New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2016

New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2016

	South Africa	New Zealand
Dates	19 August 2016 – 31 August 2016
Captains	Faf du Plessis	Kane Williamson
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 2-match series 1–0
Most runs	Quinton de Kock (165)	Henry Nicholls (112)
Most wickets	Dale Steyn (10)	Neil Wagner (9)

The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 19 to 31 August 2016 for a two-match Test series.^[1] Faf du Plessis was named as the stand-in captain for South Africa, after AB de Villiers suffered an elbow injury.^[2]

The first Test at Durban was the earliest that a Test match had been played in the South African summer. There has never been any Tests in South Africa in September either. The previous earliest was the first Test of the 1902–03 series against Australia, which started in Johannesburg on 11 October 1902.^[3]

South Africa won the series 1–0, with a 204-run victory in the second Test after most of the play in the first Test was affected by rain. It was South Africa's fifth consecutive series win against New Zealand.^[4]

Squads

South Africa^[2]	New Zealand^[5]
Faf du Plessis (c) Kyle Abbott Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Stephen Cook Quinton de Kock (wk) JP Duminy Dean Elgar Chris Morris Wayne Parnell Vernon Philander Dane Piedt Kagiso Rabada Dale Steyn Stiaan van Zyl	Kane Williamson (c) Trent Boult Doug Bracewell Mark Craig Martin Guptill Matt Henry Tom Latham Henry Nicholls Luke Ronchi Jeet Raval Mitchell Santner Ish Sodhi Tim Southee Ross Taylor Neil Wagner BJ Watling (wk)

Test series

1st Test

19–23 August 2016
Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
263 (87.4 overs) Hashim Amla 53 (71) Neil Wagner 3/47 (15 overs)		15/2 (12 overs) Martin Guptill 7 (23) Dale Steyn 2/3 (6 overs)

Match drawn
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
Bad light stopped play at the end of Day 1.
Rain stopped play after lunch on Day 2 with no further play possible.
No play was possible on Days 3, 4 and 5 due to a wet outfield.

2nd Test

27–31 August 2016
Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
481/8d (154 overs) Faf du Plessis 112* (234) Neil Wagner 5/86 (39 overs)		214 (58.3 overs) Kane Williamson 77 (133) Kagiso Rabada 3/62 (16.3 overs)
132/7d (47 overs) Quinton de Kock 50 (43) Tim Southee 3/46 (16 overs)		195 (58.2 overs) Henry Nicholls 76 (140) Dale Steyn 5/33 (16.2 overs)

South Africa won by 204 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
Hashim Amla (SA) scored his 1,000th run against New Zealand in Tests.^[6]

References

↑ "South Africa to tour Australia, New Zealand next season". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
1 2 "Du Plessis to stand in as South Africa captain for New Zealand Tests". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
↑ Steven Lynch (23 August 2016). "Earliest test in South African Summer". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ "Steyn passes Akram, owns Centurion". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
↑ "Raval earns NZ call, Sodhi returns". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
↑ "Amla's fast 1000 against New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 28 August 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

External links

Series home at ESPNCricinfo

International cricket tours of South Africa

Test and LOI tours

Australia	1902–03 1919 1921–22 1935–36 1949–50 1957–58 1966–67 1969–70 1993–94 1996–97 1999–2000 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2011–12 2013–14 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Bangladesh	2002–03 2008–09 2017–18

England	1888–89 1891–92 1895–96 1898–99 1905–06 1909–10 1913–14 1922–23 1927–28 1930–31 1938–39 1948–49 1956–57 1964–65 1995–96 1999–2000 2004–05 2009–10 2015–16 2019–20

India	1992–93 1996–97 2001–02 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18 2021-22

Kenya	2001–02 2008–09

New Zealand	1953–54 1961–62 1994–95 2000–01 2005–06 2007–08 2012–13 2015 2016

Pakistan	1994–95 1997–98 2002–03 2006–07 2012–13 2013–14 2018–19

Sri Lanka	1994–95 1997–98 2000–01 2002–03 2011–12 2016–17 2017-18 2018–19 2020-21

West Indies	1998–99 2003–04 2007–08 2014–15

Zimbabwe	1999–2000 2004–05 2006–07 2009–10 2010–11 2018–19

Tournaments hosted

Multiple teams	1997 2003 2007 2009

Other tours

Note: during the isolation of South Africa from international cricket between 1970 and 1991, there were seven unofficial tours (italicised below) by various teams, known as the South African rebel tours.

Australian	1985–86 1986–87

Bangladeshi	2000–01

Dutch	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 2000–01 2001–02 2003–04 2005–06

English	1924–25 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1981–82 1989–90 1999–2000

Irish	2000–01 2011–12 2016–17

Kenyan	1995–96

Multi-national	1959–60

Namibian	1992–93 1993–94

Scottish	1991–92 1992–93 2012–13

Sri Lankan	1982–83

West Indian	1982–83 1983–84

International cricket in 2016

Preceding season: International cricket in 2015–16

May 2016	Sri Lanka in England World Cricket League Division Five

June 2016	West Indies Tri-Series Sri Lanka in Ireland Pakistan Women in England India in Zimbabwe

July 2016	Afghanistan in Scotland India in West Indies Afghanistan in Ireland Pakistan in England Australia in Sri Lanka New Zealand in Zimbabwe

August 2016	South Africa Women in Ireland Pakistan in Ireland World Cricket League Europe Division Two New Zealand in South Africa India vs. West Indies in United States of America Hong Kong in Ireland

September 2016	Bangladesh Women in Ireland Hong Kong in Scotland

Ongoing	Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Championship Women's Championship

Following season: International cricket in 2016–17

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