- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR11.4 Behardien wheedles out the breakthrough. Believe it or not, Guptill has holed out to Miller off a full toss. Below waist height, Guptill wants to punt it away. But the bat twists in his hand as he mis-hits it. Miller runs in from long-on, dives forward and makes amends for the earlier drop. Smart take.. Miaden T20 wicket for Behardien 104/35.3 Rabada breaks the opening stand. On a length and around off, Williamson aimed to launch it over the covers; he went too hard at it. Williamson ends up slices it to deep third man, where Abbott runs to his right and snaps it up 52/18.2 Leie strikes and celebrates wildly. He pumps his fist and hugs AB, who asks his bowler to 'calm down'. Googly outside off, Latham steps out and shapes for a swipe. He does not connect well as he edges it thickly. Amla at first slip settles under the swirling ball 70/212.6 Phangiso roars an appeal for lbw, the forefinger goes up. Elliott's knock has been cut short. Tossed up, drifts in on middle and straightens a bit to rap Elliott on the front pad. He did not connect with the sweep after going low, and the tracker shows that the ball would have hit the top of off 113/418.3 140.9ks, castled. Rabada is on a hat-trick for the second game in a row. Neesham shuffles way outside off as he aims for a lap-scoop, with fine leg in the circle. He can't connect, Rabada fires it full and straight. Timber! 166/716.6 Miller pulls off an outstanding catch. Rossouw embraces him. Banged in short at Ronchi, slippery slow bouncer, climbs outside off. Ronchi flat-bats it away to deep midwicket. Miller runs in and hangs onto the fast-travelling ball. The momentum causes him to tumble onto the ground. Wiese has a wicket off his last ball. 146/518.2 AB de Villiers comes into the action, makes a tough catch look pretty easy. Banged in short and attacking the body of Munro, who was crouching low. He looks to pull and drags it over long-on. AB turns, runs back, gets into a side-on position and pulls it off calmly 166/6Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL177/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.85)Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Kane Williamson, 5.3 ov), 2-70 (Tom Latham, 8.2 ov), 3-104 (Martin Guptill, 11.4 ov), 4-113 (Grant Elliott, 12.6 ov), 5-146 (Luke Ronchi, 16.6 ov), 6-166 (Colin Munro, 18.2 ov), 7-166 (James Neesham, 18.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB AM Phangiso 4 0 40 1 10.00 6 4 1 2 0 KJ Abbott 4 0 44 0 11.00 11 6 2 1 0 K Rabada 4 0 30 3 7.50 12 4 1 0 0 D Wiese 4 0 26 1 6.50 9 3 0 1 0 E Leie 3 0 32 1 10.66 4 2 2 1 0 F Behardien 1 0 4 1 4.00 2 0 0 0 0
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.2 dragged short and wide outside off. Amla cuts hard and hits it straight to Neesham at point. Amla is gutted as he drops to his knees. He did not get on top of the bounce. Two wickets in five balls for NZ 19/22.4 The short ball works. The angle works. Banged in around a leg-stump line, Van Wyk is cramped for room as he attempts a pull. He was a touch early onto the shot and ends up looping it behind off the glove. Ronchi jumps and catches it 15/16.4 And the AB show is over. Six and out! Neesham takes a well-judged overhead catch. Flatter and on off, AB baseball swings it in the air. Neesham settles under it at long-on 47/39.6 Williamson takes a sharp catch at short midwicket. Sodhi slides it on middle and leg at 95.6ks, Rossow leaves the crease, pulls and finds the NZ captain. Behardien shakes his head 75/414.5 Behardien took his maiden T20 wicket off a full toss. He perishes to a full toss. Behardien shapes for a slog sweep, hits rather well but straight down the gullet of deep midwicket. South Africa five down; the asking rate rises to 12.77 112/517.4 short and climbs on a leg-stump line. Miller seeks to pull, swivels and finds deep backward square leg. Miller departs and with that South Africa's hopes. A few fans start to leave. MM roars 131/815.4 South Africa slide further; Wiese holes out to long-off. Tossed up just a shade outside off, Wiese clears his front leg and lofts. He does not get hold of it as N Mac runs in and pouches it 115/616.6 KW pedals back and takes another good catch. Good length and outside off, Phangiso aims to lift it over cover. But does not get requisite timing on it. KW shows off his reflexes, again 123/7Extras4 (w 4)TOTAL145/8 (20 Overs, RR: 7.25)Did not bat: E LeieFall of wickets: 1-15 (Morne van Wyk, 2.4 ov), 2-19 (Hashim Amla, 3.2 ov), 3-47 (AB de Villiers, 6.4 ov), 4-75 (Rilee Rossouw, 9.6 ov), 5-112 (Farhaan Behardien, 14.5 ov), 6-115 (David Wiese, 15.4 ov), 7-123 (Aaron Phangiso, 16.6 ov), 8-131 (David Miller, 17.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NL McCullum 4 0 31 2 7.75 6 1 2 0 0 AF Milne 4 0 27 1 6.75 12 3 0 2 0 MJ McClenaghan 4 0 28 2 7.00 12 3 1 1 0 JDS Neesham 3 0 22 1 7.33 6 3 0 0 0 IS Sodhi 4 0 27 2 6.75 7 3 0 0 0 GD Elliott 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 1 0 1 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
2-match series drawn 1-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.20, Interval 15.20-15.40, Second Session 15.40-17.00
Match days
16 August 2015 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 53 runs, 1 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (MJ Guptill 27, KS Williamson 25, Ex 0)
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 30 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (66 balls), Extras 4
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 5
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 177/7 in 20.0 overs (NL McCullum 1, AF Milne 10)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 2
- South Africa: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
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