New Zealand: Watling, Guptill, B McCullum (C/W), Munro, Williamson, Elliott, Franklin, Neesham, N McCullum, Mills, McClenaghan
New Zealand 279/8 50 overs beat SA 252 49.1 ovs by 27 runs and win the series 2-0.
New Zealand 1st Innings - Close
Runs
|
Balls
|
4s
|
6s
| |||
| Guptill | c Peterson | b Kleinveldt |
0
| 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Watling | lbw | b M Morkel |
12
| 33 | 2 | 0 |
| Williamson | not out |
145
| 136 | 17 | 1 | |
| Elliott | c de Kock | b Kleinveldt |
48
| 63 | 5 | 0 |
| B McCullum | b M Morkel |
17
| 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Munro | c Ingram | b Tsotsobe |
9
| 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Franklin | b Tsotsobe |
0
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neesham | run out (Du Plessis) |
5
| 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| N McCullum | c Tsotsobe | b M Morkel |
19
| 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Mills | not out |
15
| 7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Extras | 5w 4lb | 9 | ||||
| Total | for 8 | 279 | (50.0 ovs) | |||
FOW: 0/1 Guptil, 2/32 Watling, 3/159 Elliott, 4/184 B McCullum, 5/201 Munro, 6/202 Franklin, 7/211 Neesham, 8/245 N McCullum |
25 over report: This tour has seen New Zealand's cricketing credibility plummet but a first ODI series win would do much to repair their reputation. Victory in Kimberley would secure the series and they set about their task in controlled fashion.
In the Tests and opening ODI, their batting was constantly fighting against a tide of early wickets and, even though they lost Martin Guptill in the third over, there was a concerted effort to get into the innings. As such, only 19 runs came off the first ten overs on a hard, flat, grassless surface but they recovered to reach 106 for 2.
South Africa bowled accurately but there was an over-cautious attitude, it took 15 balls for the first runs, understandably born out of previous premature collapses. However, setting a platform is the throwback tactics now favoured with the new fielding regulations in place and New Zealand set themselves up to press on in a fashion not seen before on this tour.
Kane Williamson was the chief instigator of the 62 runs that were scored in the 10 overs outside the Powerplay. He drove with excellent timing, initially to Rory Kleinveldt's first overpitched delivery and then against Ryan McLaren as the change of bowling saw New Zealand raise the tempo. Williamson cut him wide of third man and dispatched two half-volleys through the covers - 26 came of three McLaren overs.
Williamson lifted Robin Peterson wide of long-on to raise his fourth ODI fifty and put New Zealand in a promising position at the half-way mark.
But it had been a familiar sight as he was walked out in the third over. Guptill made another duck but at least managed to face a delivery after being run out without facing in Paarl. But a 10-ball nought probably looked worse as he spooned a catch to point having failed to get inside a back-of-a-length ball from Kleinveldt that arrived quickly on him.
BJ Watling was the second wicket to fall having been promoted to open for the seventh time in ODIs. He could have been run out by a brilliant piece of work by Peterson, gathering, pirouetting and clipping the bails with his throw from mid-off after Watling had run immediately after timing a drive well in the tenth over. But walking across his stumps, Watling fell lbw to become Morne Morkel's 100th ODI wicket - Morkel playing in place of Dale Steyn as part of South Africa's "swap-around" policy.
Lacklustre in the opening match, South Africa were markedly more alert in getting through the overs quicker. They are looking to bounce back without Hashim Amla. He strained his right quadriceps in training on Monday but the injury flared up overnight. It was not the news Faf du Plessis was looking for in his first match as captain of the ODI side; AB de Villiers having been suspended for a criminally slow over rate in Paarl - David Miller took his place.
Better news for du Plessis came at the toss - which he took two goes at performing correctly - he won and chose to bowl. History suggests chasing is favourable at Kimberley with only two sides failing to win batting second in the 11 ODIs played on the ground: and they were Kenya and Namibia.
