South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2011–12

South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2012
	New Zealand	South Africa
Dates	17 February 2012 – 27 March 2012
Captains	Ross Taylor (Tests), Brendon McCullum (ODI and T20)	Graeme Smith (Tests), AB de Villiers (ODI and T20)
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 1–0
Most runs	Graeme Smith (282)	Kane Williamson (229)
Most wickets	Vernon Philander (21)	Mark Gillespie (11)
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 3–0
Most runs	Brendon McCullum (188)	Hashim Amla (176)
Most wickets	Kyle Mills & Rob Nicol (3)	Morné Morkel (7)
Twenty20 International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Martin Guptill (151)	Richard Levi (141)
Most wickets	Tim Southee (5)	Morné Morkel (4)

The South African cricket team toured New Zealand from 17 February to 27 March 2012. The tour consisted of three Twenty20 (T20), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Tests.^[1]

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
New Zealand[2]	South Africa[3]	New Zealand	South Africa[4]	New Zealand[5][6]	South Africa[7]
Ross Taylor (c) Brent Arnel Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Andrew Ellis Martin Guptill Chris Martin Brendon McCullum (wk) Rob Nicol Tim Southee Daniel Vettori BJ Watling Kane Williamson Mark Gillespie	Graeme Smith (c) AB de Villiers (vc) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher (wk) Marchant de Lange Jean-Paul Duminy Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Morné Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Brendon McCullum (c) & (wk) Michael Bates Doug Bracewell Andrew Ellis James Franklin Martin Guptill Tom Latham Nathan McCullum Andy McKay Kyle Mills Tarun Nethula Rob Nicol Jesse Ryder Tim Southee Kane Williamson	Hashim Amla Johan Botha Jean-Paul Duminy Faf du Plessis Jacques Kallis Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Graeme Smith Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Brendon McCullum (c) & (wk) Michael Bates Doug Bracewell Colin de Grandhomme Andrew Ellis James Franklin Martin Guptill Ronnie Hira Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Rob Nicol Jacob Oram Tim Southee Kane Williamson Jesse Ryder	AB de Villiers (c) & (wk) Hashim Amla Johan Botha Marchant de Lange Jean-Paul Duminy Colin Ingram Richard Levi Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Rusty Theron Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Warm-up Game

T20

15 February Scorecard

South Africa  150/6 (20 overs)	v	Canterbury Wizards 130 (19 overs)
Richard Levi 63 (32) George Worker 3/23 (4 overs)		Matt Henry 42 (17) Jean-Paul Duminy 1/20 (2 overs)

South Africa won by 20 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Derek Walker and Tim Parlane Player of the match: Martin Guptill

• Canterbury Wizards won the toss and elected to field

Twenty20 Series

1st T20I

17 February Scorecard

South Africa  147/6 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 148/4 (19.2 overs)
Jean-Paul Duminy 41 (37) Tim Southee 3/28 (4 overs)		Martin Guptill 78 (55) Jean-Paul Duminy 1/20 (2 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets Westpac Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Gary Baxter and Barry Frost Player of the match: Martin Guptill

• New Zealand won the toss and chose to field

2nd T20I

19 February Scorecard

New Zealand  173/4 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 174/2 (16 overs)
Martin Guptill 47 (35) Johan Botha 1/22 (4 overs)		Richard Levi 117* (51) Rob Nicol 1/10 (1 over)

South Africa won by 8 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Gary Baxter Chris Gaffaney (both NZL) Player of the match: Richard Levi (South Africa)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• T20I debut: Marchant de Lange (South Africa)

3rd T20I

22 February Scorecard

South Africa  165/7 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 162/7 (20 overs)
Jean-Paul Duminy 38 (20) Rob Nicol 2/20 (3 overs)		Jesse Ryder 52 (42) Johan Botha 2/20 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 3 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Gary Baxter and Chris Gaffaney (both NZL) Player of the match: Johan Botha (South Africa)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

ODI Series

1st ODI

25 February 13:30 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  253/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 254/4 (45.2 overs)
Brendon McCullum 56 (67) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 2/41 (10 overs)		AB de Villiers 106 (106) Kyle Mills 1/27 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Westpac Stadium, Wellington Umpires: CB Gaffaney and RK Illingworth Player of the match: AB de Villiers (South Africa)

• New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat.

2nd ODI

29 February Scorecard

New Zealand  230 (47.3 overs)	v	South Africa 231/4 (38.2 overs)
Brendon McCullum 85 (96) Morné Morkel 5/38 (9.3 overs)		Hashim Amla 92 (107) Tarun Nethula 2/60 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Aleem Dar and Gary Baxter Player of the match: Morné Morkel

• South Africa won the toss and decided to field

3rd ODI

3 March Scorecard

New Zealand  206 (47 overs)	v	South Africa 208/5 (43.2 overs)
Brendon McCullum 47 (59) Marchant de Lange 4/46 (9 overs)		Hashim Amla 76 (89) Rob Nicol 2/14 (3.2 overs)

South Africa won by 5 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth Player of the match: Marchant de Lange

• South Africa won the toss and decided to field
• ODI debut: Marchant de Lange (South Africa)

Test series

1st Test

7–11 March Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
238 (68.2 overs) Hashim Amla 62 (102) Chris Martin 4/56 (18 overs)		273 (88.2 overs) Brendon McCullum 48 (102) Vernon Philander 4/72 (18 overs)
435/5 (dec) (140 overs) Graeme Smith 115 (234) Doug Bracewell 3/70 (25 overs)		137/2 (41 overs) Brendon McCullum 58 (91) Vernon Philander 1/29 (12 overs)

Match drawn University Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove Player of the match: Graeme Smith (South Africa)

• New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
• Day 1 was shortened to 59 overs due to morning rain. Day 5 was abandoned due to rain.

2nd Test

15–19 March Scorecard

New Zealand	v	South Africa
185 (61.2 overs) Brendon McCullum 61 (133) Vernon Philander 4/70 (15 overs)		253 (77.3 overs) AB de Villiers 83 (133) Mark Gillespie 5/59 (15 overs)
168 (67.5 overs) Kane Williamson 77 (193) Vernon Philander 6/44 (15.5 overs)		103/1 (19.5 overs) Graeme Smith 55* (60) Doug Bracewell 1/14 (5 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: Vernon Philander (South Africa)

• South Africa won the toss and decided to field

3rd Test

23–27 March Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
474/9 (dec) (148.4 overs) Alviro Petersen 156 (335) Mark Gillespie 6/113 (33.4 overs)		275 (96 overs) Martin Guptill 59 (156) Vernon Philander 6/81 (22 overs)
189/3 (dec) (29.4 overs) AB de Villiers 68 (49) Daniel Vettori 1/40 (7 overs)		200/6 (80.4 overs) Kane Williamson 102 (228) Morné Morkel 6/23 (16.4 overs)

Match drawn Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Aleem Dar and Richard Kettleborough Player of the match: Morné Morkel (South Africa)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

References

1. "Future series/tournaments". Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
2. South Africa Test Squad. ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved on 2 March 2012
3. South Africa Test Squad. ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved on 16 February 2012
4. South Africa One-Day Squad. ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved on 16 February 2012
5. New Zealand Twenty20 Squad. ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved on 16 February 2012
6. New Zealand 3rd Twenty20 Squad
7. South Africa Twenty-20 Squad. ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved on 16 February 2012