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Test no. 1846

New Zealand in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
South Africa v New Zealand

2007/08 season

Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on 8,9,10,11 November 2007 (5-day match)

Result South Africa won by 358 runs


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith	b Martin	1	6	8	0	0	12.50
	HH Gibbs	c Fleming b Martin	63	193	125	13	0	50.40
	HM Amla	c McCullum b Bond	12	28	18	0	1	66.66
	JH Kallis	c McCullum b O'Brien	29	86	65	5	0	44.61
	AG Prince	c Fleming b Bond	1	24	15	0	0	6.66
	AB de Villiers	c Oram b Bond	33	99	80	6	0	41.25
	MV Boucher	c Papps b Vettori	43	118	93	5	0	46.23
	A Nel	c McCullum b Bond	15	16	14	3	0	107.14
	PL Harris	lbw b Vettori	3	18	15	0	0	20.00
	DW Steyn	c McCullum b Martin	13	32	19	1	1	68.42
	M Ntini	not out	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 6, w 1, nb 6)	13

	Total	(all out; 74.3 overs; 315 mins)	226	(3.03 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Smith, 1.4 ov), 2-20 (Amla, 8.1 ov), 3-73 (Kallis, 29.1 ov), 4-92 (Prince, 34.1 ov), 5-141 (Gibbs, 44.1 ov), 6-162 (de Villiers, 58.3 ov), 7-182 (Nel, 62.5 ov), 8-195 (Harris, 67.2 ov), 9-219 (Boucher, 73.3 ov), 10-226 (Steyn, 74.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SE Bond	17	1	73	4	4.29	(3nb, 1w)
CS Martin	17.3	3	67	3	3.82
JDP Oram	12	3	31	0	2.58
IE O'Brien	10	4	23	1	2.30
DL Vettori	18	6	26	2	1.44	(3nb)


New Zealand 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CD Cumming	lbw b Steyn	12	48	41	1	0	29.26
	MHW Papps	c de Villiers b Ntini	2	23	14	0	0	14.28
	SP Fleming	c de Villiers b Ntini	40	73	48	5	1	83.33
	SE Bond	b Steyn	1	25	20	0	0	5.00
	SB Styris	c Smith b Kallis	11	67	49	0	0	22.44
	LRPL Taylor	c Gibbs b Kallis	15	60	28	2	0	53.57
	JDP Oram	c Kallis b Steyn	1	8	7	0	0	14.28
	BB McCullum	lbw b Steyn	9	38	24	1	0	37.50
	DL Vettori	c Harris b Ntini	7	18	10	0	0	70.00
	IE O'Brien	not out	14	15	7	2	1	200.00
	CS Martin	c Harris b Steyn	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(lb 5, nb 1)	6

	Total	(all out; 41.3 overs; 191 mins)	118	(2.84 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-16 (Papps, 5.6 ov), 2-40 (Cumming, 11.3 ov), 3-54 (Bond, 17.4 ov), 4-64 (Fleming, 22.2 ov), 5-83 (Styris, 32.1 ov), 6-84 (Oram, 33.3 ov), 7-88 (Taylor, 34.5 ov), 8-102 (Vettori, 38.5 ov), 9-118 (McCullum, 41.1 ov), 10-118 (Martin, 41.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	14.3	3	34	5	2.34	(1nb)
M Ntini	14	3	47	3	3.35
A Nel	9	1	21	0	2.33
JH Kallis	4	0	11	2	2.75


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HH Gibbs	c Papps b Bond	8	11	10	1	0	80.00
	GC Smith	b Martin	9	34	22	0	0	40.90
	HM Amla	not out	176	511	378	24	0	46.56
	JH Kallis	c McCullum b Oram	186	383	262	25	3	70.99
	AG Prince	not out	25	105	85	1	0	29.41
	Extras	(b 9, lb 7, w 1, nb 1)	18

	Total	(3 wickets dec; 126 overs; 523 mins)	422	(3.34 runs per over)

