Men's Test · New Zealand tour of South Africa · Match 1

South Africa v New Zealand

15 Apr 2006 to 19 Apr 2006 · SuperSport Park, Centurion

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

South Africa won by 128 runs

Toss: South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: M Ntini

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
South Africa (1)	276	95.4
New Zealand (2)	327	71.4
South Africa (3)	299	98.1
New Zealand (4)	120	36.0

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

New Zealand120 all out (36 ov)

New Zealand batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HJH Marshallcaught b M Ntini	caught b M Ntini	25	85	1	0	29.4
PG Fultoncaught b M Ntini	caught b M Ntini	4	2	1	0	200.0
KD Millscaught b M Ntini	caught b M Ntini	0	2	0	0	0.0
SP Flemingcaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	6	21	0	0	28.6
SB Styriscaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	2	6	0	0	33.3
NJ Astlecaught b M Ntini	caught b M Ntini	2	7	0	0	28.6
JDP Oramb M Ntini	b M Ntini	2	8	0	0	25.0
BB McCullumcaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	33	38	2	2	86.8
DL Vettoricaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	38	48	6	1	79.2
JEC Franklin*not out	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
CS Martinb DW Steyn	b DW Steyn	0	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	8 (lb 2, nb 6)
Total	120 all out (36 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (PG Fulton, 2.1 ov), 2-5 (KD Mills, 2.3 ov), 3-17 (SP Fleming, 7.2 ov), 4-23 (SB Styris, 9.2 ov), 5-26 (NJ Astle, 10.4 ov), 6-28 (JDP Oram, 12.4 ov), 7-73 (BB McCullum, 23.1 ov), 8-119 (HJH Marshall, 34.5 ov), 9-119 (DL Vettori, 35.3 ov), 10-120 (CS Martin, 35.6 ov)

South Africa bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
M Ntini	14	3	51	5	3.64	0
DW Steyn	17	4	47	5	2.76	2
SM Pollock	5	1	20	0	4.00	4

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.