50 over report: This tour has seen New Zealand's cricketing credibility plummet but a first ODI series win would do much to repair their reputation. Victory in Kimberley would secure the series and Kane Williamson's magnificent, unbeaten 145 led his side to a competitive 279 for 8.
50 over report: This tour has seen New Zealand's cricketing credibility plummet but a first ODI series win would do much to repair their reputation. Victory in Kimberley would secure the series and Kane Williamson's magnificent, unbeaten 145 led his side to a competitive 279 for 8.
It was New Zealand's best effort of the tour. In the Tests and opening ODI their batting was constantly fighting against a tide of early wickets. Here they saved the collapse until later in the innings, losing 4 for 23 when they were well set. A platform had been laid and Williamson's best ODI score - and the highest by a New Zealand batsman against South Africa - led the innings well but they did not capitalise as they should have on a flat, hard, grassless wicket.
History suggests chasing is favourable at Kimberley with only two sides failing to win batting second in the 11 ODIs played on the ground: and they were Kenya and Namibia. But New Zealand have given themselves a chance of their first ODI series win in South Africa with their highest ODI total against them, largely made by Williamson.
Quality of timing is paramount for him, a diminutive figure with a limited range of strokes, but he found his touch to make the highest score in an ODI at this venue. He shuffled across his stumps to work length balls on off stump through the leg side, put away almost anything overpitched and played the spinners well - getting deep in his crease to pull boundaries from Faf du Plessis and using his feet well, too.
Twice he skipped down to lift Robin Peterson wide of long-on, the second occasion took him to 99; a single backward of point brought up his third ODI hundred and the first against major opposition. He went on to strike well in the latter stages of the innings - sending the final ball of the innings over long-on - and with some blows from Nathan McCullum and Kyle Mills, New Zealand gathered a good total.
It was a decent result as they had lost their way having put together their best partnership of the tour and first hundred stand when Williamson and Grant Elliott added 127 runs in 128 balls. It was born out of a careful opening after Martin Guptill fended a catch to point in the third over. Just 19 came off the first ten; a cautious attitude understandable given previous premature collapses.
But having played watchfully against the new balls that swung for Rory Kleinveldt and Lonwabo Tsotsobe, New Zealand progressed. Williamson was the chief instigator of the 62 runs that were scored in the first 10 overs outside the Powerplay. He drove with excellent timing, initially against Kleinveldt and then against Ryan McLaren, who he cut him wide of third man and dispatched two half-volleys through the covers as 26 came of McLaren's first three overs.
Williamson began from a familiar base, walking out in the third over. Guptill made another duck but at least managed to face a delivery after being run out without facing in Paarl. But a 10-ball nought probably looked worse as he spooned a catch to point having failed to get inside a back-of-a-length ball from Kleinveldt that arrived quickly on him.
After dropping Rob Nicol, New Zealand promoted BJ Watling to open for the seventh time in ODIs. Two well struck drives were examples of his form on the tour but walking across his stumps, Watling fell lbw to become Morkel's 100th ODI wicket; Morkel playing in place of Dale Steyn as part of South Africa's "swap-around" policy.
The excellent partnership followed, with Elliott making a functional 48 in 63 balls, but he fell trying to ramp Kleinveldt in the second over of the Powerplay - taken after 32 overs - and the collapse which followed robbed New Zealand of any major acceleration.
The innings had been running to plan with a platform in place and Brendon McCullum arriving at No. 5 with a short period to explode. But he only managed to do so three times. He cut in the air past point before clearing his front leg and finding the boundary wide of midwicket. He added a straight six over Morkel's head having run down the wicket but in doing so again he swung, missed and lost his leg stump. It was a waste with 12 overs of the innings left.
Colin Munro and James Franklin then fell within eight balls and New Zealand looked out of power and failed to take full advantage of their position.
