New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015
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| Dates | 14 August 2015 – 26 August 2015 | ||||
| Captains | AB de Villiers | Kane Williamson | |||
| One Day International series | |||||
| Result | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||||
| Most runs | Hashim Amla (176) | Tom Latham (178) | |||
| Most wickets | Imran Tahir (5), David Wiese (5) | Adam Milne (5) | |||
| Player of the series | Hashim Amla (SA) | ||||
| Twenty20 International series | |||||
| Result | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||||
| Most runs | Rilee Rossouw (64) | Martin Guptill (102) | |||
| Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (5) | Mitchell McClenaghan (3) | |||
| Player of the series | Martin Guptill (NZ) | ||||
The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 14 to 26 August 2015. The tour consisted of three One Day International and two Twenty20 International matches.[1][2] In June Brendon McCullum was named as the captain for New Zealand on this tour.[3] However, in July, it was announced that McCullum had been rested for this tour and the tour to Zimbabwe, being replaced by Kane Williamson.[4]
South Africa won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20I series was drawn 1–1.
Contents
Squads
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1 Ross Taylor was injured in training the day before the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe and was ruled out of the rest of New Zealand's tour in Africa.[6] Faf du Plessis was injured for the T20I series, so AB de Villiers captained South Africa.[7] The injury ruled out du Plessis for the ODI and T20I series. Farhaan Behardien and Dean Elgar were added to the squad.[8]
T20I series
1st T20I
2nd T20I
ODI series
1st ODI
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19 August 2015
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- David Wiese (SA) made his ODI debut.
2nd ODI
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23 August 2015
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- George Worker (NZ) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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