{"id":8331,"date":"2012-02-25T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T12:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/cricket-de-villiers-century-guides-south-africa-to-win\/"},"modified":"2012-02-25T14:34:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T12:34:35","slug":"cricket-de-villiers-century-guides-south-africa-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-de-villiers-century-guides-south-africa-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-De Villiers century guides South Africa to win"},"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 25 (Reuters) &#8211; South African captain<br \/>\nAB de Villiers anchored his side&#8217;s run chase as they beat New<br \/>\nZealand by six wickets at Wellington Regional Stadium on<br \/>\nSaturday to take a 1-0 lead in their three-match one-day<br \/>\ninternational series.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>De Villiers stroked his 13th one-day century to finish 106<br \/>\nnot out and combined in a 90-run partnership with JP Duminy (46)<br \/>\nand for 129-runs with Faf du Plessis (66 not out) as the<br \/>\nvisitors overhauled New Zealand&#8217;s 253-9 with 28 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The result ended New Zealand&#8217;s unbeaten run of seven matches<br \/>\nat the stadium stretching back to January 2006 and was the<br \/>\nhighest successful run chase at the ground, eclipsing New<br \/>\nZealand&#8217;s 237-2 against Zimbabwe in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The decision review system was also put to use by both<br \/>\nsides, as it overturned three dismissals given on the field by<br \/>\numpires Chris Gaffaney and Richard Illingworth.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Du Plessis was given out lbw on 10 from the bowling of Doug<br \/>\nBracewell but immediately requested a review and the decision<br \/>\nwas overturned with replays showing the ball would have bounced<br \/>\nwell above the wickets.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who had top scored<br \/>\nwith 56 for the hosts, also had two dismissals overturned.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He was given out lbw on the first ball he faced from Lonwabo<br \/>\nTsotsobe and again when he was ruled to have been caught behind<br \/>\nby De Villiers from Robin Petersen when he was on three.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Replays showed the lbw delivery would have bounced over the<br \/>\nstumps, while he failed to hit the ball from Peterson.<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 25 (Reuters) &#8211; South African captain AB de Villiers anchored his side&#8217;s run chase as they beat New Zealand by six wickets at Wellington Regional Stadium on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in their three-match one-day international series. 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