Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Richardson	c †Boucher b Kallis	14	42	56	2	0	33.33
Michael Papps	lbw b Ntini	7	38	51	1	0	18.42
Stephen Fleming (c)	c Pollock b Boje	30	73	108	5	0	41.09
Mathew Sinclair	lbw b Boje	74	181	223	8	2	40.88
Scott Styris	b Boje	1	17	22	0	0	5.88
Brendon McCullum †	lbw b Pollock	55	120	176	6	0	45.83
Chris Cairns	b Pollock	69	82	90	9	2	84.14
Jacob Oram	st †Boucher b Boje	34	38	64	3	2	89.47
Daniel Vettori	c †Boucher b Pollock	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Michael Mason	c van Jaarsveld b Nel	3	27	26	0	0	11.11
Chris Martin	not out	1	8	24	0	0	12.50
Extras	(b 2, lb 1, nb 5, w 1)	9
Total	104 Ov (RR: 2.85, 430 Mins)	297
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Michael Papps, 12.3 ov), 2-23 (Mark Richardson, 13.3 ov), 3-90 (Stephen Fleming, 39.3 ov), 4-97 (Scott Styris, 45.1 ov), 5-163 (Mathew Sinclair, 69.2 ov), 6-248 (Brendon McCullum, 89.5 ov), 7-257 (Chris Cairns, 91.4 ov), 8-257 (Daniel Vettori, 91.6 ov), 9-264 (Michael Mason, 98.5 ov), 10-297 (Jacob Oram, 103.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	29	2	85	3	2.93	139	8	2	1	4
89.5 to BB McCullum, . 248/6 91.4 to CL Cairns, . 257/7 91.6 to DL Vettori, . 257/8
Makhaya Ntini	21	6	63	1	3.00	102	11	0	0	1
12.3 to MHW Papps, . 23/1
Jacques Kallis	7	5	4	1	0.57	40	0	0	0	0
13.3 to MH Richardson, . 23/2
Andre Nel	27	9	77	1	2.85	128	10	1	0	0
98.5 to MJ Mason, . 264/9
Nicky Boje	20	2	65	4	3.25	89	5	3	0	0
39.3 to SP Fleming, . 90/3 45.1 to SB Styris, . 97/4 69.2 to MS Sinclair, . 163/5 103.6 to JDP Oram, . 297/10

South Africa 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	b Cairns	47	66	99	7	0	71.21
Herschelle Gibbs	c sub (JAH Marshall) b Martin	77	124	151	11	1	62.09
Jacques Rudolph	not out	93	212	309	16	0	43.86
Gary Kirsten	c †McCullum b Martin	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
Martin van Jaarsveld	c Oram b Martin	59	138	161	8	0	42.75
Jacques Kallis	c †McCullum b Martin	0	10	16	0	0	0.00
Mark Boucher †	c Papps b Martin	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Shaun Pollock	c Fleming b Oram	5	7	12	0	0	71.42
Nicky Boje	b Cairns	25	32	40	5	0	78.12
Makhaya Ntini	c †McCullum b Cairns	4	2	2	1	0	200.00
Andre Nel	c Oram b Cairns	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 1, nb 4)	5
Total	99.5 Ov (RR: 3.16, 408 Mins)	316
Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Graeme Smith, 24.1 ov), 2-130 (Herschelle Gibbs, 36.5 ov), 3-136 (Gary Kirsten, 38.1 ov), 4-251 (Martin van Jaarsveld, 81.1 ov), 5-265 (Jacques Kallis, 85.1 ov), 6-265 (Mark Boucher, 85.4 ov), 7-270 (Shaun Pollock, 88.2 ov), 8-304 (Nicky Boje, 97.4 ov), 9-308 (Makhaya Ntini, 97.6 ov), 10-316 (Andre Nel, 99.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Martin	20	6	55	5	2.75	99	7	1	0	2
36.5 to HH Gibbs, . 130/2 38.1 to G Kirsten, . 136/3 81.1 to M van Jaarsveld, . 251/4 85.1 to JH Kallis, . 265/5 85.4 to MV Boucher, . 265/6
Michael Mason	16	4	73	0	4.56	71	13	0	0	0
Jacob Oram	11	3	21	1	1.90	57	3	0	0	0
88.2 to SM Pollock, . 270/7
Daniel Vettori	26	6	76	0	2.92	110	8	0	0	0
Chris Cairns	16.5	2	60	4	3.56	75	10	0	0	2
24.1 to GC Smith, . 103/1 97.4 to N Boje, . 304/8 97.6 to M Ntini, . 308/9 99.5 to A Nel, . 316/10
Scott Styris	10	4	30	0	3.00	52	7	0	0	0

