New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015

New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015

	South Africa	New Zealand
Dates	14 August 2015 – 26 August 2015
Captains	AB de Villiers	Kane Williamson
One Day International series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Hashim Amla (176)	Tom Latham (178)
Most wickets	Imran Tahir (5), David Wiese (5)	Adam Milne (5)
Player of the series	Hashim Amla (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Result	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Rilee Rossouw (64)	Martin Guptill (102)
Most wickets	Kagiso Rabada (5)	Mitchell McClenaghan (3)
Player of the series	Martin Guptill (NZ)

The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 14 to 26 August 2015. The tour consisted of three One Day International and two Twenty20 International matches.^[1]^[2] In June Brendon McCullum was named as the captain for New Zealand on this tour.^[3] However, in July, it was announced that McCullum had been rested for this tour and the tour to Zimbabwe, being replaced by Kane Williamson.^[4]

South Africa won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20I series was drawn 1–1.

Squads

ODIs		T20Is
South Africa^[5]	New Zealand^[4]	South Africa^[5]	New Zealand^[4]
AB de Villiers (c) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien ~~Faf du Plessis~~¹ David Miller Aaron Phangiso Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Morne van Wyk David Wiese Dean Elgar	Kane Williamson (c) Doug Bracewell Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Luke Ronchi Mitchell Santner ~~Ross Taylor~~¹ Ben Wheeler	AB de Villiers (c) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien ~~Faf du Plessis~~ ¹ JP Duminy Eddie Leie David Miller Morne Morkel Aaron Phangiso Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Morne van Wyk David Wiese	Kane Williamson (c) Doug Bracewell Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Luke Ronchi Mitchell Santner ~~Ross Taylor~~¹ Ben Wheeler

¹ Ross Taylor was injured in training the day before the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe and was ruled out of the rest of New Zealand's tour in Africa.^[6] Faf du Plessis was injured for the T20I series, so AB de Villiers captained South Africa.^[7] The injury ruled out du Plessis for the ODI and T20I series. Farhaan Behardien and Dean Elgar were added to the squad.^[8]

T20I series

1st T20I

14 August 2015
Scorecard

New Zealand 151/8 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 152/4 (17.5 overs)
Kane Williamson 42 (21) David Wiese 2/24 (4 overs)		Hashim Amla 48 (41) Doug Bracewell 1/17 (3 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Shaun George (SA)
Player of the match: Aaron Phangiso (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

16 August 2015
Scorecard

New Zealand 177/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 145/8 (20 overs)
Martin Guptill 60 (35) Kagiso Rabada 3/30 (4 overs)		Farhaan Behardien 36 (27) Ish Sodhi 2/27 (4 overs)

New Zealand won by 32 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Shaun George (SA)
Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

ODI series

1st ODI

19 August 2015
Scorecard

South Africa 304/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 284 (48.1 overs)
Hashim Amla 124 (126) Adam Milne 2/51 (10 overs)		Tom Latham 60 (80) Imran Tahir 2/40 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 20 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
David Wiese (SA) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

23 August 2015
Scorecard

South Africa 204 (49.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 207/2 (44.3 overs)
Farhaan Behardien 70 (87) Doug Bracewell 3/31 (10 overs)		Martin Guptill 103* (134) Aaron Phangiso 1/37 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Senwes Park, Potchefstroom
Umpires: Shaun George (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
George Worker (NZ) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

26 August 2015 (D/N)
Scorecard

South Africa 283/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 221 (49.2 overs)
AB de Villiers 64 (48) Ben Wheeler 3/71 (10 overs)		Tom Latham 54 (74) David Wiese 3/58 (9 overs)

South Africa won by 62 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Johan Cloete (SA) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

References

↑ "New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
↑ "New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
↑ "McCullum to skip upcoming tours in Africa". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
1 2 3 "McCullum, Southee rested for Africa tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
1 2 "Morne van Wyk recalled to limited-overs squads". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
↑ "Taylor out of Africa tour with groin injury". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ "SA win toss and bowl, Du Plessis out injured". ENCA. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
↑ "Injured du Plessis ruled out for at least four weeks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

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International cricket in 2015

Preceding season: International cricket in 2014–15

May 2015	Americas Twenty20 Division One England in Ireland New Zealand in England Europe Division One Zimbabwe in Pakistan

June 2015	Australia in West Indies India in Bangladesh Pakistan in Sri Lanka Scotland in Ireland Nepal in Netherlands New Zealand Women in India

July 2015	South Africa in Bangladesh Australia in England (The Ashes) Australia Women in England Americas Under-19 Championship World Twenty20 Qualifier Pacific Games Europe Under-19 Championship India in Zimbabwe

August 2015	New Zealand in Zimbabwe India in Sri Lanka New Zealand in South Africa Australia Women in Ireland Australia in Ireland ACC Under-19 Premier League

September 2015	World Cricket League Division Six Pakistan in Zimbabwe Bangladesh Women in Pakistan

Ongoing	Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Championship Women's Championship

Following season: International cricket in 2015–16

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