# South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2016–17

The South African cricket team toured New Zealand during February to March 2017 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty20 International (T20I) match. In January 2017 the current South African Test captain AB de Villiers said he would be unavailable for selection for this series. The fourth ODI, which was originally scheduled to be played at McLean Park, Napier, was moved to Seddon Park, Hamilton. This was due to need for urgent work on the venue's turf, drainage and irrigation system.
South Africa won the one-off T20I match by 78 runs, and the five-match ODI series 3–2, reclaiming the number one spot in the ODI ranking. It was South Africa's seventh consecutive win in a bilateral ODI series, ending New Zealand's eighth successive bilateral ODI series winning streak at home. South Africa won the Test series 1–0, with the first and third Tests ending as draws, leading to the confirmation of South Africa as the number two Test ranked nation by the cut-off date of 1 April 2017 behind India.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20I | T20I |
| New Zealand | South Africa | New Zealand | South Africa | New Zealand | South Africa |
| Kane Williamson (c) Trent Boult Neil Broom Colin de Grandhomme Matt Henry Tom Latham James Neesham Henry Nicholls Jeetan Patel Jeet Raval Mitchell Santner Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling (wk) | Faf du Plessis (c) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Stephen Cook Quinton de Kock (wk) Theunis de Bruyn JP Duminy Dean Elgar Heinrich Klaasen Keshav Maharaj Morné Morkel Chris Morris Duanne Olivier Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Dane Piedt Kagiso Rabada | Kane Williamson (c) Trent Boult Neil Broom Dean Brownlie Lockie Ferguson Colin de Grandhomme Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham (wk) James Neesham Jeetan Patel Luke Ronchi (wk) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor | AB de Villiers (c) Faf du Plessis Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock (wk) JP Duminy Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi | Kane Williamson (c) Corey Anderson Trent Boult Tom Bruce Lockie Ferguson Colin de Grandhomme Martin Guptill Colin Munro James Neesham Glenn Phillips Luke Ronchi (wk) Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ben Wheeler | Faf du Plessis (c) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock (wk) AB de Villiers JP Duminy Imran Tahir David Miller Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Tabraiz Shamsi |
Martin Guptill was ruled out of New Zealand's limited-overs squads due to injury. Glenn Phillips replaced him for the T20I match and Dean Brownlie replaced him for the ODI matches. However, ahead of the fourth ODI, Guptill and Jeetan Patel were added to the ODI squad and Matt Henry was released. However, ahead of the fifth ODI, Matt Henry was added back to the ODI squad. Ross Taylor was ruled out of the New Zealand squad for the 2nd Test due to calf injury sustained during the 1st Test. Neil Broom was named as his replacement. Matt Henry was also included in the Test squad. Dane Piedt was added to South Africa's squad ahead of the second Test. With Piedt added to South Africa's squad, Chris Morris was released from the team. Trent Boult was ruled out of New Zealand's squad for the 2nd Test due to leg injury sustained during the 1st Test. Duanne Olivier was released from South Africa's squad ahead of the third Test. Tim Southee was ruled out of the final Test with a hamstring injury.

## Tour match

* 14 February 2017 15.00 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand XI | v | South Africa |
* Match abandoned Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Wayne Knights (NZ)
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.

## T20I series
### Only T20I

* 17 February 2017 19.00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 185/6 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 107 (14.5 overs) |
| Hashim Amla 62 (43) Trent Boult 2/8 (4 overs) | | Tom Bruce 33 (27) Imran Tahir 5/24 (3.5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 78 runs Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Wayne Knights (NZ) Player of the match: Imran Tahir (SA)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Glenn Phillips (NZ) made his T20I debut.
* Imran Tahir (SA) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is and became the second-quickest bowler, in terms of matches, to take 50 wickets in T20Is (31).

