New Zealand national cricket team in South Africa in the 2012/13 season

The New Zealand national cricket team tour to South Africa in the 2012/13 season took place from December 21, 2012 to January 25, 2013. The international cricket tour was part of the 2012/13 international cricket season and included two tests , three ODIs and three Twenty20s . South Africa won the Test series 2–0 and the Twenty20 series 2–1, while New Zealand won the ODI series 2–1.

prehistory

South Africa previously toured Australia while New Zealand toured Sri Lanka . The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2011/12 season in New Zealand . With Brendon McCullum, New Zealand nominated a new captain for all three formats .

Stages

Durban (SSK) East London Port Elizabeth Cape Town Potchefstroom Kimberley Pair

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on June 5, 2012.

city	Stadion	capacity	Games
Durban	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	25,000	1. T20
East London	Buffalo Park	20,000	2. T20
Kimberley	De Beers Diamond Oval	11,000	2. ODI
Pair	Boland Park	10,000	1. ODI
Port Elizabeth	Sahara Oval St George's	19,000	2. test; 3. T20
Potchefstroom	Senwes Park	18,000	3. ODI
Cape Town	Newlands Cricket Ground	25,000	1st test

Squad lists

New Zealand named its Test and Twenty20 roster on December 7, and the ODI roster on December 28, 2013. South Africa named its Test and Twenty20 roster on December 3, 2012 and its ODI roster on January 6, 2013.

test		ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand
Graeme Smith ( K ) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla AB de Villiers ( wk ) Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar Jacques Kallis Rory Kleinveldt Ryan McLaren Morné Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Dean Brownlie Daniel Flynn James Franklin Peter Fulton Martin Guptill Mitchell McClenaghan Bruce Martin Chris Martin Colin Munro Jeetan Patel Tim Southee Neil Wagner BJ Watling ( wk ) Kane Williamson	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) AB de Villiers ( wk ) Dean Elgar Colin Ingram Rory Kleinveldt Ryan McLaren David Miller Morné Morkel Robin Peterson Aaron Phangiso Graeme Smith Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Grant Elliott James Franklin Martin Guptill Ronnie Hira Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Kyle Mills Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Rob Nicol Neil Wagner BJ Watling ( wk ) Kane Williamson	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Farhaan Behardien Henry Davids Quinton de Kock ( wk ) AB de Villiers ( wk ) Rory Kleinveldt Richard Levi Ryan McLaren David Miller Morné Morkel Chris Morris Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Aaron Phangiso Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Corey Anderson Michael Bates Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Derek de Boorder ( wk ) James Franklin Peter Fulton Mark Gillespie Martin Guptill Ronnie Hira Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Rob Nicol

Tour match

December 18 scorecard	Pietermaritzburg	New Zealanders 140-8 (20)	-	South African XI 116-9 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 24 runs

December 28th - 30th scorecard	Pair	New Zealanders 311-6d (89.1) & 117-2d (29)	-	South African XI 359-7d (119)
		draw

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Durban

December 21 scorecard	Durban	New Zealand 86 (18.2)	-	South Africa 87-2 (12.1)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Second Twenty20 in East London

December 23rd scorecard	East London	South Africa 165-5 (19/19)	-	New Zealand 169-2 (19/19)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets ( D / L method )

Third Twenty20 in Port Elizabeth

December 26th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 179-6 (20)	-	New Zealand 146-9 (20)
		South Africa wins with 33 runs

Testing

First test in Cape Town

January 2-6 scorecard	Cape Town	New Zealand 45 (19.2) & 275 (102.1)	-	South Africa 347-8d (95.2)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 27 runs

Second test in Port Elizabeth

11-15 January Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 525-8d (153.5)	-	New Zealand 121 (44.4) & 211 (86.4) (f / o)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 193 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Paarl

January 19th scorecard	Pair	South Africa 208 (46.2)	-	New Zealand 209-9 (45.4)
		New Zealand wins with 1 wicket

Second ODI in Kimberley

January 22nd scorecard	Kimberley	New Zealand 279-8 (50)	-	South Africa 252 (49.1)
		New Zealand wins with 27 runs

Third ODI in Potchefstroom

January 25th scorecard	Potchefstroom	New Zealand 260-9 (50)	-	South Africa 164-9 (50)
		South Africa wins with 1 wicket

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	2	2	176	88.00	110	1	1
Dean Brownlie	New Zealand	2	4th	172	43.00	109	1	1
BJ Watling	New Zealand	2	4th	168	42.00	63	0	2
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	2	2	152	76.00	137	1	0
Alviro Petersen	South Africa	2	2	127	63.50	106	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2	66	13	11.53	5/17	1	0
Vernon Philander	South Africa	1	30th	7th	11.85	5/7	1	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	2	55.4	7th	18.00	3/14	0	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	2	49	5	21.80	2/20	0	0
Rory Kleinveldt	South Africa	1	26th	4th	24.25	2/44	0	0
Trent Boult	New Zealand	2	53	4th	46.50	3/78	0	0
Doug Bracewell	New Zealand	2	58	4th	46.75	3/94	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Graeme Smith	South Africa	3	3	189	63.00	116	1	1
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	3	3	156	78.00	145 *	1	0
Colin Ingram	South Africa	3	3	133	44.33	79	0	1
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	3	3	103	34.33	54	0	1
James Franklin	New Zealand	3	3	100	100.00	53 *	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Lonwabo Tsotsobe	South Africa	3	28	8th	15.75	4/45	0	0
Ryan McLaren	South Africa	3	26.4	8th	19.37	4/46	0	0
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	3	18.2	6th	14.00	4/22	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	3	30th	6th	23.50	4/20	0	0
Kyle Mills	New Zealand	3	27	5	24.60	2/28	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Henry Davids	South Africa	3	3	143	47.66	68	0	2
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2	2	125	125.00	101 *	1	0
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	3	3	102	51.00	63	0	1
David Miller	South Africa	3	2	61	30.50	33	0	0
Justin Ontong	South Africa	1	1	48	48.00	48	0	0
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	3	3	48	16.00	25th	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Ryan McLaren	South Africa	3	12	5	15.60	3/25	0	0
Doug Bracewell	New Zealand	3	8th	5	17.80	3/33	0	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	3	10	4th	15.00	2/8	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	3	11	4th	19.00	2/24	0	0
Rory Kleinveldt	South Africa	3	11.2	4th	19.50	3/18	0	0

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Rory Kleinveldt
2. T20	Martin Guptill
3. T20	Henry Davids
1st test	Vernon Philander
2nd test	Dale Steyn
1. ODI	James Franklin
2. ODI	Kane Williamson
3. ODI	Graeme Smith

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Brydon Coverdale: McCullum takes over as New Zealand captain ( English ) Cricinfo. December 7, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Firdose Moonda: South Africa replace Boxing Day Test with T20 ( English ) Cricinfo. June 5, 2012. Retrieved April 22, 2016.
3. ^ New Zealand drop Kruger van Wyk ( English ) Cricinfo. December 7, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
4. ^ New Zealand retain Anderson, Munro, Neesham for ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. December 28, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
5. ↑ Firdose MOONDA: Du Plessis captain for T20s; Tahir left out of tests ( English ) Cricinfo. December 13, 2012. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
6. ↑ Kallis rested from ODIs against New Zealand ( English ) Cricinfo. January 3, 2013. Accessed April 23, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa Test Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series, 2012/13 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series, 2012/13 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved April 25, 2016.