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Played at Sydney Cricket Ground (neutral venue) on 8 February 2002 - day/night (50-over match)

Result South Africa won by 6 wickets (with 47 balls remaining) (D/L method)


New Zealand innings (46 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	L Vincent	c Ntini b Kallis	43	59	42	5	2	102.38
	NJ Astle	c Klusener b Pollock	7	24	19	1	0	36.84
	AR Adams	c Boucher b Ntini	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
	SP Fleming	c Dippenaar b Donald	17	32	17	1	0	100.00
	CD McMillan	c Ntini b Kallis	0	10	4	0	0	0.00
	CL Cairns	c Boje b Kallis	57	114	73	4	1	78.08
	CZ Harris	lbw b Klusener	31	73	63	1	0	49.20
	AC Parore	c Gibbs b Klusener	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	DL Vettori	lbw b Donald	3	13	10	0	0	30.00
	JEC Franklin	lbw b Donald	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	SE Bond	not out	5	14	11	0	0	45.45
	Extras	(b 2, lb 1, w 8)	11

	Total	(all out; 41.1 overs; 177 mins)	175	(4.25 runs per over)


South Africa innings (target: 172 runs from 46 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	HH Gibbs	b Adams	46	66	51	6	0	90.19
	G Kirsten	c Parore b Bond	2	37	11	0	0	18.18
	JH Kallis	c Parore b Adams	10	19	24	1	0	41.66
	HH Dippenaar	c Parore b Cairns	29	85	71	2	0	40.84
	JN Rhodes	not out	61	83	68	7	0	89.70
	MV Boucher	not out	16	9	6	3	0	266.66
	Extras	(lb 1, w 6, nb 2)	9

	Total	(4 wickets; 38.1 overs; 149 mins)	173	(4.53 runs per over)

Did not bat L Klusener,

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat first
Series South Africa won the best-of-3-finals 2-0

Player of the match JN Rhodes (South Africa)
Player of the series SE Bond (New Zealand)

Umpires SJ Davis and SJA Taufel
TV umpire DJ Harper
Match referee Hanumant Singh (India)

Match notes

Hours of play: 2.30pm - 6.00pm, 6.45pm - 10.15pm
Scorers: ME Gorham and MA Slarke
12th Men: BB McCullum (New Zealand) and JL Ontong (South Africa)
New Zealand 50 in 49 mins, off 11.3 overs
Vincent/Fleming 3rd wicket partnership 50 in 27 mins, off 36 balls
Rain interupted play from 3.46pm to 5.17pm with New Zealand 75/5 after 16.1 overs, the match was reduced to 46 overs-a-side, dinner postponed to 7.21pm and shortened to 30 minutes
New Zealand 100 in 95 mins, off 21.2 overs
Cairns/Harris 6th wicket partnership 50 in 54 mins, off 82 balls
New Zealand 150 in 152 mins, off 36.2 overs
Cairns 50 in 105 mins, off 68 balls, 3x4, 1x6
South Africa 50 in 36 mins, off 8 overs
Gibbs/Kirsten 1st wicket partnership 50 in 36 mins, off 49 balls
South Africa 100 in 97 mins, off 23.3 overs
Dippenaar/Rhodes 4th wicket partnership 50 in 54 mins, off 91 balls
South Africa 150 in 142 mins, 36.4 overs
Rhodes 50 in 79 mins, off 60 balls, 5x4
Attendance: 30,984

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