Did not bat AB de Villiers,

MV Boucher, PL Harris, A Nel, DW Steyn, M Ntini

Fall of wickets1-8 (Gibbs, 2.4 ov), 2-20 (Smith, 7.3 ov), 3-350 (Kallis, 97.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SE Bond	16	1	60	1	3.75
CS Martin	24	6	55	1	2.29
JDP Oram	16.4	2	49	1	2.94	(1w)
IE O'Brien	23	5	91	0	3.95
DL Vettori	37	3	116	0	3.13	(1nb)
SB Styris	6	2	25	0	4.16
LRPL Taylor	3.2	0	10	0	3.00


New Zealand 2nd innings (target: 531 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CD Cumming	c Smith b Steyn	7	20	17	0	0	41.17
	SP Fleming	c Smith b Nel	17	42	31	3	0	54.83
	SB Styris	c Boucher b Steyn	16	64	28	3	0	57.14
	LRPL Taylor	c Kallis b Nel	4	4	2	1	0	200.00
	BB McCullum	c Gibbs b Steyn	26	79	61	4	0	42.62
	JDP Oram	c Nel b Harris	40	128	83	5	0	48.19
	MHW Papps	c de Villiers b Kallis	5	34	14	1	0	35.71
	DL Vettori	not out	46	79	58	5	0	79.31
	IE O'Brien	c Amla b Steyn	0	16	7	0	0	0.00
	CS Martin	b Steyn	0	9	6	0	0	0.00
	SE Bond	absent hurt	-
	Extras	(b 7, lb 1, w 2, nb 1)	11

	Total	(all out; 51 overs; 240 mins)	172	(3.37 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-12 (Cumming, 4.6 ov), 2-34 (Fleming, 9.3 ov), 3-39 (Taylor, 9.5 ov), 4-60 (Styris, 18.3 ov), 5-90 (McCullum, 26.1 ov), 6-109 (Papps, 33.1 ov), 7-154 (Oram, 45.4 ov), 8-170 (O'Brien, 48.5 ov), 9-172 (Martin, 50.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	17	1	59	5	3.47	(1nb)
M Ntini	13	0	42	0	3.23
A Nel	12	1	37	2	3.08	(2w)
JH Kallis	3	0	15	1	5.00
PL Harris	6	2	11	1	1.83

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa led the 2-match series 1-0

Test debut LRPL Taylor (New Zealand)
Player of the match DW Steyn (South Africa)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and DJ Harper (Australia)
TV umpire M Erasmus
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire KH Hurter

Close of play
8 Nov day 1 - New Zealand 1st innings 41/2 (SP Fleming 22*, SE Bond 0*, 13 ov)
9 Nov day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 179/2 (HM Amla 85*, JH Kallis 76*, 55 ov)
10 Nov day 3 - New Zealand 2nd innings 57/3 (SB Styris 16*, BB McCullum 11*, 17 ov)
11 Nov day 4 - New Zealand 2nd innings 172 (51 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1
South Africa 1st innings
Drinks: South Africa - 37/2 in 14.0 overs (HH Gibbs 13, JH Kallis 8)
South Africa: 50 runs in 19.5 overs (121 balls), Extras 3
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 113 balls (HH Gibbs 21, JH Kallis 27, Ex 2)
Lunch: South Africa - 73/2 in 29.0 overs (HH Gibbs 27, JH Kallis 29)
South Africa: 100 runs in 36.3 overs (223 balls), Extras 6
HH Gibbs: 50 off 112 balls (11 x 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 126/4 in 42.0 overs (HH Gibbs 62, AB de Villiers 15)
South Africa: 150 runs in 46.4 overs (285 balls), Extras 7
Tea: South Africa - 161/5 in 57.0 overs (AB de Villiers 33, MV Boucher 11)
South Africa: 200 runs in 68.6 overs (420 balls), Extras 12
Drinks: South Africa - 218/8 in 72.0 overs (MV Boucher 42, DW Steyn 6)
Innings Break: South Africa - 226/10 in 74.3 overs (M Ntini 0)
New Zealand 1st innings
End Of Day: New Zealand - 41/2 in 13.0 overs (SP Fleming 22, SE Bond 0)

