New Zealand v South Africa 3rd Test

South Africa tour of New Zealand - 2004 (2003/04) · Basin Reserve, Wellington · 26 March 2004

South Africa won by 6 wickets

South Africa won by 6 wickets. Graeme Smith top-scored with 125* for South Africa. Chris Martin took 5/55.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of New Zealand - 2004 (2003/04)
Ground: Basin Reserve, Wellington
Dates: 26 March 2004 to 30 March 2004
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets
Player of the match: Graeme Smith
Captains: Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Debut: Michael Mason (New Zealand)
Umpires: Aleem Dar and EAR de Silva
Match referee: CH Lloyd

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to field. It was Michael Mason's first Test.

New Zealand batted first and made 297 all out. Mathew Sinclair top-scored with 74 off 181 balls, and Chris Cairns made 69. Nicky Boje took 4 for 65 for South Africa.

South Africa replied with 316 all out. Jacques Rudolph top-scored with 93 not out off 212 balls, and Herschelle Gibbs made 77. Chris Martin took 5 for 55 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 115-run stand for the fourth wicket between Martin van Jaarsveld and Jacques Rudolph. South Africa led by 19 on first innings.

New Zealand made 252 all out in their second innings. Scott Styris top-scored with 73 off 131 balls, and Chris Cairns made 41. Nicky Boje took 4 for 69 for South Africa.

Set 234 to win, South Africa made 234 for 4. Graeme Smith top-scored with 125 not out off 203 balls, and Gary Kirsten made 76. The innings was built on a 171-run stand for the fourth wicket between Gary Kirsten and Graeme Smith, 73% of the total.

South Africa won by 6 wickets.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 297 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Mark Richardson	c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis	14	42
Michael Papps	lbw b Makhaya Ntini	7	38
Stephen Fleming	c Shaun Pollock b Nicky Boje	30	73
Mathew Sinclair	lbw b Nicky Boje	74	181
Scott Styris	b Nicky Boje	1	17
Brendon McCullum	lbw b Shaun Pollock	55	120
Chris Cairns	b Shaun Pollock	69	82
Jacob Oram	st Mark Boucher b Nicky Boje	34	38
Daniel Vettori	c Mark Boucher b Shaun Pollock	0	2
Michael Mason	c Martin van Jaarsveld b Andre Nel	3	27
Chris Martin	not out	1	8

Extras 9 · Total 297 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Shaun Pollock	29	2	85	3
Makhaya Ntini	21	6	63	1
Jacques Kallis	7	5	4	1
Andre Nel	27	9	77	1
Nicky Boje	20	2	65	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-23 (Michael Papps, 12.3 ov), 2-23 (Mark Richardson, 13.3 ov), 3-90 (Stephen Fleming, 39.3 ov), 4-97 (Scott Styris, 45.1 ov), 5-163 (Mathew Sinclair, 69.2 ov), 6-248 (Brendon McCullum, 89.5 ov), 7-257 (Chris Cairns, 91.4 ov), 8-257 (Daniel Vettori, 91.6 ov), 9-264 (Michael Mason, 98.5 ov), 10-297 (Jacob Oram, 103.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Papps (7) and Mark Richardson (13)	23	74
second	Stephen Fleming (0) and Mark Richardson (0)	0	6
third	Stephen Fleming (30) and Mathew Sinclair (35)	67	155
fourth	Mathew Sinclair (5) and Scott Styris (1)	7	35
fifth	Mathew Sinclair (34) and Brendon McCullum (32)	66	145
sixth	Chris Cairns (60) and Brendon McCullum (23)	85	125
seventh	Chris Cairns (9) and Jacob Oram (0)	9	11
eighth	Daniel Vettori (0) and Jacob Oram (0)	0	2
ninth	Jacob Oram (4) and Michael Mason (3)	7	41
tenth	Chris Martin (1) and Jacob Oram (30)	33	31

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 316 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Smith	b Chris Cairns	47	66
Herschelle Gibbs	c James Marshall b Chris Martin	77	124
Jacques Rudolph	not out	93	212
Gary Kirsten	c Brendon McCullum b Chris Martin	1	4
Martin van Jaarsveld	c Jacob Oram b Chris Martin	59	138
Jacques Kallis	c Brendon McCullum b Chris Martin	0	10
Mark Boucher	c Michael Papps b Chris Martin	0	3
Shaun Pollock	c Stephen Fleming b Jacob Oram	5	7
Nicky Boje	b Chris Cairns	25	32
Makhaya Ntini	c Brendon McCullum b Chris Cairns	4	2
Andre Nel	c Jacob Oram b Chris Cairns	0	5

