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South Africa vs New Zealand Scorecard, 1st Test, New Zealand vs South Africa2022
Result · Feb 17 2022, Thu - 03:30 AM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA95, 111
NEW ZEALAND482
New Zealand won by an innings and 276 runs
CRR:2.66
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in New Zealand 2022 |
| Date: | Feb 17 2022, Thu - 03:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| City: | Christchurch |
| Venue: | Hagley Oval |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Tom Latham (c), Will Young, Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Blundell (wk), Colin de Grandhomme, Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Matt Henry |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Zubayr Hamza, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Glenton Stuurman, Duanne Olivier |
- New Zealand are winless against South Africa in their last 16 men’s Test games (D6 L10), their longest active streak against any team in the format.
- This is set to be the first men’s Test match between New Zealand and South Africa at the Hagley Oval; it will be the seventh different venue to host such a game in New Zealand.
- South Africa are currently on a two-match winning streak in away men’s Test matches, the last time they won three or more consecutive games in the format was in March 2000 (a run of four games).
- New Zealand have won seven of their nine men’s Test matches played at the Hagley Oval (D1 L1), with the only loss coming against Australia in February 2016.
- New Zealand have a catch success rate of 85% in men’s test cricket since the beginning of 2021, the best rate for any team during the period; they have caught 94 of their total 111 chances.
- 26% of balls that South Africa have bowled in men’s Test cricket since the beginning of 2021 have been back of a length deliveries, the highest proportion of all teams; no team has picked more wickets from such deliveries during this period than South Africa (45).
- South African batters have averaged a boundary once every 15.8 balls since the beginning of 2020 in men’s Test cricket, the best rate for any team.
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) has bowled a total of 48 no balls since the beginning of 2021 in men’s Test cricket, the most by any player.
- Devon Conway (New Zealand) averages 69.2 while batting in men’s Test cricket since the beginning of 2021, only Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne (69.4) averages more than the Kiwi batter during this period (min. 1000 balls).
- Aiden Markram (South Africa – 1900 runs) requires 100 more runs to become the 32nd Proteas batter to reach to the 2000 runs milestone in men’s Test cricket; this is going to be Markram’s first game against New Zealand in Tests since he made his debut in the format in September 2017.