New Zealand Vs South Africa Match 5 02 October 2023

7th ODI • Greenfield International Stadium • Thiruvananthapuram

New Zealand

321/6 (50)

South Africa

211/4 (37)

NZ won by 7 runs (DLS method)

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Playing XI

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Venue Details

Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram

PitchGreen Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingAverage

1st Innings

211Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

179Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

New Zealand

South Africa

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

0- 0

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

346

Average Score

310

346/5

Highest Score

360/7

346/5

Lowest Score

275/7

0 0 1 0 0 1

Over 35

Runs: 2

1 1 0 0 0 1

Over 36

Runs: 3

0 0 4 0 4 1

Over 37

Runs: 9

0 0 0

Over 38

Runs: 0

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Commentary

That will be all from your host Abhishek alongside Pratyush. Hope you enjoyed our coverage on Sportskeeda. Do join us tomorrow as we will have two different Indian men's team in action. The one in Hangzhou will square off against Nepal in a bid to qualify for the semi-finals in T20 while the team led by Rohit Sharma will face off against the Netherlands in a warm-up fixture.

South Africa lost the wicket of Reeza Hendricks on a golden duck as they began chasing the target of 322 on a sour note. Trent Boult and Matt Henry continued to trouble the South African batters by swinging the ball from both ends but Quinton de Kock and Rassie van der Dussen did just enough to hold on to their wickets. Rassie went on to complete his half-century before skying one towards Neesham off the bowling of Mitchell Santner at 51.

Aiden Markram fell to the spin of Ish Sodhi as pressure mounted on Quinton de Kock to chase the total. He was bruised and battered a lot but refused to retire in this warm-up fixture. Heinrich Klaasen had a swipe at the part-timers Glenn Phillips and Rachin Ravindra before edging a delivery off Trent Boult at 39. David Miller played too slowly at 18 off 26 as the rain Gods had the last laugh. South Africa fell short of 7 runs in the end as Quinton de Kock's unbeaten knock of 84 off 89 went in vain.

New Zealand tried eight different bowlers on the night but it was only Henry, Boult, Neesham, and Santner who were able to keep their economy under six runs an over. Ish Sodhi looks much settled than Rachin Ravindra to stake a claim on the fifth bowler in the side with Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips coming in handy with overs in between.

Earlier in the day, Devon Conway retired hurt at 78 while Tom Latham scored 52 off 56 in New Zealand's path to 321-6. Marco Jansen and Lungi Ngidi picked three wickets each while the rest of the Proteas bowlers remained wicketless, putting them in a spot of bother.

21:38 IST: Well, that's that. The two captains shake hands as the officials decide to call the game off. The match has been abandoned. New Zealand win by 7 runs (DLS).

21:36 IST: The covers are being peeled off. We should ideally have an inspection before a potential restart, considering neither side will want to risk injuries on a damp surface. Oops. The heavens have opened up again. We're in for further delay.

21:30 IST: Plenty of activity around the covers. The rain has subsided but the little downpour was torrential, which means there are a few wet patches around.

OHH NO! It is raining heavily in the ground and the covers are on the pitch.

Quinton is bruised badly. But, he is still going strong and hits Mitchell for two boundaries. Looks like he is determined to complete his century before retiring himself out.

overs

211 /4 score

runs

Quinton de Kock *

84 (89)

David Miller

18 (26)

Daryl Mitchell

0 /18

36.6 Daryl Mitchell to Quinton de Kock, slower one pitched up outside off. De Kock lofts it over the covers, only picking up a single this time

36.5 Daryl Mitchell to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Glorious! Pitched up outside the off-stump. De Kock clears his front leg and gets underneath it to cream a lofted drive over extra cover. Lovely!

36.4 Daryl Mitchell to Quinton de Kock, on the good length outside the off-stump. De Kock has a loose waft and misses, no run

36.3 Daryl Mitchell to Quinton de Kock, FOUR! Slow half-tracker gift-wrapped for the batter. He cashes in, pulling it in the gap at deep square leg to find the ropes

36.2 Daryl Mitchell to Quinton de Kock, cops one on the helmet! That should be it for QdK in this innings, really. He's been battered and bruised. So, this might be the last straw. The bumper crashes into the side of his helmet, so the concussion check will happen. And he's going to carry on too.

36.1 Daryl Mitchell to Quinton de Kock, slower one angled in from the back of a length. De Kock misses out on his heave and the ball deflects off his pads, no run

overs

202 /4 score

runs

Quinton de Kock *

75 (83)

David Miller

18 (26)

Glenn Phillips

0 /41

Quinton and Miller doing a good job in rotating the strike. The required run rate is still under 10 an over so South Africa should be comfortable with the chase.

35.6 Glenn Phillips to Quinton de Kock, darted into the block hole. De Kock gives himself some room and carves it out to deep point

35.5 Glenn Phillips to Quinton de Kock, floated full on the leg-stump line. De Kock brings out the switch-hit and only finds the fielder at cover, no run

35.4 Glenn Phillips to Quinton de Kock, flighted to drift it into the left-hander. De Kock backs away again and misses out on his heave ho, no run

35.3 Glenn Phillips to Quinton de Kock, follows the batter to cramp him for room. De Kock tried to go up and over mid-off but miscued it, finding the fielder on the bounce, no run

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