a18550 o2648	South Africa v New Zealand
	New Zealand in South Africa 2007/08 (1st ODI)
Venue	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban on 25th November 2007 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 2 wickets
Umpires	MR Benson, BG Jerling
TV umpire	M Erasmus
Referee	J Srinath
Reserve Umpire	IL Howell
Player of the Match	AB de Villiers

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
L Vincent	b Ntini	6	13	15	-	1	12	46.15
+BB McCullum	b Botha	40	67	94	4	-	44	59.70
JM How	b Nel	90	124	181	11	-	75	72.58
SB Styris	c Botha b Nel	40	45	57	1	-	13	88.89
LRPL Taylor	c Nel b Morkel	20	22	25	1	1	11	90.91
MS Sinclair	not out	32	23	34	3	1	7	139.13
GJ Hopkins	b Nel	0	1	1	-	-	1	0.00
KD Mills	not out	9	6	12	-	-	0	150.00
*DL Vettori	did not bat
MR Gillespie	did not bat
CS Martin	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	11
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 215 minutes, 50 overs)	248
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Vincent, 3.4 ov), 2-84 (McCullum, 22.4 ov), 3-159 (Styris, 37.1 ov), 4-195 (Taylor, 43.2 ov), 5-223 (How, 47.3 ov), 6-223 (Hopkins, 47.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Pollock	10	4	21	0	-	-	45	1	-	-	2.10
Ntini	9	0	62	1	1	1	32	7	2	54.00	6.89
Nel	10	0	46	3	3	-	33	3	-	20.00	4.60
Morkel	10	0	54	1	1	-	29	6	-	60.00	5.40
Botha	9	0	44	1	-	-	22	2	1	54.00	4.89
Duminy	2	0	16	0	-	-	1	1	-	-	8.00

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
MN van Wyk	b Mills	0	4	2	-	-	4	0.00
*GC Smith	c Martin b Styris	44	64	115	4	-	35	68.75
JH Kallis	c Taylor b Mills	1	15	19	-	-	14	6.67
AB de Villiers	c and b Vettori	87	103	148	9	-	51	84.47
JP Duminy	c sub (JS Patel) b Martin	46	59	84	3	1	32	77.97
+MV Boucher	not out	35	37	65	3	-	14	94.59
SM Pollock	c Taylor b Mills	6	5	7	1	-	2	120.00
JA Morkel	c McCullum b Mills	0	2	3	-	-	2	0.00
J Botha	c Vincent b Mills	6	6	12	-	-	2	100.00
A Nel	not out	10	5	9	2	-	1	200.00
M Ntini	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 10 w)	14
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 237 minutes, 50 overs)	249
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (van Wyk, 0.4 ov), 2-9 (Kallis, 4.6 ov), 3-100 (Smith, 25.3 ov), 4-172 (de Villiers, 38.2 ov), 5-211 (Duminy, 45.1 ov), 6-220 (Pollock, 46.2 ov), 7-222 (Morkel, 46.5 ov), 8-238 (Botha, 48.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mills	10	2	25	5	2	-	45	2	-	12.00	2.50
Gillespie	10	3	50	0	2	-	36	6	-	-	5.00
Martin	10	0	65	1	2	-	24	8	-	60.00	6.50
Vettori	10	0	47	1	3	-	25	2	-	60.00	4.70
Styris	10	0	58	1	1	-	27	4	1	60.00	5.80

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Notes
--> New Zealand powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (33/1)
--> New Zealand powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (33/1) to 15
--> New Zealand powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> South Africa powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (14/2)
--> South Africa powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (14/2) to 15
--> South Africa powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> New Zealand innings: 50 in 15.6 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 100 in 27.1 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 150 in 35.4 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 200 in 44.4 overs
--> South Africa innings: 50 in 16.2 overs
--> South Africa innings: 100 in 25.1 overs
--> South Africa innings: 150 in 35.2 overs
--> South Africa innings: 200 in 43.5 overs
--> JM How 50 in 81 balls with 8 fours
--> JM How passed his previous highest score of 66 in ODI matches
--> AB de Villiers 50 in 70 balls with 6 fours
--> JM How made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> J Botha made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> MR Gillespie made his debut in South Africa in List A matches
--> MR Gillespie made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> LRPL Taylor made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> MN van Wyk made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> GJ Hopkins made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> CS Martin made his debut in South Africa in ODI matches
--> KD Mills achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed J Botha in the South Africa innings (previous best was 4-14)
--> KD Mills achieved his first five wickets in an innings in ODI matches in the South Africa innings
--> KD Mills achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed J Botha in the South Africa innings (previous best was 4-14)
--> KD Mills achieved his first five wickets in an innings in List A matches in the South Africa innings
--> BB McCullum (29) and JM How (16) added 50 in 85 balls for the New Zealand 2nd wicket
--> JM How (24) and SB Styris (26) added 50 in 60 balls for the New Zealand 3rd wicket
--> GC Smith (13) and AB de Villiers (35) added 50 in 78 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket
--> AB de Villiers (29) and JP Duminy (18) added 50 in 59 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket

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