f63053	South Africa A v New Zealand A
	New Zealand A in South Africa 2025/26
Venue	JB Marks Cricket Oval, Potchefstroom on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th September 2025 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	New Zealand A won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealand A won by 185 runs
Umpires	LB Gcuma, SD Harris
Referee	GH Pienaar
Reserve Umpire	BP Jele
Close of play day 1	New Zealand A (1) 357/1 (Mariu 200*, Carter 50*; 76 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa A (1) 137/3 (Hermann 45*, Smith 15*; 29 overs)
Close of play day 3	South Africa A (2) 106/1 (Hermann 57*, Hamza 46*; 27 overs)

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New Zealand A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
RA Mariu	c Luus b Ndwandwa	249	258	457	35	2	149
DN Phillips	c Moreki b Ndwandwa	103	155	280	14	-	108
*JF Carter	c Qeshile b Ndwandwa	57	110	135	6	1	81
CG Heaphy	lbw b Ndwandwa	32	75	122	2	-	52
+MJ Hay	not out	71	115	182	6	2	74
JA Clarkson	c Senokwane b Ndwandwa	28	32	58	4	1	21
ZG Foulkes	c Engelbrecht b Ndwandwa	6	7	8	-	-	4
SB Keene	st Moonsamy b Ndwandwa	44	24	30	3	3	8
A Ashok	did not bat
JR Lennox	did not bat
MJ Fisher	did not bat
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 3 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 128.5 overs)	607
Fall of wickets:
1-230 (Phillips, 51.2 ov), 2-383 (Carter, 82.2 ov), 3-428 (Mariu, 90.4 ov), 4-473 (Heaphy, 108.3 ov), 5-525 (Clarkson, 120.3 ov), 6-535 (Foulkes, 122.2 ov), 7-607 (Keene, 128.5 ov)

South Africa A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Moreki	27	5	108	0	-	-	114	16	-
Luus	22	3	95	0	-	2	88	14	-
Ndwandwa	44.5	3	206	7	-	-	167	22	4
Smith	10	0	43	0	-	-	41	7	-
Engelbrecht	18	1	116	0	1	1	59	10	5
Hermann	7	1	26	0	-	-	25	1	-

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South Africa A first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
L Senokwane	c Hay b Fisher	3	13	15	-	-	11
JG Hermann	c Phillips b Fisher	50	87	141	7	-	61
MZ Hamza	lbw b Fisher	0	1	1	-	-	1
*MJ Ackerman	c Hay b Foulkes	69	52	78	12	-	26
JF Smith	c Heaphy b Fisher	35	61	91	4	1	45
S Qeshile	lbw b Ashok	14	19	31	2	-	12
+R Moonsamy	b Fisher	1	7	5	-	-	6
S Engelbrecht	b Ashok	35	49	67	5	-	32
T Luus	b Fisher	0	2	1	-	-	2
TL Moreki	b Ashok	16	24	27	1	1	18
ST Ndwandwa	not out	7	23	27	-	-	17
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb)	6
Total	(all out, 56.1 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Senokwane, 3.3 ov), 2-7 (Hamza, 3.4 ov), 3-117 (Ackerman, 21.2 ov), 4-142 (Hermann, 31.3 ov), 5-175 (Qeshile, 38.2 ov), 6-176 (Moonsamy, 39.3 ov), 7-177 (Smith, 41.2 ov), 8-177 (Luus, 41.4 ov), 9-209 (Moreki, 48.5 ov), 10-236 (Engelbrecht, 56.1 ov)

New Zealand A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Foulkes	13	3	43	1	-	-	59	7	-
Fisher	13	4	43	6	-	-	55	4	-
Keene	3	0	15	0	-	-	12	3	-
Clarkson	4	0	35	0	-	-	12	7	-
Lennox	10	1	39	0	-	-	40	5	-
Ashok	13.1	1	56	3	-	1	52	5	2

