New Zealand v South Africa, Dunedin

South Africa 308/10 & 224/6

New Zealand 341/10

Match drawn

New Zealand v South Africa 2017 · 1st Test University Oval, Dunedin 8–12 Mar 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — New Zealand had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.18× +18%

New Zealand

1.01× +1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

D Elgar South Africa

229 +322

Kane Williamson New Zealand

130 +191

F du Plessis South Africa

108 +136

T Bavuma South Africa

70 +76

BJ Watling New Zealand

50 +75

Best bowling

Top match figures

KA Maharaj5/94

TA Boult4/64

N Wagner3/88

N Wagner2/57

Top score

140

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

126

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–29

3 wkts for 29 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

308 /10 (122.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SC Cook	lbw b TA Boult	3	29	0	10.34
D Elgar	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	140	299	24	46.82
HM Amla	b N Wagner	1	28	0	3.57
JP Duminy	c LRPL Taylor b N Wagner	1	2	0	50.00
F du Plessis	c TA Boult b JDS Neesham	52	118	7	44.07
T Bavuma	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	64	164	10	39.02
Q de Kock	c N Wagner b JS Patel	10	26	1	38.46
VD Philander	b TA Boult	21	35	4	60.00
KA Maharaj	c JDS Neesham b TA Boult	5	9	1	55.56
K Rabada	b JS Patel	4	25	0	16.00
M Morkel*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 1, w 2)

Total 308/10 (122.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	32.4	13	64	4	1.96
N Wagner	31.0	8	88	3	2.84
JS Patel	33.0	12	85	2	2.58
MJ Santner	18.0	5	32	0	1.78
JDS Neesham	8.0	2	34	1	4.25

Fall of wickets

1-10 (SC Cook, 8.5)·2-20 (HM Amla, 18.2)·3-22 (JP Duminy, 18.6)·4-148 (F du Plessis, 58.6)·5-252 (D Elgar, 102.2)·6-265 (Q de Kock, 109.1)·7-279 (T Bavuma, 112.5)·8-298 (KA Maharaj, 116.1)·9-308 (K Rabada, 121.5)·10-308 (VD Philander, 122.4)

New Zealand

341 /10 (114.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	10	19	2	0	52.63
JA Raval	c D Elgar b KA Maharaj	52	102	6	0	50.98
Kane Williamson	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	130	241	18	0	53.94
LRPL Taylor*	not out	15	27	0	1	55.56
HM Nicholls	c HM Amla b KA Maharaj	12	26	2	0	46.15
JS Patel	c F du Plessis b VD Philander	16	27	3	0	59.26
JDS Neesham	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	7	30	0	0	23.33
BJ Watling	b KA Maharaj	50	128	8	0	39.06
MJ Santner	c KA Maharaj b M Morkel	4	42	1	0	9.52
N Wagner	c JP Duminy b KA Maharaj	32	32	5	2	100.00
TA Boult	b KA Maharaj	2	15	0	0	13.33

Extras 11 (lb 8, w 1, nb 2)

Total 341/10 (114.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	30.0	7	92	1	3.07
VD Philander	27.0	11	67	2	2.48
M Morkel	24.0	6	62	2	2.58
KA Maharaj	28.3	7	94	5	3.30
JP Duminy	5.0	0	18	0	3.60

Fall of wickets

1-15 (TWM Latham, 5.5)·2-117 (JA Raval, 34.3)·3-165 (HM Nicholls, 50.1)·4-184 (JS Patel, 57.2)·5-193 (JDS Neesham, 65.3)·6-277 (Kane Williamson, 92.1)·7-297 (MJ Santner, 104.5)·8-304 (BJ Watling, 106.1)·9-324 (TA Boult, 112.1)·10-341 (N Wagner, 114.3)

South Africa

224 /6 (102.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SC Cook	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	0	4	0	0.00
HM Amla	c TG Southee b N Wagner	24	68	5	35.29
D Elgar	c Kane Williamson b JS Patel	89	249	9	35.74
JP Duminy	lbw b N Wagner	39	91	5	42.86
F du Plessis*	not out	56	155	10	36.13
T Bavuma	b MJ Santner	6	23	1	26.09
Q de Kock	b JS Patel	4	10	1	40.00
VD Philander*	not out	1	12	0	8.33

Extras 5 (b 1, lb 3, w 1)

Total 224/6 (102.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	15.0	4	34	1	2.27
N Wagner	27.0	7	57	2	2.11
MJ Santner	19.0	6	37	1	1.95
JS Patel	36.0	15	72	2	2.00
JDS Neesham	5.0	0	20	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (SC Cook, 0.4)·2-39 (HM Amla, 21.1)·3-113 (JP Duminy, 48.5)·4-193 (D Elgar, 87.1)·5-206 (T Bavuma, 95.1)·6-218 (Q de Kock, 97.5)