New Zealand v South Africa 2nd Test

South Africa tour of New Zealand - 2012 (2011/12) · Seddon Park, Hamilton · 15 March 2012

South Africa won by 9 wickets

South Africa won by 9 wickets. AB de Villiers top-scored with 83 for South Africa. Vernon Philander took 6/44.

New Zealand ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 2012 TESTS Seddon Park ARCHIVE

MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of New Zealand - 2012 (2011/12)
Ground: Seddon Park, Hamilton
Dates: 15 March 2012 to 17 March 2012
Toss: South Africa, chose to field
Result: South Africa won by 9 wickets
Player of the match: Vernon Philander
Captains: Ross Taylor (New Zealand), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Umpires: BR Doctrove and RA Kettleborough
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

South Africa won the toss and chose to field.

New Zealand batted first and made 185 all out. Brendon McCullum top-scored with 61 off 133 balls, and Ross Taylor made 44. Vernon Philander took 4 for 70 for South Africa. From 133 for 3 they lost 4 wickets for 0 runs, to 133 for 7. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at Seddon Park, 316 across 11 Tests.

South Africa replied with 253 all out. AB de Villiers top-scored with 83 off 133 balls. Mark Gillespie took 5 for 59 for New Zealand. South Africa led by 68 on first innings.

New Zealand made 168 all out in their second innings. Kane Williamson top-scored with 77 off 193 balls. Vernon Philander took 6 for 44 for South Africa.

Set 101 to win, South Africa made 103 for 1. Graeme Smith top-scored with 55 not out off 60 balls, and Hashim Amla made 46.

South Africa won by 9 wickets.

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 185 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rob Nicol	c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander	2	14
Martin Guptill	b Dale Steyn	22	56
Brendon McCullum	c Jacques Rudolph b Dale Steyn	61	133
Ross Taylor	c Graeme Smith b Vernon Philander	44	93
Kane Williamson	c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn	0	8
Daniel Vettori	b Vernon Philander	0	3
Kruger van Wyk	lbw b Morne Morkel	21	25
Doug Bracewell	c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander	0	3
Mark Gillespie	c Alviro Petersen b Imran Tahir	27	20
Brent Arnel	lbw b Imran Tahir	3	9
Chris Martin	not out	0	6

Extras 5 · Total 185 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	18	5	49	3
Vernon Philander	15	3	70	4
Jacques Kallis	9	4	9	0
Morne Morkel	14	2	42	1
Imran Tahir	5.2	1	12	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-11 (Rob Nicol, 5.2 ov), 2-44 (Martin Guptill, 19.2 ov), 3-133 (Brendon McCullum, 48.3 ov), 4-133 (Ross Taylor, 49.4 ov), 5-133 (Kane Williamson, 50.5 ov), 6-133 (Daniel Vettori, 51.1 ov), 7-133 (Doug Bracewell, 51.4 ov), 8-176 (Kruger van Wyk, 58.2 ov), 9-184 (Mark Gillespie, 59.3 ov), 10-185 (Brent Arnel, 61.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rob Nicol (2) and Martin Guptill (9)	11	32
second	Brendon McCullum (20) and Martin Guptill (13)	33	84
third	Brendon McCullum (41) and Ross Taylor (44)	89	176
fourth	Ross Taylor (0) and Kane Williamson (0)	0	7
fifth	Daniel Vettori (0) and Kane Williamson (0)	0	7
sixth	Daniel Vettori (0) and Kruger van Wyk (0)	0	2
seventh	Kruger van Wyk (0) and Doug Bracewell (0)	0	3
eighth	Mark Gillespie (21) and Kruger van Wyk (21)	43	41
ninth	Brent Arnel (2) and Mark Gillespie (6)	8	7
tenth	Chris Martin (0) and Brent Arnel (1)	1	11

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 253 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Smith	c Kruger van Wyk b Chris Martin	13	16
Alviro Petersen	lbw b Mark Gillespie	29	74
Dale Steyn	c Kruger van Wyk b Chris Martin	4	5
Hashim Amla	c Kane Williamson b Mark Gillespie	16	51
Jacques Kallis	c Kruger van Wyk b Mark Gillespie	6	7
AB de Villiers	b Daniel Vettori	83	133
Jacques Rudolph	c Kruger van Wyk b Mark Gillespie	1	4
Mark Boucher	b Mark Gillespie	24	71
Vernon Philander	b Doug Bracewell	14	35
Morne Morkel	not out	35	44
Imran Tahir	c Mark Gillespie b Kane Williamson	16	26

