South Africa Innings - All out
Runs
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Balls
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4s
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6s
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| Amla | lbw | b Mills |
13
| 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Smith | lbw | b McClenaghan |
7
| 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Ingram | c N McCullum | b Williamson |
29
| 58 | 2 | 1 |
| de Villiers | lbw | b McClenaghan |
7
| 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Du Plessis | c Nicol | b Williamson |
57
| 72 | 3 | 0 |
| de Kock | c N McCullum | b Franklin |
18
| 34 | 1 | 0 |
| McLaren | c Watling | b Williamson |
33
| 39 | 3 | 0 |
| Peterson | lbw | b McClenaghan |
0
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Kleinveldt | c Mills | b Williamson |
26
| 20 | 1 | 3 |
| Steyn | b McClenaghan |
0
| 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tsotsobe | not out |
0
| 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 10w 4b 3lb | 18 | ||||
| Total | all out | 208 | (46.2 ovs) | |||
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25 over report: For the first time since the second Twenty20, New Zealand put South Africa under pressure by claiming three early wickets during the opening ODI in Paarl. The home side's 'big three' batsmen - Hashim Amla, Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers - were removed lbw, two of them to debutant Mitchell McClenaghan, and by the midway mark the innings was unstable at 98 for 4.
The early signs were not promising for New Zealand. In the opening over Smith was dropped at first slip where Rob Nicol was slow to react to a flashing edge off Kyle Mills then they could have removed Amla for 10 but declined to use the DRS after an lbw shout was turned down. Neither error, however, proved costly.
Amla, who had wanted to be aggressive from the start, played across the line at Mills and although he did opt for the review it did not save him with the ball hitting leg stump. Smith soon followed in familiar style, falling across his front pad, to give McClenaghan, the lively left-arm seamer, a first ODI wicket.
McCleanaghan impressed in the Twenty20 series and was unlucky not to earn a chance in the Test matches. He continued to make life hard work and was rewarded again when he made one shape back enough to de Villiers to gain another lbw decision. De Villiers did not appear pleased with the decision, but replays showed it had pitched in line.
Colin Ingram, given the job of No. 3 with Jacques Kallis rested, struggled to get his innings going but was also conscious of not giving New Zealand another breakthrough. He and Faf du Plessis set about the rebuilding job as New Zealand turned to their back-up bowling. The visitors had placed a lot of faith in a group of allrounders, rather than specialist bowlers, and while James Franklin began tightly Nathan McCullum's first spell went for seven an over.
However, just as a partnership was forming, and depth of New Zealand's bowling started to look an issue, Kane Williamson, no more than a part-time offspinner, popped up with a huge bonus wicket when Ingram tried to clear the leg side with a sweep and Nathan McCullum ran back to take a superb catch over his shoulder.
It could have been worse for South Africa, but New Zealand made a mess of trying to run out Quinton de Kock after a breakdown in communication with du Plessis following a wide. Brendon McCullum, back with the keeping gloves, threw the ball to Jimmy Neesham who struggled to take it cleanly and pass it to the fielder nearer the stumps.
50 over report: Mitchell McClenaghan claimed the best figures by a New Zealand bowler on ODI debut with 4 for 20 and Kane Williamson proved a surprise package with the ball as South Africa were put under pressure for the first time since the Twenty20 series. McClenaghan took two in his first spell to leave the home side on the back foot and despite a half-century from Faf du Plessis they could never break free at any point during the innings.
50 over report: Mitchell McClenaghan claimed the best figures by a New Zealand bowler on ODI debut with 4 for 20 and Kane Williamson proved a surprise package with the ball as South Africa were put under pressure for the first time since the Twenty20 series. McClenaghan took two in his first spell to leave the home side on the back foot and despite a half-century from Faf du Plessis they could never break free at any point during the innings.
It was a curious display from South Africa, perhaps with a hint of complacency after their dominance in the Tests, with the tone set by Hashim Amla's ugly shot across the line. When AB de Villiers was lbw they were 37 for 3 and forced to rebuild, but each time a partnership started to form New Zealand broke though. Williamson's performance was a huge bonus for the visitors as he claimed a career-best four wickets with his part-time offspin as the gamble of playing a host of allrounders paid off, at least for first half of the match.
