South Africa v New Zealand, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Test, New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2007
New Zealand tour of South Africa 1st Test: South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, November 08, 2007

South Africa
SA
226/10 (74.3) & 422/3d (126)

New Zealand
NZ
118/10 (41.3) & 172/10 (51)
Finished
SA won by 358 runs
South Africa 1st inningSA 1st inn.226/10 (74.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Smith(C) | b C Martin | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
b C Martin | ||||||
| Herschelle Gibbs | c SP Fleming b C Martin | 63 | 125 | 13 | 0 | 50.40 |
c SP Fleming b C Martin | ||||||
| Hashim Amla | c B McCullum b SE Bond | 12 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 66.66 |
c B McCullum b SE Bond | ||||||
| Jacques Kallis | c B McCullum b IE O'Brien | 29 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 44.61 |
c B McCullum b IE O'Brien | ||||||
| Ashwell Prince | c SP Fleming b SE Bond | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 |
c SP Fleming b SE Bond | ||||||
| AB de Villiers | c JDP Oram b SE Bond | 33 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 41.25 |
c JDP Oram b SE Bond | ||||||
| Mark Boucher(WK) | c MHW Papps b D Vettori | 43 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 46.23 |
c MHW Papps b D Vettori | ||||||
| Andre Nel | c B McCullum b SE Bond | 15 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 107.14 |
c B McCullum b SE Bond | ||||||
| Paul Harris | lbw b D Vettori | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
lbw b D Vettori | ||||||
| Dale Steyn | c B McCullum b C Martin | 13 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 68.42 |
c B McCullum b C Martin | ||||||
| Makhaya Ntini | Not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 13 (b 0, w 1, nb 6, lb 6) | |||||
| Total | 226/10 (74.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bond | 17 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 4.29 |
| Chris Martin | 17.3 | 3 | 67 | 3 | 3.82 |
| Jacob Oram | 12 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 2.58 |
| Iain O'Brien | 10 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 2.30 |
| Daniel Vettori | 18 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1.44 |
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (GC Smith - 1.4 ov), 2-20 (H Amla - 8.1 ov), 3-73 (JH Kallis - 29.1 ov), 4-92 (AG Prince - 34.1 ov), 5-141 (HH Gibbs - 44.1 ov), 6-162 (A Villiers - 58.3 ov), 7-182 (A Nel - 62.5 ov), 8-195 (PL Harris - 67.2 ov), 9-219 (Mark Boucher - 73.3 ov), 10-226 (D Steyn - 74.3 ov)
New Zealand 1st inningNZ 1st inn.118/10 (41.3 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Cumming | lbw b D Steyn | 12 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 29.26 |
lbw b D Steyn | ||||||
| Michael Papps | c A Villiers b M Ntini | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
c A Villiers b M Ntini | ||||||
| Stephen Fleming | c A Villiers b M Ntini | 40 | 48 | 5 | 1 | 83.33 |
c A Villiers b M Ntini | ||||||
| Shane Bond | b D Steyn | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 |
b D Steyn | ||||||
| Scott Styris | c GC Smith b JH Kallis | 11 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 22.44 |
c GC Smith b JH Kallis | ||||||
| Ross Taylor | c HH Gibbs b JH Kallis | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 53.57 |
c HH Gibbs b JH Kallis | ||||||
| Jacob Oram | c JH Kallis b D Steyn | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
c JH Kallis b D Steyn | ||||||
| Brendon McCullum(WK) | lbw b D Steyn | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 |
lbw b D Steyn | ||||||
| Daniel Vettori(C) | c PL Harris b M Ntini | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 |
c PL Harris b M Ntini | ||||||
| Iain O'Brien | Not out | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 200.00 |
Not out | ||||||
| Chris Martin | c PL Harris b D Steyn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c PL Harris b D Steyn | ||||||
| Extra | 6 (b 0, w 0, nb 1, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 118/10 (41.3) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Steyn | 14.3 | 3 | 34 | 5 | 2.34 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 14 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 3.35 |
