Barbados May 07: South Africa defeated New Zealand by 13 runs in the Super Eights of the World Twenty20 here.
Set to chase a winning target of 171 runs, New Zealand finished at 157 for seven in 20 overs.
For New Zealand, Jesse Ryder was the top scorer with 33 runs while Nathan McCullum contributed an unbeaten 26.
Charl Langeveldt, Morne Morkel and Johan Botha took two wickets each.
The following is the scoreboard of the Super Eights match between South Africa and New Zealand in World Twenty20.
South Africa:
Jacques Kallis c Southee b Oram 31
Graeme Smith c Guptill b Southee 14
Herschelle Gibbs c BB McCullum b NL McCullum 30
AB de Villiers not out 47
Albie Morkel run out (Hopkins) 40
Mark Boucher not out 0
Extras: (b-6, w-2) 8
Total: (for four wickets in 20 overs) 170
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Smith, 4.5 overs), 2-55 (Kallis, 7.5), 3-97 (Gibbs, 13.3), 4-169 (JA Morkel, 19.5)
Bowling:
Nathan McCullum 4 0 35 1
Shane Bond 4 0 33 0
Tm Southee 3 0 39 1
Jacob Oram 3 0 22 1
Daniel Vettori 4 0 21 0
Scot Styris 2 0 14 0
New Zealand:
Brendon McCullum c Gibbs b Langeveldt 6
Jesse Ryder c de Villiers b Botha 33
Martin Guptill c JA Morkel b Botha 18
Ross Taylor c Gibbs b M Morkel 19
Scot Styris c Gibbs b Langeveldt 13
Gareth Hopkins c Steyn b M Morkel 18
Jacob Oram lbw b Steyn 0
Nathan McCullum not out 26
Daniel Vettori not out 10
Extras: (lb-7, w-5, nb-2) 14
Total: (for seven wickets in 20 overs) 157
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (BB McCullum, 0.5 overs), 2-51 (Guptill, 7.3), 3-67 (Ryder, 9.4), 4-87 (Taylor, 12.2), 5-109 (Styris, 14.5), 6-110 (Oram, 15.2), 7-123 (Hopkins, 16.2)
Bowling:
Charl Langeveldt 4 0 39 2
Dale Steyn 4 0 25 1
Morle Morkel 4 0 27 2
Jacques Kallis 4 0 23 0
Johan Botha 3 0 23 2
Albie Morkel 1 0 13 0
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