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T20I No. 3772

South Africa Tour of New Zealand 2026
2025-26 season
New Zealand vs South Africa - 1st T20I
Sunday March 15, 2026 - night match (20-over match)

South Africa led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)


New Zealand Innings
(20 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Devon Conway c de Zorzi b Coetzee
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Tom Latham lbw b Coetzee
7 
6 
1 
0
116.67 
»
 Tim Robinson c Linde b Baartman
6 
5 
1 
0
120.00 
»
 Nick Kelly b Baartman
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Bevon Jacobs run out
10 
7 
0 
1
142.86 
»
 Mitchell Santner b Maharaj
15 
19 
2 
0
78.95 
»
 James Neesham c Esterhuizen b Mokoena
26 
21 
2 
1
123.81 
»
 Cole McConchie c Hermann b Mokoena
15 
11 
1 
0
136.36 
»
 Zakary Foulkes c Esterhuizen b Mokoena
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Kyle Jamieson b Maharaj
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Ben Sears Not Out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
Extras W 6
6
Total : (all out in 14.3 overs)
91
 RR : 6.28

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Devon Conway, 0.6 ov), 2-14 (Tom Latham, 2.1 ov), 3-20 (Tim Robinson, 3.2 ov), 4-21 (Nick Kelly, 3.4 ov), 5-36 (Bevon Jacobs, 5.5 ov), 6-54 (Mitchell Santner, 9.2 ov), 7-80 (James Neesham, 12.1 ov), 8-83 (Zakary Foulkes, 12.6 ov), 9-86 (Kyle Jamieson, 13.6 ov), 10-91 (Cole McConchie, 14.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Gerald Coetzee
3
0 
14 
2
4.67
0
2
»
 Nqobani Mokoena
3
 .3
0 
26 
3
7.43
0
2
»
 Ottneil Baartman
3
0 
22 
2
7.33
0
1
»
 Keshav Maharaj
4
0 
25 
2
6.25
0
0
»
 Dian Forrester
1
0 
4 
0
4.00
0
0

South Africa Innings
(Target: 92 runs in 20 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tony de Zorzi c Jacobs b Foulkes
2 
8 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Connor Esterhuizen Not Out
45 
48 
2 
2
93.75 
»
 Rubin Hermann c Latham b Jamieson
7 
6 
0 
1
116.67 
»
 Jason Smith st Latham b Santner
10 
14 
1 
0
71.43 
»
 Dian Forrester Not Out
16 
25 
1 
0
64.00 
Extras B 4, LB 5, W 3, N 1
13
Total : (3 wickets in 16.4 overs)
93
 RR : 5.58

did not bat: George Linde, Keshav Maharaj, Nqobani Mokoena, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Jordan Hermann

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Tony de Zorzi, 1.4 ov), 2-28 (Rubin Hermann, 4.5 ov), 3-55 (Jason Smith, 9.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kyle Jamieson
3
 .4
0 
28 
1
7.64
1
2
»
 Zakary Foulkes
2
0 
8 
1
4.00
0
0
»
 Ben Sears
3
0 
16 
0
5.33
0
1
»
 Mitchell Santner
4
0 
8 
1
2.00
0
0
»
 Cole McConchie
4
0 
24 
0
6.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Jordan Hermann, Connor Esterhuizen, Dian Forrester and Nqobani Mokoena (South Africa); Nick Kelly (New Zealand)
Man of the Match: Nqobani Mokoena (South Africa)
Umpires : Shaun Haig (New Zealand) and Wayne Knights (New Zealand)
Third Umpire: Kim Cotton (New Zealand)
Referee : Dave Gilbertl (Australia)
Reserve Umpire: Chris Brown (New Zealand)

Teams:
New Zealand Bevon Jacobs, Cole McConchie, Devon Conway, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner (Capt.), Nick Kelly, Tim Robinson, Tom Latham (wk), Zakary Foulkes, Ben Sears, Kyle Jamieson
South Africa Connor Esterhuizen (wk), Dian Forrester, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj (Capt.), Tony de Zorzi, Nqobani Mokoena, Ottneil Baartman, Gerald Coetzee, Rubin Hermann, Jordan Hermann, Jason Smith
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