3rd Test: New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, 26-30 Mar 2004

Test # 1692
South Africa in New Zealand, 2003/04, 3rd Test
New Zealand v South Africa
Basin Reserve, Wellington
26,27,28,29,30 March 2004 (5-day match)

Result: South Africa won by 6 wickets
Series: 3-Test series drawn 1-1

Toss: South Africa
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and EAR de Silva (SL)
TV Umpire: GA Baxter
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Test Debut: MJ Mason (NZ).
Man of the Match: GC Smith

Close of Play:

Day 1: New Zealand 248/6 (Cairns 60*, 89.5 overs)

Day 2: New Zealand 297, South Africa 237/3 (Rudolph 60*, van Jaarsveld 48*, 74 overs)

Day 3: South Africa 316, New Zealand 128/5 (Styris 41*, Cairns 7*; 59.4 overs)

Day 4: New Zealand 252, South Africa 82/3 (Smith 46*, Kirsten 19*, 30 overs)

New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
MH Richardson         c Boucher          b Kallis              14  56  42  2 0
MHW Papps             lbw                b Ntini                7  51  38  1 0
*SP Fleming           c Pollock          b Boje                30 108  73  5 0
MS Sinclair           lbw                b Boje                74 223 181  8 2
SB Styris                                b Boje                 1  22  17  0 0
+BB McCullum          lbw                b Pollock             55 176 120  6 0
CL Cairns                                b Pollock             69  90  82  9 2
JDP Oram              st Boucher         b Boje                34  64  38  3 2
DL Vettori            c Boucher          b Pollock              0   1   2  0 0
MJ Mason              c van Jaarsveld    b Nel                  3  26  27  0 0
CS Martin             not out                                   1  24   8  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 5)                    9
Total                 (all out, 104 overs, 430 mins)          297

FoW: 1-23 (Papps, 12.3 ov), 2-23 (Richardson, 13.3 ov),
     3-90 (Fleming, 39.3 ov), 4-97 (Styris, 45.1 ov),
     5-163 (Sinclair, 69.2 ov), 6-248 (McCullum, 89.5 ov),
     7-257 (Cairns, 91.4 ov), 8-257 (Vettori, 91.6 ov),
     9-264 (Mason, 98.5 ov), 10-297 (Oram, 103.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pollock                     29      2     85      3 (4nb, 1w)
Ntini                       21      6     63      1 (1nb)
Kallis                       7      5      4      1
Nel                         27      9     77      1
Boje                        20      2     65      4

South Africa 1st innings                                        R   M   B  4 6
*GC Smith                                b Cairns              47  99  66  7 0
HH Gibbs              c sub (JAH Marshall) b Martin            77 151 124 11 1
JA Rudolph            not out                                  93 309 212 16 0
G Kirsten             c McCullum         b Martin               1   4   4  0 0
M van Jaarsveld       c Oram             b Martin              59 161 138  8 0
JH Kallis             c McCullum         b Martin               0  16  10  0 0
+MV Boucher           c Papps            b Martin               0   2   3  0 0
SM Pollock            c Fleming          b Oram                 5  12   7  0 0
N Boje                                   b Cairns              25  40  32  5 0
M Ntini               c McCullum         b Cairns               4   2   2  1 0
A Nel                 c Oram             b Cairns               0   7   5  0 0
Extras                (lb 1, nb 4)                              5
Total                 (all out, 99.5 overs, 408 mins)         316

FoW: 1-103 (Smith, 24.1 ov), 2-130 (Gibbs, 36.5 ov),
     3-136 (Kirsten, 38.1 ov), 4-251 (van Jaarsveld, 81.1 ov),
     5-265 (Kallis, 85.1 ov), 6-265 (Boucher, 85.4 ov),
     7-270 (Pollock, 88.2 ov), 8-304 (Boje, 97.4 ov),
     9-308 (Ntini, 97.6 ov), 10-316 (Nel, 99.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Martin                      20      6     55      5 (2nb)
Mason                       16      4     73      0
Oram                        11      3     21      1
Vettori                     26      6     76      0
Cairns                      16.5    2     60      4 (2nb)
Styris                      10      4     30      0

New Zealand 2nd innings                                         R   M   B  4 6
MHW Papps             lbw                b Pollock              0   3   6  0 0
MH Richardson         c Smith            b Boje                37 205 142  5 0
*SP Fleming           c Boucher          b Nel                  9 101  57  0 0
MS Sinclair           lbw                b Pollock             21  54  41  4 0
SB Styris                            c & b Nel                 73 150 131 11 0
+BB McCullum                             b Boje                 3  10  10  0 0
CL Cairns             c van Jaarsveld    b Boje                41  91  68  4 1
JDP Oram              lbw                b Boje                40 101  76  4 1
DL Vettori            c van Jaarsveld    b Ntini                9  49  29  1 0
MJ Mason              run out (Pollock)                         0  13   6  0 0
CS Martin             not out                                   1  29  15  0 0
Extras                (b 1, lb 9, w 3, nb 5)                   18
Total                 (all out, 96.2 overs, 412 mins)         252

FoW: 1-1 (Papps, 0.6 ov), 2-42 (Fleming, 23.2 ov),
     3-73 (Sinclair, 37.5 ov), 4-107 (Richardson, 48.3 ov),
     5-111 (McCullum, 50.3 ov), 6-198 (Cairns, 74.5 ov),
     7-201 (Styris, 75.6 ov), 8-220 (Vettori, 87.6 ov),
     9-224 (Mason, 90.5 ov), 10-252 (Oram, 96.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Pollock                     22     10     65      2 (3nb, 1w)
Ntini                       20      6     50      1 (1w)
Nel                         21      5     58      2 (1w)
Boje                        33.2    7     69      4

South Africa 2nd innings (target: 234 runs)                     R   M   B  4 6
*GC Smith             not out                                 125 295 203 17 0
HH Gibbs              c Fleming          b Martin              16  19  12  2 1
JA Rudolph                               b Martin               0   9   8  0 0
JH Kallis             lbw                b Oram                 1  11   9  0 0
G Kirsten             lbw                b Styris              76 227 180 11 0
M van Jaarsveld       not out                                  13  25  23  2 0
Extras                (lb 2, nb 1)                              3
Total                 (4 wickets, 72.2 overs, 295 mins)       234

DNB: +MV Boucher, SM Pollock, N Boje, M Ntini, A Nel.

