07/03Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Mar 8-12 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Dean Elgar
Dean ElgarSouth Africa
07/03Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Mar 8-12 2017
Match drawn
Player of the Match
Dean Elgar
Dean ElgarSouth Africa

Best performances - Batsmen

D Elgar
D Elgar
140(299) 24x4 - 0x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 47 runs
  • 6x4 - 0x6
9 23 9 25 31 16 9 18
KS Williamson
KS Williamson
130(241) 18x4 - 0x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 39 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
4 3 12 20 24 0 29 38

Best performances - Bowlers

KA Maharaj
KA Maharaj
O28.3
M7
R94
W5
Eco3.29
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W1W
TA Boult
TA Boult
O32.4
M12
R64
W4
Eco1.95
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

  • SA - 1st
  • NZ - 1st
  • SA - 2nd

South Africa - 1st - Innings

10
SC Cook3 (29)
D Elgar7 (24)
10
HM Amla1 (28)
D Elgar5 (29)
2
JP Duminy1 (2)
D Elgar1 (2)
126
F du Plessis52 (118)
D Elgar74 (122)
104
D Elgar53 (122)
T Bavuma49 (138)
13
T Bavuma3 (15)
Q de Kock10 (26)
14
VD Philander2 (11)
T Bavuma12 (11)
19
VD Philander13 (11)
KA Maharaj5 (9)
10
VD Philander6 (9)
K Rabada4 (25)
0
VD Philander0 (4)
M Morkel0 (1)

New Zealand - 1st - Innings

15
JA Raval5 (16)
TWM Latham10 (19)
102
KS Williamson52 (88)
JA Raval47 (86)
31*
LRPL Taylor8 (20)
KS Williamson18 (31)
17
KS Williamson5 (17)
HM Nicholls12 (26)
19
JS Patel16 (27)
KS Williamson3 (16)
9
KS Williamson0 (19)
JDS Neesham7 (30)
84
BJ Watling31 (90)
KS Williamson52 (70)
20
BJ Watling16 (34)
MJ Santner4 (42)
7
BJ Watling3 (4)
N Wagner4 (4)
20
N Wagner18 (21)
TA Boult2 (15)
17
LRPL Taylor7 (7)
N Wagner10 (7)

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

0
SC Cook0 (4)
D Elgar0 (0)
39
HM Amla24 (68)
D Elgar12 (55)
74
JP Duminy39 (91)
D Elgar34 (75)
80
F du Plessis36 (111)
D Elgar43 (119)
13
F du Plessis7 (25)
T Bavuma6 (23)
12
F du Plessis8 (6)
Q de Kock4 (10)
6*
F du Plessis5 (13)
VD Philander1 (12)

Match Coverage

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Dunedin, again

2012

Last time before this NZ took a first-innings lead against SA in Tests, which was at the same venue, eight Tests ago.

Watling's three v SA

3

No. of fifty-plus scores by BJ Watling against SA in seven Test inns. No other NZ batsman has hit as many when playing as a keeper.

A rare hundred

3

Test hundreds by NZ captains against SA before Williamson's in this inns. Previous one was the 262 by Stephen Fleming in Cape Town in 2006.

Tough nut

4

No. of times Philander has dismissed Williamson in ten inns before this Test. Williamson averages just 17.50 runs against the bowler.

Tough opponents

18

Runs by Tom Latham in four Test innings against South Africa. He has made scores of 4, 4, 0, 10 against them.

SA lose their way?

79/6

SA's score on the second day. They were 229 for 4 overnight.

First in a while

2005

Last time before Elgar an overseas opener hit a Test hundred in the 1st inns of a series in NZ. Marvan Atapattu had made 127 in Napier.

SA recover

1

No. of lower scores from which there has been a century stand for the 4th wkt in Tests in NZ. Griffith and Lara had added 112 from 17/3 in 1998-99.