New Zealand 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Papps	lbw b Pollock	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
Mark Richardson	c Smith b Boje	37	142	205	5	0	26.05
Stephen Fleming (c)	c †Boucher b Nel	9	57	101	0	0	15.78
Mathew Sinclair	lbw b Pollock	21	41	54	4	0	51.21
Scott Styris	c & b Nel	73	131	150	11	0	55.72
Brendon McCullum †	b Boje	3	10	10	0	0	30.00
Chris Cairns	c van Jaarsveld b Boje	41	68	91	4	1	60.29
Jacob Oram	lbw b Boje	40	76	101	4	1	52.63
Daniel Vettori	c van Jaarsveld b Ntini	9	29	49	1	0	31.03
Michael Mason	run out (Pollock)	0	6	13	0	0	0.00
Chris Martin	not out	1	15	29	0	0	6.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 9, nb 5, w 3)	18
Total	96.2 Ov (RR: 2.61, 412 Mins)	252
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Papps, 0.6 ov), 2-42 (Stephen Fleming, 23.2 ov), 3-73 (Mathew Sinclair, 37.5 ov), 4-107 (Mark Richardson, 48.3 ov), 5-111 (Brendon McCullum, 50.3 ov), 6-198 (Chris Cairns, 74.5 ov), 7-201 (Scott Styris, 75.6 ov), 8-220 (Daniel Vettori, 87.6 ov), 9-224 (Michael Mason, 90.5 ov), 10-252 (Jacob Oram, 96.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	22	10	65	2	2.95	112	10	1	1	3
0.6 to MHW Papps, . 1/1 37.5 to MS Sinclair, . 73/3
Makhaya Ntini	20	6	50	1	2.50	100	5	1	1	0
87.6 to DL Vettori, . 220/8
Andre Nel	21	5	58	2	2.76	98	7	0	1	0
23.2 to SP Fleming, . 42/2 75.6 to SB Styris, . 201/7
Nicky Boje	33.2	7	69	4	2.07	152	4	0	0	0
48.3 to MH Richardson, . 107/4 50.3 to BB McCullum, . 111/5 74.5 to CL Cairns, . 198/6 96.2 to JDP Oram, . 252/10

South Africa 2nd Innings (T: 234 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	not out	125	203	295	17	0	61.57
Herschelle Gibbs	c Fleming b Martin	16	12	19	2	1	133.33
Jacques Rudolph	b Martin	0	8	9	0	0	0.00
Jacques Kallis	lbw b Oram	1	9	11	0	0	11.11
Gary Kirsten	lbw b Styris	76	180	227	11	0	42.22
Martin van Jaarsveld	not out	13	23	25	2	0	56.52
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)	3
Total	72.2 Ov (RR: 3.23, 295 Mins)	234/4
Did not bat: Mark Boucher †, Shaun Pollock, Nicky Boje, Makhaya Ntini, Andre Nel
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Herschelle Gibbs, 4.4 ov), 2-31 (Jacques Rudolph, 6.6 ov), 3-36 (Jacques Kallis, 9.3 ov), 4-207 (Gary Kirsten, 65.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chris Martin	18.2	2	65	2	3.54	82	10	1	0	0
4.4 to HH Gibbs, . 29/1 6.6 to JA Rudolph, . 31/2
Michael Mason	6	1	32	0	5.33	23	5	0	0	0
Jacob Oram	11	3	23	1	2.09	56	2	0	0	0
9.3 to JH Kallis, . 36/3
Chris Cairns	10	2	19	0	1.90	50	2	0	0	1
Daniel Vettori	18	2	53	0	2.94	73	5	0	0	0
Scott Styris	9	1	40	1	4.44	40	8	0	0	0
65.5 to G Kirsten, . 207/4

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Fri, 26 Mar - day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 248/6 (Chris Cairns 60*, 89.5 ov)

Sat, 27 Mar - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 237/3 (Jacques Rudolph 60*, Martin van Jaarsveld 48*, 74 ov)

Sun, 28 Mar - day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 128/5 (Scott Styris 41*, Chris Cairns 7*, 59.4 ov)

