a18549 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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New Zealand innings
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