Extras 12 · Total 253 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Chris Martin	16	6	38	2
Doug Bracewell	18	7	50	1
Mark Gillespie	15	2	59	5
Daniel Vettori	19	3	49	1
Brent Arnel	9	2	46	0
Kane Williamson	0.3	0	1	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Graeme Smith, 4.4 ov), 2-18 (Dale Steyn, 6.3 ov), 3-63 (Hashim Amla, 22.2 ov), 4-69 (Jacques Kallis, 24.3 ov), 5-84 (Alviro Petersen, 26.6 ov), 6-88 (Jacques Rudolph, 28.5 ov), 7-151 (Mark Boucher, 50.6 ov), 8-185 (Vernon Philander, 62.1 ov), 9-219 (AB de Villiers, 69.5 ov), 10-253 (Imran Tahir, 77.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (13) and Alviro Petersen (1)	14	28
second	Alviro Petersen (0) and Dale Steyn (4)	4	11
third	Hashim Amla (16) and Alviro Petersen (24)	45	95
fourth	Jacques Kallis (6) and Alviro Petersen (0)	6	13
fifth	Alviro Petersen (4) and AB de Villiers (11)	15	15
sixth	Jacques Rudolph (1) and AB de Villiers (3)	4	11
seventh	Mark Boucher (24) and AB de Villiers (33)	63	134
eighth	AB de Villiers (20) and Vernon Philander (14)	34	67
ninth	AB de Villiers (16) and Morne Morkel (18)	34	46
tenth	Imran Tahir (16) and Morne Morkel (17)	34	46

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 168 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rob Nicol	b Vernon Philander	1	8
Martin Guptill	c Hashim Amla b Dale Steyn	1	7
Brendon McCullum	lbw b Vernon Philander	5	10
Ross Taylor	lbw b Dale Steyn	17	72
Kane Williamson	c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander	77	193
Daniel Vettori	c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis	21	45
Kruger van Wyk	b Vernon Philander	20	45
Doug Bracewell	b Morne Morkel	0	6
Mark Gillespie	c Mark Boucher b Vernon Philander	14	9
Brent Arnel	not out	8	7
Chris Martin	b Vernon Philander	0	5

Extras 4 · Total 168 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	16	5	31	2
Vernon Philander	15.5	3	44	6
Morne Morkel	13	5	26	1
Imran Tahir	17	2	52	0
Jacques Kallis	6	3	11	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-1 (Rob Nicol, 1.6 ov), 2-7 (Brendon McCullum, 3.6 ov), 3-7 (Martin Guptill, 4.1 ov), 4-64 (Ross Taylor, 28.5 ov), 5-99 (Daniel Vettori, 47.3 ov), 6-141 (Kruger van Wyk, 61.6 ov), 7-142 (Kane Williamson, 63.3 ov), 8-142 (Doug Bracewell, 64.5 ov), 9-160 (Mark Gillespie, 65.6 ov), 10-168 (Chris Martin, 67.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rob Nicol (1) and Martin Guptill (0)	1	12
second	Brendon McCullum (5) and Martin Guptill (1)	6	12
third	Ross Taylor (0) and Martin Guptill (0)	0	1
fourth	Ross Taylor (17) and Kane Williamson (40)	57	148
fifth	Daniel Vettori (21) and Kane Williamson (14)	35	112
sixth	Kruger van Wyk (20) and Kane Williamson (22)	42	87
seventh	Kane Williamson (1) and Doug Bracewell (0)	1	9
eighth	Mark Gillespie (0) and Doug Bracewell (0)	0	8
ninth	Brent Arnel (0) and Mark Gillespie (14)	18	7
tenth	Chris Martin (0) and Brent Arnel (8)	8	11

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 103 FOR 1

Batter	How out	R	B
Alviro Petersen	c Kruger van Wyk b Doug Bracewell	1	4
Graeme Smith	not out	55	60
Hashim Amla	not out	46	56

Did not bat: Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jacques Rudolph, Mark Boucher, Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir

Extras 1 · Total 103 for 1

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Chris Martin	3	1	18	0
Doug Bracewell	5	0	14	1
Daniel Vettori	2	0	2	0
Mark Gillespie	4	0	24	0
Brent Arnel	3	0	18	0
Kane Williamson	2	0	23	0
Rob Nicol	0.5	0	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-5 (Alviro Petersen, 1.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (4) and Alviro Petersen (1)	5	7
second	Hashim Amla (46) and Graeme Smith (51)	98	113

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