New Zealand v South Africa, Wellington

New Zealand 268/10 & 171/10

South Africa 359/10 & 83/2

South Africa won by 8 wickets

New Zealand v South Africa 2017 · 2nd Test Basin Reserve, Wellington 16–18 Mar 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

New Zealand

1.01× +1%

South Africa

1.04× +4%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

JA Raval New Zealand

116 +206

HM Nicholls New Zealand

125 +200

Q de Kock South Africa

91 +159

T Bavuma South Africa

89 +154

BJ Watling New Zealand

63 +83

Best bowling

Top match figures

KA Maharaj6/40

JP Duminy4/47

M Morkel3/50

C de Grandhomme3/52

Top score

118

HM Nicholls · New Zealand

Biggest stand

160

7th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 8 wickets

Length3 days

New Zealand

268 /10 (79.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
JA Raval	c HM Amla b KA Maharaj	36	83	6	0	43.37
TWM Latham	c D Elgar b M Morkel	8	18	1	0	44.44
Kane Williamson	lbw b K Rabada	2	10	0	0	20.00
NT Broom	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	4	0	0	0.00
HM Nicholls	b JP Duminy	118	161	15	0	73.29
JDS Neesham	st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	15	18	3	0	83.33
BJ Watling	c Q de Kock b JP Duminy	34	132	4	0	25.76
C de Grandhomme	c HM Amla b JP Duminy	4	4	0	0	100.00
TG Southee	c VD Philander b M Morkel	27	30	2	2	90.00
JS Patel*	not out	17	14	1	1	121.43
N Wagner	lbw b JP Duminy	2	3	0	0	66.67

Extras 5 (lb 4, w 1)

Total 268/10 (79.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	18.0	3	82	2	4.56
VD Philander	15.0	7	29	0	1.93
K Rabada	19.0	6	59	2	3.11
JP Duminy	11.3	2	47	4	4.09
KA Maharaj	16.0	4	47	2	2.94

Fall of wickets

1-11 (TWM Latham, 6.2)·2-13 (Kane Williamson, 8.6)·3-21 (NT Broom, 10.4)·4-73 (JA Raval, 25.4)·5-101 (JDS Neesham, 31.4)·6-217 (HM Nicholls, 69.3)·7-221 (C de Grandhomme, 71.1)·8-222 (BJ Watling, 73.2)·9-266 (TG Southee, 78.3)·10-268 (N Wagner, 79.3)

South Africa

359 /10 (98.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c JDS Neesham b TG Southee	3	12	0	0	25.00
D Elgar	c JDS Neesham b C de Grandhomme	9	19	1	0	47.37
K Rabada	b TG Southee	9	10	2	0	90.00
HM Amla	c HM Nicholls b C de Grandhomme	21	63	4	0	33.33
JP Duminy	c HM Nicholls b N Wagner	16	21	3	0	76.19
F du Plessis	c BJ Watling b C de Grandhomme	22	40	1	1	55.00
T Bavuma	c JDS Neesham b N Wagner	89	160	9	0	55.62
Q de Kock	c BJ Watling b JDS Neesham	91	118	10	3	77.12
VD Philander*	not out	37	77	5	0	48.05
KA Maharaj	c Kane Williamson b N Wagner	1	5	0	0	20.00
M Morkel	b JS Patel	40	63	7	0	63.49

Extras 21 (b 4, lb 5, w 12)

Total 359/10 (98.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	27.0	7	98	2	3.63
C de Grandhomme	23.0	7	52	3	2.26
N Wagner	22.0	1	102	3	4.64
JS Patel	14.0	1	57	1	4.07
JDS Neesham	12.0	2	41	1	3.42

Fall of wickets

1-12 (SC Cook, 4.4)·2-12 (D Elgar, 5.3)·3-26 (K Rabada, 8.5)·4-59 (JP Duminy, 17.1)·5-79 (HM Amla, 24.4)·6-94 (F du Plessis, 30.3)·7-254 (Q de Kock, 69.1)·8-290 (T Bavuma, 78.1)·9-302 (KA Maharaj, 81.1)·10-359 (M Morkel, 97.6)

New Zealand

171 /10 (63.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
TWM Latham	c JP Duminy b M Morkel	6	15	1	40.00
JA Raval	st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	80	174	10	45.98
Kane Williamson	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	1	6	0	16.67
NT Broom	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	20	57	3	35.09
HM Nicholls	b KA Maharaj	7	21	0	33.33
JDS Neesham	c F du Plessis b KA Maharaj	4	5	1	80.00
BJ Watling	c JP Duminy b KA Maharaj	29	83	3	34.94
C de Grandhomme	b KA Maharaj	0	6	0	0.00
TG Southee	c JP Duminy b KA Maharaj	4	7	0	57.14
JS Patel	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	3	0	0.00
N Wagner*	not out	4	3	1	133.33

Extras 16 (b 10, lb 1, w 5)

Total 171/10 (63.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	11.0	0	50	3	4.55
VD Philander	12.0	3	28	0	2.33
K Rabada	17.0	5	38	1	2.24
KA Maharaj	20.2	8	40	6	1.97
JP Duminy	3.0	1	4	0	1.33

Fall of wickets

1-16 (TWM Latham, 4.3)·2-26 (Kane Williamson, 6.5)·3-64 (NT Broom, 24.4)·4-86 (HM Nicholls, 31.1)·5-90 (JDS Neesham, 31.6)·6-155 (JA Raval, 57.3)·7-161 (C de Grandhomme, 59.3)·8-167 (TG Southee, 61.4)·9-167 (JS Patel, 62.3)·10-171 (BJ Watling, 63.2)

South Africa

83 /2 (24.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SC Cook	c JDS Neesham b TG Southee	11	20	0	55.00
D Elgar	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	17	50	1	34.00
HM Amla*	not out	38	61	5	62.30
JP Duminy*	not out	15	16	2	93.75

Extras 2 (w 2)

Total 83/2 (24.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	6.0	2	17	1	2.83
C de Grandhomme	8.0	1	20	0	2.50
N Wagner	8.0	2	18	1	2.25
JDS Neesham	2.3	0	28	0	11.20

Fall of wickets

1-18 (SC Cook, 4.6)·2-48 (D Elgar, 17.5)