South Africa v New Zealand, Cape Town

New Zealand 45/10 & 275/10

South Africa 347/8

South Africa won by 27 runs

New Zealand v South Africa 2013 · 1st Test Newlands, Cape Town 2–4 Jan 2013

How hard each side found the batting

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

New Zealand

0.79× -21%

South Africa

1.19× +19%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

DG Brownlie New Zealand

109 +179

AN Petersen South Africa

106 +115

HM Amla South Africa

66 +84

AB de Villiers South Africa

67 +73

BB McCullum New Zealand

58 +65

Best bowling

Top match figures

VD Philander5/7

M Morkel3/14

CS Martin3/63

DW Steyn3/67

Top score

109

DG Brownlie · New Zealand

Biggest stand

107

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 27 runs

Length3 days

New Zealand

45 /10 (19.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MJ Guptill	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	1	6	0	16.67
BB McCullum	b VD Philander	7	19	1	36.84
Kane Williamson	lbw b VD Philander	13	19	2	68.42
DG Brownlie	c GC Smith b VD Philander	0	3	0	0.00
DR Flynn	c & b DW Steyn	8	28	1	28.57
BJ Watling	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	0	1	0	0.00
JEC Franklin	c GC Smith b M Morkel	1	10	0	10.00
DAJ Bracewell	b DW Steyn	2	10	0	20.00
JS Patel	c HM Amla b M Morkel	5	9	1	55.56
TA Boult	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	1	9	0	11.11
CS Martin*	not out	0	3	0	0.00

Extras 7 (lb 6, nb 1)

Total 45/10 (19.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	7.2	3	18	2	2.45
VD Philander	6.0	3	7	5	1.17
M Morkel	6.0	2	14	3	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-7 (MJ Guptill, 1.6)·2-14 (BB McCullum, 5.3)·3-14 (DG Brownlie, 5.6)·4-27 (Kane Williamson, 7.6)·5-27 (BJ Watling, 9.1)·6-28 (JEC Franklin, 10.5)·7-31 (DAJ Bracewell, 13.3)·8-38 (JS Patel, 16.4)·9-45 (TA Boult, 18.3)·10-45 (DR Flynn, 19.2)

South Africa

347 /8 (95.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b DAJ Bracewell	1	5	0	0	20.00
AN Petersen	b TA Boult	106	176	11	1	60.23
HM Amla	lbw b JEC Franklin	66	74	9	0	89.19
JH Kallis	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	60	89	5	2	67.42
AB de Villiers	b CS Martin	67	129	8	0	51.94
F du Plessis	c Kane Williamson b CS Martin	15	28	2	0	53.57
D Elgar	c BJ Watling b TA Boult	21	52	2	0	40.38
RJ Peterson	b CS Martin	5	15	1	0	33.33
VD Philander*	not out	0	5	0	0	0.00

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

Total 347/8 (95.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Boult	21.0	2	78	3	3.71
DAJ Bracewell	24.0	4	93	1	3.88
CS Martin	19.2	4	63	3	3.26
JEC Franklin	14.0	1	50	1	3.57
JS Patel	17.0	4	60	0	3.53

Fall of wickets

1-1 (GC Smith, 1.1)·2-108 (HM Amla, 25.2)·3-212 (JH Kallis, 51.3)·4-255 (AN Petersen, 65.1)·5-281 (F du Plessis, 73.2)·6-335 (D Elgar, 89.2)·7-342 (AB de Villiers, 93.6)·8-347 (RJ Peterson, 95.2)

New Zealand

275 /10 (102.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	0	6	0	0	0.00
BB McCullum	lbw b RJ Peterson	51	103	7	0	49.51
Kane Williamson	c AN Petersen b JH Kallis	15	46	2	0	32.61
DG Brownlie	c RJ Peterson b M Morkel	109	186	13	2	58.60
DR Flynn	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	14	36	3	0	38.89
BJ Watling	c GC Smith b VD Philander	42	151	4	0	27.81
JEC Franklin	b DW Steyn	22	59	2	0	37.29
DAJ Bracewell	c AN Petersen b VD Philander	0	5	0	0	0.00
JS Patel	b DW Steyn	8	16	1	0	50.00
TA Boult*	not out	2	5	0	0	40.00

Extras 12 (b 1, lb 8, w 3)

Total 275/10 (102.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	30.0	6	67	3	2.23
VD Philander	24.0	8	76	2	3.17
M Morkel	21.0	6	50	1	2.38
JH Kallis	11.1	3	31	2	2.78
RJ Peterson	16.0	6	42	1	2.62

Fall of wickets

1-0 (MJ Guptill, 0.6)·2-29 (Kane Williamson, 17.4)·3-118 (BB McCullum, 31.1)·4-155 (DR Flynn, 43.7)·5-229 (DG Brownlie, 80.5)·6-252 (BJ Watling, 92.5)·7-252 (DAJ Bracewell, 94.4)·8-265 (JS Patel, 99.4)·9-274 (JEC Franklin, 101.6)·10-275 (CS Martin, 102.1)