{"id":8072,"date":"2012-02-17T14:08:18","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T12:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/cricket-guptill-continues-to-plunder-runs-as-nz-beat-safrica\/"},"modified":"2012-02-17T14:08:18","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T12:08:18","slug":"cricket-guptill-continues-to-plunder-runs-as-nz-beat-safrica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-guptill-continues-to-plunder-runs-as-nz-beat-safrica\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Guptill continues to plunder runs as NZ beat SAfrica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Greg Stutchbury<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">WELLINGTON<\/span> Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Martin Guptill<br \/>\ncontinued his rich run of form as he scored 78 not out to help<br \/>\nNew Zealand to a six-wicket victory over South Africa in their<br \/>\nTwenty20 international at Wellington Regional Stadium on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Guptill anchored the New Zealand run chase as the hosts<br \/>\nscored 148 for four in 19.2 overs after South Africa had scored<br \/>\n147 for six in their 20 overs with JP Duminy scoring 41.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Guptill had plundered the much weaker<br \/>\nZimbabwean attack in the first series of New Zealand&#8217;s summer,<br \/>\nscoring 232 runs at 77.33 in the three one-day internationals<br \/>\nbefore he smashed 91 not out in his only Twenty20 appearance.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On Friday the opening batsman took on a much stronger attack<br \/>\nand hammered four sixes in his 55-ball innings, including two in<br \/>\none Lonwabo Tsotsobe over that went over 100 metres. The second<br \/>\nactually hit the roof of the stadium and was measured at 127<br \/>\nmetres on the fly.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>James Franklin belted the winning runs with a four to the<br \/>\ncover boundary with four balls remaining to give the hosts a 1-0<br \/>\nlead in the best of three series.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand&#8217;s bowlers had contained the South African<br \/>\nbatsmen throughout their innings, though Justin Ontong belted<br \/>\npart-time off-spinner Kane Williamson for four successive sixes<br \/>\nas the visitors took 26 runs off his second, and last, over.<br \/>\nWilliamson&#8217;s first over had only cost him one run.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ontong (32) had combined in a 50-run partnership with Duminy<br \/>\nthough both fell to Tim Southee, who had the best figures of the<br \/>\nNew Zealand attack with three for 28, just when they needed to<br \/>\nensure they stayed together to help build an imposing total.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Doug Bracewell conceded just 10 runs off three overs, while<br \/>\noff-spinner Nathan McCullum, who opened the bowling, finished<br \/>\nwith one for 16 off four overs.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Martin Guptill continued his rich run of form as he scored 78 not out to help New Zealand to a six-wicket victory over South Africa in their Twenty20 international at Wellington Regional Stadium on Friday. 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