The scorching innings from Martin Guptill leads the New
Zealand to square the series with an eight wickets win over South Africa at
Buffalo Park, East London. The opener cracked 101 from 69 balls with the
hard-hitting right-hander pounding a four off the last ball to seal the
victory.
South Africa made a versatile 165 for five after being put
into bat and the New Zealand needed every one of their 19 overs to reach the
duckworth-lewis adjusted target of 169. Martin Guptill, who missed the last
match with a stomach bug, put on 76 for the first wicket with the partnership
broken when Rob Nicol was caught on the boundary for 25.
Brendon McCullum support with 17 runs but his innings ended
with 12 balls remaining bringing Colin Munro to the crease. There were some of
dropped chances by the South African fielders but none more important than when
Robin Peterson shelled Guptill with 19 runs off 10 balls.
Martin Guptill suitably found himself on strike with four
required and hit the winning runs to spark celebrations from the New Zealand
dug-out. Earlier, Ronnie Hira removed Richard Levi cheaply but Henry Davids and
Faf du Plessis combined for a 68 runs stand and it wasn’t until the 12th over
that the partnership was broken. Davids
scored 55 from 38 balls with Jimmy Neesham talking a stunning catch to send the
South African opener back to the dressing room. The third and final match will
be played on Wednesday.
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