Extras 5 · Total 316 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Chris Martin	20	6	55	5
Michael Mason	16	4	73	0
Jacob Oram	11	3	21	1
Daniel Vettori	26	6	76	0
Chris Cairns	16.5	2	60	4
Scott Styris	10	4	30	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-103 (Graeme Smith, 24.1 ov), 2-130 (Herschelle Gibbs, 36.5 ov), 3-136 (Gary Kirsten, 38.1 ov), 4-251 (Martin van Jaarsveld, 81.1 ov), 5-265 (Jacques Kallis, 85.1 ov), 6-265 (Mark Boucher, 85.4 ov), 7-270 (Shaun Pollock, 88.2 ov), 8-304 (Nicky Boje, 97.4 ov), 9-308 (Makhaya Ntini, 97.6 ov), 10-316 (Andre Nel, 99.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Herschelle Gibbs (55) and Graeme Smith (46)	103	144
second	Herschelle Gibbs (22) and Jacques Rudolph (4)	27	76
third	Gary Kirsten (1) and Jacques Rudolph (5)	6	8
fourth	Martin van Jaarsveld (59) and Jacques Rudolph (54)	115	260
fifth	Jacques Kallis (0) and Jacques Rudolph (14)	14	24
sixth	Mark Boucher (0) and Jacques Rudolph (0)	0	3
seventh	Shaun Pollock (5) and Jacques Rudolph (0)	5	16
eighth	Nicky Boje (25) and Jacques Rudolph (8)	34	57
ninth	Makhaya Ntini (4) and Jacques Rudolph (0)	4	2
tenth	Andre Nel (0) and Jacques Rudolph (8)	8	11

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 252 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Michael Papps	lbw b Shaun Pollock	0	6
Mark Richardson	c Graeme Smith b Nicky Boje	37	142
Stephen Fleming	c Mark Boucher b Andre Nel	9	57
Mathew Sinclair	lbw b Shaun Pollock	21	41
Scott Styris	c & b Andre Nel	73	131
Brendon McCullum	b Nicky Boje	3	10
Chris Cairns	c Martin van Jaarsveld b Nicky Boje	41	68
Jacob Oram	lbw b Nicky Boje	40	76
Daniel Vettori	c Martin van Jaarsveld b Makhaya Ntini	9	29
Michael Mason	run out (Shaun Pollock)	0	6
Chris Martin	not out	1	15

Extras 18 · Total 252 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Shaun Pollock	22	10	65	2
Makhaya Ntini	20	6	50	1
Andre Nel	21	5	58	2
Nicky Boje	33.2	7	69	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-1 (Michael Papps, 0.6 ov), 2-42 (Stephen Fleming, 23.2 ov), 3-73 (Mathew Sinclair, 37.5 ov), 4-107 (Mark Richardson, 48.3 ov), 5-111 (Brendon McCullum, 50.3 ov), 6-198 (Chris Cairns, 74.5 ov), 7-201 (Scott Styris, 75.6 ov), 8-220 (Daniel Vettori, 87.6 ov), 9-224 (Michael Mason, 90.5 ov), 10-252 (Jacob Oram, 96.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Michael Papps (0) and Mark Richardson (0)	1	6
second	Stephen Fleming (9) and Mark Richardson (19)	41	131
third	Mathew Sinclair (21) and Mark Richardson (10)	31	87
fourth	Scott Styris (30) and Mark Richardson (3)	34	64
fifth	Scott Styris (1) and Brendon McCullum (3)	4	12
sixth	Chris Cairns (41) and Scott Styris (40)	87	147
seventh	Scott Styris (2) and Jacob Oram (1)	3	7
eighth	Daniel Vettori (9) and Jacob Oram (9)	19	73
ninth	Jacob Oram (4) and Michael Mason (0)	4	17
tenth	Chris Martin (1) and Jacob Oram (26)	28	33

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 234 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Smith	not out	125	203
Herschelle Gibbs	c Stephen Fleming b Chris Martin	16	12
Jacques Rudolph	b Chris Martin	0	8
Jacques Kallis	lbw b Jacob Oram	1	9
Gary Kirsten	lbw b Scott Styris	76	180
Martin van Jaarsveld	not out	13	23

Did not bat: Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Nicky Boje, Makhaya Ntini, Andre Nel

Extras 3 · Total 234 for 4

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Chris Martin	18.2	2	65	2
Michael Mason	6	1	32	0
Jacob Oram	11	3	23	1
Chris Cairns	10	2	19	0
Daniel Vettori	18	2	53	0
Scott Styris	9	1	40	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-29 (Herschelle Gibbs, 4.4 ov), 2-31 (Jacques Rudolph, 6.6 ov), 3-36 (Jacques Kallis, 9.3 ov), 4-207 (Gary Kirsten, 65.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Herschelle Gibbs (16) and Graeme Smith (9)	29	22
second	Jacques Rudolph (0) and Graeme Smith (2)	2	14
third	Jacques Kallis (1) and Graeme Smith (3)	5	14
fourth	Gary Kirsten (76) and Graeme Smith (92)	171	339
fifth	Martin van Jaarsveld (13) and Graeme Smith (14)	27	39

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