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New Zealand vs South Africa Cricket Series 2007
New Zealand will play 3 ODIs & 1 T20, followed by 2 test matches during the South Africa tour starting October 25 2007.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- Thu 8 - Mon 12, November 2007: 1st Test - New Zealand vs South Africa at Johannesburg
- Fri 16 - Tue 20, November 2007: 2nd Test - New Zealand vs South Africa at Centurion
- Fri 23, November 2007: Twenty20 - New Zealand vs South Africa at Johannesburg
- Sun 25, November 2007: 1st ODI - New Zealand vs South Africa at Durban
- Fri 30, November 2007: 2nd ODI - New Zealand vs South Africa at Port Elizabeth
- Sun 02, December 2007: 3rd ODI - New Zealand vs South Africa at Cape Town
New Zealand in South Africa Cricket Series 2007
New Zealand vs South Africa First ODI at Durban
SA vs NZ, 1st ODI, Durban: Andre Nel secures last-ball win for South Africa
Nov 26, 2007
Andre Nel hit the final ball of the match over cover to give South Africa a dramatic two-wicket win over New Zealand in the first one-day international.
The Proteas required 11 off the final over to reach their target of 249 and the Kiwis looked in control with nine needed from the last three balls. But Nel hit back-to-back boundaries through the covers off Mark Gillespie to draw the scores level and his chip into the off-side off their final ball brought up the single needed for victory. Morne van Wyk was bowled by Kyle Mills before the Proteas had a run on the board.
South Africa struggled to find the gaps and Mills then dismissed Jacques Kallis with a fantastic ball that squared him up and induced a nick to Ross Taylor at slip leaving the hosts struggling on nine for two. The Proteas recovered through Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers who took the score to 100 before Smith was controversially given out by the third umpire.
The South Africa skipper pulled a Scott Styris long-hop to deep mid-wicket where Chris Martin took a safe catch but replays proved inconclusive as to whether the New Zealander had touched the rope as he took the catch. The third umpire gave Martin the benefit of the doubt and Smith was gone for 44. South Africa looked to be cruising to victory until Daniel Vettori took a tremendous catch off his own bowling to remove De Villiers for 87 and make the score 172 for four.
With South Africa under pressure, needing 63 from 48 balls, Jean-Paul Duminy smashed Styris for six over mid-wicket to ease the required run-rate. And Nel ended with figures of three for 46 from 10 overs.
SA vs NZ, 1st ODI, Durban: South Africa 249-8 (50 overs) beat New Zealand 248-6 (50 overs) by two wickets
New Zealand in South Africa Cricket Series 2007
First ODI at Durban
Scores
South Africa won the toss and decided to field
248 for 6 (50.0 overs)
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249 for 8 (50.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Vincent | b Ntini | 6 |
13 | 0 | 1 | |
McCullum | b Botha | 40 |
67 | 4 | 0 | |
How | b Nel | 90 |
124 | 11 | 0 | |
Styris | c Botha | b Nel | 40 |
45 | 1 | 0 |
Taylor | c Nel | b A Morkel | 20 |
22 | 1 | 1 |
Sinclair | not out | 32 |
23 | 3 | 1 | |
Hopkins | b Nel | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mills | not out | 9 |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 1nb 5w 5lb | 11 | ||||
Total | for 6 | 248 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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van Wyk | b Mills | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
Smith | c Martin | b Styris | 44 |
64 | 4 | 0 |
Kallis | c Taylor | b Mills | 1 |
15 | 0 | 0 |
de Villiers | c and b | Vettori | 87 |
103 | 9 | 0 |
Duminy | c sub | b Martin | 46 |
59 | 3 | 1 |
Boucher | not out | 35 |
37 | 3 | 0 | |
Pollock | c Taylor | b Mills | 6 |
5 | 1 | 0 |
A Morkel | c McCullum | b Mills | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
Botha | c Vincent | b Mills | 6 |
6 | 0 | 0 |
Nel | not out | 10 |
5 | 2 | 0 | |
Extras | 10w 4lb | 14 | ||||
Total | for 8 | 249 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Umpires: M R Benson, B G Jerling
South Africa: Smith, van Wyk, Duminy, Kallis, de Villiers, Boucher, Pollock, A Morkel, Botha, Nel, Ntini
New Zealand: Vincent, McCullum, How, Taylor, Styris, Sinclair, Hopkins, Vettori, Mills, Gillespie, Martin
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Cricket series schedule
- Thu 26, Feb - Mon 2, March 2009: South Africa v Australia 1st Test at Johannesburg
- Fri 6 - Tue 10, March 2009: South Africa v Australia 2nd Test at Durban
- Thu 19 - Mon 23, March 2009: South Africa v Australia 3rd Test Cape Town
- Fri 27, March 2009(D/N): South Africa v Australia 1st T20 at Johannesburg
- Sun 29, March 2009(D/N): South Africa v Australia 2nd T20 at Centurion
- Fri 3, April 2009(D/N): South Africa v Australia 1st ODI Durban
- Sun 5, April 2009: South Africa v Australia 2nd ODI Centurion
- Thu 9, April 2009(D/N): South Africa v Australia 3rd ODI at Cape Town
- Mon 13, April 2009: South Africa v Australia 4th ODI at Port Elizabeth
- Fri 17, April 2009(D/N): South Africa v Australia 5th ODI at Johannesburg