South Africa VS New Zealand, 5th T20I, South Africa tour of New Zealand 2026 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

5th T20I, South Africa tour of New Zealand 2026

SOUTH AFRICA BEAT NEW ZEALAND BY 33 RUNS
MATCH ENDED

South Africa
187/4 (20.0)

VS

New Zealand
154/8 (20.0)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	New Zealand elected to field
Match Status	South Africa beat New Zealand by 33 runs Match Ended
Umpires	Kim Cotton (NZ), Wayne Knights (NZ) and Cory Black (NZ)
Man of the Match	Connor Esterhuizen

South Africa (187/4 in 20.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Tony de Zorzi lbw b Zakary Foulkes	12	14	3	0	86
Wiaan Mulder c James Neesham b Josh Clarkson	31	29	2	2	107
Rubin Hermann c Nick Kelly b Ben Sears	39	31	4	1	126
Connor Esterhuizen c James Neesham b Ben Sears	75	33	5	6	227
Dian Forrester not out	21	13	1	1	162
Jason Smith not out	1	2	0	0	50

Extras	(b 0, lb 2, w 4, nb 2)				8
Total	(Wicket 4, Overs 20.0)				187
(9.35 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Kyle Jamieson	4	43	0	10.75
Zakary Foulkes	4	22	1	5.50
Ben Sears	4	37	2	9.25
Cole McConchie	4	48	0	12.00
James Neesham	2	21	0	10.50
Josh Clarkson	2	14	1	7.00

New Zealand (154/8 in 20.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Katene Clarke c Connor Esterhuizen b Wiaan Mulder	2	4	0	0	50
Tim Robinson run out (Jason Smith / Connor Esterhuizen)	25	20	1	0	125
Dane Cleaver c Jason Smith b Ottneil Baartman	22	17	3	0	129
Nick Kelly b Keshav Maharaj	14	18	1	0	78
Bevon Jacobs c Dian Forrester b Ottneil Baartman	36	19	2	3	189
James Neesham c Connor Esterhuizen b Wiaan Mulder	24	24	2	0	100
Josh Clarkson c Tony de Zorzi b Gerald Coetzee	13	10	2	0	130
Cole McConchie c Wiaan Mulder b Gerald Coetzee	1	2	0	0	50
Zakary Foulkes not out	4	2	1	0	200
Kyle Jamieson not out	4	4	0	0	100

Extras	(b 1, lb 3, w 5, nb 0)				9
Total	(Wicket 8, Overs 20.0)				154
(7.70 runs per over)

Bowling	O	R	W	Econ
Gerald Coetzee	4	21	2	5.25
Wiaan Mulder	3	28	2	9.33
George Linde	2	11	0	5.50
Ottneil Baartman	4	33	2	8.25
Prenelan Subrayen	4	22	0	5.50
Keshav Maharaj	3	35	1	11.66

Team Sqaud

South

Wiaan Mulder, Tony de Zorzi, Connor Esterhuizen (w), Rubin Hermann, Jason Smith, Dian Forrester, George Linde, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj (c), Prenelan Subrayen, Ottneil Baartman

New

Tim Robinson, Katene Clarke, Dane Cleaver (w), Nick Kelly, Bevon Jacobs, James Neesham (c), Josh Clarkson, Cole McConchie, Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Ben Sears