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| Venue | University Oval, Dunedin on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th March 2012 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | New Zealand won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar (Pakistan), BR Doctrove (West Indies) |
| TV umpire | RA Kettleborough (England) |
| Referee | RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) |
| Reserve Umpire | GAV Baxter |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 191/7 (Rudolph 46*, Philander 4*; 59 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | New Zealand (1) 243/9 (Boult 8*, Martin 0*; 86 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 268/3 (Kallis 107*, Rudolph 13*; 89 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | New Zealand (2) 137/2 (McCullum 58*, Taylor 48*; 41 overs) |
| Player of the Match | GC Smith |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GC Smith | c Nicol b Martin | 53 | 74 | 118 | 6 | - | |
| AN Petersen | lbw b Boult | 11 | 29 | 45 | 2 | - | |
| HM Amla | c Taylor b Vettori | 62 | 102 | 149 | 8 | 1 | |
| JH Kallis | c Taylor b Martin | 0 | 2 | 7 | - | - | |
| AB de Villiers | lbw b Martin | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | - | |
| JA Rudolph | c Boult b Bracewell | 52 | 99 | 162 | 5 | - | |
| +MV Boucher | run out (Bracewell->van Wyk) | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | - | |
| DW Steyn | c Taylor b Bracewell | 9 | 20 | 22 | - | - | |
| VD Philander | c Williamson b Martin | 22 | 58 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| M Morkel | not out | 13 | 14 | 22 | 2 | - | |
| Imran Tahir | run out (Bracewell->Vettori) | 10 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (1 lb, 1 nb) | 2 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 307 minutes, 68.2 overs) | 238 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Petersen, 9.2 ov), 2-86 (Smith, 26.5 ov), 3-90 (Kallis, 28.1 ov), 4-90 (de Villiers, 28.2 ov), 5-156 (Amla, 41.4 ov), 6-161 (Boucher, 43.1 ov), 7-179 (Steyn, 48.2 ov), 8-214 (Philander, 63.6 ov), 9-222 (Rudolph, 64.6 ov), 10-238 (Imran Tahir, 68.2 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 18 | 2 | 56 | 4 | - | - | |
| Southee | 10 | 1 | 40 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boult | 8 | 0 | 58 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 16.2 | 2 | 52 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Vettori | 15 | 4 | 31 | 1 | - | - | |
| Nicol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | |
| New Zealand first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Nicol | c Smith b Philander | 6 | 12 | 13 | - | - | |
| MJ Guptill | b Morkel | 16 | 43 | 69 | 2 | - | |
| BB McCullum | c and b Imran Tahir | 48 | 102 | 149 | 6 | - | |
| *LRPL Taylor | c Boucher b Morkel | 44 | 77 | 108 | 7 | - | |
| KS Williamson | c Boucher b Philander | 11 | 45 | 45 | - | - | |
| DL Vettori | c and b Kallis | 46 | 78 | 107 | 8 | - | |
| +CFK van Wyk | c Smith b Philander | 36 | 92 | 130 | 5 | - | |
| DAJ Bracewell | b Steyn | 25 | 46 | 70 | 5 | - | |
| TG Southee | c Smith b Philander | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| TA Boult | not out | 33 | 28 | 29 | 1 | 3 | |
| CS Martin | c Amla b Steyn | 5 | 5 | 14 | - | - | |
| Extras | (3 lb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 370 minutes, 88.2 overs) | 273 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-7 (Nicol, 3.2 ov), 2-41 (Guptill, 16.5 ov), 3-106 (McCullum, 38.1 ov), 4-116 (Taylor, 41.4 ov), 5-135 (Williamson, 49.6 ov), 6-188 (Vettori, 67.3 ov), 7-229 (van Wyk, 81.2 ov), 8-229 (Southee, 81.4 ov), 9-239 (Bracewell, 84.6 ov), 10-273 (Martin, 88.2 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Steyn | 20.2 | 4 | 79 | 2 | - | - | |
| Philander | 18 | 1 | 72 | 4 | - | - | |
| Morkel | 18 | 5 | 52 | 2 | - | - | |
| Imran Tahir | 24 | 6 | 55 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| AN Petersen | c Southee b Bracewell | 25 | 35 | 56 | 4 | - | |
| *GC Smith | b Bracewell | 115 | 234 | 363 | 13 | - | |
| HM Amla | c Guptill b Bracewell | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| JH Kallis | c Nicol b Boult | 113 | 263 | 380 | 16 | - | |
| JA Rudolph | not out | 105 | 182 | 250 | 15 | 1 | |
| AB de Villiers | c McCullum b Williamson | 29 | 55 | 81 | 3 | - | |
| +MV Boucher | not out | 34 | 70 | 88 | 4 | - | |
| VD Philander | did not bat | ||||||
| Imran Tahir | did not bat | ||||||
| M Morkel | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Steyn | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 614 minutes, 140 overs) | 435 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-45 (Petersen, 11.2 ov), 2-47 (Amla, 11.6 ov), 3-247 (Smith, 81.1 ov), 4-283 (Kallis, 97.3 ov), 5-353 (de Villiers, 117.2 ov) | |||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Martin | 23 | 4 | 74 | 0 | - | - | |
| Boult | 26 | 4 | 93 | 1 | - | - | |
| Bracewell | 25 | 3 | 70 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Southee | 26 | 4 | 100 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Vettori | 32 | 5 | 65 | 0 | - | - | |
| Nicol | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
| Williamson | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | - | - | |
| New Zealand second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RJ Nicol | c Smith b Imran Tahir | 19 | 71 | 89 | 2 | - | |
| MJ Guptill | c de Villiers b Philander | 6 | 18 | 32 | 1 | - | |
| BB McCullum | not out | 58 | 91 | 154 | 5 | 1 | |
| *LRPL Taylor | not out | 48 | 68 | 98 | 8 | - | |
| KS Williamson | did not bat | ||||||
| +CFK van Wyk | did not bat | ||||||
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| TG Southee | did not bat | ||||||
| TA Boult | did not bat | ||||||
| DAJ Bracewell | did not bat | ||||||
| CS Martin | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets, 186 minutes, 41 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (Guptill, 7.6 ov), 2-55 (Nicol, 20.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Steyn | 8 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Philander | 12 | 2 | 29 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Morkel | 9 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Imran Tahir | 8 | 2 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Kallis | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |