New Zealand national cricket team in South Africa in the 2015 season

The New Zealand cricket team tour to South Africa in the 2015 season took place from August 14th to 26th, 2015. The international cricket tour was part of the 2015 international cricket season and included three ODIs and two Twenty20s . South Africa won the ODI series 2–1, while the test series 1–1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

South Africa recently did a tour in Bangladesh , New Zealand in Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2014/15 season in New Zealand .

Stages

Durban Centurion Potchefstroom

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on March 13, 2015.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
SuperSport Park	Centurion	22,000	1. ODI; 2. T20
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	3.ODI; 1. T20
Senwes Park	Potchefstroom	18,000	2. ODI

Squad lists

New Zealand named their squad on July 9, 2015. South Africa named their squad on August 4, 2015.

ODI		Twenty20
South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand
AB de Villiers ( K ) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Faf du Plessis David Miller Aaron Phangiso Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Morne van Wyk ( wk ) David Wiese Dean Elgar	Kane Williamson ( K ) Doug Bracewell Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ross Taylor Ben Wheeler	AB de Villiers ( K ) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Faf du Plessis JP Duminy Eddie Leie David Miller Morne Morkel Aaron Phangiso Kagiso Rabada Rilee Rossouw Morne van Wyk ( wk ) David Wiese	Kane Williamson ( K ) Doug Bracewell Grant Elliott Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Mitchell McClenaghan Nathan McCullum Adam Milne Colin Munro James Neesham Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ross Taylor Ben Wheeler

Tour match

July 27th scorecard	Pretoria	New Zealanders 201-4 (20)	-	North West 128-5 (20)
		New Zealanders wins with 73 runs

July 27th scorecard	Pretoria	New Zealanders 267 (34.5 / 35)	-	North West 153 (3/20/35)
		New Zealanders wins with 114 runs

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Durban

August 14th scorecard	Durban	New Zealand 151-8 (20)	-	South Africa 152-4 (17.5)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Centurion

August 16 scorecard	Centurion	New Zealand 177-7 (20)	-	South Africa 145-8 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 32 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Centurion

August 19th scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 304-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 284 (48.1)
		South Africa wins with 20 runs

Second ODI in Potchefstroom

August 23 scorecard	Potchefstroom	South Africa 204 (49.3)	-	New Zealand 207-2 (44.3)
		New Zealand wins with 8 wickets

Third ODI in Durban

August 26th scorecard	Durban	South Africa 283-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 221 (49.2)
		South Africa wins with 62 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Tom Latham	New Zealand	3	3	178	59.33	64	0	3
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	3	176	58.66	124	1	0
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	3	3	138	69.00	103 *	1	0
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	3	3	134	44.66	89	0	1
Farhaan Behardien	South Africa	3	3	125	41.66	70	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Imran Tahir	South Africa	3	30th	5	23.60	2/36	0	0
Adam Milne	New Zealand	3	30th	5	26.80	2/39	0	0
David Wiese	South Africa	3	20th	5	28.80	3/58	0	0
Doug Bracewell	New Zealand	2	20th	4th	21.25	3/31	0	0
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	2	19.1	3	27.33	2/33	0	0
Grant Elliott	New Zealand	3	21st	3	29.66	2/41	0	0
Ben Wheeler	New Zealand	2	19.3	3	36.66	3/71	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	27	3	43.00	2/50	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Martin Guptill	New Zealand	2	2	102	51.00	60	0	1
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	2	2	67	33.50	42	0	0
Rilee Rossouw	South Africa	2	2	64	32.00	38	0	0
Hashim Amla	South Africa	2	2	62	31.00	48	0	0
AB de Villiers	South Africa	2	2	48	24.00	33	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	2	8th	5	11.80	3/30	0	0
David Wiese	South Africa	2	8th	3	16.66	2/24	0	0
Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	2	7th	3	20.33	2/28	0	0
Aaron Phangiso	South Africa	2	8th	3	23.00	2/29	0	0
Ish Sodhi	New Zealand	1	4th	2	13.50	2/27	0	0
Adam Milne	New Zealand	2	7.5	2	25.00	1/23	0	0
Nathan McCullum	New Zealand	2	8th	2	32.50	2/31	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
ODI	Hashim Amla
T20	Martin Guptill

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Aaron Phangiso
2. T20	Martin Guptill
1. ODI	Hashim Amla
2. ODI	Martin Guptill
3. ODI	AB de Villiers

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Africa announce home season fixtures ( English ) Cricinfo. March 13, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
2. ↑ McCullum, Southee rested for Africa tour ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
3. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Morne van Wyk recalled to limited-overs squads ( English ) Cricinfo. August 4, 2015. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
4. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
5. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series, 2015 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series, 2015 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2016.