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New Zealand tour of South Africa - 2007 (2007/08) · Newlands, Cape Town · 2 December 2007

South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)

South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 28 balls remaining). Herschelle Gibbs top-scored with 119 for South Africa.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
New Zealand tour of South Africa - 2007 (2007/08)
Ground
Newlands, Cape Town
Date
2 December 2007
Toss
New Zealand, chose to bat
Result
South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)
Player of the match
Herschelle Gibbs
Captains
Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Umpires
IL Howell and MR Benson
Match referee
J Srinath

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat.

New Zealand batted first and made 238 for 8. Mathew Sinclair top-scored with 73 off 78 balls, and Scott Styris made 60.

Chasing 239, South Africa made 242 for 5. Herschelle Gibbs top-scored with 119 off 101 balls, and Graeme Smith made 51. Daniel Vettori took 3 for 33 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 173-run stand for the first wicket between Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith, 71% of the total.

South Africa won by 5 wickets (with 28 balls remaining).

NEW ZEALAND: 238 FOR 8
BatterHow outRB
Lou Vincentb Dale Steyn1827
Brendon McCullumc Herschelle Gibbs b Dale Steyn05
Jamie Howlbw b Charl Langeveldt1533
Scott Styrisc Andre Nel b Johan Botha6094
Ross Taylorb Andre Nel310
Mathew Sinclairrun out (Dale Steyn)7378
Jacob Oramc Graeme Smith b Charl Langeveldt3438
Kyle Millsrun out (Charl Langeveldt)1111
Daniel Vettorinot out96
Mark Gillespienot out0–

Did not bat: Jeetan Patel

Extras 15 · Total 238 for 8

Bowler (South Africa)OMRW
Shaun Pollock102260
Dale Steyn90502
Andre Nel100521
Charl Langeveldt100462
Johan Botha90451
Jacques Kallis20130

FALL OF WICKETS

1-7 (Brendon McCullum, 1.6 ov), 2-27 (Lou Vincent, 7.1 ov), 3-68 (Jamie How, 18.6 ov), 4-79 (Ross Taylor, 21.6 ov), 5-128 (Scott Styris, 33.4 ov), 6-184 (Jacob Oram, 44.2 ov), 7-227 (Kyle Mills, 48.4 ov), 8-234 (Mathew Sinclair, 49.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstLou Vincent (4) and Brendon McCullum (0)712
secondLou Vincent (14) and Jamie How (5)2031
thirdScott Styris (30) and Jamie How (10)4172
fourthScott Styris (5) and Ross Taylor (3)1119
fifthMathew Sinclair (24) and Scott Styris (25)4970
sixthMathew Sinclair (15) and Jacob Oram (34)5664
seventhMathew Sinclair (32) and Kyle Mills (11)4325
eighthDaniel Vettori (5) and Mathew Sinclair (2)77
ninthDaniel Vettori (4) and Mark Gillespie (0)41
SOUTH AFRICA: 242 FOR 5
BatterHow outRB
Herschelle Gibbsc Kyle Mills b Daniel Vettori119101
Graeme Smithc Mark Gillespie b Daniel Vettori5174
Jacques Kallisc Brendon McCullum b Lou Vincent3049
AB de Villiersc Mathew Sinclair b Kyle Mills212
Jean-Paul Duminyc Brendon McCullum b Daniel Vettori16
Mark Bouchernot out2625
Shaun Pollocknot out46

Did not bat: Johan Botha, Andre Nel, Dale Steyn, Charl Langeveldt

Extras 9 · Total 242 for 5

Bowler (New Zealand)OMRW
Kyle Mills100341
Mark Gillespie71580
Jacob Oram20200
Scott Styris80370
Daniel Vettori101333
Jeetan Patel7.20540
Lou Vincent1101

FALL OF WICKETS

1-173 (Graeme Smith, 27.3 ov), 2-187 (Herschelle Gibbs, 31.4 ov), 3-190 (AB de Villiers, 34.1 ov), 4-191 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 35.2 ov), 5-237 (Jacques Kallis, 44.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstHerschelle Gibbs (114) and Graeme Smith (51)173166
secondJacques Kallis (9) and Herschelle Gibbs (5)1425
thirdJacques Kallis (1) and AB de Villiers (2)315
fourthJacques Kallis (0) and Jean-Paul Duminy (1)17
fifthJacques Kallis (20) and Mark Boucher (25)4653
sixthShaun Pollock (4) and Mark Boucher (1)57
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