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25 overs New Zealand 79 for 4 (Elliott 22*, Munro 7*) v South Africa
South Africa, aiming to avoid a whitewash, kept control of the opening stages of the final one-day international in Potchefstroom through some accurate pace bowling as New Zealand struggled to 79 for 4. Lonwabo Tsotosbe claimed two wickets during a lively opening spell then Ryan McLaren followed that with a brace of his own including Brendon McCullum.
New Zealand made a similarly sluggish start in Kimberley, but unlike in that encounter they struggled to increase the tempo on a hot day and were already running out of wickets by the midway point. There was a familiar pattern to the start of the innings. Martin Guptill's awful series continued when he edged to slip for 5 having made ducks in his previous two innings. Aside from his century in the second Twenty20 and battling 48 in the second Test it has been a desperate tour for Guptill.
Tsotsobe had his tail up and gave Guptill a little send-off then continued to keep the pressure on the top order along with Dale Steyn and Rory Kleinveldt. The hero of the previous match, Kane Williamson, could not produce a repeat and fell to a bottom edge as he tried to cut a very wide delivery the ball after top edging a pull down to third man.
BJ Watling worked hard to try and give the innings a foundation, but having reached 20 got a leading edge trying to play to the leg side and offered a catch to point off McLaren.
Aaron Phangiso, the left-arm spinner, who had been given a debut in place of Robin Peterson was brought on early by Faf du Plessis and New Zealand immediately tried to put him under pressure when Grant Elliott opted for the slog-sweep.
McCullum has moved himself around the batting order during this tour, trying to shore up the various weaknesses in the New Zealand line-up, but has underperformed. On this occasion he had time to build an innings, but having played studiously for 24 deliveries he upper-cut McLaren towards third man where Steyn barely had to move to take the catch.
For a moment it appeared New Zealand had lost their fifth when Colin Munro was given lbw against McLaren, but the batsman reviewed and it was a poor decision on two counts. The ball pitched outside leg and there was an inside edge.
South Africa, aiming to avoid a whitewash, kept control of the opening stages of the final one-day international in Potchefstroom through some accurate pace bowling as New Zealand struggled to 79 for 4. Lonwabo Tsotosbe claimed two wickets during a lively opening spell then Ryan McLaren followed that with a brace of his own including Brendon McCullum.
New Zealand made a similarly sluggish start in Kimberley, but unlike in that encounter they struggled to increase the tempo on a hot day and were already running out of wickets by the midway point. There was a familiar pattern to the start of the innings. Martin Guptill's awful series continued when he edged to slip for 5 having made ducks in his previous two innings. Aside from his century in the second Twenty20 and battling 48 in the second Test it has been a desperate tour for Guptill.
Tsotsobe had his tail up and gave Guptill a little send-off then continued to keep the pressure on the top order along with Dale Steyn and Rory Kleinveldt. The hero of the previous match, Kane Williamson, could not produce a repeat and fell to a bottom edge as he tried to cut a very wide delivery the ball after top edging a pull down to third man.
BJ Watling worked hard to try and give the innings a foundation, but having reached 20 got a leading edge trying to play to the leg side and offered a catch to point off McLaren.
Aaron Phangiso, the left-arm spinner, who had been given a debut in place of Robin Peterson was brought on early by Faf du Plessis and New Zealand immediately tried to put him under pressure when Grant Elliott opted for the slog-sweep.
McCullum has moved himself around the batting order during this tour, trying to shore up the various weaknesses in the New Zealand line-up, but has underperformed. On this occasion he had time to build an innings, but having played studiously for 24 deliveries he upper-cut McLaren towards third man where Steyn barely had to move to take the catch.
For a moment it appeared New Zealand had lost their fifth when Colin Munro was given lbw against McLaren, but the batsman reviewed and it was a poor decision on two counts. The ball pitched outside leg and there was an inside edge.