New Zealand vs South Africa 1st T20 Match Scoreboard

RESULT

1st T20I (N), Mount Maunganui, March 15, 2026, South Africa tour of New Zealand

NZ 91

SA (16.4/20 ov, T:92) 93/3

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

New Zealand (20 ovs maximum)

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Devon Conway 

1 5 0 0 20.00

c de Zorzi b Coetzee

Tom Latham †

7 6 1 0 116.66

lbw b Coetzee

Tim Robinson 

6 5 1 0 120.00

c Linde b Baartman

Nick Kelly 

2 5 0 0 40.00

b Baartman

Bevon Jacobs 

10 7 0 1 142.85

run out (Herman)

Mitchell Santner (c)

15 19 2 0 78.94

b Maharaj

James Neesham 

26 21 2 1 123.80

c †Esterhuizen b Mokoena

Cole McConchie 

15 11 1 0 136.36

c Herman b Mokoena

Zak Foulkes 

1 3 0 0 33.33

c †Esterhuizen b Mokoena

Kyle Jamieson 

2 5 0 0 40.00

b Maharaj

Ben Sears 

0 0 0 0 -

not out

Extras 6 (w 6)

Total 91 

14.3 Ov

 (RR: 6.27)

Fall of wickets

DRS

1-2 (Devon Conway, 0.6 ov), 2-14 (Tom Latham, 2.1 ov), 3-20 (Tim Robinson, 3.2 ov), 4-21 (Nick Kelly, 3.4 ov), 5-36 (Bevon Jacobs, 5.5 ov), 6-54 (Mitchell Santner, 9.2 ov), 7-80 (James Neesham, 12.1 ov), 8-83 (Zak Foulkes, 12.6 ov), 9-86 (Kyle Jamieson, 13.6 ov), 10-91 (Cole McConchie, 14.3 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Gerald Coetzee

3 0 14 

2

4.66 2 0

Nqobani Mokoena

3.3 0 26 

3

7.42 2 0

Ottneil Baartman

3 0 22 

2

7.33 1 0

Keshav Maharaj

4 0 25 

2

6.25 0 0

Dian Forrester

1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

South Africa (T: 92 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting R B 4s 6s SR

Tony de Zorzi 

2 8 0 0 25.00

c Jacobs b Foulkes

Connor Esterhuizen †

45 48 2 2 93.75

not out

Rubin Hermann 

7 6 0 1 116.66

c †Latham b Jamieson

Jason Smith 

10 14 1 0 71.42

st †Latham b Santner

Dian Forrester 

16 25 1 0 64.00

not out

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 3)

Total 93/3 

16.4 Ov

 (RR: 5.58)

Did not bat

Jordan Hermann, 

George Linde, 

Gerald Coetzee, 

Keshav Maharaj (c), 

Nqobani Mokoena, 

Ottneil Baartman 

Fall of wickets

DRS

1-7 (Tony de Zorzi, 1.4 ov), 2-28 (Rubin Hermann, 4.5 ov), 3-55 (Jason Smith, 9.1 ov)

Bowling O M R W ECON WD NB

Kyle Jamieson

3.4 0 28 

1

7.63 2 1

Zak Foulkes

2 0 8 

1

4.00 0 0

Ben Sears

3 0 16 0 5.33 1 0

Mitchell Santner

4 0 8 

1

2.00 0 0

Cole McConchie

4 0 24 0 6.00 0 0

Match Flow

New Zealand innings

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 36 runs, 5 wickets)

New Zealand: 50 runs in 8.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 4

Drinks: New Zealand - 54/6 in 9.2 overs (JDS Neesham 9)

Innings Break: New Zealand - 91/10 in 14.3 overs (BV Sears 0)

South Africa innings

Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 40 runs, 2 wickets)

South Africa: 50 runs in 8.2 overs (50 balls), Extras 11

Drinks: South Africa - 55/3 in 9.1 overs (C Esterhuizen 25)

Over 13.2: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CM Brown, Batter - D Forrester (Struck down)

Match Details

Ground

Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Toss

New Zealand, elected to bat first

Series

South Africa tour of New Zealand

Season

2025/26

Player Of The Match

South Africa

Nqobani Mokoena

Series result

South Africa led the 5-match series 1-0

Match number

T20I no. 3772

Hours of play (local time)

19.15 start, First Session 19.15-20.45, Interval 20.45-21.05, Second Session 21.05-21.35

Match days

15 March 2026 - night (20-over match)

T20I debut

Nick Kelly

Nick Kelly

Connor Esterhuizen

Dian Forrester

Jordan Hermann

Nqobani Mokoena

Umpires

New Zealand

Chris Brown

DRS

New Zealand

Wayne Knights

DRS

TV Umpire

New Zealand

Kim Cotton

Reserve Umpire

New Zealand

Shaun Haig

Match Referee

Australia

Dave Gilbert

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