New Zealand vs South Africa, 5th ODI: South Africa produced a strong show to beat New Zealand. (Source: AP)
With the series locked at 2-2, the winner will be decided at Eden Park. And South Africa produced a strong show to justify their World No 1 ODI side tag and they maintained that with the six wicket win. It wasn’t easy at all times with the pitch aiding the seamers. With New Zealand batting first, they could only muster 149 runs with six wickets falling in under 100 runs. In reply, South Africa were slow in the middle but found quick runs from AB De Villiers, David Miller but a fifty from Faf du Plessis brought them home.
New Zealand vs South Africa 5th ODI updates:
1247 hrs IST: Faf du Plessis with a four to bring up his fifty and South Africa’s winning runs. South Africa win the fifth ODI by six wickets with 106 balls to play. Win the series 3-2 and maintain their world no.1 ODI ranking.
1238 hrs IST: David Miller with his second six of the short stay at the middle and South Africa are moving closer to the win. Pummels Southee for a six and 12 needed to win from 20 overs…
1225 hrs IST: David Miller has South Africa moving towards the winning runs. A four and six off Jeetan Patel and South Africa are 30-odd from the series clinching win
1203 hrs IST: GONE! Edged and AB de Villiers is gone. Really good bouncer by Jimmy Neesham, AB de Villiers in an awkward place and ends up edging it to Luke Ronchi. The explosive Proteas batsman goes for 23 from 21 balls.
1151 hrs IST: De Villiers scoring and doing so at will. A four and a six to de Grandhomme and Santner. South Africa are 79/3 after 20 overs. The D/L score limit was 57 at this stage – so Proteas safe there
1142 hrs IST: SIX! Good length at off stump by Jeetan and AB comes darting down the pitch and launches the ball over the long-on boundary. First six of the South Africa chase
1138 hrs IST: JP Duminy is back in the hut and South Africa get a move on with AB De Villiers. Jeetan Patel with the wicket to dismiss Duminy. AB comes on and smacks two boundaries in four balls – one to Jeetan and then to Southee.
1121 hrs IST: Been over four overs and no boundaries by South Africa. South Africa under three runs an over now
1111 hrs IST: GONE! De Grandhomme gets the breakthrough in his first over. Hashim Amla hits the ball into Mitchell Santner’s hands and he departs for 8 from 28 balls.
1106 hrs IST: South Africa continue to remain patient and slow in their run getting. Keeping that three or over-three runs an over run rate going. 32/1 after 10 overs with Amla on 8 and Faf on 12
1053 hrs IST: Play underway after the break. Trent Boult and Tim Southee have the tough job of getting wickets for New Zealand and not leaking runs in the process.
1018 hrs IST: After six overs, South Africa are 14/1 and need 136 runs to win. An early wicket for New Zealand has some pressure but won’t bother the visitors much as they have a relatively small target to chase. Teams head into the interval.
0959 hrs IST: Hashim Amla and Faf du Plesssis in the middle for South Africa.
0950 hrs IST: Quinton de Kock is gone for six as South Africa lose an early wicket. Jeetan Patel with the wicket. De Kock comes down the track to attack and lofts it over the mid-off region but is undone by some late turn. Fails to get the middle of the bat and the ball goes flying to Williamson at long-off
0948 hrs IST: So, New Zealand put together 149 runs and South Africa will have to score 150 runs to win the series and maintain that No.1 ODI team tag they snapped up back home.
0908 hrs IST: Mitchell Santner goes for 24 on a run out and then Tim Southee joins him soon after with an Imran Tahir caught and bowled. New Zealand have increased the run rate ever so slightly but still might not be enough to get them a series win. Unless South Africa themselves suffer a collapse or Kiwi quicks have a great day in the field. Jeetan Patel joins de Grandhomme in the middle
0844 hrs IST: Mitchell Santner and Colin de Grandhomme are getting New Zealand along and have the hosts over the 100-run mark. Giving themselves chance to defend a bigger target.
0812 hrs IST: GONE! Jimmy Neesham walks. South Africa review for a catch and it is a successful one. The ball hits the top edge and then the helmet and goes to fielder JP Dumniy. Short ball by Rabada and as Neesham looked to pull, the ball continues to climb on him and gets the better of Neesham. On-field call is reversed
0755 hrs IST: GONE! A ball after a boundary by Luke Ronchi to Chris Morris, he is caught behind by Quinton de Kock.
0754 hrs IST: Multiple boundaries coming New Zealand’s way courtesy Jimmy Neesham. He hits Pretorius and Phehlukwayo. Finally some much needed boundaries for the home side
0747 hrs IST: GONE! Ross Taylor is caught leg before by Phehlukwayo. Angled in at off stump and just like Brownlie, Taylor tries to play across the line in hope of finding the midwicket boundary. But ends up missing and is caught pad first with the ball likely to hit off-and-middle. Rather poor shot from an experienced player
0731 hrs IST: Ross Taylor and Luke Ronchi in the middle for New Zealand now and they need this pairing to produce the goods if the Kiwis are to stretch the good run of form at home in ODIs.
0721 hrs IST: GONE! Now Brownlie departs. Phehlukwayo has the Kiwi opener leg before and New Zealand’s worries double in quick time. Angled in at off stump, Brownlie goes across the line to whip it but is caught in front and that’s an easy decision to make for the umpire
0717 hrs IST: Uh-oh! Quick work by AB de Villiers sees the end of his opposite captain. Kane Williamson is caught short and New Zealand lose their second. Good length by Tahir, Brownlie rocks it to midwicket. AB is there and he dives and then a quick release catches a hesitant batting pair off. Williamson slides his bat, it gets stuck and keeper de Kock has the job of whipping the bails off
0715 hrs IST: After 10 overs, New Zealand are 41/1. The runs have dried up with good seam bowling by Rabada and Morris. Plenty of purchase for the pace attack. Let’s see what the spin can do as Imran Tahir comes on to bowl
0657 hrs IST: After six overs, New Zealand are 24/1. New man in is Kane Williamson
0648 hrs IST: GONE! After heroics of 180 not out the other day, Guptill is gone for four in the fifth and final ODI. He’s bowled by Kagiso Rabada and South Africa have a big, big wicket. Guptill shifts towards the leg side thus exposing all stumps, and yorks himself. He went to play it inside the line and this time lady luck doesn’t shine on him. Early exit for him
0640 hrs IST: Martin Guptill and Dean Brownlie come out to open for New Zealand. Chris Morris and Kagiso Rabada have the ball
TEAMS:
New Zealand: Guptill, Brownlie, Williamson(c), Taylor, Ronchi (wk), Neesham, de Grandhomme, Santner, Southee, Patel, Boult
South Africa: Amla, Q de Kock (wk), du Plessis, AB de Villiers (c), Duminy, Miller, Pretorius, Morris, Phehlukwayo, Rabada, Imran Tahir
TOSS: South Africa have won the toss and they’ve opted to bowl first in this crucial fifth ODI.
It’s come down the fifth and final one-day international between New Zealand and South Africa to decide the series. South Africa won the first and third ODIs but New Zealand bounced back each time to equalise both time. Martin Guptill smashed 180* to help New Zealand chase down South Africa’s 280-run target in the fourth ODI. New Zealand will hope something similar from him as they look to maintain their unbeaten record at home in ODI series. If South Africa lose this series, they will no longer remain the top ranked side in ODIs, a status they had carried when they arrived in New Zealand.
Last time the two teams met at Eden Park, that was a cracker of a game. Grant Elloit must remember. Catch the live cricket score and live cricket updates of the New Zealand vs South Africa 5th ODI here.
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