South Africa v New Zealand, Hamilton

South Africa 242/10 & 235/10

New Zealand 211/10 & 269/3

New Zealand won by 7 wickets

New Zealand v South Africa 2024 · 2nd Test Seddon Park, Hamilton, Hamilton 13–16 Feb 2024

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

0.98× -2%

New Zealand

1.33× +33%

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

DG Bedingham South Africa

149 +225

Kane Williamson New Zealand

176 +201

R de Swardt South Africa

65 +131

WA Young New Zealand

96 +114

TWM Latham New Zealand

70 +62

Best bowling

Top match figures

W O'Rourke5/34

DL Piedt5/89

W O'Rourke4/59

R Ravindra3/33

Top score

133*

Kane Williamson · New Zealand

Biggest stand

5th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–13

3 wkts for 13 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultNew Zealand won by 7 wickets

Length4 days

South Africa

242 /10 (97.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
N Brand	lbw b W O'Rourke	25	38	5	65.79
C Fortuin	c GD Phillips b MJ Henry	0	1	0	0.00
R van Tonder	c TWM Latham b N Wagner	32	71	3	45.07
Zubayr Hamza	c MJ Santner b R Ravindra	20	99	3	20.20
DG Bedingham	c WA Young b R Ravindra	39	102	7	38.24
KD Petersen	c TG Southee b R Ravindra	2	6	0	33.33
R de Swardt	b W O'Rourke	64	156	9	41.03
S von Berg	b W O'Rourke	38	89	7	42.70
DL Piedt	c TA Blundell b TG Southee	4	6	1	66.67
TL Moreki*	not out	4	15	1	26.67
D Paterson	c TWM Latham b W O'Rourke	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 14 (b 9, lb 2, w 3)

Total 242/10 (97.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	25.0	8	63	1	2.52
MJ Henry	17.0	5	44	1	2.59
W O'Rourke	18.2	5	59	4	3.22
N Wagner	16.0	6	32	1	2.00
R Ravindra	21.0	8	33	3	1.57

Fall of wickets

1-4 (C Fortuin, 1.1)·2-40 (N Brand, 12.2)·3-63 (R van Tonder, 25.3)·4-99 (Zubayr Hamza, 45.1)·5-101 (KD Petersen, 47.1)·6-150 (DG Bedingham, 61.6)·7-227 (S von Berg, 91.4)·8-234 (DL Piedt, 94.1)·9-242 (R de Swardt, 97.1)·10-242 (D Paterson, 97.2)

New Zealand

211 /10 (77.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b DL Piedt	40	104	1	1	38.46
DP Conway	c C Fortuin b D Paterson	0	3	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	c R van Tonder b DL Piedt	43	108	7	0	39.81
R Ravindra	b TL Moreki	29	73	4	0	39.73
WA Young	c R de Swardt b DL Piedt	36	73	3	1	49.32
TA Blundell	b D Paterson	4	10	0	0	40.00
GD Phillips	c C Fortuin b DL Piedt	4	4	1	0	100.00
MJ Henry	run out (C Fortuin)	10	28	1	0	35.71
TG Southee	c R van Tonder b D Paterson	5	15	0	0	33.33
N Wagner	st C Fortuin b DL Piedt	33	27	3	2	122.22
W O'Rourke*	not out	0	20	0	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 1, lb 5, w 1)

Total 211/10 (77.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Paterson	17.0	6	39	3	2.29
TL Moreki	13.0	4	32	1	2.46
DL Piedt	32.3	6	89	5	2.74
S von Berg	13.0	3	40	0	3.08
R de Swardt	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-1 (DP Conway, 0.4)·2-75 (TWM Latham, 33.3)·3-86 (Kane Williamson, 37.4)·4-145 (R Ravindra, 56.6)·5-157 (TA Blundell, 60.6)·6-162 (GD Phillips, 61.5)·7-163 (WA Young, 63.3)·8-170 (TG Southee, 66.4)·9-183 (MJ Henry, 70.4)·10-211 (N Wagner, 77.3)

South Africa

235 /10 (69.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
N Brand	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	34	60	6	0	56.67
C Fortuin	lbw b R Ravindra	3	24	0	0	12.50
R van Tonder	c N Wagner b W O'Rourke	1	13	0	0	7.69
Zubayr Hamza	c WA Young b N Wagner	17	63	2	0	26.98
DG Bedingham	c GD Phillips b W O'Rourke	110	141	12	2	78.01
KD Petersen	c GD Phillips b MJ Henry	43	79	6	0	54.43
R de Swardt	b GD Phillips	1	6	0	0	16.67
S von Berg	c N Wagner b W O'Rourke	2	22	0	0	9.09
DL Piedt	c TG Southee b GD Phillips	2	7	0	0	28.57
D Paterson	c TA Blundell b W O'Rourke	7	3	0	1	233.33
TL Moreki*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (b 10, lb 1, w 2, nb 2)

Total 235/10 (69.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	9.0	2	33	0	3.67
MJ Henry	11.0	5	15	1	1.36
R Ravindra	13.0	1	50	1	3.85
W O'Rourke	13.5	5	34	5	2.46
GD Phillips	15.0	3	50	2	3.33
N Wagner	8.0	1	42	1	5.25

Fall of wickets

1-23 (C Fortuin, 10.1)·2-28 (R van Tonder, 13.4)·3-39 (N Brand, 17.5)·4-104 (Zubayr Hamza, 36.5)·5-202 (KD Petersen, 59.2)·6-213 (R de Swardt, 62.2)·7-219 (DG Bedingham, 65.3)·8-226 (DL Piedt, 68.1)·9-234 (S von Berg, 69.1)·10-235 (D Paterson, 69.5)

New Zealand

269 /3 (94.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	c Zubayr Hamza b DL Piedt	30	57	5	0	52.63
DP Conway	lbw b DL Piedt	17	44	3	0	38.64
Kane Williamson*	not out	133	260	12	2	51.15
R Ravindra	c N Brand b DL Piedt	20	72	0	0	27.78
WA Young*	not out	60	134	8	0	44.78

Extras 9 (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)

Total 269/3 (94.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Paterson	22.0	5	58	0	2.64
TL Moreki	18.2	4	44	0	2.40
DL Piedt	32.0	4	93	3	2.91
S von Berg	16.0	0	60	0	3.75
R de Swardt	6.0	3	7	0	1.17

Fall of wickets

1-40 (DP Conway, 13.5)·2-53 (TWM Latham, 19.5)·3-117 (R Ravindra, 46.3)