FoW: 1-29 (Gibbs, 4.4 ov), 2-31 (Rudolph, 6.6 ov),
     3-36 (Kallis, 9.3 ov), 4-207 (Kirsten, 65.5 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Martin                      18.2    2     65      2
Mason                        6      1     32      0
Oram                        11      3     23      1
Cairns                      10      2     19      0 (1nb)
Vettori                     18      2     53      0
Styris                       9      1     40      1

Day 1

New Zealand 1st innings
New Zealand innings, 1x5 ball over, 13th over bowled by Ntini, called by Dar
SP Fleming passes 5,000 career Test runs
JH Kallis leaves the field at the end of the 22nd over, after bowling his 7th
50 in 114 minutes off 170 balls, 6x4
Lunch 52/2, 30 overs, Fleming 20, Sinclair 8, 6x4
50 partnership (Fleming 26, Sinclair 24) in 91 minutes off 137 balls, 7x4
100 in 194 minutes off 279 balls, 14x4
MS Sinclair 50 in 145 minutes, 113 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Tea 141/4, 60 overs, Sinclair 62, McCullum 22, 19x4, 1x6
50 partnership (Sinclair 24, McCullum 26) in 75 minutes, 124 balls
150 in 268 minutes off 399 balls, 19x4, 1x6
200 in 317 minutes off 471 balls, 24x4, 3x6
New Ball taken after 80 overs
BB McCullum 50 in 147 minutes off 105 balls, 6x4
50 partnership (McCullum 21, Cairns 29) in 53 minutes off 84 balls
CL Cairns 50 in 66 minutes off 60 balls, 9x4, 1x6
Day 2
250 in 370 minutes off 548 balls, 31x4, 4x6
South Africa 1st innings
GC Smith, goes past 2,000 Test runs
Lunch 49/0 11 overs, 8x4, 1x6, Smith 25*, Gibbs 23
50 in 49 minutes off 72 balls, 8x4,1x4
50 partnership (Smith 25, Gibbs 25)
HH Gibbs 50 in 90 minutes off 71 balls with 7x4 and 1x6
100 in 95 minutes off 140 balls, 14x1, 1x6
100 partnership (Smith 45, Gibbs 53)
Tea 141/3, 40 overs, 20x4, 1x6
150 in 171 minutes off 268 balls, 22x4, 1x6
50 partnership in 63 minutes off 101 balls (Rudolph 32, van Jaarsveld 19)
200 in 248 minutes off 368 balls, 28x4.1x6
JA Rudolph 50 in 157 minutes, off 109 balls, 8x4
100 partnership in 133 minutes off 215 balls (Rudolph 51, van Jaarsveld 48)
Day 3
M van Jaarsveld 50 in 140 minutes off 119 minutes, 7x4
250 in 312 minutes off 480 balls. 36x4, 1x6
New ball taken after 80 overs
CS Martin takes his 50th Test wicket
300 in 380 minutes off 567 balls, 44x4, 1x6
New Zealand 2nd innings
Lunch 0/0 0 overs
Tea 49/2 Richardson 31*, Sinclair 0*, 5x4
50 in 129 minutes off 181 balls, 6x4
100 in 195 minutes off 280 balls 14x4
Day 4
Rain delays the start by 90 minutes
150 in 266 minutes off 382 balls 19x4, 1x6
50 partnership in 57 minutes off 86 balls (Styris 18, Cairns 31)
SB Styris 50 in 115 minutes off 87 balls, 9x4
200 in 299 minutes off 459 balls 24x4, 1x6
New ball taken after 81 overs
South Africa 2nd innings
50 in 70 minutes off 95 balls, 7x4,1x6
Day 5
GC Smith 50 in 129 minutes off 99 balls, 6x4
50 partnership in 86 minutes off 134 balls (Smith 30, Kirtsen 19)
100 in 143 minutes off 212 balls, 12x4, 1x6
100 partnership in 167 minutes off 254 balls (Smith 58, Kirtsen 42)
150 in 219 minutes off 326 balls, 18x4, 1x6
G Kirsten 50 in 188 minutes off 149 balls, 6x4
GC Smith 100 in 233 minutes off 165 balls, 13x4
New 4th wicket partnership record for RSA v NZ
200 in 268 minutes off 392 balls, 26x4,1x6
150 partnership in 215 minutes off 320 balls (Smith 91, Kirsten 56)

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Team Pages: New Zealand, South Africa.

Ground Page: Basin Reserve, Wellington

New Zealand Player Pages: MH Richardson, MHW Papps, SP Fleming, MS Sinclair, SB Styris, BB McCullum, CL Cairns, JDP Oram, DL Vettori, MJ Mason, CS Martin.

South Africa Player Pages: GC Smith, HH Gibbs, JA Rudolph, G Kirsten, M van Jaarsveld, JH Kallis, MV Boucher, SM Pollock, N Boje, M Ntini, A Nel.

Match Officials' Pages: Aleem Dar, EAR de Silva, GA Baxter, CH Lloyd.