SA vs NZ Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, South Africa tour of New Zealand

2nd Test • Seddon Park • Hamilton

South Africa

242 & 235/10 (69.5)

New Zealand

211 & 269/3 (94.2)

NZ won by 7 wickets

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Player of the Match William O’Rourke

4/59 & 5/34

SA 1st

NZ 1st

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South Africa 1st Innings

242/10 (97.2)

Batters

Neil Brand

65.79

lbw b Rourke

Clyde Fortuin

0.00

c Phillips b Henry

Raynard van Tonder

45.07

c Latham b Wagner

Zubayr Hamza

20.20

c (sub Santner) b Ravindra

David Bedingham

102

38.24

c Young b Ravindra

Keegan Petersen

33.33

c Southee b Ravindra

Ruan de Swardt

156

41.03

b Rourke

Shaun von Berg

42.70

b Rourke

Dane Piedt

66.67

c Blundell b Southee

Tshepo Moreki

26.67

Not out

Dane Paterson

0.00

c Latham b Rourke

Extras

(B: 9, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(97.2 Ov, RR: 2.49)

242/10

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

2.52

Matt Henry

2.59

William O’Rourke

18.2

3.22

Neil Wagner

2.00

Rachin Ravindra

1.57

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Clyde Fortuin

c Phillips b Henry

1-4

1.1

Neil Brand

lbw b Rourke

2-40

12.2

Raynard van Tonder

c Latham b Wagner

3-63

25.3

Zubayr Hamza

c (sub Santner) b Ravindra

4-99

45.1

Keegan Petersen

c Southee b Ravindra

5-101

47.1

David Bedingham

c Young b Ravindra

6-150

61.6

Shaun von Berg

b Rourke

7-227

91.4

Dane Piedt

c Blundell b Southee

8-234

94.1

Ruan de Swardt

b Rourke

9-242

97.1

Dane Paterson

c Latham b Rourke

10-242

97.2

New Zealand 1st Innings

211/10 (77.3)

Batters

Tom Latham

104

38.46

b Piedt

Devon Conway

0.00

c Fortuin b Dane Paterson

Kane Williamson

108

39.81

c van Tonder b Piedt

Rachin Ravindra

39.73

b Moreki

Will Young

49.32

c de Swardt b Piedt

Tom Blundell

40.00

b Dane Paterson

Glenn Phillips

100.00

c Fortuin b Piedt

Matt Henry

35.71

runout (Fortuin / Zubayr Hamza)

Tim Southee

33.33

c van Tonder b Dane Paterson

Neil Wagner

122.22

st Fortuin b Piedt

William O’Rourke

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 5, NB: 0, W: 1)

TOTAL

(77.3 Ov, RR: 2.72)

211/10

Bowlers

EXT

Dane Paterson

2.29

Tshepo Moreki

2.46

Dane Piedt

32.3

2.74

Shaun von Berg

3.08

Ruan de Swardt

2.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devon Conway

c Fortuin b Dane Paterson

1-1

0.4

Tom Latham

b Piedt

2-75

33.3

Kane Williamson

c van Tonder b Piedt

3-86

37.4

Rachin Ravindra

b Moreki

4-145

56.6

Tom Blundell

b Dane Paterson

5-157

60.6

Glenn Phillips

c Fortuin b Piedt

6-162

61.5

Will Young

c de Swardt b Piedt

7-163

63.3

Tim Southee

c van Tonder b Dane Paterson

8-170

66.4

Matt Henry

runout (Fortuin / Zubayr Hamza)

9-183

70.4

Neil Wagner

st Fortuin b Piedt

10-211

77.3

South Africa 2nd Innings

235/10 (69.5)

