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

South Africa v New Zealand

8 Nov 2007 to 11 Nov 2007 · Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

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

Result

South Africa won by 358 runs

Toss: South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: DW Steyn

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
South Africa (1)	226	74.3
New Zealand (2)	118	41.3
South Africa (3)	422/3d	126.0
New Zealand (4)	172/9	51.0

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

New Zealand172/9 (51 ov)

New Zealand batting, innings 4
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
CD Cummingcaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	7	17	0	0	41.2
SP Flemingcaught b A Nel	caught b A Nel	17	31	3	0	54.8
SB Styriscaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	16	28	3	0	57.1
LRPL Taylorcaught b A Nel	caught b A Nel	4	2	1	0	200.0
BB McCullumcaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	26	61	4	0	42.6
JDP Oramcaught b PL Harris	caught b PL Harris	40	83	5	0	48.2
MHW Pappscaught b JH Kallis	caught b JH Kallis	5	14	1	0	35.7
DL Vettori*not out	not out	46	58	5	0	79.3
IE O'Briencaught b DW Steyn	caught b DW Steyn	0	7	0	0	0.0
CS Martinb DW Steyn	b DW Steyn	0	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	11 (b 7, lb 1, w 2, nb 1)
Total	172/9 (51 ov)

Did not bat: SE Bond

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (CD Cumming, 4.6 ov), 2-34 (SP Fleming, 9.3 ov), 3-39 (LRPL Taylor, 9.5 ov), 4-60 (SB Styris, 18.3 ov), 5-90 (BB McCullum, 26.1 ov), 6-109 (MHW Papps, 33.1 ov), 7-154 (JDP Oram, 45.4 ov), 8-170 (IE O'Brien, 48.5 ov), 9-172 (CS Martin, 50.6 ov)

South Africa bowling, innings 4
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
DW Steyn	17	1	59	5	3.47	0	1
M Ntini	13	0	42	0	3.23	0	0
A Nel	12	1	37	2	3.08	2	0
JH Kallis	3	0	15	1	5.00	0	0
PL Harris	6	2	11	1	1.83	0	0

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.