| Andre Nel | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 2.33 |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2.75 |
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (MHW Papps - 5.6 ov), 2-40 (CD Cumming - 11.3 ov), 3-54 (SE Bond - 17.4 ov), 4-64 (SP Fleming - 22.2 ov), 5-83 (SB Styris - 32.1 ov), 6-84 (JDP Oram - 33.3 ov), 7-88 (R Taylor - 34.5 ov), 8-102 (D Vettori - 38.5 ov), 9-118 (B McCullum - 41.1 ov), 10-118 (C Martin - 41.3 ov)
South Africa 2nd inningSA 2nd inn.422/3 (126 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herschelle Gibbs | c MHW Papps b SE Bond | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
c MHW Papps b SE Bond | ||||||
| Graeme Smith(C) | b C Martin | 9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 40.90 |
b C Martin | ||||||
| Hashim Amla | Not out | 176 | 378 | 24 | 0 | 46.56 |
Not out | ||||||
| Jacques Kallis | c B McCullum b JDP Oram | 186 | 262 | 25 | 3 | 70.99 |
c B McCullum b JDP Oram | ||||||
| Ashwell Prince | Not out | 25 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 |
Not out | ||||||
| Extra | 18 (b 9, w 1, nb 1, lb 7) | |||||
| Total | 422/3 (126) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bond | 16 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 3.75 |
| Chris Martin | 24 | 6 | 55 | 1 | 2.29 |
| Jacob Oram | 16.4 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 2.94 |
| Iain O'Brien | 23 | 5 | 91 | 0 | 3.95 |
| Daniel Vettori | 37 | 3 | 116 | 0 | 3.13 |
| Scott Styris | 6 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 4.16 |
| Ross Taylor | 3.2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3.00 |
New Zealand 2nd inningNZ 2nd inn.172/10 (51 ov)| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Cumming | c GC Smith b D Steyn | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 41.17 |
c GC Smith b D Steyn | ||||||
| Stephen Fleming | c GC Smith b A Nel | 17 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 54.83 |
c GC Smith b A Nel | ||||||
| Scott Styris | c Mark Boucher b D Steyn | 16 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 57.14 |
c Mark Boucher b D Steyn | ||||||
| Ross Taylor | c JH Kallis b A Nel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 |
c JH Kallis b A Nel | ||||||
| Brendon McCullum(WK) | c HH Gibbs b D Steyn | 26 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 42.62 |
c HH Gibbs b D Steyn | ||||||
| Jacob Oram | c A Nel b PL Harris | 40 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 48.19 |
c A Nel b PL Harris | ||||||
| Michael Papps | c A Villiers b JH Kallis | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 |
c A Villiers b JH Kallis | ||||||
| Daniel Vettori(C) | Not out | 46 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 79.31 |
Not out | ||||||
| Iain O'Brien | c H Amla b D Steyn | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
c H Amla b D Steyn | ||||||
| Chris Martin | b D Steyn | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
b D Steyn | ||||||
| Shane Bond | Absent hurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Absent hurt | ||||||
| Extra | 11 (b 7, w 2, nb 1, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 172/10 (51) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Steyn | 17 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 3.47 |
| Makhaya Ntini | 13 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 3.23 |
| Andre Nel | 12 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3.08 |
| Jacques Kallis | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5.00 |
| Paul Harris | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1.83 |
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (CD Cumming - 4.6 ov), 2-34 (SP Fleming - 9.3 ov), 3-39 (R Taylor - 9.5 ov), 4-60 (SB Styris - 18.3 ov), 5-90 (B McCullum - 26.1 ov), 6-109 (MHW Papps - 33.1 ov), 7-154 (JDP Oram - 45.4 ov), 8-170 (IE O'Brien - 48.5 ov), 9-172 (C Martin - 50.6 ov)
Man of the Match
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2007-11-08 14:00 PM
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The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Toss
South Africa elected to bat
Umpires
- Mark Benson
- Daryl Harper
Tv Umpires
- Marais Erasmus
Match Referee
- Javagal Srinath
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