- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.4 Has Mitchell taken that cleanly? He signals for the third umpire, Markram wasn't going back. Replay shows ball went inside the hands as he cupped them, it then bounced inside the hand but did it land on of the fingers or the ground? Third umpire, Nitin Menon, says 'fingers are underneath', that'll be out! Shortish ball at 83ks, Markram looked to heave it across, got it off the bottom 55/31.4 QDK's kinda gotten himself out. Pre-meditation is part of the game and this was proactive, earned him six last over, has him hole out to mid-on this time. Made room before the delivery, it came in short and at the stumps, he pulled hard but was beyond reach. Chunked it high and the ball gently floated down to Ferguson's hands. Offie to lhb match-up does the trick 12/11.5 Offie gets both lefties in two balls! This is a proper hit-me ball. Short and wide at 89ks, spun away a touch and Rickelton went for a cut that was sliced straight to short third. Celebrations with lots of cheering follow 12/210.2 Brevis chips it to cover! South Africa are crumbling. It's a slot ball and Brevis looks to drive it through covers but it comes off the outside half of the bat and Santner has an easy catch on offer. Neesham is pumped and the NZ team is celebrating 77/59.6 This one needs no checking. Mitchell takes a dolly at long-off. Was a length ball that landed wide, with the scrambled seam, spun in a touch. Miller reached out and cuffed it with a clean slash. Got way too much height, taken well inside the boundary. 77/418.1 Crashes into the stumps and Stubbs is a goner Legcutter, full outside leg, and it beats the bat as Stubbs has a swing across the line. Goes off his pads and pegs his off stump back 150/619.3 Knocks him over with a yorker! Bosch plays all around this as Henry nails the yorker. Cross-seam, 130kph, right on off, and it slips under the bat as Bosch tries to dig it out, and crashes into the stumps 166/719.4 Rabada, what have you done? Surely there was no need for that? 133kph and in the blockhole outside leg, Rabada just ends up chipping it tamely to long-on! Henry finds himself on a hat-trick 166/8Extras14 (lb 1, nb 1, w 12)TOTAL169/8 (20 Overs, RR: 8.45)Did not bat: L NgidiFall of wickets: 1-12 (Quinton de Kock, 1.4 ov), 2-12 (Ryan Rickelton, 1.5 ov), 3-55 (Aiden Markram, 7.4 ov), 4-77 (David Miller, 9.6 ov), 5-77 (Dewald Brevis, 10.2 ov), 6-150 (Tristan Stubbs, 18.1 ov), 7-166 (Corbin Bosch, 19.3 ov), 8-166 (Kagiso Rabada, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MJ Henry 4 0 34 2 8.5 11 1 2 3 0 CE McConchie 1 0 9 2 9 3 2 0 0 0 LH Ferguson 4 0 29 1 7.25 11 1 2 1 1 JDS Neesham 3 0 42 1 14 4 4 3 1 0 MJ Santner 4 0 25 0 6.25 9 1 1 2 0 R Ravindra 4 0 29 2 7.25 7 0 2 1 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.1 Bowled 'im! Barely any celebration, but that's a great delivery. 140.3kph length ball jags in and crashes into the stumps as Seifert has a swipe across the line. That's a stunning opening partnership brought to an end, but it's surely too late now for South Africa 117/1Extras2 (lb 2)TOTAL173/1 (12.5 Overs, RR: 13.48)Fall of wickets: 1-117 (Tim Seifert, 9.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Jansen 2.5 0 53 0 18.7 3 6 4 0 0 K Rabada 3 0 28 1 9.33 6 3 1 0 0 L Ngidi 2 0 22 0 11 4 2 1 0 0 C Bosch 2 0 35 0 17.5 2 5 2 0 0 KA Maharaj 3 0 33 0 11 5 3 2 0 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
New Zealand advanced
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
19.00 start, First Session 19.00-20.30, Interval 20.30-20.50, Second Session 20.50-22.20
Match days
4 March 2026 - night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 48 runs, 2 wickets)
- Drinks: South Africa - 48/2 in 6.0 overs (AK Markram 16, D Brevis 15)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 8
- South Africa: 100 runs in 13.5 overs (83 balls), Extras 9
- Drinks: South Africa - 101/5 in 14.0 overs (T Stubbs 7, M Jansen 17)
- 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (T Stubbs 18, M Jansen 28, Ex 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 17.6 overs (109 balls), Extras 13
- M Jansen: 50 off 27 balls (2 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Innings Break: South Africa - 169/8 in 20.0 overs (M Jansen 55, KA Maharaj 1)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 84 runs, 0 wicket)
- Over 2.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AG Wharf, Batter - TL Seifert (Struck down)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 0
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (TL Seifert 31, FH Allen 20, Ex 0)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 84/0 in 6.0 overs (TL Seifert 41, FH Allen 43)
- TL Seifert: 50 off 28 balls (6 x 4, 2 x 6)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 7.5 overs (47 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 47 balls (TL Seifert 57, FH Allen 45, Ex 1)
- FH Allen: 50 off 19 balls (6 x 4, 3 x 6)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 21 balls (FH Allen 38, R Ravindra 13, Ex 1)
- FH Allen: 100 off 33 balls (10 x 4, 8 x 6)
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Videos
ICC Men's T20 World Cup
| Super Eights, Group 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.259 |
| IND | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.106 |
| WI | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.993 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.415 |
| Super Eights, Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1.096 |
| NZ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1.39 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.123 |
| SL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.95 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| IND | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2.5 |
| PAK | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.976 |
| USA | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.788 |
| NED | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.217 |
| NAM | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -3.108 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ZIM | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.506 |
| SL | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.741 |
| AUS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.523 |
| IRE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.15 |
| OMA | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -4.845 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.874 |
| ENG | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0.201 |
| SCOT | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.184 |
| ITA | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.02 |
| NEP | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.349 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1.943 |
| NZ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.227 |
| AFG | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.889 |
| UAE | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1.364 |
| CAN | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2.426 |




