Player of the Match
Player of the Match

South Africa won't be having too many complaints after today's convincing victory. The bowlers turned in a much better performance, Parnell got five, and the spinners proved hard to get away. During the chase, Kallis and Amla chipped in with cameos, and de Villiers played a responsible hand to guide them to the finish line.

For New Zealand, there'll be plenty of questions about the team composition - the lack of a second spinner, the inclusion of Hopkins. New Zealand's batting was again not good enough, against a formidable South African batting unit 214 was too little.

Terry from Uganda: "Amazing that James Franklin too 5-30 yesterday and is 51* today for Gloucs, which includes 6x4 and 2x6 can't even get into this mediocre Kiwi team."

Post-match presentation:
Daniel Vettori: "South Africa bowled really well, we got bogged down. If we had got something around 260, it would have been competitive."

"We would have played a second spinner if Oram wasn't injured, but went with this unit for the sake of balance."

Graeme Smith: "We have improved a hell of a lot from the first game. Dale and Parnell bowled with good intensity at the start, and everyone else just followed up. It was a far better day all round."

Wayne Parnell is the Man of the Match.

That's it from us at Cricinfo. Join us for tomorrow's game, England v Sri Lanka. Thanks for all the mails, this is Siddarth Ravindran signing out

41.1
4
Mills to de Villiers, FOUR, that's it, de Villiers slams it over mid-on for a boundary, superb innings from de Villiers brings South Africa's campaign back on course

Kyle Mills brought on for what should be the last over of the match

END OF OVER:
41 | 8 Runs | SA: 213/5 (2 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 5.19, RRR: 0.22)

  • AB de Villiers66 (75b)
  • Albie Morkel19 (14b)
  • Daryl Tuffey9-1-52-2
  • Daniel Vettori10-1-34-1
40.6
1
Tuffey to de Villiers, 1 run, outside off, de Villiers dabs it towards short third man

Crowd is making a racket anticipating the victory

40.5
1
Tuffey to Morkel, 1 run, short and a wide, Morkel clubs it to deep point, straight at the fielder

ICC Champions Trophy News

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st22HM AmlaGC Smith
2nd52JH KallisHM Amla
3rd34HM AmlaAB de Villiers
4th30JP DuminyAB de Villiers
5th42MV BoucherAB de Villiers
6th37JA MorkelAB de Villiers

ICC Champions Trophy (ICC KnockOut)

Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS32050.51
PAK32140.999
IND31130.29
WI3030-1.537
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
NZ32140.782
ENG3214-0.487
SL3122-0.085
SA3122-0.177