The New Zealand national cricket team toured South Africa during the 2000–01 season, playing six One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Test matches, as well as five tour matches, between 18 October and 12 December 2000. South Africa won the ODI series 5–0 after the first match was rained off during play. They also won the Test series 2–0; the third match finished in a draw as play was not possible on three of the five scheduled days.
| New Zealand in South Africa in 2000–01 | |||
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| New Zealand | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 18 October – 12 December 2000 | ||
| Captains | Stephen Fleming | Shaun Pollock | |
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| Result | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Mark Richardson (232) | Jacques Kallis (287) | |
| Most wickets | Chris Martin (11) | Makhaya Ntini (13) | |
| Player of the series | Makhaya Ntini (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 6-match series 5–0 | ||
| Most runs | Roger Twose (287) | Nicky Boje (355) | |
| Most wickets |
Chris Cairns (6) Chris Harris (6) | Shaun Pollock (9) | |
| Player of the series | Nicky Boje (SA) | ||
Squads
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ODI series
edit1st ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play for 80 minutes after 33 overs of the South Africa innings with no loss of overs, before causing the game to be called off after 38 overs.
2nd ODI
edit 22 October 2000
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Brooke Walker (NZ) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play for 90 minutes after 4.2 overs of the New Zealand innings. This caused a loss of 7 overs, giving New Zealand a revised target of 305 runs.
4th ODI
edit 28 October 2000
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- The ball was changed after 40 overs of the New Zealand innings.
5th ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play after 27.2 overs of the New Zealand innings, causing a reduction of 1 over per side, and again after 32.4 overs, causing the closure of the New Zealand innings. South Africa's target was revised to 153 runs off 32 overs.
6th ODI
edit 4 November 2000
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Shafiek Abrahams (SA) made his ODI debut.
Test series
edit1st Test
edit17–21 November 2000
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bad light stopped play with 8.2 overs remaining in Day 2.
- Brooke Walker and Chris Martin (both NZ) made their Test debuts.
2nd Test
edit3rd Test
edit8–12 December 2000
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented play on Days 1, 3 and 4.
- Hamish Marshall (NZ) and Mfuneko Ngam (SA) made their Test debuts.
Tour matches
edit50-over: Gauteng v New Zealanders
editThree-day: Boland v New Zealanders
editThree-day: North West v New Zealanders
edit50-over: Border v New Zealanders
edit 24 November 2000
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Border
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- New Zealanders won the toss and elected to field.
- Steven Pope replaced Ian Mitchell as wicket-keeper for Border after 47 overs of the New Zealanders innings.
Three-day: Border v New Zealanders
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "New Zealand Squad". CricInfo. 19 November 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ a b "South African Squad". CricInfo. 22 November 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
External links
edit- Tour home at ESPNcricinfo
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