NZ vs SA Match Report: Tim Robinson, Jacob Dafi and Matt Henry Power New Zealand to win 21 runs over South Africa. Cricket news
An unbeaten century partnership between Tim Robinson and Debutant Bewon Jacobs led New Zealand to win a 21-run win in South Africa in a T20 TRAI-series match on Wednesday, with Robinson out 75 not out and Jacobs scored 44 runs in his total 173-5.Fast bowlers Jacob Dafi and Matt Henry played an important role in New Zealand’s victory, taking three wickets as South Africa, excluding 152 in 18.2 overs.South Africa’s Lhuan-Dre Pretorius started firmly with 27 runs with 27 runs before Henry and Dafi, with a quick wicket.Pretorius fell on Henry’s slow ball, distinguished wicketkeeper Tim Safart, while Rubin Harman was caught on mid-width with Dafi bowling for just one run.Debut Senuran Muthusmi, who was promoted for No. 4, was bowled by Ish Sodi soon after the batting powerplay.South African captain Rasi van Der Dusen was run out for 6 runs by Mitchell Santner at the end of the non-strayer, making his team struggling 62–5 in the ninth over.Developed Brevis scored 35 runs in 18 balls and George Linde scored 30 runs in 20 balls, but both were caught in outfield against Henry and Dafi respectively.Dafi achieved almost a hat-trick after continuously dismissing Linde and Quena Mafaka, but Lungi NGD survived the hat-trick ball. Henry seals the victory by rejecting Garald Koetzi.New Zealand’s innings had an unstable start as his top order fought against short-picked bowling. Devon Conway, returning to T20 after three years, managed to score only 9 runs before falling in Mafaka.
Derryl Mitchell and Mitchell He were rejected for a single -digit score, while James Neesham recorded his seventh T20 Duck, which was caught by Corbin Bosch’s bowling.Robinson and Jacobs rotated the innings with their 103 -run partnership, scoring 63 runs in the last five overs.Robinson arrived in his fifty with six against Koetzi, playing his first international match after a nine -month injury break. Coetzee scored 19 runs in the final, finishing with 1-39 figures.Mafaka was South Africa’s most successful bowler with 2-38, while South Africa made three changes in their team to defeat Zimbabwe first.
