New Zealand put on a solid all-round performance in Centurion on Sunday to win the second T20 worldwide against South Africa by 32 runs, thus drawing the series at one all.
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New Zealand: (from): Kane Williamson (c), Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, George Worker, Grant Elliott, Colin Munro, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Nathan McCullum, Ish Sodhi, Doug Bracewell, Adam Milne, Ben Wheeler, Matt Henry, Mitch McClenaghan.
The Kiwis were still in a good position with Guptill in the middle, but the New Zealand opener threw away his wicket by not sliding his bat in properly and was run out by some swift glovework by Van Wyk.
Proteas ODI captain AB De Villiers said he was hoping to use the series, which begins at Centurion, to work on decision making.
Structurally, playing with two spinners is something South Africa may have to get used to given where next year’s T20 World Cup is taking place. New Zealand Second That20 the world over contest living via the internet, discover the data under this information.
South Africa in reply were well on target.
“The World Cup is done now, their team is a new-look team and in some ways so is ours”, he said.
The pace duo of Kagiso Rabada and Kyle Abbott erred in length and were duly punished as South Africa quickly went into damage-control mode, as AB de Villiers, standing-in for Faf du Plessis, summoned his spinners.
Guptill has also maintained that New Zealand will continue to play the aggressive brand of cricket that has brought them rich rewards in the recent past.
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The echoes of 2013 are getting louder for Martin Guptill, suddenly the Black Caps’ most experienced player can sense another one-day upset in South Africa. Also, South Africa have sent out a strong message by picking 36-year-old Morne Van Wyk who will be keeping wickets and open the batting at the same time. The best was a 37-run fifth wicket stand between Behardien and Dave Miller (29, 20b, 2×4, 1×6), but that was too little and it came far too late in the South African innings. It might even make for some good banter on the field and the New Zealanders will have a better idea of how to stifle the home side’s strategies. Whether that’s South Africa deciding to rest some of its stalwarts or Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor simply deciding they won’t bother showing up for the series, this is hardly full-strength, intense stuff.
