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| Venue | Seddon Park, Hamilton on 15th, 16th, 17th March 2012 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | South Africa won by 9 wickets |
| Umpires | BR Doctrove (West Indies), RA Kettleborough (England) |
| TV umpire | Aleem Dar (Pakistan) |
| Referee | RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) |
| Reserve Umpire | BF Bowden |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 27/2 (Petersen 8*, Amla 2*; 11 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (2) 65/4 (Williamson 41*, Vettori 0*; 31 overs) |
| Player of the Match | VD Philander |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Nicol | c Boucher b Philander | 2 | 14 | 21 | - | - | |
| MJ Guptill | b Steyn | 22 | 56 | 85 | 4 | - | |
| BB McCullum | c Rudolph b Steyn | 61 | 133 | 197 | 6 | 1 | |
| *LRPL Taylor | c Smith b Philander | 44 | 93 | 140 | 6 | - | |
| KS Williamson | c Smith b Steyn | 0 | 8 | 13 | - | - | |
| DL Vettori | b Philander | 0 | 3 | 9 | - | - | |
| +CFK van Wyk | lbw b Morkel | 21 | 25 | 41 | 3 | - | |
| DAJ Bracewell | c Boucher b Philander | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| MR Gillespie | c Petersen b Imran Tahir | 27 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 2 | |
| BJ Arnel | lbw b Imran Tahir | 3 | 9 | 12 | - | - | |
| CS Martin | not out | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb, 2 nb) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 286 minutes, 61.2 overs) | 185 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-11 (Nicol, 5.2 ov), 2-44 (Guptill, 19.2 ov), 3-133 (McCullum, 48.3 ov), 4-133 (Taylor, 49.4 ov), 5-133 (Williamson, 50.5 ov), 6-133 (Vettori, 51.1 ov), 7-133 (Bracewell, 51.4 ov), 8-176 (van Wyk, 58.2 ov), 9-184 (Gillespie, 59.3 ov), 10-185 (Arnel, 61.2 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Steyn | 18 | 5 | 49 | 3 | - | - | |
| Philander | 15 | 3 | 70 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Kallis | 9 | 4 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Morkel | 14 | 2 | 42 | 1 | - | - | |
| Imran Tahir | 5.2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | - | - | |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GC Smith | c van Wyk b Martin | 13 | 16 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| AN Petersen | lbw b Gillespie | 29 | 74 | 135 | 5 | - | |
| DW Steyn | c van Wyk b Martin | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| HM Amla | c Williamson b Gillespie | 16 | 51 | 76 | 2 | - | |
| JH Kallis | c van Wyk b Gillespie | 6 | 7 | 10 | - | 1 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Vettori | 83 | 133 | 187 | 10 | - | |
| JA Rudolph | c van Wyk b Gillespie | 1 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| +MV Boucher | b Gillespie | 24 | 71 | 84 | 4 | - | |
| VD Philander | b Bracewell | 14 | 35 | 48 | 1 | 1 | |
| M Morkel | not out | 35 | 44 | 56 | 5 | 1 | |
| Imran Tahir | c Gillespie b Williamson | 16 | 26 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| Extras | (1 b, 9 lb, 1 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 335 minutes, 77.3 overs) | 253 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-14 (Smith, 4.4 ov), 2-18 (Steyn, 6.3 ov), 3-63 (Amla, 22.2 ov), 4-69 (Kallis, 24.3 ov), 5-84 (Petersen, 26.6 ov), 6-88 (Rudolph, 28.5 ov), 7-151 (Boucher, 50.6 ov), 8-185 (Philander, 62.1 ov), 9-219 (de Villiers, 69.5 ov), 10-253 (Imran Tahir, 77.3 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 16 | 6 | 38 | 2 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 18 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Gillespie | 15 | 2 | 59 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Vettori | 19 | 3 | 49 | 1 | - | - | |
| Arnel | 9 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williamson | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Nicol | b Philander | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| MJ Guptill | c Amla b Steyn | 1 | 7 | 20 | - | - | |
| BB McCullum | lbw b Philander | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| *LRPL Taylor | lbw b Steyn | 17 | 72 | 105 | - | - | |
| KS Williamson | c Boucher b Philander | 77 | 193 | 253 | 10 | - | |
| DL Vettori | c Boucher b Kallis | 21 | 45 | 86 | 2 | - | |
| +CFK van Wyk | b Philander | 20 | 45 | 54 | 3 | - | |
| DAJ Bracewell | b Morkel | 0 | 6 | 14 | - | - | |
| MR Gillespie | c Boucher b Philander | 14 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | |
| BJ Arnel | not out | 8 | 7 | 13 | 2 | - | |
| CS Martin | b Philander | 0 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 296 minutes, 67.5 overs) | 168 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Nicol, 1.6 ov), 2-7 (McCullum, 3.6 ov), 3-7 (Guptill, 4.1 ov), 4-64 (Taylor, 28.5 ov), 5-99 (Vettori, 47.3 ov), 6-141 (van Wyk, 61.6 ov), 7-142 (Williamson, 63.3 ov), 8-142 (Bracewell, 64.5 ov), 9-160 (Gillespie, 65.6 ov), 10-168 (Martin, 67.5 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Steyn | 16 | 5 | 31 | 2 | - | - | |
| Philander | 15.5 | 3 | 44 | 6 | - | - | |
| Morkel | 13 | 5 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| Imran Tahir | 17 | 2 | 52 | 0 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AN Petersen | c van Wyk b Bracewell | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| *GC Smith | not out | 55 | 60 | 87 | 8 | 1 | |
| HM Amla | not out | 46 | 56 | 82 | 9 | - | |
| JH Kallis | did not bat | ||||||
| AB de Villiers | did not bat | ||||||
| JA Rudolph | did not bat | ||||||
| +MV Boucher | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Steyn | did not bat | ||||||
| VD Philander | did not bat | ||||||
| M Morkel | did not bat | ||||||
| Imran Tahir | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 87 minutes, 19.5 overs) | 103 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Petersen, 1.1 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | - | - | |
| Vettori | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | |
| Gillespie | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Arnel | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williamson | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nicol | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | |