Proteas go down at the hands of Guptill
The New Zealand Black Caps beat the Oxigen Proteas by 32 runs in the second KFC T20 international match.
NEW Zealand Black Caps beat the Oxigen Proteas by 32 runs in the second KFC T20 International match at SuperSport Park on Sunday, August 16 to share the series 1-1. The Proteas won the first match on Friday, in Durban, by 6 wickets.
After they won the toss, the impressive Martin Guptill set up the Black Caps’ winning total with his innings of 60 from 35 balls, which included six boundaries and three sixes. In partnership with captain, Kane Williamson, Guptill enabled his side to score more than 50 runs in the six Powerade powerplay overs.
This time they managed to kick on during the back end of their innings and scored a further 59 runs in the final six overs.
Kagiso Rabada took two wickets in two balls for the second time in the series and was the pick of the South African attack with three wickets for 30 runs. David Wiese also had a good return, conceding only 26 runs and taking a wicket in his four overs.
Guptill was named both KFC man of the match and of the series with his aggregate of 102 runs from 72 balls.
In their reply, the Proteas lost too many wickets up front and paid the price for not being able to put any substantial partnerships together. The pick of the South African line-up was Farhaan Behardien who showed good judgment in rotating the strike and hitting boundaries on his way to his career best T20 score of 36 runs from 27 balls which included three boundaries and a six.
The Proteas went into the last six overs needing 75 runs but did not come close to this target as they also lost a wicket in each of the first four overs of the last phase. It meant that David Miller, the last power hitter, was left without the support he needed to take up the challenge.
Mitchell McClenaghan and the two spinners, Nathan McCallum and Ish Sodhi, took two wickets apiece.
With Morne Morkel missing out through paternity leave, the Proteas were able to play two specialist spinners in Aaron Phangiso and Eddie Leie in their only change from the first match.
The format now changes to the 50 overs version with the first Momentum ODI taking place at SuperSport Park on Wednesday. Spectators are reminded that the starting time is earlier than normal at 12:30.