Batters

Neil Brand

56.67

c Blundell b Rourke

Clyde Fortuin

12.50

lbw b Ravindra

Raynard van Tonder

7.69

c Wagner b Rourke

Zubayr Hamza

26.98

c Young b Wagner

David Bedingham

110

141

78.01

c Phillips b Rourke

Keegan Petersen

54.43

c Phillips b Henry

Ruan de Swardt

16.67

b Phillips

Shaun von Berg

9.09

c Wagner b Rourke

Dane Piedt

28.57

c Southee b Phillips

Dane Paterson

233.33

c Blundell b Rourke

Tshepo Moreki

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 10, LB: 1, NB: 2, W: 2)

TOTAL

(69.5 Ov, RR: 3.37)

235/10

Bowlers

EXT

Tim Southee

3.67

Matt Henry

1.36

Rachin Ravindra

3.85

William O’Rourke

13.5

2.46

Glenn Phillips

3.33

Neil Wagner

5.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Clyde Fortuin

lbw b Ravindra

1-23

10.1

Raynard van Tonder

c Wagner b Rourke

2-28

13.4

Neil Brand

c Blundell b Rourke

3-39

17.5

Zubayr Hamza

c Young b Wagner

4-104

36.5

Keegan Petersen

c Phillips b Henry

5-202

59.2

Ruan de Swardt

b Phillips

6-213

62.2

David Bedingham

c Phillips b Rourke

7-219

65.3

Dane Piedt

c Southee b Phillips

8-226

68.1

Shaun von Berg

c Wagner b Rourke

9-234

69.1

Dane Paterson

c Blundell b Rourke

10-235

69.5

New Zealand 2nd Innings

269/3 (94.2)

Batters

Tom Latham

52.63

c Zubayr Hamza b Piedt

Devon Conway

38.64

lbw b Piedt

Kane Williamson

133

260

51.15

Not out

Rachin Ravindra

27.78

c Brand b Piedt

Will Young

134

44.78

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 1)

TOTAL

(94.2 Ov, RR: 2.85)

269/3

Did not Bat

Tom Blundell, Glenn Phillips, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, William O’Rourke

Bowlers

EXT

Dane Paterson

2.64

Tshepo Moreki

18.2

2.40

Dane Piedt

2.91

Shaun von Berg

3.75

Ruan de Swardt

1.17

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devon Conway

lbw b Piedt

1-40

13.5

Tom Latham

c Zubayr Hamza b Piedt

2-53

19.5

Rachin Ravindra

c Brand b Piedt

3-117

46.3

Match Info

Date & Time

13 Feb, 03:30 AM IST

Venue

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Match

2nd Test,

South Africa tour of New Zealand

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

South Africa elected to bat

0 2 0 1 1 1

Over 92

Runs: 5

0 0 0 nb 0 3 0

Over 93

Runs: 3

0 0 1 0 1 1

Over 94

Runs: 3

0 4

Over 95

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match William O’Rourke

4/59 & 5/34

Commentary

We have had a lot of fun bringing you all the action from this 2-match Test series, friends! We hope you enjoyed out coverage too. Now, it will be about two Trans-Tasman rivals going up against each other from 29 February for another riveting Test series, which you should not miss for sure! But before that, there is a T20I series to look forward to between the teams and that begins on 21 February in Wellington itself, at the Regional Stadium. So do join us for that game and soak in the extravaganza! For now, this is the pair of Rudransh and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

So with that, we come to the end of what has been a good series for the hosts. They were up against a team short of experience at this level and slightly low in quality. They made sure that the two Test matches were won, rather convincingly in the end. What this does now is give them more World Test Championship points and some much needed confidence going into the critical Australia series, starting in Wellington. But South Africa did punch above their weight with impressive performances in the second Test! Dane Peidt, Dane Paterson and David Bedingham were the standouts. It will be interesting to see if the Proteas keep the two Danes in their scheme of things going forward, but, Bedingham has kind of assured his place in the next Test match, no matter who is available for that.

William O'Rourke has been adjudged the Player of the Match. What a performance it was from the debutant! 9 wickets in the match, including a Test fifer. It couldn't get any better for him, could it? He will be a serious contender for the first Test match against Australia starting later this month.

New Zealand win by 7 wickets and take the series 2-0!

