New Zealand v South Africa, Hamilton

New Zealand 185/10 & 168/10

South Africa 253/10 & 103/1

South Africa won by 9 wickets

New Zealand v South Africa 2012 · 2nd Test Seddon Park, Hamilton 15–17 Mar 2012

How hard each side found the batting

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

New Zealand

0.98× -2%

South Africa

0.98× -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

AB de Villiers South Africa

83 +182

Kane Williamson New Zealand

77 +159

GC Smith South Africa

68 +104

HM Amla South Africa

62 +91

BB McCullum New Zealand

66 +76

Best bowling

Top match figures

VD Philander6/44

MR Gillespie5/59

VD Philander4/70

DW Steyn3/49

Top score

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

3rd wkt · New Zealand

Worst collapse

3–0

3 wkts for 0 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 9 wickets

Length3 days

New Zealand

185 /10 (61.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Nicol	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	2	14	0	0	14.29
MJ Guptill	b DW Steyn	22	56	4	0	39.29
BB McCullum	c JA Rudolph b DW Steyn	61	133	6	1	45.86
LRPL Taylor	c GC Smith b VD Philander	44	93	6	0	47.31
Kane Williamson	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	0	8	0	0	0.00
DL Vettori	b VD Philander	0	3	0	0	0.00
CFK van Wyk	lbw b M Morkel	21	25	3	0	84.00
DAJ Bracewell	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	0	3	0	0	0.00
MR Gillespie	c AN Petersen b Imran Tahir	27	20	3	2	135.00
BJ Arnel	lbw b Imran Tahir	3	9	0	0	33.33
CS Martin*	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 3, nb 2)

Total 185/10 (61.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	18.0	5	49	3	2.72
VD Philander	15.0	3	70	4	4.67
JH Kallis	9.0	4	9	0	1.00
M Morkel	14.0	2	42	1	3.00
Imran Tahir	5.2	2	12	2	2.25

Fall of wickets

1-11 (RJ Nicol, 5.2)·2-44 (MJ Guptill, 19.2)·3-133 (BB McCullum, 48.3)·4-133 (LRPL Taylor, 49.4)·5-133 (Kane Williamson, 50.5)·6-133 (DL Vettori, 51.1)·7-133 (DAJ Bracewell, 51.4)·8-176 (CFK van Wyk, 58.2)·9-184 (MR Gillespie, 59.3)·10-185 (BJ Arnel, 61.2)

South Africa

253 /10 (77.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c CFK van Wyk b CS Martin	13	16	1	0	81.25
AN Petersen	lbw b MR Gillespie	29	74	5	0	39.19
DW Steyn	c CFK van Wyk b CS Martin	4	5	1	0	80.00
HM Amla	c Kane Williamson b MR Gillespie	16	51	2	0	31.37
JH Kallis	c CFK van Wyk b MR Gillespie	6	7	0	1	85.71
AB de Villiers	b DL Vettori	83	133	10	0	62.41
JA Rudolph	c CFK van Wyk b MR Gillespie	1	4	0	0	25.00
MV Boucher	b MR Gillespie	24	71	4	0	33.80
VD Philander	b DAJ Bracewell	14	35	1	1	40.00
M Morkel*	not out	35	44	5	1	79.55
Imran Tahir	c MR Gillespie b Kane Williamson	16	26	2	0	61.54

Extras 12 (b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 1)

Total 253/10 (77.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	16.0	6	38	2	2.38
DAJ Bracewell	18.0	7	50	1	2.78
MR Gillespie	15.0	2	59	5	3.93
DL Vettori	19.0	3	49	1	2.58
BJ Arnel	9.0	2	46	0	5.11
Kane Williamson	0.3	0	1	1	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-14 (GC Smith, 4.4)·2-18 (DW Steyn, 6.3)·3-63 (HM Amla, 22.2)·4-69 (JH Kallis, 24.3)·5-84 (AN Petersen, 26.6)·6-88 (JA Rudolph, 28.5)·7-151 (MV Boucher, 50.6)·8-185 (VD Philander, 62.1)·9-219 (AB de Villiers, 69.5)·10-253 (Imran Tahir, 77.3)

New Zealand

168 /10 (67.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Nicol	b VD Philander	1	8	0	0	12.50
MJ Guptill	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	1	7	0	0	14.29
BB McCullum	lbw b VD Philander	5	10	1	0	50.00
Kane Williamson	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	77	193	10	0	39.90
LRPL Taylor	lbw b DW Steyn	17	72	0	0	23.61
DL Vettori	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	21	45	2	0	46.67
CFK van Wyk	b VD Philander	20	45	3	0	44.44
DAJ Bracewell	b M Morkel	0	6	0	0	0.00
MR Gillespie	c MV Boucher b VD Philander	14	9	2	1	155.56
BJ Arnel*	not out	8	7	2	0	114.29
CS Martin	b VD Philander	0	5	0	0	0.00

Extras 4 (lb 4)

Total 168/10 (67.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	16.0	5	31	2	1.94
VD Philander	15.5	4	44	6	2.78
M Morkel	13.0	5	26	1	2.00
Imran Tahir	17.0	2	52	0	3.06
JH Kallis	6.0	3	11	1	1.83

Fall of wickets

1-1 (RJ Nicol, 1.6)·2-7 (BB McCullum, 3.6)·3-7 (MJ Guptill, 4.1)·4-64 (LRPL Taylor, 28.5)·5-99 (DL Vettori, 47.3)·6-141 (CFK van Wyk, 61.6)·7-142 (Kane Williamson, 63.3)·8-142 (DAJ Bracewell, 64.5)·9-160 (MR Gillespie, 65.6)·10-168 (CS Martin, 67.5)

South Africa

103 /1 (19.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	c CFK van Wyk b DAJ Bracewell	1	4	0	0	25.00
GC Smith*	not out	55	60	8	1	91.67
HM Amla*	not out	46	56	9	0	82.14

Extras 1 (nb 1)

Total 103/1 (19.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CS Martin	3.0	1	18	0	6.00
DAJ Bracewell	5.0	0	14	1	2.80
DL Vettori	2.0	0	2	0	1.00
MR Gillespie	4.0	0	24	0	6.00
BJ Arnel	3.0	0	18	0	6.00
Kane Williamson	2.0	0	23	0	11.50
RJ Nicol	0.5	0	4	0	4.80

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AN Petersen, 1.1)