SA 252 49.1 ovs
FOW: 1/38 De Kock, 2/167 Smith, 3/174 Du Plessis, 4/180 Ingram, 5/211 Miller, 6/215 McLaren, 7/217 Kleinveldt, 8/224 Berhadien, 9/232 Peterson, 10/252 Tsotsobe
25 over report: No major team has ever lost chasing in an ODI at Kimberley and South Africa laid a platform to live up to the formbook. Like New Zealand, South Africa used the opening overs to prepare the ground for a later surge and were on course to level the series at the half-way stage.
Stumps report: South Africa have so often been the makers of their own downfall and five run outs scuppered their chase in Kimberley as New Zealand secured their first series win in any format in South Africa. One of the lights that can lead them out of this tough period - Kane Williamson - produced a magnificent unbeaten century that deserved to win a series. New Zealand's tenacity in the field ensured it did.
SA 252 49.1 ovs
South Africa Innings - All out
Runs
|
Balls
|
4s
|
6s
| |||
| de Kock | b Mills |
25
| 28 | 1 | 2 | |
| Smith | run out (Franklin) |
66
| 75 | 8 | 0 | |
| Ingram | c Watling | b N McCullum |
79
| 94 | 10 | 0 |
| Du Plessis | run out (N McCullum) |
2
| 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Behardien | run out (Guptill) |
31
| 40 | 1 | 1 | |
| Miller | run out (N McCullum) |
14
| 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| McLaren | c Guptill | b Franklin |
2
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kleinveldt | run out (Guptill) |
0
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peterson | c N McCullum | b Mills |
0
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| M Morkel | not out |
19
| 14 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tsotsobe | b Neesham |
9
| 8 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 4w | 5 | ||||
| Total | all out | 252 | (49.1 ovs) | |||
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FOW: 1/38 De Kock, 2/167 Smith, 3/174 Du Plessis, 4/180 Ingram, 5/211 Miller, 6/215 McLaren, 7/217 Kleinveldt, 8/224 Berhadien, 9/232 Peterson, 10/252 Tsotsobe
25 over report: No major team has ever lost chasing in an ODI at Kimberley and South Africa laid a platform to live up to the formbook. Like New Zealand, South Africa used the opening overs to prepare the ground for a later surge and were on course to level the series at the half-way stage.
Containment is difficult on an excellent batting wicket and New Zealand will need to quickly add to their solitary breakthrough to secure their first series win in South Africa. They will be craving any of the several chances that were missed in the opening match.
Graeme Smith continues to be effective in one-day cricket and he was in good touch. After a quiet opening against accurate bowling he took the introduction of Nathan McCullum's off spin in the eighth over as a chance to open up; stepping down the wicket and driving in-to-out on the bounce to long off. He also swept Kane Williamson for four.
The seamers had largely kept Smith in check with a tight off stump line and it was Quinton de Kock, a far more glamorous left-hander than Smith, who was the early aggressor. He picked up a length ball from Michael McClenaghan on off stump over midwicket with timing that justified the hype surrounding him and followed it with an effortless straight six off McCullum.
He died by the sword though, aiming to the on side again and missing a ball that just nipped back from Kyle Mills into middle and off stumps. The wicket checked South Africa's progress and McClenaghan got two balls to trouble Smith with movement in off the seam - similar balls that proved successful in Paarl.
39 for 1 from the Powerplay was a solid start but South Africa made progress by using their feet well against the lesser pace of James Franklin - who twice was struck over the on-side and put away for four by Ingram with a fine forcing stroke off the back foot.
Jimmy Neesham and Willamson began to drift in their lengths and although Grant Elliot slipped through a couple of cheap overs, he was eventually lined up by Smith, able to trust the wicket, who got outside his off stump to flick behind square on the leg side, taking him to fifty from 60 balls. Elliot then overstepped by a boostworth and Smith cracked the free hit over point.
