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NEW ZEALAND 214 (47.5 OVERS)
- Brendon McCullum44 (68)
- Ross Taylor72 (106)
- Dale Steyn2/32 (9.5)
- Wayne Parnell5/57 (8)
SOUTH AFRICA 217/5 (41.1 OVERS)
- Hashim Amla38 (65)
- AB de Villiers*70 (76)
- Daryl Tuffey2/52 (9)
- Daniel Vettori1/34 (10)
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
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
Crowd is making a racket anticipating the victory
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