New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015
New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015 | |||
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South Africa | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 14 August 2015 – 26 August 2015 | ||
Captains | AB de Villiers | Kane Williamson | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Hashim Amla (176) | Tom Latham (178) | |
Most wickets | Imran Tahir (5), David Wiese (5) | Adam Milne (5) | |
Player of the series | Hashim Amla (SA) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
Most runs | Rilee Rossouw (64) | Martin Guptill (102) | |
Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (5) | Mitchell McClenaghan (3) | |
Player of the series | Martin Guptill (NZ) |
The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 14 to 26 August 2015. The tour consisted of three One Day International and two Twenty20 International matches.[1][2] In June Brendon McCullum was named as the captain for New Zealand on this tour.[3] However, in July, it was announced that McCullum had been rested for this tour and the tour to Zimbabwe, being replaced by Kane Williamson.[4]
South Africa won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20I series was drawn 1–1.
Squads
ODIs | T20Is | ||
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South Africa[5] | New Zealand[4] | South Africa[5] | New Zealand[4] |
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1 Ross Taylor was injured in training the day before the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe and was ruled out of the rest of New Zealand's tour in Africa.[6] Faf du Plessis was injured for the T20I series, so AB de Villiers captained South Africa.[7] The injury ruled out du Plessis for the ODI and T20I series. Farhaan Behardien and Dean Elgar were added to the squad.[8]
T20I series
1st T20I
14 August 2015 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 6 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Aaron Phangiso (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
2nd T20I
16 August 2015 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 32 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
ODI series
1st ODI
19 August 2015 Scorecard |
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Tom Latham 60 (80) Imran Tahir 2/40 (10 overs) |
South Africa won by 20 runs Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- David Wiese (SA) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
23 August 2015 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 8 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- George Worker (NZ) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
26 August 2015 (D/N) Scorecard |
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AB de Villiers 64 (48) Ben Wheeler 3/71 (10 overs) | Tom Latham 54 (74) David Wiese 3/58 (9 overs) |
South Africa won by 62 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
References
- ^ "New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "McCullum to skip upcoming tours in Africa". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "McCullum, Southee rested for Africa tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Morne van Wyk recalled to limited-overs squads". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Taylor out of Africa tour with groin injury". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "SA win toss and bowl, Du Plessis out injured". ENCA. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Injured du Plessis ruled out for at least four weeks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
External links
- Series home at ESPNCricinfo
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