New Zealand v South Africa
3rd ODI · Basin Reserve, Wellington · 4 Apr 2026
New Zealand won by 66 runs
New Zealand innings306/750 overs
South Africa innings24046.1 overs · target 307
The worm
New ZealandSouth Africa
Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.
Runs per over
New Zealandwicket
South Africawicket
New Zealand innings 306/7 (50 ov)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW Bates | c CL Tryon b TS Sekhukhune | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GE Plimmer | b A Hlubi | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| AC Kerr | c A Bosch b TS Sekhukhune | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ML Green | not out | 141 | 128 | 15 | 0 | 110.2 |
| BM Halliday | c S Jafta b N de Klerk | 98 | 124 | 13 | 0 | 79.0 |
| IC Gaze | run out (TS Sekhukhune/A Hlubi) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.7 |
| IG Sharp | b A Hlubi | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| JM Kerr | c A Dercksen b N Mlaba | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 |
| NH Patel | not out | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| Extras | 25 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 50 overs | 306 | ||||
Did not bat: KA Knight, RA Mair
Fall of wickets: 3-1 (SW Bates, 1.6 ov), 3-2 (GE Plimmer, 2.4 ov), 3-3 (AC Kerr, 3.1 ov), 214-4 (BM Halliday, 39.4 ov), 233-5 (IC Gaze, 41.6 ov), 278-6 (IG Sharp, 47.2 ov), 285-7 (JM Kerr, 48.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Hlubi | 10 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| TS Sekhukhune | 8 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 7.13 | 23 | 10 | 2 |
| N de Klerk | 8 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 6.88 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| A Dercksen | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| N Mlaba | 10 | 0 | 70 | 1 | 7.00 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| S Luus | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 3.83 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| CL Tryon | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 6.83 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 12 | SW Bates 0, GE Plimmer 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 4 | GE Plimmer 0, AC Kerr 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | AC Kerr 0, ML Green 0 |
| 4 | 211 | 219 | ML Green 95, BM Halliday 98 |
| 5 | 19 | 14 | ML Green 11, IC Gaze 7 |
| 6 | 45 | 32 | ML Green 25, IG Sharp 16 |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | ML Green 1, JM Kerr 6 |
| Unbroken | 21 | 11 | ML Green 9, NH Patel 12 |
South Africa innings 240 (46.1 ov)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L Wolvaardt | c IG Sharp b KA Knight | 69 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 101.5 |
| T Brits | lbw b RA Mair | 25 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 61.0 |
| A Dercksen | c NH Patel b RA Mair | 47 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 90.4 |
| S Luus | c AC Kerr b NH Patel | 21 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 67.7 |
| A Bosch | c IC Gaze b RA Mair | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| S Jafta | c IC Gaze b AC Kerr | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 57.1 |
| N de Klerk | c GE Plimmer b JM Kerr | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 81.8 |
| CL Tryon | c IC Gaze b RA Mair | 29 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 111.5 |
| TS Sekhukhune | not out | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 |
| N Mlaba | c & b AC Kerr | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| A Hlubi | c NH Patel b RA Mair | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 46.1 overs | 240 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 68-1 (T Brits, 12.6 ov), 145-2 (L Wolvaardt, 25.6 ov), 148-3 (A Dercksen, 27.1 ov), 154-4 (A Bosch, 29.4 ov), 178-5 (S Jafta, 35.3 ov), 192-6 (S Luus, 37.4 ov), 204-7 (N de Klerk, 40.1 ov), 232-8 (CL Tryon, 44.2 ov), 237-9 (N Mlaba, 45.3 ov), 240-10 (A Hlubi, 46.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Kerr | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 4.50 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| RA Mair | 9.1 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 5.45 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| KA Knight | 7 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 6.86 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| AC Kerr | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 4.11 | 34 | 1 | 0 |
| NH Patel | 9 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 4.44 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| SW Bates | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 68 | 78 | L Wolvaardt 38, T Brits 25 |
| 2 | 77 | 78 | L Wolvaardt 31, A Dercksen 45 |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | A Dercksen 2, S Luus 1 |
| 4 | 6 | 15 | S Luus 3, A Bosch 3 |
| 5 | 24 | 35 | S Luus 12, S Jafta 12 |
| 6 | 14 | 13 | S Luus 5, N de Klerk 4 |
| 7 | 12 | 15 | N de Klerk 5, CL Tryon 7 |
| 8 | 28 | 25 | CL Tryon 22, TS Sekhukhune 5 |
| 9 | 5 | 7 | TS Sekhukhune 1, N Mlaba 4 |
| 10 | 3 | 4 | TS Sekhukhune 2, A Hlubi 1 |
Match details
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to field
- Player of the match
- ML Green
- Ground
- Basin Reserve, New Zealand
- Season
- 2025/26
- Umpires
- CA Polosak, SB Haig
- Match referee
- TL Anderson
- Source
- Cricsheet match 1491712