Day 2
New Zealand 1st innings
New Zealand: 50 runs in 15.6 overs (97 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: New Zealand - 70/4 in 27.0 overs (SB Styris 7, LRPL Taylor 2)
Lunch: New Zealand - 97/7 in 38.0 overs (BB McCullum 5, DL Vettori 4)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 38.2 overs (231 balls), Extras 6
Innings Break: New Zealand - 118/10 in 41.3 overs (IE O'Brien 14)
South Africa 2nd innings
Drinks: South Africa - 26/2 in 9.4 overs (HM Amla 7, JH Kallis 2)
South Africa: 50 runs in 16.2 overs (98 balls), Extras 0
Tea: South Africa - 63/2 in 20.0 overs (HM Amla 32, JH Kallis 14)
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 101 balls (HM Amla 29, JH Kallis 21, Ex 0)
South Africa: 100 runs in 29.4 overs (178 balls), Extras 0
Drinks: South Africa - 105/2 in 33.0 overs (HM Amla 46, JH Kallis 42)
HM Amla: 50 off 105 balls (8 x 4)
JH Kallis: 50 off 79 balls (9 x 4)
3rd Wicket: 100 runs in 176 balls (HM Amla 51, JH Kallis 51, Ex 0)
South Africa: 150 runs in 48.5 overs (293 balls), Extras 1
3rd Wicket: 150 runs in 277 balls (HM Amla 81, JH Kallis 68, Ex 1)
End Of Day: South Africa - 179/2 in 55.0 overs (HM Amla 85, JH Kallis 76)

Day 3
South Africa: 200 runs in 65.3 overs (393 balls), Extras 1
HM Amla: 100 off 211 balls (16 x 4)
Drinks: South Africa - 208/2 in 69.0 overs (HM Amla 101, JH Kallis 89)
JH Kallis: 100 off 166 balls (14 x 4, 1 x 6)
3rd Wicket: 200 runs in 381 balls (HM Amla 98, JH Kallis 101, Ex 1)
South Africa: 250 runs in 77.3 overs (466 balls), Extras 2
3rd Wicket: 250 runs in 439 balls (HM Amla 103, JH Kallis 139, Ex 10)
JH Kallis: 150 off 218 balls (21 x 4, 2 x 6)
Lunch: South Africa - 287/2 in 85.0 overs (HM Amla 108, JH Kallis 151)
New Ball Taken: South Africa 287/2 after 85.1 overs (HM Amla 108, JH Kallis 151)
South Africa: 300 runs in 87.6 overs (530 balls), Extras 11
3rd Wicket: 300 runs in 512 balls (HM Amla 118, JH Kallis 172, Ex 11)
South Africa: 350 runs in 97.1 overs (585 balls), Extras 12
Drinks: South Africa - 350/3 in 97.4 overs (HM Amla 135)
HM Amla: 150 off 331 balls (21 x 4)
Tea: South Africa - 378/3 in 113.0 overs (HM Amla 154, AG Prince 9)
South Africa: 400 runs in 119.4 overs (720 balls), Extras 18
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 132 balls (HM Amla 33, AG Prince 13, Ex 6)
New Zealand 2nd innings
New Zealand: 50 runs in 13.6 overs (85 balls), Extras 2
End Of Day: New Zealand - 57/3 in 17.0 overs (SB Styris 16, BB McCullum 11)

Day 4
Drinks: New Zealand - 92/5 in 29.0 overs (JDP Oram 14, MHW Papps 0)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 30.2 overs (185 balls), Extras 9
Lunch: New Zealand - 148/6 in 42.0 overs (JDP Oram 40, DL Vettori 22)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 42.6 overs (261 balls), Extras 11

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