South Africa v New Zealand 1st T20I statistical review- Proteas take 1-0 lead in the 2-match T20I series

South Africa v New Zealand 1st T20I statistical review- Proteas take 1-0 lead in the 2-match T20I series: After the epic World Cup semi-final clash between South Africa and New Zealand, today they took on each other in the 1^st T20I match of the 2-match T20I series. AB de Villiers who was the captain last time as well when both the sides faced off, was once again leading the hosts in the absence of injured Faf du Plessis. But this time around the De Villiers led Proteas side emerged as the victors. South Africa outplayed the touring party in all the departments of the game.

First they restricted the Kiwis at a total of 151 as they suffered a batting collapse. Then the South African team marched towards victory easily with Amla, De Villiers and Rossouw firing with the bat which handed the hosts an easy victory by 6 wickets in the match with 13 balls to spare.

Let’s take a look at the stats review of the match:

• Total number of fours hit by NZ/SA: 18/16
• Total number of sixes hit by NZ/SA: 2/4
• Total number of dot balls bowled by NZ/SA: 38/47
• Total number of wide’s bowled by NZ/SA: 2/1
• Highest run scorer of the match: Hashim Amla 48 off 41balls.
• Highest strike rate registered in the match: (min 15 balls): Kane Williamson – 200.00
• Total runs scored in the match: 303/12
• Highest wicket taker of the match: David Wiese 2 for 24.

Other records affected in the game:

• HM Amla passed his previous highest score of 41 runs in T20I matches against New Zealand.