wtc152 f62076 t2528	New Zealand v South Africa
	ICC World Test Championship 2023 to 2025 South Africa in New Zealand 2023/24 (1st Test)
Venue	Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th February 2024 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	New Zealand won by 281 runs
Points	New Zealand 12; South Africa 0
Umpires	Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), RA Kettleborough (England)
TV umpire	RK Illingworth (England)
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Scorers	CP High, DM Plummer
Reserve Umpire	SB Haig
Close of play day 1	New Zealand (1) 258/2 (Williamson 112*, Ravindra 118*; 86 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 80/4 (Bedingham 29*, Petersen 2*; 28 overs)
Close of play day 3	New Zealand (2) 179/4 (Mitchell 11*, Blundell 5*; 43 overs)
Player of the Match	R Ravindra

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New Zealand first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	c Fortuin b Paterson	20	48	77	4	-	40
DP Conway	lbw b Moreki	1	2	6	-	-	1
KS Williamson	c Moreki b de Swardt	118	289	413	16	-	234
R Ravindra	b Brand	240	366	530	26	3	236
DJ Mitchell	c and b Brand	34	75	107	3	1	56
+TA Blundell	c Hamza b de Swardt	11	14	17	1	-	6
GD Phillips	c de Swardt b Brand	39	42	50	2	2	22
MJ Santner	b Brand	2	9	18	-	-	7
KA Jamieson	not out	8	12	20	1	-	7
MJ Henry	c de Swardt b Brand	27	9	9	1	3	2
*TG Southee	b Brand	0	2	1	-	-	2
Extras	(2 b, 2 lb, 4 nb, 3 w)	11
Total	(all out, 647 minutes, 144 overs)	511
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Conway, 1.1 ov), 2-39 (Latham, 16.5 ov), 3-271 (Williamson, 94.5 ov), 4-374 (Mitchell, 121.3 ov), 5-391 (Blundell, 126.1 ov), 6-473 (Phillips, 137.6 ov), 7-474 (Ravindra, 139.2 ov), 8-479 (Santner, 141.5 ov), 9-511 (Henry, 143.4 ov), 10-511 (Southee, 143.6 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Olivier	30	3	119	0	1	2	118	14	-
Moreki	27	2	110	1	1	2	120	16	1
Paterson	32	5	98	1	-	-	149	16	-
de Swardt	29	7	61	2	-	-	135	4	1
Brand	26	1	119	6	1	-	89	4	7

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
EM Moore	c Conway b Henry	23	50	66	4	-	41
*N Brand	c Blundell b Jamieson	4	23	41	-	-	19
R van Tonder	lbw b Jamieson	0	2	2	-	-	2
MZ Hamza	b Santner	22	38	60	4	-	29
DG Bedingham	c Santner b Henry	32	58	78	5	-	43
KD Petersen	c Williamson b Ravindra	45	132	165	6	-	112
R de Swardt	lbw b Henry	0	2	3	-	-	2
+C Fortuin	c Southee b Santner	9	52	73	1	-	46
D Olivier	not out	15	56	70	3	-	50
TL Moreki	b Santner	5	19	19	1	-	17
D Paterson	b Ravindra	1	6	4	-	-	5
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 306 minutes, 72.5 overs)	162
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Brand, 9.4 ov), 2-26 (van Tonder, 9.6 ov), 3-30 (Moore, 14.5 ov), 4-74 (Hamza, 23.4 ov), 5-83 (Bedingham, 33.4 ov), 6-83 (de Swardt, 33.6 ov), 7-120 (Fortuin, 51.5 ov), 8-152 (Petersen, 64.6 ov), 9-161 (Moreki, 71.3 ov), 10-162 (Paterson, 72.5 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Southee	13	3	41	0	-	-	62	7	-
Henry	14	6	31	3	-	-	70	5	-
Jamieson	15	6	35	2	-	1	73	5	-
Santner	21	8	34	3	-	-	109	5	-
Ravindra	9.5	5	16	2	-	-	51	2	-

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New Zealand second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TWM Latham	lbw b Paterson	3	13	20	-	-	10
DP Conway	c Moore b Brand	29	68	131	-	1	47
KS Williamson	st Fortuin b Brand	109	132	164	12	1	69
R Ravindra	c Brand b de Swardt	12	26	32	1	-	17
DJ Mitchell	not out	11	17	25	1	-	9
+TA Blundell	not out	5	4	4	1	-	2
GD Phillips	did not bat
MJ Santner	did not bat
KA Jamieson	did not bat
MJ Henry	did not bat
*TG Southee	did not bat
Extras	(6 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	10
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 196 minutes, 43 overs)	179
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Latham, 4.2 ov), 2-102 (Conway, 29.2 ov), 3-143 (Ravindra, 36.6 ov), 4-173 (Williamson, 41.6 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Paterson	10	1	38	1	-	-	35	4	-
Moreki	8	1	16	0	-	1	36	-	-
de Swardt	8	0	48	1	1	-	23	7	-
Olivier	4	0	19	0	-	1	13	2	-
Brand	13	1	52	2	1	-	45	2	2