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 19 February 2017 14.00 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 207/7 (34 overs) | v | South Africa 210/6 (33.5 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 59 (53) Chris Morris 4/62 (7 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 69 (64) Tim Southee 2/47 (6.5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 4 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain reduced the match to 34 overs per side.
* South Africa equalled their record of most consecutive wins in ODIs (12).

### 2nd ODI

* 22 February 2017 11.00 Scorecard
| New Zealand 289/4 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 283/9 (50 overs) |
| Ross Taylor 102* (110) Dwaine Pretorius 2/40 (10 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 57 (65) Trent Boult 3/63 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 6 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Ross Taylor (NZ)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Ross Taylor became New Zealand's quickest batsman to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs, and his 17th ODI century broke the record for most ODI hundreds by a New Zealand batsman.
* Ross Taylor became the sixth batsman to score ODI centuries against all Full Member teams.
* South Africa's longest winning streak in ODIs ended after 12 consecutive wins.

### 3rd ODI

* 25 February 2017 14.00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 271/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 112 (32.2 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 85 (80) Colin de Grandhomme 2/40 (10 overs) | | Colin de Grandhomme 34* (34) Dwaine Pretorius 3/5 (5.2 overs) |
* South Africa won by 159 runs Westpac Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: AB de Villiers (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* AB de Villiers (SA) became the quickest batsman to score 9000 runs in ODIs.

### 4th ODI

* 1 March 2017 14.00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 279/8 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 280/3 (45 overs) |
| AB de Villiers 72* (59) Jeetan Patel 2/57 (10 overs) | | Martin Guptill 180* (138) Imran Tahir 2/54 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 7 wickets Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Wayne Knights (NZ) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* For the first time in an ODI, two spinners opened the bowling in the first innings.
* Martin Guptill made the highest score for New Zealand against South Africa in ODIs.
* Guptill made the highest score in the second innings by a New Zealand batsman in ODIs and hit the most sixes in an ODI innings at this venue (11).
* Guptill's third-wicket stand of 180 with Ross Taylor is the joint second-highest for New Zealand in ODIs and highest for any wicket against South Africa in ODIs.

### 5th ODI

* 4 March 2017 14.00 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 149 (41.1 overs) | v | South Africa 150/4 (32.2 overs) |
| Colin de Grandhomme 32 (48) Kagiso Rabada 3/25 (7.1 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 51* (90) Jeetan Patel 2/26 (5 overs) |
* South Africa won by 6 wickets Eden Park, Auckland Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Hashim Amla (SA) played his 150th ODI.
* This was New Zealand's lowest score in an ODI when batting first against South Africa.
* Imran Tahir (SA) recorded the most economical figures by a South African spinner in an ODI, with 2 wickets for 14 runs from 10 overs.

## Test series
### 1st Test

* 8–12 March 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn University of Otago Oval, Dunedin Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Bruce Oxenford (Aus) Player of the match: Dean Elgar (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* No play was possible on day 5 due to rain.
* Jeet Raval and Kane Williamson's 102-run partnership is the highest 2nd-wicket partnership for New Zealand against South Africa in Tests.
* Keshav Maharaj (SA) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests.

### 2nd Test

* 16–20 March 2017 Scorecard
* South Africa won by 8 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Keshav Maharaj (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* Neil Broom (NZ) made his Test debut.
* Henry Nicholls (NZ) scored his first century in Tests.
* Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander's partnership of 57 was the best for the 10th wicket for South Africa against New Zealand.

### 3rd Test

* 25–29 March 2017 Scorecard
* Match drawn Seddon Park, Hamilton Umpires: Bruce Oxenford (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Only 41 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain, and no play was possible on day 5 also due to rain.
* Theunis de Bruyn (SA) made his Test debut.
* Kane Williamson (NZ) made his 17th Test century, the joint-most by a New Zealand batsman.
* Kane Williamson also took the fewest innings for a New Zealand batsman to reach 5,000 runs in Tests (110).
* Morné Morkel (SA) took his 250th wicket in Tests.