South African national cricket team in New Zealand in the 2016/17 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to New Zealand in the 2016/17 season took place from February 17 to March 29, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2016/17 international cricket season and included three tests , five ODIs and one Twenty20 . South Africa won the ODI series 3–2 and the Test and Twenty20 series 1–0 each.

prehistory

New Zealand previously played a tour in Australia , South Africa against Sri Lanka . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2016 season in South Africa , in which South Africa won the test series 1–0. The fourth ODI was originally planned in Napier after the second ODI had to be canceled on the previous Australian tour due to poor space. Instead, the ODI took place in Hamilton .

Stages

Auckland Christchurch (HO) Dunedin Hamilton Wellington (BR) Wellington (WRS)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on May 27, 2016.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Eden Park	Auckland	50,000	5. ODI; 1. T20
Hagley Oval	Christchurch	20,000	2. ODI
University oval	Dunedin	6,000	1st test
Seddon Park	Hamilton	10,000	3rd test; 1. ODI; 4. ODI
Basin Reserve	Wellington	11,000	2nd test
Wellington Regional Stadium	Wellington	34,500	3. ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named their ODI squad on February 8 and their test squad on February 24, 2017. New Zealand named their ODI and Twenty20 squad on February 12 and their test squad on March 2, 2017.

test		ODI		Twenty20
New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand	South Africa
Kane Williamson ( K ) Trent Boult Neil Broom Colin de Grandhomme Matt Henry  Tom Latham James Neesham Henry Nicholls Jeetan Patel Jeet Raval Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling ( wk )	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Stephen Cook Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Theunis de Bruyn JP Duminy Dean Elgar Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Morné Morkel Chris Morris Duanne Olivier Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Dane Piedt Kagiso Rabada	Kane Williamson ( K ) Trent Boult  Neil Broom Dean Brownlie Lockie Ferguson Colin de Grandhomme Martin Guptill Matt Henry  Tom Latham ( wk ) James Neesham Jeetan Patel Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor	AB de Villiers ( K ) Faf du Plessis Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) JP Duminy Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi	Kane Williamson ( K ) Corey Anderson  Trent Boult TTom Bruce Lockie Ferguson Colin de Grandhomme Martin Guptill Colin Munro James Neesham Glenn Phillips Luke Ronchi ( wk ) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ben Wheeler	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi

Twenty20 International in Auckland

February 17th scorecard	Auckland	South Africa 185-6 (20)	-	New Zealand 107 (14.5)
		South Africa wins with 78 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Hamilton

February 19th scorecard	Hamilton	New Zealand 207-7 (34/34)	-	South Africa 210-6 (33.5 / 34)
		South Africa wins with 4 wickets

Second ODI in Christchurch

February 22nd scorecard	Christchurch	New Zealand 289-4 (50)	-	South Africa 283-9 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 6 runs

Third ODI in Wellington

February 25 scorecard	Wellington (WRS)	South Africa 271-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 112 (32.2)
		South Africa wins with 159 runs

Fourth ODI in Hamilton

March 1st scorecard	Hamilton	South Africa 279-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 280-3 (45)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

Fifth ODI in Auckland

March 4th scorecard	Auckland	New Zealand 149 (41.1)	-	South Africa 150-4 (32.2)
		South Africa wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Dunedin

March 8-12 scorecard	Dunedin	South Africa 308 (122.4) & 224-6 (102)	-	New Zealand 341 (114.3)
		draw

Second test in Wellington

March 16-18 Scorecard	Wellington (BR)	New Zealand 268 (79.3) & 171 (63.2)	-	South Africa 359 (98) & 83-2 (24.3)
		South Africa wins with 8 wickets

Third test in Hamilton

March 25-29 Scorecard	Hamilton	South Africa 314 (89.2) & 80-5 (39)	-	New Zealand 489 (162.1)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fourth ODI moved from Napier to Hamilton ( English ) Cricinfo. February 14, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
2. ↑ NZ target day-night Test v England at Eden Park in 2018 ( English ) Cricinfo. May 27, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
3. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Injured Ngidi out of New Zealand ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
4. ↑ Firdose MOONDA: Morkel returns to Test squad; wicketkeeper Klaasen called up ( English ) Cricinfo. February 24, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
5. ↑ Ronchi, Guptill return from injury for South Africa series ( English ) Cricinfo. February 12, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
6. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Neesham and Patel Recalled to New Zealand Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. March 2, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.