Green 141*, Mair five-for headline New Zealand's series-clinching win
South Africa go down by 66 runs to New Zealand in ODI series decider
03/04Result
3rd ODI, South Africa Women tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Apr 4 2026
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![New Zealand Women]( "New Zealand Women")
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![South Africa Women]( "South Africa Women")
240 (46.1/50 ov)
Player of the Match
03/04Result
3rd ODI, South Africa Women tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Apr 4 2026
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![New Zealand Women]( "New Zealand Women")
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![South Africa Women]( "South Africa Women")
240 (46.1/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
ML Green
141(128) 15x4 - 0x6
Control %85%
- Productive Shot
- on drive
- 22 runs
- 1x4 - 0x6
BM Halliday
98(124) 13x4 - 0x6
Control %92%
- Productive Shot
- cover drive
- 19 runs
- 2x4 - 0x6
Best performances - Bowlers
RA Mair
- O9.1
- M0
- R50
- W5
- Eco5.45
| 1W | ||||
| 3W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
AC Kerr
- O9
- M0
- R37
- W2
- Eco4.11
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Series
Toss
South Africa Women , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
New Zealand Women won the 3-match series 2-1
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.10, Interval 14.10-14.40, Second Session 14.40-17.50
Match days
4 April 2026 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand Women 2, South Africa Women 0
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND WOMEN 306/7 (50 OVERS)
- Maddy Green*141 (128)
- Brooke Halliday98 (124)
- Tumi Sekhukhune2/57 (8)
- Ayanda Hlubi2/47 (10)
SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN 240 (46.1 OVERS)
- Laura Wolvaardt69 (68)
- Annerie Dercksen47 (52)
- Rosemary Mair5/50 (9.1)
- Melie Kerr2/37 (9)
46.1
W
Mair to Hlubi, OUT,
A Hlubi c Patel b Mair 1 (3m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
END OF OVER:46 | 5 Runs 1 Wkt | SA-W: 240/9 (67 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 5.21, RRR: 16.75)
- Tumi Sekhukhune8 (11b)
- Ayanda Hlubi1 (1b)
- Melie Kerr9-0-37-2
- Rosemary Mair9-0-50-4
45.6
2
AC Kerr to Sekhukhune, 2 runs,
45.5
0
AC Kerr to Sekhukhune, no run,
45.4
1
AC Kerr to Hlubi, 1 run,
45.3
W
AC Kerr to Mlaba, OUT,
N Mlaba c & b AC Kerr 4 (5m 6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
45.2
0
AC Kerr to Mlaba, no run,
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