South Africa v New Zealand, Centurion

South Africa 481/8 & 132/7

New Zealand 214/10 & 195/10

South Africa won by 204 runs

New Zealand v South Africa 2016 · 2nd Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 27–30 Aug 2016

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.06× +6%

New Zealand

0.75× -25%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Nicholls New Zealand

112 +199

Kane Williamson New Zealand

82 +182

F du Plessis South Africa

118 +149

Q de Kock South Africa

132 +139

JP Duminy South Africa

88 +85

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/33

N Wagner5/86

TG Southee3/46

K Rabada3/62

Top score

112*

F du Plessis · South Africa

Biggest stand

133

1st wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · New Zealand

Match facts

TossNew Zealand, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 204 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

481 /8 (154.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	c Kane Williamson b DAJ Bracewell	56	143	9	0	39.16
Q de Kock	c TA Boult b N Wagner	82	114	15	0	71.93
HM Amla	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	58	91	9	1	63.74
JP Duminy	c BJ Watling b TG Southee	88	158	13	0	55.70
F du Plessis*	not out	112	234	12	2	47.86
T Bavuma	c DAJ Bracewell b N Wagner	8	36	1	0	22.22
S van Zyl	c LRPL Taylor b N Wagner	35	88	5	0	39.77
VD Philander	b N Wagner	8	28	1	0	28.57
K Rabada	c HM Nicholls b MJ Santner	7	20	1	0	35.00
DW Steyn*	not out	13	12	0	2	108.33

Extras 14 (b 10, lb 4)

Total 481/8 (154.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	35.0	5	114	1	3.26
TA Boult	35.4	8	107	0	3.00
DAJ Bracewell	30.2	9	98	1	3.23
MJ Santner	14.0	1	62	1	4.43
N Wagner	39.0	8	86	5	2.21

Fall of wickets

1-133 (Q de Kock, 38.5)·2-151 (SC Cook, 45.4)·3-246 (HM Amla, 69.2)·4-317 (JP Duminy, 99.5)·5-342 (T Bavuma, 110.6)·6-426 (S van Zyl, 136.5)·7-442 (VD Philander, 146.3)·8-463 (K Rabada, 151.5)

New Zealand

214 /10 (58.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c S van Zyl b VD Philander	8	13	2	0	61.54
TWM Latham	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	4	11	1	0	36.36
Kane Williamson	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	77	133	8	1	57.89
LRPL Taylor	run out (T Bavuma)	1	12	0	0	8.33
HM Nicholls	lbw b K Rabada	36	67	5	0	53.73
BJ Watling	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	8	26	2	0	30.77
MJ Santner	b VD Philander	0	4	0	0	0.00
DAJ Bracewell	lbw b K Rabada	18	36	4	0	50.00
TG Southee	c Q de Kock b DL Piedt	8	19	1	0	42.11
N Wagner	c Q de Kock b DW Steyn	31	30	4	1	103.33
TA Boult*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 23 (b 5, lb 2, w 15, nb 1)

Total 214/10 (58.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.0	3	66	3	3.30
VD Philander	15.0	1	43	2	2.87
K Rabada	16.3	5	62	3	3.76
DL Piedt	7.0	0	36	1	5.14

Fall of wickets

1-13 (MJ Guptill, 3.3)·2-13 (TWM Latham, 4.3)·3-26 (LRPL Taylor, 9.2)·4-86 (HM Nicholls, 30.5)·5-106 (BJ Watling, 37.3)·6-111 (MJ Santner, 38.4)·7-144 (DAJ Bracewell, 46.5)·8-169 (TG Southee, 51.5)·9-214 (N Wagner, 57.5)·10-214 (Kane Williamson, 58.3)

South Africa

132 /7 (47.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SC Cook	lbw b TA Boult	4	9	1	0	44.44
Q de Kock	c Kane Williamson b DAJ Bracewell	50	43	8	1	116.28
HM Amla	c MJ Guptill b TG Southee	1	5	0	0	20.00
JP Duminy	lbw b TG Southee	0	3	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis	c LRPL Taylor b TA Boult	6	28	0	0	21.43
T Bavuma*	not out	40	113	6	0	35.40
S van Zyl	c BJ Watling b N Wagner	5	32	0	0	15.62
VD Philander	b TG Southee	14	35	1	0	40.00
DL Piedt*	not out	0	15	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 1, w 6, nb 1)

Total 132/7 (47.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	16.0	6	46	3	2.88
TA Boult	14.0	3	44	2	3.14
DAJ Bracewell	7.0	2	19	1	2.71
N Wagner	10.0	1	18	1	1.80

Fall of wickets

1-31 (SC Cook, 3.2)·2-32 (HM Amla, 4.2)·3-32 (JP Duminy, 4.5)·4-47 (F du Plessis, 11.2)·5-82 (Q de Kock, 19.1)·6-98 (S van Zyl, 28.5)·7-129 (VD Philander, 43.3)

New Zealand

195 /10 (58.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TWM Latham	b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kane Williamson	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	5	11	0	0	45.45
MJ Guptill	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
LRPL Taylor	lbw b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0	0.00
HM Nicholls	c K Rabada b DW Steyn	76	140	12	0	54.29
BJ Watling	lbw b DL Piedt	32	87	6	0	36.78
MJ Santner	b DW Steyn	16	40	3	0	40.00
DAJ Bracewell	lbw b VD Philander	30	36	3	2	83.33
TG Southee	b K Rabada	14	15	3	0	93.33
N Wagner	lbw b K Rabada	3	14	0	0	21.43

Extras 19 (b 10, lb 7, w 2)

Total 195/10 (58.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	16.2	5	33	5	2.02
VD Philander	14.0	4	34	2	2.43
K Rabada	13.0	2	54	2	4.15
S van Zyl	3.0	1	5	0	1.67
DL Piedt	12.0	3	52	1	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-0 (TWM Latham, 0.1)·2-3 (MJ Guptill, 0.6)·3-5 (LRPL Taylor, 2.5)·4-7 (Kane Williamson, 3.1)·5-75 (BJ Watling, 29.4)·6-118 (MJ Santner, 42.6)·7-164 (DAJ Bracewell, 50.5)·8-187 (TG Southee, 55.3)·9-195 (N Wagner, 57.6)·10-195 (HM Nicholls, 58.2)