Brendon McCullum returned to his strike bowler McClenaghan but Ingram responded by driving his first ball back over the bowler's head as South Africa developed a partnership that was the basis for New Zealand's total.
Stumps report: South Africa have so often been the makers of their own downfall and five run outs scuppered their chase in Kimberley as New Zealand secured their first series win in any format in South Africa. One of the lights that can lead them out of this tough period - Kane Williamson - produced a magnificent unbeaten century that deserved to win a series. New Zealand's tenacity in the field ensured it did.
Graeme Smith, Faf du Plessis, David Miller, Rory Kleinveldt and Farhaan Behardien were all run out as South Africa's chase crumbled from a comfortable position of 167 for 1 in the 31st over. It equalled the record for the most run outs in an ODI innings and contributed to a calamitous collapse of 9 for 85.
It was unimaginable that the current New Zealand team could be the group to win the country's first series in South Africa, but after being humiliated in the Test series they have a remarkable achievement to take home.
This second win was set up by the best batting performance of the tour: a career-best international score by Williamson. His unbeaten 145 not out was superbly paced. He negotiated a nervous opening having come to the crease in the third over at 0 for 1, then accelerated in a hundred partnership with Grant Elliott, rebuilt after New Zealand had endured a collapse of their own, before providing a final punch that produced a competitive target.
But competitive is all the target appeared on a balmy evening with a flat, hard, grassless wicket. South Africa were on course as Graeme Smith and Colin Ingram added 129 in 22 overs.
New Zealand craved a breakthrough, wishing for any of the several chances they spurned in the first ODI, and were suddenly gifted a path back into the match. It was James Franklin - who brought New Zealand home in the first ODI - that began the feast of run-outs with a slide to save Ingram's back cut at third man. His return was pint-point over the bails and a sluggish Smith was short diving in for a third run.
Faf du Plessis - standing in as captain with AB de Villiers suspended - then defended Franklin into the off side and eagerly considered a single. He was rightly sent back by Ingram and was a little slow to turn, allowing enough time for Nathan McCullum to swoop in from cover and hit direct with a dive.
It was part of a fine display in the field from McCullum. He held Robin Peterson with a diving catch at extra cover after he had squeezed the run rate with his off spin, forcing Ingram to try to hit over the top and find mid-off. It was a far cry from his first over which had been taken for 17.
Further run outs came as Kleinveldt got his bat stuck in the ground a foot short of the popping crease as Martin Guptill threw down the stumps from midwicket. More lethargic running saw Behardien - on his ODI debut - beaten from the midwicket boundary. A little earlier, David Miller - a dangerous threat even as the required rate surged - was short of his ground backing up.
New Zealand had seized their chance in the field and backed up an outstanding innings from Williamson. Quality of timing is paramount for him, a diminutive figure with a limited range of strokes, but he found his touch. He shuffled across his stumps to work length balls on off stump through the leg side, put away almost anything overpitched and played the spinners well - getting deep in his crease to pull boundaries against du Plessis and using his feet well too.
Twice he skipped down to lift Peterson wide of long-on, the second occasion taking him to 99; a single backward of point brought up his third ODI hundred and the first against major opposition. He added 127 in 128 balls with Grant Elliott to earn New Zealand's first century stand of the tour. It was born out of a careful opening as just 19 came off the first ten; a cautious attitude understandable given previous premature collapses.
But having played watchfully, New Zealand progressed. Williamson was the chief instigator of the 62 runs that were scored in the first 10 overs outside the Powerplay. The innings had been running to plan with a platform in place and Brendon McCullum arriving at No. 5 with a short period to explode. But he only managed to do so three times, the best of which a straight six over Morne Morkel's head having run down the wicket. But doing so again, McCullum swung and missed and lost his leg stump. It was a waste with 12 overs of the innings left.
Colin Munro and Franklin then fell within eight balls and New Zealand looked out of power and likely to fail to take full advantage of their position. But Williamson continued to steer the innings and his efforts were ultimately rewarded.
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