Williamson's first three scalps were all set batsmen: Colin Ingram, brilliantly caught off a top-edged sweep, Ryan McLaren who probably did not get an edge and the key figure of du Plessis taken at deep midwicket. South Africa, though, were given a late lift by Rory Kleinveldt who took three sixes in four balls off the inconsistent Kyle Mills until falling to Williamson.
The early signs were not promising for New Zealand. In the opening over, Graeme Smith was dropped at first slip where Rob Nicol was slow to react to a flashing edge off Mills. Then they could have removed Amla for 10 but declined to use the DRS after an lbw shout was turned down. Neither error, however, proved costly.
Amla, who had wanted to be aggressive from the start, played across the line at Mills and although he did opt for the review it did not save him with the ball hitting leg stump. Smith soon followed in familiar style, falling across his front pad, to give McClenaghan a first ODI wicket.
McClenaghan impressed in the Twenty20 series and was unlucky not to earn a chance in the Test matches. He continued to make life hard work and was rewarded again when he made one shape back enough to de Villiers to gain another lbw decision. De Villiers did not appear pleased with the decision, but replays showed it had pitched in line.
Ingram, given the job of No. 3 with Jacques Kallis rested, struggled to get his innings going but was also conscious of not giving New Zealand another breakthrough. He and du Plessis set about the rebuilding job as New Zealand turned to their back-up bowling.
However, just as a partnership was forming, and the depth of New Zealand's bowling started to look an issue Williamson popped up with his first bonus wicket when Ingram tried to clear the leg side with a sweep and Nathan McCullum ran back to take a superb catch over his shoulder.
New Zealand missed a chance to run out debutant Quinton de Kock and he was also dropped at slip by Martin Guptill in what was a chalk-and-cheese fielding display. The contrast was on display when Nathan McCullum claimed his second excellent catch, this time low at mid-on, to remove de Kock as he tried to drive down the ground.
Du Plessis and Ryan McLaren formed the best stand of the innings, adding 59 for the sixth wicket, which included taking 41 off the Powerplay but South Africa felt a frontline batsman light as did in the one-day series against England last year. The stand had given them hope of pushing towards 250 when Williamson derailed those ambitions with wickets in consecutive overs although HotSpot supported McLaren's frustration at his dismissal.
McClenaghan, meanwhile, had returned to pin Robin Peterson lbw and produced a lovely ball to take Dale Steyn's off stump. At that moment 200 looked out of range, but Kleinveldt's hitting crossed that barrier although South Africa still failed to bat out their overs.
NZ 209/9 45.4 ovs
25 over report: South Africa made a strong attempt at defending 208 in Paarl as New Zealand's top order struggled in familiar fashion. Lonwabo Tsotsobe claimed two early wickets then, amid a power failure that left the DRS unusable, Brendon McCullum was lbw to Rory Kleinveldt as the chase stumbled to 102 for 5.
NZ 209/9 45.4 ovs
New Zealand 1st Innings - Close
Runs
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Balls
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4s
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6s
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| Nicol | c Smith | b Tsotsobe |
4
| 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Guptill | run out (de Villiers) |
0
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Watling | b McLaren |
45
| 78 | 5 | 0 | |
| Williamson | c Du Plessis | b Tsotsobe |
5
| 15 | 1 | 0 |
| B McCullum | lbw | b Kleinveldt |
26
| 40 | 2 | 1 |
| Elliott | c Smith | b Kleinveldt |
1
| 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin | not out |
47
| 61 | 5 | 0 | |
| Neesham | lbw | b McLaren |
0
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| N McCullum | lbw | b McLaren |
24
| 21 | 4 | 0 |
| Mills | b McLaren |
26
| 40 | 1 | 1 | |
| McClenaghan | not out |
0
| 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 3nb 15w 13lb | 31 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 209 | (45.4 ovs) | |||
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25 over report: South Africa made a strong attempt at defending 208 in Paarl as New Zealand's top order struggled in familiar fashion. Lonwabo Tsotsobe claimed two early wickets then, amid a power failure that left the DRS unusable, Brendon McCullum was lbw to Rory Kleinveldt as the chase stumbled to 102 for 5.
