New Zealand v South Africa, Hamilton

South Africa 314/10 & 80/5

New Zealand 489/10

Match drawn

New Zealand v South Africa 2017 · 3rd Test Seddon Park, Hamilton 25–29 Mar 2017

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.16× +16%

New Zealand

0.97× -3%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, New Zealand led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Kane Williamson New Zealand

176 +235

Q de Kock South Africa

105 +156

JA Raval New Zealand

88 +92

C de Grandhomme New Zealand

57 +82

F du Plessis South Africa

68 +72

Best bowling

Top match figures

MJ Henry4/93

M Morkel4/100

K Rabada4/122

N Wagner3/104

Top score

176

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

190

2nd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–34

3 wkts for 34 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

314 /10 (89.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b C de Grandhomme	5	12	0	0	41.67
TB de Bruyn	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	0	3	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	b C de Grandhomme	50	93	9	0	53.76
JP Duminy	c JS Patel b MJ Henry	20	61	3	0	32.79
F du Plessis	c TWM Latham b MJ Santner	53	108	9	0	49.07
T Bavuma	c JA Raval b MJ Henry	29	49	4	0	59.18
Q de Kock	lbw b N Wagner	90	118	11	2	76.27
VD Philander	c TWM Latham b MJ Henry	11	22	2	0	50.00
KA Maharaj	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	9	34	2	0	26.47
K Rabada	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	34	31	6	1	109.68
M Morkel*	not out	9	5	2	0	180.00

Extras 4 (lb 1, w 3)

Total 314/10 (89.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	24.0	2	93	4	3.88
C de Grandhomme	24.0	4	62	2	2.58
N Wagner	25.2	2	104	3	4.11
JS Patel	7.0	0	30	0	4.29
MJ Santner	9.0	3	24	1	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-5 (TB de Bruyn, 2.2)·2-5 (D Elgar, 3.1)·3-64 (JP Duminy, 23.5)·4-97 (HM Amla, 33.5)·5-148 (T Bavuma, 48.4)·6-190 (F du Plessis, 61.3)·7-219 (VD Philander, 68.5)·8-249 (KA Maharaj, 78.3)·9-295 (Q de Kock, 87.3)·10-314 (K Rabada, 89.2)

New Zealand

489 /10 (162.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	50	103	10	0	48.54
JA Raval	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	88	254	10	0	34.65
Kane Williamson	c VD Philander b M Morkel	176	285	16	3	61.75
NT Broom	lbw b K Rabada	12	11	2	0	109.09
HM Nicholls	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	1	0	0	0.00
MJ Santner	c JP Duminy b K Rabada	41	151	5	0	27.15
BJ Watling	b KA Maharaj	24	63	3	0	38.10
C de Grandhomme	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	57	70	5	2	81.43
MJ Henry	c D Elgar b KA Maharaj	12	17	2	0	70.59
JS Patel	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	5	18	1	0	27.78
N Wagner*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 24 (lb 12, w 5, nb 7)

Total 489/10 (162.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	33.0	7	79	0	2.39
M Morkel	36.1	8	100	4	2.76
K Rabada	34.0	3	122	4	3.59
KA Maharaj	50.0	8	118	2	2.36
JP Duminy	6.0	0	38	0	6.33
D Elgar	1.0	0	13	0	13.00
T Bavuma	2.0	0	7	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-83 (TWM Latham, 31.5)·2-273 (JA Raval, 89.5)·3-293 (NT Broom, 92.6)·4-293 (HM Nicholls, 94.1)·5-381 (Kane Williamson, 130.3)·6-397 (MJ Santner, 138.2)·7-443 (BJ Watling, 151.4)·8-477 (MJ Henry, 157.3)·9-489 (JS Patel, 161.3)·10-489 (C de Grandhomme, 162.1)

South Africa

80 /5 (39.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c BJ Watling b C de Grandhomme	5	22	1	0	22.73
TB de Bruyn	run out (Kane Williamson)	12	35	3	0	34.29
HM Amla	c C de Grandhomme b JS Patel	19	40	2	0	47.50
JP Duminy	b JS Patel	13	36	1	1	36.11
F du Plessis*	not out	15	51	3	0	29.41
T Bavuma	c BJ Watling b MJ Henry	1	11	0	0	9.09
Q de Kock*	not out	15	39	1	0	38.46

Extras 0

Total 80/5 (39.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Henry	11.0	4	20	1	1.82
C de Grandhomme	8.0	5	15	1	1.88
N Wagner	5.0	0	16	0	3.20
JS Patel	12.0	2	22	2	1.83
MJ Santner	3.0	0	7	0	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-13 (D Elgar, 5.6)·2-25 (TB de Bruyn, 11.5)·3-49 (HM Amla, 20.3)·4-50 (JP Duminy, 24.2)·5-59 (T Bavuma, 27.2)