The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 14 to 26 August 2015. The tour consisted of three One Day International and two Twenty20 International matches.[1][2] In June Brendon McCullum was named as the captain for New Zealand on this tour.[3] However, in July, it was announced that McCullum had been rested for this tour and the tour to Zimbabwe, being replaced by Kane Williamson.[4]
| New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015 | |||
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| South Africa | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 14 August 2015 – 26 August 2015 | ||
| Captains | AB de Villiers | Kane Williamson | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Hashim Amla (176) | Tom Latham (178) | |
| Most wickets | Imran Tahir (5), David Wiese (5) | Adam Milne (5) | |
| Player of the series | Hashim Amla (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Rilee Rossouw (64) | Martin Guptill (102) | |
| Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (5) | Mitchell McClenaghan (3) | |
| Player of the series | Martin Guptill (NZ) | ||
South Africa won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20I series was drawn 1–1.
Squads
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1 Ross Taylor was injured in training the day before the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe and was ruled out of the rest of New Zealand's tour in Africa.[6] Faf du Plessis was injured for the T20I series, so AB de Villiers captained South Africa.[7] The injury ruled out du Plessis for the ODI and T20I series. Farhaan Behardien and Dean Elgar were added to the squad.[8]
T20I series
edit1st T20I
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editODI series
edit1st ODI
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- David Wiese (SA) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- George Worker (NZ) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
References
edit- ^ "New Zealand in South Africa ODI Series, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand in South Africa T20I Series, 2015". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "McCullum to skip upcoming tours in Africa". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "McCullum, Southee rested for Africa tour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Morne van Wyk recalled to limited-overs squads". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Taylor out of Africa tour with groin injury". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ^ "SA win toss and bowl, Du Plessis out injured". ENCA. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ "Injured du Plessis ruled out for at least four weeks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
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