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
EM Moore	c Conway b Henry	0	8	17	-	-	8
*N Brand	b Southee	3	8	13	-	-	6
R van Tonder	c Latham b Jamieson	31	83	113	2	-	65
MZ Hamza	c Southee b Jamieson	36	92	120	4	-	71
DG Bedingham	c Santner b Jamieson	87	96	109	13	3	66
KD Petersen	c Ravindra b Jamieson	16	63	109	1	-	53
R de Swardt	not out	35	56	99	4	-	36
+C Fortuin	c Blundell b Phillips	11	19	27	2	-	15
D Olivier	c Mitchell b Santner	1	9	9	-	-	8
TL Moreki	lbw b Santner	6	31	30	1	-	28
D Paterson	c Williamson b Santner	15	17	15	3	-	11
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(all out, 346 minutes, 80 overs)	247
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Brand, 2.3 ov), 2-5 (Moore, 3.1 ov), 3-68 (van Tonder, 30.2 ov), 4-73 (Hamza, 32.6 ov), 5-178 (Bedingham, 56.3 ov), 6-181 (Petersen, 58.6 ov), 7-199 (Fortuin, 65.5 ov), 8-208 (Olivier, 68.2 ov), 9-223 (Moreki, 75.6 ov), 10-247 (Paterson, 79.6 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Southee	10	3	46	1	-	-	43	4	3
Henry	11	3	33	1	-	-	49	4	-
Jamieson	17	3	59	4	2	1	76	8	-
Santner	26	9	59	3	-	-	125	8	-
Phillips	9	1	30	1	-	-	38	3	-
Ravindra	7	2	18	0	-	1	36	3	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 65/2 (Williamson 26*, Ravindra 15*; 25 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: New Zealand (1) 125/2 (Williamson 52*, Ravindra 48*; 52 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: New Zealand (1) 330/3 (Ravindra 169*, Mitchell 14*; 114 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: New Zealand (1) 475/7 (Santner 0*, Jamieson 1*; 141 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 129/7 (Petersen 33*, Olivier 0*; 56 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: New Zealand (2) 27/1 (Conway 9*, Williamson 9*; 10 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 62/2 (van Tonder 26*, Hamza 31*; 28 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 173/4 (Bedingham 84*, Petersen 15*; 56 overs)
--> New Zealand first innings: 50 in 19.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 100 in 43.1 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 150 in 58.3 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 200 in 73.3 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 250 in 84.4 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 300 in 102.2 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 350 in 117.2 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 400 in 130.3 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 450 in 135.6 overs
--> New Zealand first innings: 500 in 143.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 17.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 40.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 62.5 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 50 in 15.4 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 100 in 29.1 overs
--> New Zealand second innings: 150 in 38.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 21.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 40.3 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 52.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 66.2 overs
--> EM Moore made his debut in Test matches
--> N Brand made his debut in Test matches
--> R van Tonder made his debut in Test matches
--> R de Swardt made his debut in Test matches
--> C Fortuin made his debut in Test matches
--> TL Moreki made his debut in Test matches
--> KA Jamieson made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KA Jamieson made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EM Moore made his last appearance in Test matches
--> D Olivier made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KS Williamson (1) 50 in 144 balls with 9 fours
--> KS Williamson (1) 100 in 241 balls with 13 fours
--> R Ravindra (1) passed his previous highest score of 18 in Test matches
--> R Ravindra (1) made his first century in Test matches
--> R Ravindra (1) 50 in 120 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> R Ravindra (1) 100 in 189 balls with 10 fours and 1 six
--> R Ravindra (1) 150 in 270 balls with 18 fours and 1 six
--> R Ravindra (1) 200 in 340 balls with 21 fours and 1 six
--> R Ravindra (1) passed his previous highest score of 217 in First-Class matches
--> GD Phillips (1) passed 3500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 24
--> D Olivier (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Test matches
--> KS Williamson (2) 50 in 75 balls with 7 fours
--> KS Williamson (2) 100 in 125 balls with 12 fours
--> R Ravindra (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 7
--> DG Bedingham (2) 50 in 69 balls with 11 fours
--> DG Bedingham (2) passed his previous highest score of 56 in Test matches
--> C Fortuin (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 10
--> EM Moore made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KD Petersen made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> KD Petersen made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> TL Moreki made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> C Fortuin made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DG Bedingham made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> DG Bedingham made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> R van Tonder made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> N Brand made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> GD Phillips made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> R de Swardt made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> D Paterson made his debut in New Zealand in First-Class matches
--> D Paterson made his debut in New Zealand in Test matches
--> TL Moreki took a wicket with his first ball in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings, dismissing DP Conway
--> N Brand achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the New Zealand first innings
--> N Brand achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MJ Henry in the New Zealand first innings (previous best was 4-35)
--> N Brand achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the New Zealand first innings
--> MJ Santner reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed TL Moreki, his 3rd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> MJ Santner achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the South Africa first innings (previous best was 3-51)

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New Zealand 1st innings
Over 127.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - GD Phillips (decision upheld)
South Africa 1st innings
Over 33.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - R de Swardt (decision upheld - umpire's call)
Over 43.3: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - KD Petersen (decision upheld)
Over 59.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - KD Petersen (decision overturned)
New Zealand 2nd innings
Over 4.2: Review by New Zealand (Batting), Umpire - RA Kettleborough, Batter - TWM Latham (decision upheld)
Over 25.3: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - DP Conway (decision upheld)
Over 31.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - R Ravindra (decision upheld)
South Africa 2nd innings
Over 1.2: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - N Brand (decision overturned)
Over 75.6: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TL Moreki (decision upheld)