Franklin wins New Zealand a thriller in the first momentum ODI

New Zealand have finally turned it around.The first Momentum ODI between New Zealand and South Africa was a match the New Zealanders will remember for a long long time.The pitch looked to have assistance for the bowlers as most part of the match was dominated by the bowlers.The New Zealanders bowled well to restrict South Africa to 208 but their batting woes continued as at one point they were loosing too many wickets too quickly but the way Franklin held his nerve and was not fazed by the situation it always looked like they "might" just win.New Zealand in the end managed a thrilling one wicket win over South Africa to lead the 3 ODI  Momentum series 1-0.

Highlights of the match:

South Africa Batting & Bowling:

F du Plessis - Batting - 57(72)

R McLaren - Bowling - 4 Wickets for 46 Runs

New Zealand Batting & Bowling:

James Franklin - Batting - 47(61)*

BJ Watling - Batting - 45(78)

MJ McClenaghan - Bowling - 4 Wickets for 20 Runs

Scorecard:

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
HM Amla	lbw b Mills	13	19	22	1	0	59.09
GC Smith	lbw b McClenaghan	7	31	15	0	0	46.66
CA Ingram	c NL McCullum b Williamson	29	68	58	2	1	50
AB de Villiers*	lbw b McClenaghan	7	16	8	1	0	87.5
F du Plessis	c Nicol b Williamson	57	145	72	3	0	79.16
Q de Kock†	c NL McCullum b Franklin	18	37	34	1	0	52.94
R McLaren	c †BB McCullum b Williamson	33	53	39	3	0	84.61
RJ Peterson	lbw b McClenaghan	0	4	4	0	0	0
RK Kleinveldt	c Mills b Williamson	26	21	20	1	3	130
DW Steyn	b McClenaghan	0	1	3	0	0	0
LL Tsotsobe	not out	0	11	4	0	0	0
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 10, nb 1)	18
Total	(all out; 46.2 overs; 212 mins)	208	(4.48 runs per over)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
KD Mills	8	1	55	1	6.87	(1nb, 2w)
MJ McClenaghan	10	2	20	4	2	(2w)
NL McCullum	6	0	34	0	5.66
JEC Franklin	10	1	44	1	4.4	(2w)
KS Williamson	7.2	0	22	4	3
JDS Neesham	4	0	22	0	5.5	(3w)
GD Elliott	1	0	4	0	4
New Zealand innings (target: 209 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Nicol	c Smith b Tsotsobe	4	9	6	1	0	66.66
MJ Guptill	run out (de Villiers)	0	1	0	0	0	-
BJ Watling	b McLaren	45	124	78	5	0	57.69
KS Williamson	c du Plessis b Tsotsobe	5	24	15	1	0	33.33
BB McCullum*†	lbw b Kleinveldt	26	46	40	2	1	65
GD Elliott	c Smith b Kleinveldt	1	10	8	0	0	12.5
JEC Franklin	not out	47	139	61	5	0	77.04
JDS Neesham	lbw b McLaren	0	1	2	0	0	0
NL McCullum	lbw b McLaren	24	32	21	4	0	114.28
KD Mills	b McLaren	26	43	40	1	1	65
MJ McClenaghan	not out	0	15	6	0	0	0
Extras	(lb 13, w 15, nb 3)	31
Total	(9 wickets; 45.4 overs; 236 mins)	209	(4.57 runs per over)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
DW Steyn	10	3	33	0	3.3	(2w)
LL Tsotsobe	8	2	43	2	5.37
RK Kleinveldt	9	0	37	2	4.11	(1nb, 9w)
R McLaren	8.4	0	46	4	5.3	(2nb, 3w)
RJ Peterson	10	0	37	0	3.7