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NZ Vs SA 5th T20I Match Report Highlights: The last match of the five-match T20 series played between South Africa and New Zealand was played on Wednesday (25 March) at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. Africa won the match by 33 runs and won the series 3-2. Connor Esterhuizen made an important contribution in helping Africa win the match.
The thing to note is that Connor made his international debut through this series. He dominated in his very first series. In the last match of the series, Connor Esterhuizen played an inning of 75 runs in just 33 balls with the help of 5 fours and 6 sixes. During this period his strike rate was 227.27.
Connor Esterhuizen gets big rewards
Connor Esterhuizen was awarded the title of ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant innings in the last match. Apart from this, he was also given the ‘Player of the Series’ award. Connor was the highest run scorer in the series. He scored 200 runs in 5 innings of 5 matches at an average of 50 and strike rate of 145.98. During this period, he scored 2 half-centuries, in which the high score was 75 runs.
match status
Talking about the match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl. Coming to bat first, Africa took full advantage and put 187/4 runs on the board in 20 overs. Connor Esterhuizen was the batsman who played the biggest innings. Apart from this, Rubin Harman played an inning of 39 runs. During this period, Ben Sears took maximum 2 wickets in his account for New Zealand. Apart from this, Josh Clarkson and Zackary Foulkes took 1-1 wicket.
Then the New Zealand team, which came out for run chase, could only reach the score of 154/8 runs in 20 overs. For the team, Bevon Jacobs played the biggest inning of 36 runs in 19 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, no other batsman could touch the 30 run mark. A total of four batsmen could not even reach double figures. During this, Gerald Coetzee, Wiaan Mulder and Otnel Bartmanay took 2-2 wickets for Africa. Captain Keshav Maharaj took the remaining one wicket in his account.
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