New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015 | |||
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South Africa | New Zealand | ||
Dates | 14 August 2015 – 26 August 2015 | ||
Captains | AB de Villiers | Kane Williamson | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | 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 | |||
Results | 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.
ODIs | T20Is | ||
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South Africa [5] | New Zealand [4] | South Africa [5] | New Zealand [4] |
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]
19 August 2015
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