New Zealand v South Africa, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st T20I, South Africa tour of New Zealand, 2026

South Africa tour of New Zealand 1st T20I: New Zealand v South Africa at Mount Maunganui, March 15, 2026

New Zealand

91/10 (14.3)

South Africa

93/3 (16.4)

Finished

SA won by 7 wickets

New Zealand InningNZ Inning91/10 (14.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Devon Conway	c T de Zorzi b G Coetzee	1	5	0	0	20.00
c T de Zorzi b G Coetzee
Tom Latham(WK)	lbw b G Coetzee	7	6	1	0	116.67
lbw b G Coetzee
Tim Robinson	c GF Linde b OEG Baartman	6	5	1	0	120.00
c GF Linde b OEG Baartman
Nick Kelly	b OEG Baartman	2	5	0	0	40.00
b OEG Baartman
Bevon Jacobs	runout (RA Herman)	10	7	0	1	142.86
runout (RA Herman)
Mitchell Santner(C)	b K Maharaj	15	19	2	0	78.95
b K Maharaj
Jimmy Neesham	c C Esterhuizen b N Mokoena	26	21	2	1	123.81
c C Esterhuizen b N Mokoena
Cole McConchie	c RA Herman b N Mokoena	15	11	1	0	136.36
c RA Herman b N Mokoena
Zakary Foulkes	c C Esterhuizen b N Mokoena	1	3	0	0	33.33
c C Esterhuizen b N Mokoena
Kyle Jamieson	b K Maharaj	2	5	0	0	40.00
b K Maharaj
Ben Sears	Not out	0	0	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	6 (b 0, w 6, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	91/10 (14.3)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Gerald Coetzee	3	14	2	4.67
Nqobani Mokoena	3.3	26	3	7.43
Ottniel Baartman	3	22	2	7.33
Keshav Maharaj	4	25	2	6.25
Dian Forrester	1	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (D Conway - 0.6 ov), 2-14 (T Latham - 2.1 ov), 3-20 (T Robinson - 3.2 ov), 4-21 (NF Kelly - 3.4 ov), 5-36 (B Jacobs - 5.5 ov), 6-54 (M Santner - 9.2 ov), 7-80 (J Neesham - 12.1 ov), 8-83 (Z Foulkes - 12.6 ov), 9-86 (KA Jamieson - 13.6 ov), 10-91 (CE McConchie - 14.3 ov)

South Africa InningSA Inning93/3 (16.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tony de Zorzi	c B Jacobs b Z Foulkes	2	8	0	0	25.00
c B Jacobs b Z Foulkes
Connor Esterhuizen(WK)	Not out	45	48	2	2	93.75
Not out
Rubin Hermann	c T Latham b KA Jamieson	7	6	0	1	116.67
c T Latham b KA Jamieson
Jason Smith	st T Latham b M Santner	10	14	1	0	71.43
st T Latham b M Santner
Dian Forrester	Not out	16	25	1	0	64.00
Not out
Extra	13 (b 4, w 3, nb 1, lb 5)
Total	93/3 (16.4)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Kyle Jamieson	3.4	28	1	7.64
Zakary Foulkes	2	8	1	4.00
Ben Sears	3	16	0	5.33
Mitchell Santner	4	8	1	2.00
Cole McConchie	4	24	0	6.00

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (T de Zorzi - 1.4 ov), 2-28 (RA Herman - 4.5 ov), 3-55 (JF Smith - 9.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Nqobani Mokoena

Man of the Series

Connor Esterhuizen

Date

2026-03-15 11:45 AM

Venue

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Toss

New Zealand elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee