New Zealand vs South Africa Match Stats

Short in length, on off. Glenton Stuurman gets on top of the bounce to defend it.

Short ball, angling outside off. Glenton Stuurman has a poke at it but misses.

Length ball, outside off. Glenton Stuurman punches it to the right of mid off. The fielder there dives to stop it. 

Back of a length, on middle. Glenton Stuurman blocks it on the surface.

A length ball, slanting outside off. Left alone.

A length ball, straight on middle. Glenton Stuurman gets behind the line to block it. 

A full ball, swinging away, outside off. Jansen drives it off the outer half through cover-point for a couple of runs. 

Length ball, way outside off. Marco offers nothing to it.

Slants a length ball, on middle, Jansen tucks it to deep square leg for a single.

BEATEN! Typical Southee delivery! Goes wide of the crease and angles it on a length, making it shape away late and beating the outside edge of Glenton Stuurman who looks to defend. 

Full and on off, pushed to mid off. The tall Jamieson dives to his right to stop it.

Length ball, straying on the pads. Defended out.

OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! It was the last over before the Lunch break but now the session will be extended and New Zealand have the chance to end things in the morning itself. Neil Wagner continues to angle across a short delivery. Both the batters were having a poke at it but this time, Marco Jansen runs out of his luck. The outside edge is induced and Tom Blundell does the rest. The hosts are just one wicket away from winning the first Test match.

A length ball, outside off. Duanne Olivier looks to defend but misses. 

Angles it across, on a length, outside off. Duanne Olivier drops his wrists and lets it go.

A huge appeal for LBW but not given! A full ball, swinging back in and on the pads. Duanne Olivier misses his defensive shot and gets hit on the pads. Was going down leg. 

A full ball, outside off. Draws Duanne Olivier forward to defend but he gets beaten on the outside edge. 

A length ball, slanting outside off. Duanne Olivier shoulders arms to it. 

A length ball, outside off, a hint of away shape! Glenton Stuurman is squared up as he looks to defend. 

Full and on off, pushed on the off side. 

A yorker now, around off. Glenton Stuurman looks to defend inside the line but the ball nips away and beats the outside edge. Some lovely bowling display by Tim Southee in this spell. 

Full ball, way down the leg side. Left alone.

Angles it on middle, on a fuller length. Glenton Stuurman mistimes his push to mid-wicket and gets across for a quick single. A direct hit at the bowler's end but the batter was well in.

Full ball, on off. Duanne Olivier prods and dead-bats it. 

FOUR! Edged! Short of a length, outside off. Glenton Stuurman looks to drive it uppishly but gets an outside edge over the slip cordon for a boundary. Daryl Mitchell, at first slip, leaps but to no avail. 

A length ball, on the pads. Glenton Stuurman looks to flick but gets a top edge towards the fine leg region and it falls safely. The batters take a single. 

A length ball, on off. Duanne Olivier defends it with soft hands and gets a thick outside edge, short of the fielder at first slip.

Back of a length, on off. Blocked out.

A length ball, on off. Duanne Olivier keeps it out.

Around off. Duanne Olivier defends it with an angled bat to point. 

Full ball, outside off. Glenton Stuurman stays back and pushes it to mid off.

Outside off, on a length. Glenton Stuurman has a feel for it but fails to get any bat on it.

Full, angling on middle. Blocked to mid on.

OUT! LBW! Tim Southee finishes things off. He goes wide of the crease and angles a length ball, around middle and leg, Glenton Stuurman hangs on his back foot to defend but misses and gets hit on the pads. An appeal for LBW is made but that looked like going down. The umpire remains unmoved. Tom Latham is not too convinced when he decides to take the DRS but it turns out to be in his favour as the Ball Tracking shows three reds. Wonderful bowling by Tim Southee, he finishes with a five-wicket haul. New Zealand win the match by an innings and 276 runs!