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New Zealand A second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
CG Heaphy	c Smith b Ndwandwa	36	43	61	2	1	20
DN Phillips	c Hermann b Engelbrecht	17	13	21	1	1	5
*JF Carter	st Moonsamy b Engelbrecht	1	3	5	-	-	2
+MJ Hay	c Smith b Ndwandwa	19	14	19	1	2	8
JA Clarkson	c Luus b Engelbrecht	16	11	17	1	-	1
ZG Foulkes	b Engelbrecht	7	8	13	-	-	4
SB Keene	not out	23	16	25	-	1	4
A Ashok	run out (Ackerman->Moonsamy)	1	1	1	-	-	0
JR Lennox	not out	5	11	14	-	-	6
RA Mariu	did not bat
MJ Fisher	did not bat
Extras	(1 b)	1
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 20 overs)	126
Fall of wickets:
1-34 (Phillips, 5.6 ov), 2-36 (Carter, 7.2 ov), 3-59 (Hay, 10.3 ov), 4-89 (Heaphy, 13.5 ov), 5-89 (Clarkson, 14.1 ov), 6-108 (Foulkes, 16.2 ov), 7-109 (Ashok, 16.3 ov)

South Africa A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Moreki	2	0	18	0	-	-	5	-	2
Engelbrecht	9	1	47	4	-	-	28	2	2
Ndwandwa	8	0	52	2	-	-	16	2	1
Hermann	1	0	8	0	-	-	1	1	-

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South Africa A second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
L Senokwane	c Carter b Fisher	3	8	6	-	-	6
JG Hermann	b Ashok	57	86	114	9	-	59
MZ Hamza	c Hay b Ashok	126	169	244	15	2	106
*MJ Ackerman	c Ashok b Clarkson	45	61	94	4	1	37
JF Smith	c Phillips b Foulkes	8	13	24	1	-	8
S Qeshile	c Keene b Lennox	36	89	111	7	-	75
+R Moonsamy	lbw b Phillips	3	38	38	-	-	35
S Engelbrecht	b Ashok	6	28	32	-	-	24
T Luus	c and b Ashok	0	6	7	-	-	6
TL Moreki	not out	6	11	21	1	-	9
ST Ndwandwa	b Lennox	12	6	7	3	-	3
Extras	(6 b, 4 lb)	10
Total	(all out, 85.5 overs)	312
Fall of wickets:
1-3 (Senokwane, 1.3 ov), 2-106 (Hermann, 27.1 ov), 3-197 (Ackerman, 48.4 ov), 4-225 (Smith, 54.3 ov), 5-243 (Hamza, 57.5 ov), 6-253 (Moonsamy, 67.6 ov), 7-276 (Engelbrecht, 78.3 ov), 8-276 (Luus, 80.3 ov), 9-290 (Qeshile, 83.5 ov), 10-312 (Ndwandwa, 85.5 ov)