New Zealand's pursuit began in shambolic style when Martin Guptill was run out without facing a ball as AB de Villiers slotted straight back into life as an outfielder. Rob Nicol dropped the ball into the off side and there was never a single on offer, especially with a fielder of de Villiers' prowess in the action and South Africa's captain hit direct with two stumps to aim at.
BJ Watling should have gone two balls later but Graeme Smith, unusually stood at second slip, dropped an edge to his left although he made amends next over when he collected a chance offered by Nicol as he pushed forward at Tsotsobe.
Dale Steyn, with two maidens in an opening three-over spell, and Tsotsobe maintained the pressure although the required rate was never something to overly concern New Zealand. However, wickets lost were a concern. Kane Williamson's poor form continued when he sliced his cut shot to backward point and another swift collapse was on the cards.
But Watling and Brendon McCullum, batting at No. 5, fought hard to stabilise the innings as they added 52. It was hard work with just the occasional release, such as when Ryan McLaren offered a free hit which McCullum sent for six.
A power cut at the ground as then South Africa's cue to surge. Kleinveldt nipped one back into McCullum to trap him lbw - the New Zealand captain as unable to review because of the lack of TV coverage - and had a second when Grant Elliott flapped weakly to give Smith his 100th catch in ODIs.
Stumps report: After seven days of the most one-side Test cricket you could witness the first one-day international produced a thriller as James Franklin proved New Zealand's hero to secure a one-wicket victory with an unbeaten 47.
Chasing an undemanding 208 the game had appeared to have gone when they were eight down still needing 69, but Kyle Mills helped add 47 for the ninth wicket before Mitchell McClenaghan survived six deliveries to allow Franklin to pick off the remaining 22 runs.
Until the final moments it always felt as though South Africa had their noses in front and there was a chance for them to win the match when Franklin, taking a risk in Dale Steyn's final over, edged just wide of Quinton de Kock, the debutant keeper, who went with two hands when one might have given him a better chance.
Franklin managed to keep the strike to face Ryan McLaren, another who had an impressive match, and ramped a short ball brilliantly over the keeper before carving the winning boundary through the off side. There was plenty of emotion in New Zealand's celebrations.
South Africa made a strong attempt at defending 208 in Paarl as New Zealand's top order struggled in familiar fashion. Lonwabo Tsotsobe claimed two early wickets then, amid a power failure that left the DRS unusable, Brendon McCullum was lbw to Rory Kleinveldt as the chase stumbled to 102 for 5.
New Zealand's pursuit began in shambolic style when Martin Guptill was run out without facing a ball as AB de Villiers slotted straight back into life as an outfielder. Rob Nicol dropped the ball into the off side and there was never a single on offer, especially with a fielder of de Villiers' prowess in the action and South Africa's captain hit direct with two stumps to aim at.
BJ Watling should have gone two balls later but Graeme Smith, unusually stood at second slip, dropped an edge to his left although he made amends next over when he collected a chance offered by Nicol as he pushed forward at Tsotsobe.
Dale Steyn, with two maidens in an opening three-over spell, and Tsotsobe maintained the pressure although the required rate was never something to overly concern New Zealand. However, wickets lost were a concern. Kane Williamson's poor form continued when he sliced his cut shot to backward point and another swift collapse was on the cards.
But Watling and Brendon McCullum, batting at No. 5, fought hard to stabilise the innings as they added 52. It was hard work with just the occasional release, such as when Ryan McLaren offered a free hit which McCullum sent for six.
A power cut at the ground then acted as South Africa's cue to surge. Kleinveldt nipped one back into McCullum to trap him lbw - the New Zealand captain as unable to review because of the lack of TV coverage - and had a second when Grant Elliott flapped weakly to give Smith his 100th catch in ODIs.
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