Kane Williamson - 43 (108) and 133* (260) | William O'Rourke - 4/59 (18.2) and 5/34 (13.5)
David Bedingham - 39 (102) and 110 (141) | Dane Piedt - 5/89 (32.3) and 3/93 (32)

At the start of Day 4, New Zealand needed 227 runs to win with 9 wickets in hand. It was not going to be easy and they needed a couple of good partnerships to steer them home.

Well, as it turned out, two back-to-back partnerships of 50 runs and more sealed the deal! After the early loss of Tom Latham to who else but Dane Piedt, Kane Williamson teamed up with Rachin Ravindra first and put together 64 runs for the 3rd wicket. And then, an unbeaten stand of 162 runs for the 4th wicket between Will Young and Williamson again got the job done for the hosts!

But the performance of the innings was that of Kane Williamson's! He brought up yet another Test hundred at Seddon Park, his 32nd in this format and 3rd of the series, batted near flawlessly and showed just why he is so good in the 4th innings of a Test by picking up his 5th century, batting last!

The solid defensive strokes off both feet, the magnificent ability to play the ball late, the use of the feet to go both forward and come back and his running between the wickets, broke the back of the South African bowling attack today. Williamson was lucky at times to play and miss, he also played a few shots too early to bring the catching fielders into play, but, made sure to put all of those behind and bat authoritatively!

New Zealand will be mightily impressed with Will Young's effort today as he replaced the injured Daryl Mitchell and made a case for himself for the Test series against Australia with a nice, unbeaten 60 off 134 balls. The knock was glittered with 8 boundaries, including a tremendous sweep against Piedt behind square on the on-side.

South Africa tried hard. They were able to get two left-hand batters out via their reliable off-spinner, but could not break through further and get into the tail. Neither Dane Paterson nor Tshepo Moreki was among the wickets and the all-out effort from Shaun von Berg to strike did not bear fruit either.

It was strange that captain Neil Brand did not bowl himself at all in this innings, having taken as many as 8 wickets in the last match! But, this South African outfit gave it their all to upset the apple cart. Just that the quality and experience of this home side was way too good!

After 92 years, New Zealand win a Test series against South Africa! And quite befittingly, Kane Williamson finishes things off in style!

94.2 Tshepo Moreki to Kane Williamson, FOUR! NEW ZEALAND BEAT SOUTH AFRICA IN A TEST SERIES FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER! And it's the perfect man to do it with the perfect shot - an immaculate cover drive from outside the off-stump! The hosts take the clean sweep. South Africa go home with a lot more experience but without any wins to show beside their names. End of a good one!

Only fine-leg is back on the fence for South Africa.

94.1 Tshepo Moreki to Kane Williamson, length ball on the off-stump, blocked back

Only a couple of runs remain for the Blackcaps to pick up more WTC points and seal a series win for the first time against the Proteas.

overs

265 /3 score

runs

Kane Williamson *

129 (258)

Will Young

60 (134)

Dane Piedt

3 /93

93.6 Dane Piedt to Kane Williamson, walks down the track to knock it to mid-wicket for one more

93.5 Dane Piedt to Will Young, short on the stumps, goes behind in his crease and pulls it to mid-wicket for one

93.4 Dane Piedt to Will Young, comes down the track and pushes it to the bowler

One hit away are New Zealand!

93.3 Dane Piedt to Kane Williamson, fuller on the leg-stump, flicked to the leg-side for one

93.2 Dane Piedt to Kane Williamson, fuller on middle and leg, clipped to mid-wicket

Close to the off-stump on the ricochet there!

93.1 Dane Piedt to Kane Williamson, length ball outside the off-stump, Williamson pokes at it but misses

So, do we see Kane Williamson step out and pump one over the boundary to win it for New Zealand now? Or does he do it the way we know him to? Either way, the writing is on the wall for South Africa.

overs

262 /3 score

1nb

runs

Will Young *

59 (132)

Kane Williamson

127 (254)

Tshepo Moreki

0 /40

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