Result

South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)

New Zealand vs South Africa

1st T20I · Mount Maunganu · Mar 15, 2026 · Twenty20 International

NZ
New Zealand
91 (14.3/20 ov)
SA
South Africa
93/3 (16.4/20 ov)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to batting

Player of the Match

New Zealand 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Devon Conway c Tony de Zorzi b Gerald Coetzee 1 5 0 0 20.00
Tom Latham b Gerald Coetzee 7 6 1 0 117.00
Tim Robinson c George Linde b Ottneil Baartman 6 5 1 0 120.00
Nick Kelly b Ottneil Baartman 2 5 0 0 40.00
Bevon Jacobs c Rubin Hermann 10 7 0 1 143.00
Mitchell Santner b Keshav Maharaj 15 19 2 0 79.00
James Neesham c Connor Esterhuizen b Nqobani Mokoena 26 21 2 1 124.00
Cole McConchie c Rubin Hermann b Nqobani Mokoena 15 11 1 0 136.00
Zakary Foulkes c Connor Esterhuizen b Nqobani Mokoena 1 3 0 0 33.00
Kyle Jamieson b Keshav Maharaj 2 5 0 0 40.00
Ben Sears not out 0 0 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Gerald Coetzee 3.0 14 2 4.67
Nqobani Mokoena 3.3 26 3 7.43
Ottneil Baartman 3.0 22 2 7.33
Keshav Maharaj 4.0 25 2 6.25
Dian Forrester 1.0 4 0 4.00

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Tony de Zorzi c Bevon Jacobs b Zakary Foulkes 2 8 0 0 25.00
Connor Esterhuizen not out 45 48 2 2 94.00
Rubin Hermann c Tom Latham b Kyle Jamieson 7 6 0 1 117.00
Jason Smith c Tom Latham b Mitchell Santner 10 14 1 0 71.00
Dian Forrester not out 16 25 1 0 64.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Kyle Jamieson 3.4 28 1 7.64
Zakary Foulkes 2.0 8 1 4.00
Ben Sears 3.0 16 0 5.33
Mitchell Santner 4.0 8 1 2.00
Cole McConchie 4.0 24 0 6.00

Venue

Bay Oval
Mount Maunganu, New Zealand

Innings

  • New Zealand — 1st Innings 91 (14.3)
  • South Africa — 2nd Innings 93-3 (16.4)

Awards

Player of the match: Nqobani Mokoena