New Zealand A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Foulkes	14	2	40	1	-	-	63	5	-
Fisher	10	3	22	1	-	-	47	3	-
Lennox	18.5	1	92	2	-	-	67	14	-
Phillips	10	4	19	1	-	-	50	3	-
Ashok	20	4	100	4	-	-	78	11	3
Keene	8	2	10	0	-	-	42	1	-
Clarkson	5	0	19	1	-	-	21	3	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: New Zealand A (1) 36/0 (Mariu 16*, Phillips 19*; 5 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: New Zealand A (1) 180/0 (Mariu 103*, Phillips 73*; 42 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: New Zealand A (1) 446/3 (Heaphy 18*, Hay 10*; 101 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: New Zealand A (1) 607/7 (Hay 71*; 128.5 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa A (1) 236 all out
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa A (2) 40/1 (Hermann 23*, Hamza 14*; 11 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa A (2) 215/3 (Hamza 103*, Smith 7*; 53 overs)
--> New Zealand A first innings: 50 in 11.4 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 100 in 23.3 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 150 in 35.2 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 200 in 44.4 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 250 in 58.1 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 300 in 64.6 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 350 in 74.1 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 400 in 85.6 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 450 in 102.1 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 500 in 115.6 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 550 in 123.6 overs
--> New Zealand A first innings: 600 in 127.6 overs
--> South Africa A first innings: 50 in 10.6 overs
--> South Africa A first innings: 100 in 17.6 overs
--> South Africa A first innings: 150 in 33.4 overs
--> South Africa A first innings: 200 in 46.5 overs
--> New Zealand A second innings: 50 in 9.3 overs
--> New Zealand A second innings: 100 in 15.5 overs
--> South Africa A second innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> South Africa A second innings: 100 in 23.2 overs
--> South Africa A second innings: 150 in 36.4 overs
--> South Africa A second innings: 200 in 49.5 overs
--> South Africa A second innings: 250 in 61.4 overs
--> South Africa A second innings: 300 in 84.6 overs
--> RA Mariu (1) 50 in 82 balls with 8 fours
--> RA Mariu (1) 100 in 126 balls with 17 fours
--> RA Mariu (1) 150 in 175 balls with 24 fours
--> RA Mariu (1) 200 in 214 balls with 28 fours and 2 sixes
--> RA Mariu (1) passed his previous highest score of 240 in First-Class matches
--> RA Mariu (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> DN Phillips (1) 50 in 74 balls with 6 fours
--> DN Phillips (1) 100 in 145 balls with 14 fours
--> JF Carter (1) 50 in 89 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> MJ Hay (1) 50 in 102 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> JG Hermann (1) 50 in 84 balls with 7 fours
--> MJ Ackerman (1) 50 in 37 balls with 9 fours
--> S Qeshile (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> JG Hermann (2) 50 in 69 balls with 8 fours
--> MZ Hamza (2) 50 in 80 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> MZ Hamza (2) 100 in 146 balls with 13 fours and 1 six
--> MZ Hamza (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> JF Carter made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> JA Clarkson made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> JR Lennox made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> DN Phillips made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> MJ Fisher made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> MJ Hay made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> RA Mariu made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> SB Keene made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> CG Heaphy made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> ZG Foulkes made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> A Ashok made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> MJ Fisher achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the South Africa A first innings (previous best was 6-45)
--> S Engelbrecht achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed JA Clarkson in the New Zealand A second innings (previous best was 2-109)
--> RA Mariu (17) and DN Phillips (30) added 50 in 72 balls for the New Zealand A 1st wicket in the first innings
--> RA Mariu (41) and DN Phillips (56) added 100 in 143 balls for the New Zealand A 1st wicket in the first innings
--> RA Mariu (80) and DN Phillips (69) added 150 in 214 balls for the New Zealand A 1st wicket in the first innings
--> RA Mariu (108) and DN Phillips (91) added 200 in 270 balls for the New Zealand A 1st wicket in the first innings
--> RA Mariu (34) and JF Carter (16) added 50 in 59 balls for the New Zealand A 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> RA Mariu (61) and JF Carter (41) added 100 in 105 balls for the New Zealand A 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> RA Mariu (92) and JF Carter (57) added 150 in 183 balls for the New Zealand A 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Hay (22) and JA Clarkson (28) added 50 in 68 balls for the New Zealand A 5th wicket in the first innings
--> MJ Hay (15) and SB Keene (34) added 50 in 26 balls for the New Zealand A 7th wicket in the first innings
--> JG Hermann (21) and MJ Ackerman (29) added 50 in 50 balls for the South Africa A 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JG Hermann (37) and MJ Ackerman (64) added 100 in 95 balls for the South Africa A 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JG Hermann (34) and MZ Hamza (19) added 50 in 94 balls for the South Africa A 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> JG Hermann (56) and MZ Hamza (44) added 100 in 131 balls for the South Africa A 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> MZ Hamza (17) and MJ Ackerman (33) added 50 in 65 balls for the South Africa A 3rd wicket in the second innings

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