Mon, 29 Mar - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 82/3 (Graeme Smith 46*, Gary Kirsten 19*, 30 ov)

Tue, 30 Mar - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 234/4 (72.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

New Zealand 1st innings
New Zealand innings, 1x5 ball over, 13th over bowled by Ntini, called by Dar
SP Fleming passes 5,000 career Test runs
JH Kallis leaves the field at the end of the 22nd over, after bowling his 7th
50 in 114 minutes off 170 balls, 6x4
Lunch 52/2, 30 overs, Fleming 20, Sinclair 8, 6x4
50 partnership (Fleming 26, Sinclair 24) in 91 minutes off 137 balls, 7x4
100 in 194 minutes off 279 balls, 14x4
MS Sinclair 50 in 145 minutes, 113 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Tea 141/4, 60 overs, Sinclair 62, McCullum 22, 19x4, 1x6
50 partnership (Sinclair 24, McCullum 26) in 75 minutes, 124 balls
150 in 268 minutes off 399 balls, 19x4, 1x6
200 in 317 minutes off 471 balls, 24x4, 3x6
New Ball taken after 80 overs
BB McCullum 50 in 147 minutes off 105 balls, 6x4
50 partnership (McCullum 21, Cairns 29) in 53 minutes off 84 balls
CL Cairns 50 in 66 minutes off 60 balls, 9x4, 1x6

Day 2

250 in 370 minutes off 548 balls, 31x4, 4x6
South Africa 1st innings
GC Smith, goes past 2,000 Test runs
Lunch 49/0 11 overs, 8x4, 1x6, Smith 25*, Gibbs 23
50 in 49 minutes off 72 balls, 8x4,1x4
50 partnership (Smith 25, Gibbs 25)
HH Gibbs 50 in 90 minutes off 71 balls with 7x4 and 1x6
100 in 95 minutes off 140 balls, 14x1, 1x6
100 partnership (Smith 45, Gibbs 53)
Tea 141/3, 40 overs, 20x4, 1x6
150 in 171 minutes off 268 balls, 22x4, 1x6
50 partnership in 63 minutes off 101 balls (Rudolph 32, van Jaarsveld 19)
200 in 248 minutes off 368 balls, 28x4.1x6
JA Rudolph 50 in 157 minutes, off 109 balls, 8x4
100 partnership in 133 minutes off 215 balls (Rudolph 51, van Jaarsveld 48)

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

GC Smith 50 in 129 minutes off 99 balls, 6x4
50 partnership in 86 minutes off 134 balls (Smith 30, Kirtsen 19)
100 in 143 minutes off 212 balls, 12x4, 1x6
100 partnership in 167 minutes off 254 balls (Smith 58, Kirtsen 42)
150 in 219 minutes off 326 balls, 18x4, 1x6
G Kirsten 50 in 188 minutes off 149 balls, 6x4
GC Smith 100 in 233 minutes off 165 balls, 13x4
New 4th wicket partnership record for RSA v NZ
200 in 268 minutes off 392 balls, 26x4,1x6
150 partnership in 215 minutes off 320 balls (Smith 91, Kirsten 56)

Match Details

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss	South Africa, elected to field first
Series	South Africa tour of New Zealand
Season	2003/04
Player Of The Match	Graeme Smith
Series result	3-match series drawn 1-1
Match number	Test no. 1692
Match days	day (5-day match)
Test debut	Michael Mason
Umpires	Aleem Dar Asoka de Silva
TV Umpire	Gary Baxter
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd

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South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
GC Smith	not out	125	203
HH Gibbs	caught	16	12
JA Rudolph	bowled	0	8
JH Kallis	lbw	1	9
G Kirsten	lbw	76	180
M van Jaarsveld	not out	13	23
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1)
Total	234(4 wkts; 72.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	18.2	2	65	2	3.54
MJ Mason	6	1	32	0	5.33
JDP Oram	11	3	23	1	2.09
CL Cairns	10	2	19	0	1.9 (1 nb)
DL Vettori	18	2	53	0	2.94
SB Styris	9	1	40	1	4.44

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	25	Herschelle Gibbs	Graeme Smith
2nd	2	Jacques Rudolph	Graeme Smith
3rd	4	Jacques Kallis	Graeme Smith
4th	171	Gary Kirsten	Graeme Smith
5th	27	Martin van Jaarsveld	Graeme Smith

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