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Fri Feb 17 (20 ovs) 19:00 local (06:00 GMT)
Only T20I - New Zealand v South Africa
Eden Park, Auckland

Sun Feb 19 (50 ovs) 14:00 local (01:00 GMT)
1st ODI - New Zealand v South Africa
Seddon Park, Hamilton

Wed Feb 22 (50 ovs) 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
2nd ODI - New Zealand v South Africa
Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Sat Feb 25 (50 ovs) 14:00 local (01:00 GMT)
3rd ODI - New Zealand v South Africa
Westpac Stadium, Wellington

Wed Mar 1 (50 ovs) 14:00 local (01:00 GMT)
4th ODI - New Zealand v South Africa
McLean Park, Napier

Wed Mar 8 - Sun Mar 12 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
1st Test - New Zealand v South Africa
University Oval, Dunedin

Thu Mar 16 - Mon Mar 20 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
2nd Test - New Zealand v South Africa
Basin Reserve, Wellington

Sat Mar 25 - Wed Mar 29 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
3rd Test - New Zealand v South Africa
Seddon Park, Hamilton

AB de Villiers (capt), Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi

http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand ... 81557.html

should be a very intresting tour, looking forward to it...although IMO odi's will be a closer affair than the tests.

T20I squad: Kane Williamson (capt), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Lockie Ferguson, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ben Wheeler
In: Tim Southee. Out: Tom Blundell, Matt Henry, George Worker, Neil Broom

ODI squad: Kane Williamson (capt), Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Lockie Ferguson, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ross Taylor
In: Luke Ronchi. Out: Tom Blundell, Colin Munro

New Zealand XI squad: Glenn Phillips, Neil Broom, Henry Nicholls, Tom Bruce, Ross Taylor, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Todd Astle, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Henry Shipley, Zak Gibson

From cricinfo.

andy wrote:should be a very intresting tour, looking forward to it...although IMO odi's will be a closer affair than the tests.

I dunno...the Saffer Test batsmen may struggle in NZ conditions.

SA's new t20 strip looking very australian inspired

decent first few overs by NZ but amla has really got going now

these boundaries are so small, could be a high scoring game

50 for Hamish from just 32 deliveries

was a little lucky with a couple of edges early in his innings but looking very good now

keystone cops stuff from NZ

du Plessis hits one straight up in the air, 3 different fielders could have caught it, ends up santner calls for it and fumbles it

knee high full toss from de grandhomme gets a wicket

not sure NZ will want to see ABDV walking in at this stage with the platform SA have

I don't understand why De-Villiers comes in as low as four in a T20. Like most players, he takes a bit of time to get going, but can win you a game once in.

Gingerfinch wrote:I don't understand why De-Villiers comes in as low as four in a T20. Like most players, he takes a bit of time to get going, but can win you a game once in.

he sometimes comes in at 3 if the first wicket goes down a bit later, de Kock was out quite early tonight so du Plessis came in, i agree tho, your best player should be given the opportunity to bat as many overs as possible

185 is a pretty decent score, i fancied SA to get 200+ with how they were going but losing wickets just as they looked to accelerate held them back a little

Just got in from work (hurray), and wondering where's Guppy.

Great score for SA.

the guy who was getting labelled as the new Brendon McCullum doesn't have the greatest debut, just 5 from 11 deliveries