tt16559 itt3783	New Zealand v South Africa
	South Africa in New Zealand 2025/26 (5th Twenty20)
Venue	Hagley Oval, Christchurch on 25th March 2026 (20-over match) (night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
Result	South Africa won by 33 runs
Umpires	KD Cotton, WR Knights
TV umpire	CA Black
Referee	DR Gilbert (Australia)
Scorers	KF Fleet, JB Stuart
Reserve Umpire	CM Brown
Player of the Match	CB Esterhuizen

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
T de Zorzi	lbw b Foulkes	12	14	17	3	-	11	85.71
PWA Mulder	c Neesham b Clarkson	31	29	49	2	2	16	106.90
RA Hermann	c Kelly b Sears	39	31	55	4	1	12	125.81
+CB Esterhuizen	c Neesham b Sears	75	33	44	5	6	7	227.27
DJ Forrester	not out	21	13	22	1	1	3	161.54
JF Smith	not out	1	2	2	-	-	1	50.00
GF Linde	did not bat
GW Coetzee	did not bat
*KA Maharaj	did not bat
P Subrayen	did not bat
OEG Baartman	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	8
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 96 minutes, 20 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-21 (de Zorzi, 3.4 ov), 2-76 (Mulder, 10.1 ov), 3-125 (Hermann, 15.1 ov), 4-186 (Esterhuizen, 19.4 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Jamieson	4	0	43	0	2	-	11	5	2	-	10.75
Foulkes	4	0	22	1	1	1	14	3	-	24.00	5.50
Sears	4	0	37	2	-	-	10	3	2	12.00	9.25
McConchie	4	0	48	0	-	-	5	1	5	-	12.00
Neesham	2	0	21	0	1	-	4	2	1	-	10.50
Clarkson	2	0	14	1	-	1	4	1	-	12.00	7.00

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
KD Clarke	c Esterhuizen b Mulder	2	4	7	-	-	2	50.00
TB Robinson	run out (Smith->Esterhuizen)	25	20	40	1	-	6	125.00
+D Cleaver	c Smith b Baartman	22	17	19	3	-	6	129.41
NF Kelly	b Maharaj	14	18	21	1	-	8	77.78
B Jacobs	c Forrester b Baartman	36	19	27	2	3	7	189.47
*JDS Neesham	c Esterhuizen b Mulder	24	24	38	2	-	9	100.00
JA Clarkson	c de Zorzi b Coetzee	13	10	13	2	-	4	130.00
CE McConchie	c Mulder b Coetzee	1	2	2	-	-	1	50.00
ZG Foulkes	not out	4	2	7	1	-	1	200.00
KA Jamieson	not out	4	4	4	-	-	1	100.00
BV Sears	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 3 lb, 5 w)	9
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 92 minutes, 20 overs)	154
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Clarke, 1.3 ov), 2-46 (Cleaver, 5.4 ov), 3-62 (Robinson, 8.5 ov), 4-69 (Kelly, 10.2 ov), 5-121 (Jacobs, 15.4 ov), 6-143 (Clarkson, 18.2 ov), 7-145 (McConchie, 18.5 ov), 8-149 (Neesham, 19.1 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Coetzee	4	0	21	2	-	-	11	1	-	12.00	5.25
Mulder	3	0	28	2	-	-	6	4	-	9.00	9.33
Linde	2	0	11	0	4	-	5	-	-	-	5.50
Baartman	4	0	33	2	1	-	11	5	-	12.00	8.25
Subrayen	4	0	22	0	-	-	7	-	-	-	5.50
Maharaj	3	0	35	1	-	-	5	2	3	18.00	11.67

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Notes
--> South Africa powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (43/1)
--> New Zealand powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (46/2)
--> South Africa innings: 50 in 7.2 overs
--> South Africa innings: 100 in 12.6 overs
--> South Africa innings: 150 in 17.1 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 50 in 6.4 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 100 in 14.1 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 150 in 19.2 overs
--> CB Esterhuizen 50 in 25 balls with 3 fours and 4 sixes
--> CB Esterhuizen passed his previous highest score of 57 in International Twenty20 matches
--> CB Esterhuizen passed his previous highest score of 69 in Twenty20 matches
--> DJ Forrester passed his previous highest score of 19 in International Twenty20 matches
--> JA Clarkson passed 2000 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 1
--> PWA Mulder (22) and RA Hermann (29) added 50 in 32 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket
--> CB Esterhuizen (28) and DJ Forrester (21) added 50 in 24 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket
--> B Jacobs (35) and JDS Neesham (16) added 50 in 30 balls for the New Zealand 5th wicket

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Over 19.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - WR Knights, Batter - JDS Neesham (decision overturned)