{"id":8545,"date":"2012-03-03T14:50:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T12:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-south-africa-sweep-new-zealand-odi-series\/"},"modified":"2012-03-03T14:50:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T12:50:33","slug":"cricket-south-africa-sweep-new-zealand-odi-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-south-africa-sweep-new-zealand-odi-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-South Africa sweep New Zealand ODI series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 3<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Paceman Marchant de Lange picked<br \/>\nup four wickets on his one-day international debut as South<br \/>\nAfrica completed a 3-0 clean sweep against New Zealand with a<br \/>\nfive-wicket victory in the third and final ODI in Auckland on<br \/>\nSaturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s bowlers bundled out New Zealand for 206 in 47<br \/>\novers after the visitors had won the toss and opted to bowl in<br \/>\nwet and windy conditions at Eden Park.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hashim Amla, who made 92 in the last ODI in Napier on<br \/>\nWednesday, continued his impressive form by scoring 76 as South<br \/>\nAfrica reached their target with 40 deliveries to spare.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The stylish right-hander, who was dropped on 30 by Nathan<br \/>\nMcCullum off Kyle Mills, added 80 runs for the first wicket with<br \/>\nmakeshift opener Wayne Parnell (27) and 58 runs with Albie<br \/>\nMorkel (41) for the second to anchor the chase.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amla hit seven sublime boundaries in his knock before he<br \/>\nmistimed a pull shot to be caught by New Zealand captain Brendon<br \/>\nMcCullum, giving seamer Kyle Mills his 200th wicket in ODIs.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The visitors, who had also won the preceding three-match<br \/>\nTwenty20 series 2-1, lost some wickets after Amla&#8217;s dismissal<br \/>\nbut it was not enough for New Zealand to post an unlikely win.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa pacemen Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe pegged<br \/>\nNew Zealand back with some hostile fast bowling at the start and<br \/>\nthe hosts struggled for momentum from there on.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old de Lange, who made his test debut last<br \/>\nDecember against Sri Lanka, also extracted good pace and bounce<br \/>\nfrom the track as New Zealand lost wickets at regular intervals<br \/>\nto be bundled out with three overs left in their innings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 55-run stand between James Franklin (36) and debutant<br \/>\nColin de Grandhomme (36) for the fifth wicket was the only<br \/>\nhalf-century partnership in the New Zealand innings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>De Grandhomme, who hit three sixes and a four in his 36-ball<br \/>\nknock, and Kane Williamson were run after some athletic fielding<br \/>\nby South Africa while left-arm spinner Robin Peterson lopped off<br \/>\nthe tail with two wickets at the end.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The three-test series between the two sides begin in Dunedin<br \/>\non Wednesday.\t<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Peter<br \/>\nRutherford)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 3 (Reuters) &#8211; Paceman Marchant de Lange picked up four wickets on his one-day international debut as South Africa completed a 3-0 clean sweep against New Zealand with a five-wicket victory in the third and final ODI in Auckland on Saturday. 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