New Zealand v South Africa, Dunedin

South Africa 238/10 & 435/5

New Zealand 273/10 & 137/2

Match drawn

New Zealand v South Africa 2012 · 1st Test University Oval, Dunedin 7–11 Mar 2012

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.02× +2%

New Zealand

1.02× +2%

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

GC Smith South Africa

168 +229

JA Rudolph South Africa

157 +219

JH Kallis South Africa

113 +147

BB McCullum New Zealand

106 +123

LRPL Taylor New Zealand

92 +105

Best bowling

Top match figures

CS Martin4/56

VD Philander4/72

DAJ Bracewell3/70

DAJ Bracewell2/52

Top score

115

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

200

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–44

3 wkts for 44 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

238 /10 (68.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c RJ Nicol b CS Martin	53	74	6	0	71.62
AN Petersen	lbw b TA Boult	11	29	2	0	37.93
HM Amla	c LRPL Taylor b DL Vettori	62	102	8	1	60.78
JH Kallis	c LRPL Taylor b CS Martin	0	2	0	0	0.00
AB de Villiers	lbw b CS Martin	0	1	0	0	0.00
JA Rudolph	c TA Boult b DAJ Bracewell	52	99	5	0	52.53
MV Boucher	run out (DAJ Bracewell)	4	2	1	0	200.00
DW Steyn	c LRPL Taylor b DAJ Bracewell	9	20	0	0	45.00
VD Philander	c Kane Williamson b CS Martin	22	58	2	0	37.93
M Morkel*	not out	13	14	2	0	92.86
Imran Tahir	run out (DAJ Bracewell)	10	10	1	0	100.00

Extras 2 (lb 1, nb 1)

Total 238/10 (68.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	18.0	2	56	4	3.11
TG Southee	10.0	1	40	0	4.00
TA Boult	8.0	0	58	1	7.25
DAJ Bracewell	16.2	2	52	2	3.18
DL Vettori	15.0	4	31	1	2.07
RJ Nicol	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-34 (AN Petersen, 9.2)·2-86 (GC Smith, 26.5)·3-90 (JH Kallis, 28.1)·4-90 (AB de Villiers, 28.2)·5-156 (HM Amla, 41.4)·6-161 (MV Boucher, 43.1)·7-179 (DW Steyn, 48.2)·8-214 (VD Philander, 63.6)·9-222 (JA Rudolph, 64.6)·10-238 (Imran Tahir, 68.2)

New Zealand

273 /10 (88.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Nicol	c GC Smith b VD Philander	6	12	0	0	50.00
MJ Guptill	b M Morkel	16	43	2	0	37.21
BB McCullum	c & b Imran Tahir	48	102	6	0	47.06
LRPL Taylor	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	44	77	7	0	57.14
Kane Williamson	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	11	45	0	0	24.44
DL Vettori	c & b JH Kallis	46	78	8	0	58.97
CFK van Wyk	c GC Smith b VD Philander	36	92	5	0	39.13
DAJ Bracewell	b DW Steyn	25	46	5	0	54.35
TG Southee	c GC Smith b VD Philander	0	2	0	0	0.00
TA Boult*	not out	33	28	1	3	117.86
CS Martin	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	5	5	0	0	100.00

Extras 3 (lb 3)

Total 273/10 (88.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.2	5	79	2	3.89
VD Philander	18.0	1	72	4	4.00
M Morkel	18.0	5	52	2	2.89
Imran Tahir	24.0	6	55	1	2.29
JH Kallis	8.0	2	12	1	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-7 (RJ Nicol, 3.2)·2-41 (MJ Guptill, 16.5)·3-106 (BB McCullum, 38.1)·4-116 (LRPL Taylor, 41.4)·5-135 (Kane Williamson, 49.6)·6-188 (DL Vettori, 67.3)·7-229 (CFK van Wyk, 81.2)·8-229 (TG Southee, 81.4)·9-239 (DAJ Bracewell, 84.6)·10-273 (CS Martin, 88.2)

South Africa

435 /5 (140.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c TG Southee b DAJ Bracewell	25	35	4	0	71.43
GC Smith	b DAJ Bracewell	115	234	13	0	49.15
HM Amla	c MJ Guptill b DAJ Bracewell	2	4	0	0	50.00
JH Kallis	c RJ Nicol b TA Boult	113	263	16	0	42.97
JA Rudolph*	not out	105	182	15	1	57.69
AB de Villiers	c BB McCullum b Kane Williamson	29	55	3	0	52.73
MV Boucher*	not out	34	70	4	0	48.57

Extras 12 (b 2, lb 6, w 1, nb 3)

Total 435/5 (140.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	23.0	4	74	0	3.22
TA Boult	26.0	4	93	1	3.58
DAJ Bracewell	25.0	3	70	3	2.80
TG Southee	26.0	4	100	0	3.85
DL Vettori	32.0	5	65	0	2.03
RJ Nicol	1.0	0	9	0	9.00
Kane Williamson	7.0	4	16	1	2.29

Fall of wickets

1-45 (AN Petersen, 11.2)·2-47 (HM Amla, 11.6)·3-247 (GC Smith, 81.1)·4-283 (JH Kallis, 97.3)·5-353 (AB de Villiers, 117.2)

New Zealand

137 /2 (41.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Nicol	c GC Smith b Imran Tahir	19	71	2	0	26.76
MJ Guptill	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	6	18	1	0	33.33
BB McCullum*	not out	58	91	5	1	63.74
LRPL Taylor*	not out	48	68	8	0	70.59

Extras 6 (lb 2, w 2, nb 2)

Total 137/2 (41.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	8.0	2	25	0	3.12
VD Philander	12.0	2	29	1	2.42
M Morkel	9.0	2	33	0	3.67
Imran Tahir	8.0	2	33	1	4.12
JH Kallis	4.0	1	15	0	3.75

Fall of wickets

1-16 (MJ Guptill, 7.6)·2-55 (RJ Nicol, 20.1)