South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2014–15

South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2014–15
South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2014–15
	New Zealand
Dates	21 October – 27 October 2014
Captains	Brendon McCullum
One Day International series
Results	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Luke Ronchi (178)
Most wickets	Trent Boult (4)

The South Africa cricket team toured New Zealand from 21 to 27 October 2014. The tour consisted of three One Day International matches, which South Africa won 2–0.^[1] With the series win, South Africa moved to the top of the ODI ranking table for the first time in five years.^[2]

Squads

ODIs
New Zealand	South Africa
Brendon McCullum (C) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Dean Brownlie Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Jimmy Neesham Luke Ronchi (WK) Tim Southee Daniel Vettori	AB de Villiers (C) Hashim Amla Kyle Abbott Quinton de Kock JP Duminy Faf du Plessis Imran Tahir Ryan McLaren David Miller Morne Morkel Wayne Parnell Aaron Phangiso Vernon Philander Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn

ODI series

1st ODI

21 October 2014
11:00
Scorecard

New Zealand 230 (45.1 overs)	v	South Africa 236/4 (48.1 overs)
Luke Ronchi 99 (83) Imran Tahir 2/37 (10 overs)		AB de Villiers 89* (85) Trent Boult 2/40 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus)
Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

2nd ODI

24 October 2014
11:00
Scorecard

South Africa 282/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 210 (46.3 overs)
Hashim Amla 119 (135) Corey Anderson 2/30 (4 overs)		Luke Ronchi 79 (83) Vernon Philander 2/27 (7.3 overs)

South Africa won by 72 runs
Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Derek Walker (NZ)
Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
AB de Villiers took his maiden ODI wicket when he dismissed Tom Latham.

3rd ODI

27 October 2014
11:00
Scorecard

South Africa 157/3 (30.4 overs)	v	New Zealand
Quinton de Kock 80* (94) Matt Henry 2/40 (8 overs)

No result
Seddon Park, Hamilton
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Rod Tucker (Aus)

New Zealand won the toss and chose to field.
Rain caused the game to be abandoned during South Africa's innings.

References

^ "South Africa in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
^ "South Africa top ICC one-day rankings ahead of Australia, India". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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[CricInfo-1] "South Africa in New Zealand ODI Series, 2014/15". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

[BBC-2] "South Africa top ICC one-day rankings ahead of Australia, India". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

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