicism has been self-inflicted by the Black Caps. I think that, considering the rubbish we've had to endure, those of us still following and supporting are pretty resilient and better fans than they've earned the right to have."

16.4

2nb

McLaren to Guptill, (no ball) 1 run

another full toss, it was a slower ball and it messes up with Guptill's timing, straight to the fielder at long-on. Umpires are checking the ball for the height. It's a no-ball. Guptill survives again

16.3

McLaren to Guptill, FOUR runs

full toss wide outside off, Guptill is the man today, he crashes it through point for a boundary

16.2

1lb

McLaren to McCullum, 1 leg bye

slow short ball, McCullum goes for the pull and misses, gets hit on the chest

16.1

McLaren to Guptill, 1 run

full ball, driven hard to long-off

Over16

9 runs

NZ 139/1CRR: 8.68 RRR: 10.00

BB McCullum 16 (12b 2x4)MJ Guptill 82 (60b 6x4 6x6)

M Morkel0/20 (3)

15.6

Morkel to McCullum, FOUR runs

short of length on off and quick-hands McCullum goes for a pull. His hands came so quick on that. The ball went high and Behardien completely misjudges that. He was there at the boundary, getting ready under it, but inexplicably lets it fall next to him and it goes to the boundary. He was worries about being too close to the boundary

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Match details

GroundBuffalo Park, East London

TossNew Zealand, elected to field first

Series

New Zealand tour of South Africa

Season2012/13

Player Of The Match

Martin Guptill

Series result3-match series level 1-1

Match numberT20I no. 295

Hours of play (local time)18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.20 Interval 19.20-19.40, Second Session 19.40-21.00