Brendon McCullum and Jamie How pounded the South African bowlers as New Zealand ended a losing streak with an emphatic seven-wicket victory.
McCullum, How set up series decider as NZ beat SA in second ODI at St George’s Park
PORT ELIZABETH: Brendon McCullum and Jamie How pounded the South African bowlers as New Zealand ended a losing streak with an emphatic seven-wicket victory in the second ODI at St George’s Park.
McCullum (81) and How (76) put on 154 for the second wicket as New Zealand cruised in with 11.2 overs to spare to level the three-match series on Friday. The deciding match will be played in Cape Town on Sunday.
New Zealand’s win followed heavy defeats in two Tests and losses in a Twenty20 international and the first ODI.
“It was a pretty good performance,” said New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori. “I don’t think there was any area where we didn’t do a very good job,” Vettori added.
The New Zealand captain said the win would give his team confidence going into the decider. “We haven’t won too many games in South Africa. But it doesn’t mean much unless we go on to win the series.”
The Black Caps dominated most of the match, reducing South Africa to 66 for five after South African captain Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to bat.
All-rounder Shaun Pollock and wicketkeeper Mark Boucher added 89 for the sixth wicket to enable South Africa to make 209 for nine.
Scorecard
South Africa: H Gibbs c Styris b Mills 0, G Smith c Taylor b Mills 0, J Kallis c Taylor b Oram 26, AB de Villiers b Gillespie 8, J Duminy c Vincent b Patel 23, M Boucher c Patel b Vettori 48, S Pollock b Gillespie 52, J Morkel b Gillespie 6, J Botha c Vincent b Mills 8, A Nel not out 30, C Langeveldt not out 2 Extras: (w-5, nb-1) 6; Total: (9 wickets; 50 overs) 209; FoW: 1-0 (Gibbs, 0.2 ov), 2-5 (Smith, 2.5 ov), 3-20 (de Villiers, 7.5 ov), 4-53 (Duminy, 16.6 ov), 5-66 (Kallis, 21.5 ov), 6-155 (Boucher, 43.2 ov), 7-167 (Morkel, 45.6 ov), 8-176 (Pollock, 47.1 ov), 9-194 (Botha, 48.5 ov) Bowling: KD Mills 8-1-43-3, MR Gillespie 10-1-55-3, JDP Oram 10-1-31-1, JS Patel 10-0-39-1, DL Vettori 10-1-29-1, SB Styris 2-0-12-0.
New Zealand: L Vincent run out (Nel) 9, B McCullum run out (sub D Steyn) 81, J How lbw b Langeveldt 76, S Styris not out 24, RL Taylor not out 13 Extras: (lb-3, w-4) 7; Total: (3 wickets; 38.4 overs) 210; FoW: 1-9 (Vincent, 1.4 ov), 2-163 (McCullum, 30.2 ov), 3-190 (How, 35.3 ov); Bowling: SM Pollock 9-0-29-0, A Nel 8-0-66-0, CK Langeveldt 8-0-40-1, JA Morkel 6-0-38-0, J Botha 7.4-0-34-0.
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