South Africa tour of New Zealand 2026 · 1st T20 Match
Completed
New Zealand
91/10 (14.3)
South Africa
93/3 (16.4)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
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Key Stats
Toss: New Zealand opt to bat
Over 1611 runs
- 6Kyle Jamieson to Connor Esterhuizen: Six. Winning Boundary !!! Fuller length ball around middle, slams the ball over square of the wicket area for the six runs !! New Zealand lose by 7 wickets !!
- 2Kyle Jamieson to Connor Esterhuizen: Two Runs. Fuller length ball around off, slices it to the point for double runs
- 2Kyle Jamieson to Connor Esterhuizen: Two Runs. Fuller length ball around middle, he airs the ball towards down the ground for double runs
- NBKyle Jamieson to Connor Esterhuizen: No Ball. One Run.
- 1Kyle Jamieson to Dian Forrester: One Run. Fuller length ball onto off, hits it for one run
Over 157 runs, 3 wkts
Connor Esterhuizen 35(44)
Dian Forrester 15(24)
Ben Sears
3.0-0-16-0
- 0Ben Sears to Connor Esterhuizen: No Run. Fuller length ball around off, swings the bat to touch it but misses fully
- 1Ben Sears to Dian Forrester: One Run. Fuller length ball onto off, cuts it to the point for a single one run
- WDBen Sears to Dian Forrester: Wide Ball. One Run.
- 4Ben Sears to Dian Forrester: Four. Fuller length ball around off, driven it to the sweeper cover for a boundary
- 0Ben Sears to Dian Forrester: No Run. Fuller length ball around off, cuts it to the gully for no runs
- 0Ben Sears to Dian Forrester: No Run. Fuller ball around middle, pushes it to the bowler
- 1Ben Sears to Connor Esterhuizen: One Run. Good length ball around middle, strikes it to the long on for a one run
Over 142 runs, 3 wkts
Dian Forrester 10(20)
Connor Esterhuizen 34(42)
Cole McConchie
4.0-0-24-0
- 0Cole McConchie to Dian Forrester: No Run. Floated ball around off, driven it to the covers for none
- 1Cole McConchie to Connor Esterhuizen: One Run. Floated ball around middle, clips it to the long on for easy single
- 0Cole McConchie to Connor Esterhuizen: No Run. Floated ball around off, rolled it to the mid off for no runs
- 0Cole McConchie to Connor Esterhuizen: No Run. Tossed up ball around middle, slogs it to the square leg for none
- 1Cole McConchie to Dian Forrester: One Run. Floated ball around middle, strikes the ball for one run
- 0Cole McConchie to Dian Forrester: No Run. Tossed up ball onto off, pushes it to the point for a dot
Over 131 run, 3 wkts
Connor Esterhuizen 33(39)
Dian Forrester 9(17)
Mitchell Santner
4.0-0-8-1
- 0Mitchell Santner to Connor Esterhuizen: No Run. Floated ball around middle, defends it properly for nothing
- 1Mitchell Santner to Dian Forrester: One Run. Tossed up ball around middle, hits it to the leg side for single run
- 0Mitchell Santner to Dian Forrester: No Run. Flighted ball around off, tries to play it reverse but misses on the legs for none and appeal was rejected again
- 0Mitchell Santner to Dian Forrester: No Run. Floated ball around off, reverse hits it to the short off side for none
- 0Mitchell Santner to Dian Forrester: No Run. Tossed up ball around middle, goes to defend but misses for dot
- 0Mitchell Santner to Dian Forrester: No Run. Dropped !!! Tossed up ball around middle, slogs it to the leg side for no runs
Over 127 runs, 3 wkts
Connor Esterhuizen 33(38)
Dian Forrester 8(12)
Cole McConchie
3.0-0-22-0
- 2Cole McConchie to Connor Esterhuizen: Two Runs. Floated ball around middle and off, drilled it to the long off for couple of runs
- 1Cole McConchie to Dian Forrester: One Run. Tossed up ball around off, took a single run on it
- 1Cole McConchie to Connor Esterhuizen: One Run. Floated ball around middle, slogs it to the square leg for one run
- 1Cole McConchie to Dian Forrester: One Run. Floated ball onto off, driven it to the cover region for one run
- 1Cole McConchie to Connor Esterhuizen: One Run. Tossed up ball around middle, hits the ball for single run
- 1Cole McConchie to Dian Forrester: One Run. Floated ball around middle, strikes it for one run