South Africa tour of New Zealand, 2026, New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st T20I, South Africa Won By 7 Wickets

New Zealand 91

South Africa 93/3

South Africa Won By 7 Wickets

New Zealand (20 Overs Maximum)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Devon Conway	c de Zorzi b Coetzee	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
Tom Latham †	lbw b Coetzee	7	6	12	1	0	116.66
Tim Robinson	c Linde b Baartman	6	5	15	1	0	120.00
Nick Kelly	b Baartman	2	5	10	0	0	40.00
Bevon Jacobs	run out (Herman)	10	7	11	0	1	142.85
Mitchell Santner (c)	b Maharaj	15	19	24	2	0	78.94
James Neesham	c †Esterhuizen b Mokoena	26	21	28	2	1	123.80
Cole McConchie	c Herman b Mokoena	15	11	23	1	0	136.36
Zak Foulkes	c †Esterhuizen b Mokoena	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Kyle Jamieson	b Maharaj	2	5	3	0	0	40.00
Ben Sears	not out	0	0	3	0	0	-
Extras	(w 6)	6
Total	14.3 Ov (RR: 6.27, 73 Mins)	91

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	WD
Gerald Coetzee	3	14	2	4.66	10	2
Nqobani Mokoena	3.3	26	3	7.42	9	2
Ottneil Baartman	3	22	2	7.33	10	1
Keshav Maharaj	4	25	2	6.25	11	0
Dian Forrester	1	4	0	4.00	3	0

South Africa (Target:- 92 Runs From 20 Overs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Tony de Zorzi	c Jacobs b Foulkes	2	8	7	0	0	25.00
Connor Esterhuizen †	not out	45	48	75	2	2	93.75
Rubin Hermann	c †Latham b Jamieson	7	6	15	0	1	116.66
Jason Smith	st †Latham b Santner	10	14	18	1	0	71.42
Dian Forrester	not out	16	25	29	1	0	64.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 3)	13
Total	16.4 Ov (RR: 5.58, 75 Mins)	93/3

Bowling	O	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Kyle Jamieson	3.4	28	1	7.63	11	2	1
Zak Foulkes	2	8	1	4.00	8	0	0
Ben Sears	3	16	0	5.33	11	1	0
Mitchell Santner	4	8	1	2.00	20	0	0
Cole McConchie	4	24	0	6.00	6	0	0

Match Flow

New Zealand innings

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 5 wickets)

New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 4

Drinks: New Zealand - 54/6 in 9.2 overs (JDS Neesham 9)

Innings Break: New Zealand - 91/10 in 14.3 overs (BV Sears 0)

South Africa innings

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)

South Africa: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 11

Drinks: South Africa - 55/3 in 9.1 overs (C Esterhuizen 25)

Over 13.2: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CM Brown, Batter - D Forrester (Struck down)