1st T20I: South Africa v New Zealand Scorecard 21 December 2012

New Zealand 86 (18.2/20 ov) & South Africa 87/2 (12.1/20 ov)
South Africa won by 8 wickets (with 47 balls remaining)

New Zealand innings (20 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR RJ Nicol c †de Kock b Kleinveldt 3 9 5 0 0 60.00 PG Fulton c Morris b Steyn 9 18 13 2 0 69.23 BB McCullum*† c Steyn b Kleinveldt 6 12 11 1 0 54.54 JEC Franklin c †de Kock b McLaren 0 10 3 0 0 0.00 C Munro c & b Morris 23 34 18 4 0 127.77 Corey J Anderson c Levi b Morris 5 6 5 1 0 100.00 NL McCullum b Peterson 1 5 7 0 0 14.28 JDS Neesham b Peterson 10 8 7 2 0 142.85 DAJ Bracewell not out 21 32 25 3 0 84.00 RM Hira c Kleinveldt b Steyn 5 19 13 0 0 38.46 MJ McClenaghan c Peterson b Kleinveldt 0 5 3 0 0 0.00 Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3 Total (all out; 18.2 overs; 83 mins) 86 (4.69 runs per over) Fall of wickets 1-9 (Nicol, 2.1 ov), 2-19 (Fulton, 3.6 ov), 3-19 (BB McCullum, 4.5 ov), 4-27 (Franklin, 6.2 ov), 5-34 (Anderson, 7.3 ov), 6-36 (NL McCullum, 8.5 ov), 7-54 (Neesham, 10.4 ov), 8-60 (Munro, 11.6 ov), 9-81 (Hira, 17.1 ov), 10-86 (McClenaghan, 18.2 ov) Bowling O M R W Econ R McLaren 4 0 27 1 6.75 DW Steyn 3 0 13 2 4.33 (1w) RK Kleinveldt 3.2 1 18 3 5.40 CH Morris 3.4 0 19 2 5.18 (1w) RJ Peterson 4 0 8 2 2.00 F du Plessis 0.2 0 0 0 0.00

South Africa innings (target: 87 runs from 20 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
RE Levi	c Fulton b McClenaghan	0	2	5	0	0	0.00
H Davids	b Hira	20	25	13	3	1	153.84
F du Plessis*	not out	38	45	32	6	0	118.75
Q de Kock†	not out	28	23	23	5	0	121.73
Extras	(w 1)	1
Total	(2 wickets; 12.1 overs; 48 mins)	87	(7.15 runs per over)

Did not bat F Behardien, DA Miller, RJ Peterson, R McLaren, DW Steyn, CH Morris, RK Kleinveldt

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Levi, 0.5 ov), 2-45 (Davids, 5.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ McClenaghan	3	1	20	1	6.66
DAJ Bracewell	2	0	21	0	10.50	(1w)
RM Hira	3	0	15	1	5.00
Corey J Anderson	1	0	11	0	11.00
NL McCullum	2	0	7	0	3.50
RJ Nicol	1	0	11	0	11.00
JDS Neesham	0.1	0	2	0	12.00

Match details

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat Series South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0

T20I debuts Corey J Anderson, MJ McClenaghan, C Munro and JDS Neesham (New Zealand); H Davids, Q de Kock and CH Morris (South Africa) Player of the match RK Kleinveldt (South Africa)

Umpires JD Cloete and S George TV umpire AT Holdstock Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire BG Jerling