South Africa vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Series: New Zealand tour of South Africa, 2015 Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion Date & Time: Aug 16, 02:00 PM LOCAL
Mitchell McClenaghan delivered an early breakthrough.
Mitchell McClenaghan delivered an early breakthrough. © Cricbuzz

South Africa are already leading the two-match series 1-0, which means New Zealand has to win this match in any case in order to level the series. The hosts achieved a solid six-wicket in the first game. Having restricted the Kiwis to a modest 151, the South African top-order contributed in equal measure to chase down the score with ease. Except Morne Morkel, all their bowlers were disciplined and despite missing Faf du Plessis, their batsmen were at their best as usual.

New Zealand, on the other hand, have a few problems to address. Can they fight back today to square the series. We'll find out soon...

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson won the toss and elected to bat first. Faf du Plessis, who is still nursing a knee injury, will continue to sit out and AB de Villiers will lead South Africa in his absence. For New Zealand, Jimmy Neesham and Ish Sodhi came in for Doug Bracewell and George Worker.

Teams:

South Africa (Playing XI): Morne van Wyk(w), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers(c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, David Wiese, Aaron Phangiso, Kyle Abbott, Kagiso Rabada, Eddie Leie

New Zealand (Playing XI): Kane Williamson(c), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, James Neesham, Grant Elliott, Luke Ronchi(w), Tom Latham, Nathan McCullum, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell McClenaghan

New Zealand openers Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson got off to a watchful start. Guptill smashed a boundary off the very first ball to the extra cover fence off Aaron Phangiso but since then has only dealt in singled. The second over was bowled by Kyle Abbott, who conceded only one run.

After playing out the first two overs cautiously, the BlackCaps accelerated with both Guptill and Williamson playing some fantastic shots. However, once they brought up the half-century stand, Williamson was dismissed by Kagiso Rabadaon 25. Williamson threw his bat at a wide delivery looking to loft, however, he got a thick outside edge instead that was snaffled up by Abbott at third man.

David Miller dropped Martin Guptill on 38 off David Wiese's bowling in the 8th over. Guptill mistimed the loft towards long-on, where Miller ran to his right, put in a dive but his knee jammed in the ground and although he was able to get his hand to the ball, he was not able to hang on.

Soft dismissal for Tom Latham, who could only score 3 before being dismissed by Eddie Leie in the 9th over. Latham had charged down the track to the googly but got a top-edge as he looked to heave and gave a simple catch to Amla, who backtracked from slip with ease.

Martin Guptill, who was batting superbly on 60, was removed by Farhan Behardien, thanks to a wonderful catch from David Miller. Guptill's eyes had lit up as he saw a full toss and he went hard at it but miscued it instead. Miller, ran to his right from long-on, put in a dive and held onto a brilliant take.

Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, New Zealand batting presented a contrasting picture in comparison with the first T20I. The kept the scoring rate above 8 as various players played some good cameos.

David Miller might have dropped a catch earlier but he made up for it with two splendid ones thereafter. He took another classic in the deep mid-wicket area as Ronchi played a flat pull. The ball was travelling at the speed of knots and Killer Miller made sure he hung onto it.

And Kagiso Rabada was on a hat-trick once again. He removed Munro first, thanks to brilliantly held catch by AB de Villiers at mid-wicket, who backwards to his right and took one over his left shoulder. On the very next ball, Neesham was bowled. Neesham played a wonderful 19-ball 28 cameo but missed a scoop and his middle stump was castled.

He finished with figures of 4-0-30-3.

Mitchell McClenaghan got rid of Morne van Wyk cheaply, dismissing him for three in the third over. The batsman was early into the shot and ended up gloving it to the keeper while attempting a pull. It was a tight over from McClenaghan, who conceded only three runs. Amla departed in the following over to give Milne his first wicket. It was a short delivery which could have been put away anywhere but Amla hit it straight to Colin Munro at backward point to depart for 14. Milne's over yielded seven runs, leaving South Africa at 22/2.

Nathan McCullum opened the attack and he started with a tight over, conceding only five. Hashim Amla scored the first four of the innings when he clipped an Adam Milne delivery to the backward square-leg boundary. Milne was economical otherwise, giving away only three runs apart from the boundary.

Martin Guptill's fifty helped New Zealand to 177.
Martin Guptill's fifty helped New Zealand to 177. ©Reuters

Rilee Rossouw upped the ante with some much-needed boundaries to help South Africa forward. The left-hander hit back-to-back fours off McClenaghan in the fifth over while AB de Villiers got into the act in the following over, scoring two fours in succession. New Zealand missed a golden opportunity to send back de Villiers in the same over as Tom Latham put down a tough chance at short mid-wicket when the South African captain had pulled one hard. At the end of the powerplay, South Africa were 40/2.

De Villiers muscled a slog-sweep off Nathan McCullum for his first six in the seventh over. However, in his attempt to loft one over long-on, de Villiers did not get the timing right and ended up handing a catch to Neesham to depart for 15. In the following over, Russouw managed a boundary off Ish Sodhi to take South Africa to 56/3 after eight overs.

Russouw and Farhaan Behardien managed a boundary each before the former departed in the 10th over. Russouw flicked one straight to Williamson at mid-wicket to depart on 26, leaving South Africa at 75/4 after 10 overs.

Behardien managed a four each off McCullum and Milne, but the 11th and the 12th over yielded seven and eight runs respectively as the required rate crept up to 11 an over. South Africa were 90/4 after 12 overs.

Behardien, David Wiese and Aaron Phangiso departed in successive overs to leave South Africa in a lot of trouble. McCullum picked up the wicket of Behardien, Sodhi bagged the scalp of Wiese while Neesham dismissed Phangiso to leave South Africa at 123/7 after 17 overs.

David Miller hit McClenaghan for a six in the 18th over, but he departed in the same over as he picked Munro at deep backward square-leg while trying to pull one past the fence. Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Abbott remained unbeaten, but they could not do much as New Zealand won the game by 32 runs to level the two-match series.

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