NZ vs SA Full Scorecard, Zimbabwe T20I Tri Series 2025 Updates

2nd T20I • Harare Sports Club • Harare

New Zealand

173/5 (20)

South Africa

152 (18.2)

NZ won by 21 runs

Info

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Date & Time

16 Jul, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

2nd T20I,

Zimbabwe T20I Tri Series 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Percival Sizara (Zimbabwe), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

South Africa elected to bowl

Pitch Report

The action will be on the same pitch that was used in the previous outing so the dimensions will be the same. The long boundaries will bring the twos and threes into play. There is also some live grass on the surface. It does look pretty consistent. The batters struggled in the last game as they couldn't get used to the pace of the surface. There is one short boundary which is around 65m and the batters will look to target that one to better returns. This pitch does look slightly better and the par score should be around 175-180.

1st Innings

154Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129Avg SR

2nd Innings

137Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

122.56Avg SR

Weather Update

Playing XILineups Out

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

South Africa

New Zealand

Player of the Match Tim Robinson

75(57)

Info

New Zealand

173/5 (20)

Batters

Tim Seifert

137.50

c Muthusamy b Ngidi

Devon Conway

128.57

c Ld Pretorius b Maphaka

Tim Robinson

131.58

Not out

Daryl Mitchell

100.00

c Maphaka b Coetzee

Mitchell Hay

66.67

lbw b Muthusamy

Jimmy Neesham

0.00

c Bosch b Maphaka

Bevon Jacobs

146.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 13)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.65)

173/5

Did not Bat

Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy

Bowlers

EXT

9.33

9.50

8.25

9.75

13.00

4.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tim Seifert

c Muthusamy b Ngidi

1-27

2.5

Devon Conway

c Ld Pretorius b Maphaka

2-35

3.6

Daryl Mitchell

c Maphaka b Coetzee

3-62

7.4

Mitchell Hay

lbw b Muthusamy

4-69

8.6

Jimmy Neesham

c Bosch b Maphaka

5-70

9.3

South Africa

152/10 (18.2)

Batters

Lhuan dre Pretorius

158.82

c Seifert b Henry

Reeza Hendricks

133.33

b Santner

Rubin Hermann

20.00

c Henry b Duffy

Senuran Muthusamy

77.78

b Sodhi

Rassie van der Dussen

(C)

75.00

runout (Santner / Seifert)

Dewald Brevis

194.44

c Mitchell b Henry

George Linde

150.00

c Conway b Duffy

Corbin Bosch

200.00

lbw b Sodhi

Gerald Coetzee

106.25

c Neesham b Henry

Kwena Maphaka

0.00

c Santner b Duffy

Lungisani Ngidi

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(18.2 Ov, RR: 8.29)

152/10

Bowlers

EXT

Matt Henry

3.2

10.20

5.00

8.50

9.67

8.75

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Lhuan dre Pretorius

c Seifert b Henry

1-34

3.2

Rubin Hermann

c Henry b Duffy

2-35

4.2

Reeza Hendricks

b Santner

3-50

6.2

Senuran Muthusamy

b Sodhi

4-60

7.5

Rassie van der Dussen

runout (Santner / Seifert)

5-62

8.4

Dewald Brevis

c Mitchell b Henry

6-101

11.6

Corbin Bosch

lbw b Sodhi

7-111

13.1

George Linde

c Conway b Duffy

8-148

17.4

Kwena Maphaka

c Santner b Duffy

9-148

17.5

Gerald Coetzee

c Neesham b Henry

10-152

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

16 Jul, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

Harare Sports Club

Match

2nd T20I,

Zimbabwe T20I Tri Series 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Iknow Chabi (Zimbabwe), Percival Sizara (Zimbabwe), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

South Africa elected to bowl

1 1 1 6 1 1

Over 16

Runs: 11

1 1 0 1 4 0

Over 17

Runs: 7

4 1 0 W W 0

Over 18

Runs: 5

4 W

Over 19

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Tim Robinson

75(57)

Commentary

That would be all from our side as we come to the end of our live coverage of this T20 international between South Africa and New Zealand. For now, it's Soumarya Dutta signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Sooryanarayanan Sesha. See you soon!

Vivek Maurya: "Only if Dewald Brevis applied himself a bit more then this was South Africa's game all the way. He is a brilliant ball striker but needs to play the situation a bit more as he goes ahead in his career."

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand Captain) - " It was a great team effort. The partnership from Bevan and Robinson was brilliant. We were put under pressure in both the innings but we managed to get out of it. I thought we got a par score on the surface. It looked like a tough wicket to start off with. It's always good to see Jimmy Neesham in his element in the field. We have a large squad and I was happy to park myself at mid off today. "

Tim Robinson is the Player of the Match for his 57-ball 75. Here's what he has to say: Obviously feel great. To contribute to a win is fantastic. We had a rough start there. Me and Bev batting out there was fun. Credit to the Proteas bowlers, I thought they bowled really well. Especially when the new batters came in they made it tough. Bev and I discussed to take it as deep as we could. It was a really good wicket and the ball sure flew when we hit it. It was a good surface. The South Africans used the big side really well. They bowled very straight from the far end and hit their lengths well. Once you got in you could trust the wicket.

Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa captain): They put us under pressure. The bowlers did really well to keep them to 173. It was a really good pitch out there. The bowlers did their part, the batters just couldn't get it together. There's a certain way we want to play. You've got to take the rough with the smooth and accept that you're going to get it wrong at some stage. We want to try and hone in on a game plan that we want to execute. Sometimes we may get it wrong and that's fine. (On the plan while chasing) Just using the boundaries smartly. There was a short boundary and it's often tough to defend both sides. Not a good batting performance but it's okay, it's not the end of the world. We tried a few things and we'll keep trying until we get it right. (On Muthusamy) Brilliant. There wasn't really any spin to work with either. He's a really skilful bowler. It was easy for me to just bowl him through.

Time for the presentation...

South Africa 152 all out in 18.2 overs
Dewald Brevis 35(18) | Jacob Duffy 3/20
George Linde 30 (20) | Matt Henry 3/34

We've have had an exhilarating game of cricket here at the Harare Sports Club and New Zealand have beaten South Africa by 21 runs here after the two sides clashed for the first time in 8 years. The Proteas went hard at this run chase but they kept losing too many wickets. They did bat deep but in the end just ran out of options as New Zealand kept picking up the wickets. George Linde and Gerald Coetzee kept them in the hunt but the 18th over from Jacob Duffy yielded two wickets and he set the game up for his side.

Earlier, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius got himself off to a flyer as the run chase began. He smashed as many as six boundaries in his innings before it was cut short by Matt Henry who picked up the first wicket for New Zealand. Jacob Duffy came in and dismissed Rubin Hermann who had scored the highest for the Proteas in the previous game. The power play hung in balance therefore as the scoreboard read 50/2.

The Proteas collapsed post the powerplay as Reeza Hendricks was dismissed by Santner and Sodhi came in to pick up Senuran Muthusamy. Rassie van der Dussen, the skipper didn't last long either and he was dismissed run out courtesy a confusion. Dewald Brevis lit up the game for a while as he smashed a flurry of sixes again but he was dismissed for 35 by Matt Henry as the Proteas were 6 down at the end of the 12th over.

For New Zealand, Matt Henry and Jacob Duffy were the pick of the bowlers as they picked up three wickets each. Ish Sodhi took a bit of tap but he did his job as he picked up a couple of wickets as did the skipper Mitchell Santner who picked up a wicket as well. It was a collective effort from the Kiwis and they always had the Proteas under pressure as they kept chipping away at the wickets.

Matt Henry picks up the final wicket and New Zealand have won this game by 21 runs. It's a comfortable victory in the end for the Kiwis.

Gerald Coetzee has been dismissed for 17 runs off 16 balls

18.2 Matt Henry to Gerald Coetzee, SKIED...AND NEESHAM PULLS OFF A STUNNER! Such a fitting end to this contest! Length ball with pace off outside the off stump. Coetzee swings for the bleachers but miscues it over mid-wicket where Neesham comes charging in from the deep. He dives forward and plucks a stunner before holding on as he tumbles over and it brings the contest to a close. New Zealand get on the board with a 21-run win!

Still not over! Coetzee continues to fight on. South Africa will take every boundary that comes here.

18.1 Matt Henry to Gerald Coetzee, LEADING EDGE! FOUR! Pace off on a full length wide of off. Coetzee swings hard as the leading edge balloons over short third man and makes its away to the fence

Unbelievable over from Jacob Duffy. He picked up two wickets in two balls including George Linde and Maphaka and South Africa are 9 down now. This is New Zealand's game surely from here onwards. South Africa need 26 runs from 12 balls.

overs

148 /9 score

runs

Lungisani Ngidi *

0 (1)

Gerald Coetzee

13 (14)

Jacob Duffy

3 /20

17.6 Jacob Duffy to Lungisani Ngidi, on a length outside off. Ngidi taps the ball to cover

Lungisani Ngidi batting at 11th position

Kwena Maphaka has been dismissed for 0 runs off 1 balls

17.5 Jacob Duffy to Kwena Maphaka, TAKEN AT COVER! Maphaka slams this one straight to Santner. Full outside the off stump. Maphaka controls his drive uppishly but hits it straight to the Kiwi skiper at short cover. But hang on - there's a no ball check. This looks very touch and go. The TV ump has a look at it multiple times and eventually concludes that there was a smidgen just behind the line. That's that for Maphaka and Duffy is on a hat-trick!

Kwena Maphaka, LHB, comes to the crease.

Massive wicket in the context of the game and New Zealand are back into the contest again. South Africa have lost the set batter and it's up to the tail now. Surely, New Zealand are the favorites.

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