Related Link : ICC Twenty20 World Championship 2007
Venue : Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Match Result : South Africa won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match : Justin Kemp
New Zealand (20 Overs Maximum)
Lou Vincent b van der Wath 32 (29) 4 ‘4s’
Brendon McCullum (WK) c Boucher b Morne Morkel 38 (26) 3 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Ross Taylor c Boucher b Morne Morkel 1 (3)
Scott Styris c de Villiers b Albie Morkel 6 (9)
Craig McMillan not out 48 (25) 2 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Jacob Oram b Morne Morkel 15 (15) 2 ‘4s’
Nathan McCullum run out (van der Wath/Boucher) 1 (4)
Daniel Vettori (C) c Albie Morkel b van der Wath 1 (3)
Shane Bond c Boucher b Morne Morkel 0 (1)
Mark Gillespie not out 3 (7)
Chris Martin
Extras: 8 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 153/8 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-68 (Brendon McCullum, 8.2 ovs), 2-70 (Taylor, 8.6 ovs), 3-76 (Vincent, 9.6 ovs), 4-90 (Styris, 12.1 ovs), 5-131 (Oram, 16.1 ovs), 6-132 (Nathan McCullum, 16.5 ovs), 7-137 (Vettori, 17.5 ovs), 8-139 (Bond, 18.2 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Pollock 4-0-41-0 (2w)
Nel 4-0-23-0
Morne Morkel 4-0-17-4 (1nb)
van der Wath 4-0-31-2 (3w)
Albie Morkel 3-0-30-1 (1nb)
Philander 1-0-10-0
South Africa (Target : 154 from 20 Overs)
Graeme Smith (C) c Brendon McCullum b Bond 2 (4)
Herschelle Gibbs c sub (Patel) b Martin 19 (19) 4 ‘4s’
AB de Villiers c Brendon McCullum b Gillespie 1 (5)
Justin Kemp not out 89 (56) 6 ‘4s’ 6 ‘6s’
Mark Boucher (WK) c Brendon McCullum b Gillespie 23 (23) 2 ‘4s’
Shaun Pollock not out 16 (11) 1 ‘6s’
Albie Morkel
Vernon Philander
Johannes van der wath
Morne Morkel
Andre Nel
Extras: 8 (Wides : 4 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 158/4 (Overs : 19.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-14 (Smith, 2.1 ovs), 2-17 (de Villiers, 3.1 ovs), 3-45 (Gibbs, 7.1 ovs), 4-110 (Boucher, 15.2 ovs)
New Zealand Bowling
Bond 4-0-31-1 (4w)
Gillespie 3.1-1-11-2 (1nb)
Martin 4-0-40-1 (1nb)
Oram 4-0-50-0 (1nb)
Vettori 4-0-25-0