New Zealand beat South Africa by one wicket
View(s):PAARL, South Africa, Jan 19, 2013 (AFP) – James Franklin batted skillfully with the tail to secure a tense one-wicket upset win for New Zealand in the first one-day international against South Africa at Boland Park on Saturday.
Franklin hit 47 not out as the last three New Zealand wickets added 104 runs in a low-scoring match after South Africa had been bowled out for 208.
He put on 35 for the eighth wicket with Nathan McCullum (24) and 47 for the ninth wicket with Kyle Mills.
When Mills was bowled by Ryan McLaren for 26 there were still 22 runs needed but Franklin successfully farmed the strike before hitting McLaren through the covers for the winning boundary.It was a heartening result for New Zealand at the start of the three-match series after they lost both Test matches by an innings.
Scoreboard
South Africa
H. Amla lbw b Mills 13
G. Smith lbw b McClenaghan 7
C. Ingram c N. McCullum
b Williamson 29
A. de Villiers lbw b McClenaghan 7
F. du Plessis c Nicol b Williamson 57
Q. de Kock c N.McCullum b Franklin 18
R. McLaren c B. McCullum b Williamson 33
R. Peterson lbw b McClenaghan 0
R. Kleinveldt c Mills b Williamson 26
D. Steyn b McClenaghan 0
L. Tsotsobe not out 0
Extras (b4, lb3, nb1, w10) 18
Total (46.2 overs) 208
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Amla), 2-27 (Smith), 3-37 (De Villiers), 4-83 (Ingram), 5-119 (De Kock), 6-178 (McLaren), 7-179 (Peterson), 8-182 (Du Plessis), 9-182 (Steyn), 10-208 (Kleinveldt)
Bowling: Mills 8-1-55-1 (1nb, 2w), McClenaghan 10-2-20-4 (2w), N. McCullum 6-0-34-0, Franklin 10-1-44-1 (2w), Williamson 7.2-0-22-4, Neesham 4-0-22-0 (3w), Elliott 1-0-4-0
New Zealand
R. Nicol c Smith b Tsotsobe 4
M. Guptill run out (De Villiers) 0
B. Watling b McLaren 45
K. Williamson c Du Plessis
b Tsotsobe 5
B. McCullum lbw b Kleinveldt 26
G. Elliott c Smith b Kleinveldt 1
J. Franklin not out 47
J. Neesham lbw b McLaren 0
N. McCullum lbw b McLaren 24
K. Mills b McLaren 26
M. McClenaghan not out 0
Extras (lb13, nb3, w15) 31
Total (9 wkts, 45.4 overs) 209
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Guptill), 2-4 (Nicol), 3-21 (Williamson), 4-73
(B. McCullum), 5-81 (Elliott), 6-105 (Watling), 7-105 (Neesham), 8-140 (N. McCullum), 9-187 (Mills)
Bowling: Steyn 10-3-33-0 (2w), Tsotsobe 8-2-43-2, Kleinveldt 9-0-37-2 (1nb, 9w), McLaren 8.4-0-46-4 (2nb, 3w), Peterson 10-0-37-0
Result: New Zealand won
by 1 wicket, Man of the match: James Franklin (NZL),
Series: New Zealand leads the three-match series 1-0
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