New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series - 1st ODI
South Africa won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
| New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| L Vincent | b Ntini | 6 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 46.15 | |
| BB McCullum† | b Botha | 40 | 95 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 59.70 | |
| JM How | b Nel | 90 | 181 | 124 | 11 | 0 | 72.58 | |
| SB Styris | c Botha b Nel | 40 | 58 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| LRPL Taylor | c Nel b Morkel | 20 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 90.90 | |
| MS Sinclair | not out | 32 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 139.13 | |
| GJ Hopkins | b Nel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KD Mills | not out | 9 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 5, nb 1) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 215 mins) | 248 | (4.96 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DL Vettori*, MR Gillespie, CS Martin |
| Fall of wickets1-12 (Vincent, 3.4 ov), 2-84 (McCullum, 22.4 ov), 3-159 (Styris, 37.1 ov), 4-195 (Taylor, 43.2 ov), 5-223 (How, 47.3 ov), 6-223 (Hopkins, 47.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 10 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 2.10 | |||
| M Ntini | 9 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 6.88 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| A Nel | 10 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 4.60 | (3w) | ||
| JA Morkel | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 | (1w) | ||
| J Botha | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4.88 | |||
| JP Duminy | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
| South Africa innings (target: 249 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MN van Wyk | b Mills | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GC Smith* | c Martin b Styris | 44 | 117 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 68.75 | |
| JH Kallis | c Taylor b Mills | 1 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| AB de Villiers | c & b Vettori | 87 | 148 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 84.46 | |
| JP Duminy | c sub (JS Patel) b Martin | 46 | 85 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 77.96 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 35 | 64 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 94.59 | |
| SM Pollock | c Taylor b Mills | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| JA Morkel | c †McCullum b Mills | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| J Botha | c Vincent b Mills | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| A Nel | not out | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 10) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 50 overs; 237 mins) | 249 | (4.98 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Ntini |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| KD Mills | 10 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 2.50 | (2w) | ||
| MR Gillespie | 10 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 5.00 | (2w) | ||
| CS Martin | 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 6.50 | (2w) | ||
| DL Vettori | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | (3w) | ||
| SB Styris | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.80 | (1w) |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Player of the match
AB de Villiers (South Africa) |
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Umpires
MR Benson (England) and BG Jerling TV umpire M Erasmus Match referee J Srinath (India) Reserve umpire IL Howell |
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Nov 25, 2007 Andre Nel and Mark Boucher celebrate after dismissing Gareth Hopkins © Getty Images |
Nov 25, 2007 Scott Styris tries to launch Shaun Pollock over the infield © Getty Images |
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