New Zealand wrap it up in comprehensive fashion! Franklin drills a full ball outside off through the covers and it rolls over the rope as the home side take out the 1st Twenty20 International by 6 wickets
New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st T20I at Wellington, Feb 17 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
1st T20I (N), Wellington, February 17, 2012, South Africa tour of New Zealand
147/6
(19.2/20 ov, T:148) 148/4
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
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That wraps up our coverage tonight, Firdose will be providing you news hounds with the final report soon as well as a host of other pieces. Thanks for all the mails as always. New Zealand take a 1-0 lead into the second match at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Sunday. Until then, this is Avi Singh signing off on behalf of scorer Sanjay Murari and Firdose Moonda. Enjoy the weekend!
Martin Guptill is Man of the Match for the umpteenth time in this New Zealand summer: "Batting really well at the moment, opening with Rob is quite good at the moment. I only had one net yesterday and one this morning, but I feel in really good touch in the games."
Brendon McCullum: "Full credit to the bowlers and to Martin who's in great form at the moment. Really pleased for Nathan, who stepped up today after not getting as many opportunities as he would have liked in the Zimbabwe series. Pitch had something for both fast and slow bowlers, so it was decent. We drive ourselves pretty hard with fielding, can't fault our effort throughout the summer there so far, helps the bowlers to know they've got a good unit backing them up."
AB de Villiers: "Not a great start, I take responsibility for that. We were expecting them to open up with a spinner, not surprised at all. Overs 4 to 9 cost us, we didn't cash in at all, but we fought back and in the end we got quite close. We played well in patches, but we want to get it all together in the next game."
I had said during the innings break that South Africa were about 15 or so short, and so it proved as New Zealand were in control throughout the run chase, thanks mainly to the expert steering by Martin Guptill, who is in irresistable form at the moment as he notched up his sixth consecutive international half-century. South Africa were a little off the boil tonight, as Duminy and Ontong bailed out their top order to give them something to bowl at, but their bowling was unable to apply enough pressure.
19.2
4
Botha to Franklin, FOUR runs
19.1
2
Botha to Franklin, 2 runs
full on middle and driven down the ground by Franklin, well placed and they get back for a couple
Botha entrusted with the final over
end of over 196 runs • 1 wicket
NZ: 142/4CRR: 7.47 • RRR: 6.00
Martin Guptill78 (55b 5x4 4x6)
James Franklin2 (2b)
Morne Morkel 4-1-26-1
Rusty Theron 4-0-27-1
18.6
2
Morkel to Guptill, 2 runs
drives a full ball down to long-on and Guptill is as fast as a hare and they push through for a couple, run-a-ball needed from the final over
18.5
1
Morkel to Franklin, 1 run
tries to bang it in short on middle but it sits up and Franklin opens the face and guides it to third man
18.4
1
Morkel to Guptill, 1 run
backs away and mistimes the slice down the ground to long-off on the bounce
18.3
1
Morkel to Franklin, 1 run
dabs into the off side to get off the mark
18.2
1
Morkel to Guptill, 1 run
smacks a full ball down the ground to long-off
18.1
W
Morkel to de Grandhomme, OUT
de Grandhomme tries to finish it early with a six over midwicket, but skies the pull high into the deep where Levi, described by David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald as having the 'build of a prop', takes the catch safely and gives the fans some words
Colin de Grandhomme c Levi b M Morkel 2 (3b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 66.66
end of over 189 runs
NZ: 136/3CRR: 7.55 • RRR: 6.00
Martin Guptill74 (52b 5x4 4x6)
Colin de Grandhomme2 (2b)
Rusty Theron 4-0-27-1
Morne Morkel 3-1-20-0
17.6
4
Theron to Guptill, FOUR runs
and follows up with a flat batted smack down the ground over the boundary at mid-off
17.5
•
Theron to Guptill, no run
a sharp bouncer on off at 139kph which smashes into the helmet of Guptill. He goes down quickly but is back up soon and reassures everyone he is ok, second player hit in the head tonight after Levi
17.4
2
Theron to Guptill, 2 runs
full on middle and Guptill plays with an incredibly straight backlift and followthrough as he gets it just past the stumps down the ground into the deep
17.3
1
Theron to de Grandhomme, 1 run
de Grandhomme goes for a swing to leg and the ball gets tangled up in his pads and dribbles down the wicket as they rush through
17.2
1
Theron to Guptill, 1 run
full on off and smeared across the line into the midwicket region
17.1
1
Theron to de Grandhomme, 1 run
fired in full on leg, beats the poke and hits the pad on leg, possibly going down as the umpire turns down a loud appeal, meanwhile they sneak a run
end of over 179 runs • 1 wicket
NZ: 127/3CRR: 7.47 • RRR: 7.00
Martin Guptill67 (48b 4x4 4x6)
Morne Morkel 3-1-20-0
Rusty Theron 3-0-18-1
The story of the Adrian Kuiper six at Newlands is an urban legend according to Firdose
16.6
W
Morkel to Williamson, OUT
poor call by Kane there, flicked straight to short midwicket and he sets off, Albie Morkel charges in and picks up before swivelling and throwing down the stumps at the bowler's end with Kane having already given up
Kane Williamson run out (JA Morkel) 24 (21b 3x4 0x6 22m) SR: 114.28
16.5
4
Morkel to Williamson, FOUR runs
backs away and uppercuts a short ball outside off over the ring to the backward point boundary
16.4
1
Morkel to Guptill, 1 run
16.4
1w
Morkel to Guptill, 1 wide
fired in way down leg and he doesn't need to play at that
16.3
1lb
Morkel to Williamson, 1 leg bye
misses the pull and hits the protective equipment, drops on the pitch and Guptill runs through and puts in a full-length dive to get home
16.2
2
Morkel to Williamson, 2 runs
skied high in the air beyond the edge of the circle at mid-off and Tsotsobe running back can't get a hand to it
16.1
•
Morkel to Williamson, no run
dropped down at his feet from a short length, rolls behind the stumps where AB quickly throws the stumps down with Kane stretching back after stepping out to think of a run, there is a frame in it but he seems to be safe by a very small margin
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