# New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2012–13

The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 18 December 2012 to 25 January 2013. The tour consisted of two test matches, three One Day Internationals, and three Twenty20 International matches. In their first innings of the First Test, New Zealand were dismissed for just 45 runs, their third lowest Test match total and the lowest total in Test cricket in 39 years. In the same match, South African cricketer Jacques Kallis became the fourth batsman to make 13,000 runs in Test cricket. New Zealand were without ex-captain Ross Taylor, who had a falling-out with coach Mike Hesson, and Jesse Ryder, who remained in self-imposed exile from international cricket.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| South Africa | New Zealand | South Africa | New Zealand | South Africa | New Zealand |
| Graeme Smith (c) Hashim Amla AB de Villiers (wk) Faf du Plessis Dean Elgar Jacques Kallis Rory Kleinveldt Ryan McLaren Morné Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn | Brendon McCullum (c) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Dean Brownlie Daniel Flynn James Franklin Martin Guptill Mitchell McClenaghan Bruce Martin Chris Martin Colin Munro Jeetan Patel Neil Wagner BJ Watling (wk) Kane Williamson | | | Faf du Plessis (c) Farhaan Behardien Henry Davids Quinton de Kock (wk) Rory Kleinveldt Richard Levi Ryan McLaren David Miller |

## Tour Match
### T20: South Africa XI v New Zealanders

* 18 December 2012 13:00 Scorecard
| New Zealanders 140/8 (20 overs) | v | South Africa XI 116/9 (20 overs) |
| Colin Munro 39 (27) Kyle Abbott 4/16 (4 overs) | | Vaughn van Jaarsveld 43 (43) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/19 (4 overs) |
* New Zealanders won by 24 runs City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Umpires: Johan Cloete and Shaun George
* New Zealanders won the toss and chose to bat

### First class: South Africa XI v New Zealanders

* 28–30 December 2012 Scorecard
* Match Drawn Boland Bank Park, Paarl Umpires: Shaun George and Adrian Holdstock
* New Zealanders won the toss and elected to bat first.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 21 December 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 86 (18.2 overs) | v | South Africa 87/2 (12.1 overs) |
| Colin Munro 23 (18) Rory Kleinveldt 3/18 (3.2 overs) | | Faf du Plessis 38* (32) Ronnie Hira 1/15 (3 overs) |
* South Africa won by 8 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Johan Cloete and Shaun George (both RSA) Player of the match: Rory Kleinveldt
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Corey Anderson, Mitchell McClenaghan, Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham (for New Zealand), and Henry Davids, Quinton de Kock, and Chris Morris (for South Africa) made their Twenty20 International debuts.

### 2nd T20I

* 23 December 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| South Africa 165/5 (19 overs) | v | New Zealand 169/2 (19 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 63 (43) Doug Bracewell 3/33 (3 overs) | | Martin Guptill 101* (69) Ryan McLaren 1/26 (4 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 8 wickets (D/L) Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Shaun George and Adrian Holdstock Player of the match: Martin Guptill (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Floodlight failure during South Africa's innings reduced the match to 19 overs per side. New Zealand's target was revised to 169 runs from 19 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
* Aaron Phangiso (RSA) makes his Twenty20 International debut.

### 3rd T20I

* 26 December 2012 14:30 Scorecard
| South Africa 179/6 (20 overs) | v | New Zealand 146/9 (20 overs) |
| Henry Davids 68 (51) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/24 (4 overs) | | Brendon McCullum 25 (22) Aaron Phangiso 3/25 (4 overs) Ryan McLaren 3/25 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 33 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Johan Cloete and Adrian Holdstock Player of the match: Henry Davids
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

## Test Series
### 1st Test

* 2–6 January 2013 Scorecard
* South Africa won by an innings and 27 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Ian Gould and Rod Tucker Player of the match: Vernon Philander (SA)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat
* Dale Steyn takes 300 wickets in Tests.
* Jacques Kallis reaches 13000 runs in Tests.

### 2nd Test

* 11–15 January 2013 Scorecard
* South Africa won by an innings and 193 runs St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Colin Munro made his Test debut for New Zealand.

## ODI Series
### 1st ODI

* 19 January 2013 10:00 Scorecard
| South Africa 208 (46.2 overs) | v | New Zealand 209/9 (45.4 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 57 (72) Mitchell McClenaghan 4/20 (10 overs) | | James Franklin 47* (61) Ryan McLaren 4/46 (8.4 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 1 wicket Boland Bank Park, Paarl Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Shaun George (SA) Player of the match: James Franklin (NZ)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
* Mitchell McClenaghan, Jimmy Neesham (for New Zealand), and Quinton de Kock and Rory Kleinveldt (for South Africa) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 22 January 2013 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 279/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 252 (49.1 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 145* (136) Morne Morkel 3/71 (10 overs) | | Colin Ingram 79 (94) Kyle Mills 2/28 (9 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 27 runs De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) & Johanes Cloete (RSA) Player of the match: Kane Williamson (NZ)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* New Zealand win their first ever ODI series in South Africa
* Colin Munro (for New Zealand) and Farhaan Behardien (for South Africa) made their ODI debuts.

### 3rd ODI

* 25 January 2013 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 260/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 264/9 (50 overs) |
| Colin Munro 57 (62) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4/45 (10 overs) | | Graeme Smith 116 (130) James Franklin 2/38 (6 overs) |
* South Africa won by 1 wicket Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Enamul Haque (Ban) and Adrian Holdstock (RSA) Player of the match: Graeme Smith (RSA)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aaron Phangiso (RSA) made his ODI debut.