Third Momentum ODI:South Africa end series with thrilling win

The third one day international momentum cricket match between South Africa and New Zealand ended on a thrilling note.South Africa as well as New Zealand will have a lot to take from the series as both the teams gave a fantastic performance and the end to the series was also apt.South Africa again from a comfortable position after their star batsman 'Graeme Smith' made a brilliant century almost lost the match and had to get three runs of the last ball to win the match which they fortunately achieved.With their upcoming series against Pakistan the South Africans look very vulnerable and need to get their acts together because as we know that Pakistan will be no cake walk.Things however are looking up for the New Zealanders after they won the first 2 one day international and ended the series to loose the third ODI by just a whisker.New Zealand however sealed series 2-1 and will leave South Africa on a happy note.

Highlights of the match:

New Zealand Batting & Bowling:

Colin Munro - 57(62)

Grant Elliott - Batting - 54(67)

James Franklin - Bowling - 2 Wickets for 38 Runs

Kyle Mills - Bowling - 2 Wickets for 40 Runs

South Africa Batting & Bowling:

Graeme Smith - Batting - 116(130)

Lonwabo Tsotsobe - Bowling - 4 Wickets for 45  Runs

Ryan McLaren - Bowling - 4 Wickets for 52 Runs

Scorecard:

New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)	Dismissal	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	c Ingram b Tsotsobe	5	22	18	1	0	27.77
BJ Watling	c du Plessis b McLaren	20	64	40	2	0	50
KS Williamson	c †de Kock b Tsotsobe	6	17	17	1	0	35.29
GD Elliott	c Steyn b Tsotsobe	54	109	67	8	0	80.59
BB McCullum*†	c Steyn b McLaren	13	27	25	1	0	52
C Munro	c †de Kock b Tsotsobe	57	102	62	6	1	91.93
JEC Franklin	not out	53	81	52	3	1	101.92
NL McCullum	c †de Kock b McLaren	2	2	2	0	0	100
JDS Neesham	lbw b McLaren	13	8	8	3	0	162.5
KD Mills	run out (du Plessis)	7	13	6	1	0	116.66
MJ McClenaghan	not out	2	8	2	0	0	100
Extras	(b 1, lb 10, w 17)	28
Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs; 234 mins)	260	(5.20 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-15 (Guptill, 5.2 ov), 2-27 (Williamson, 9.2 ov), 3-46 (Watling, 15.2 ov), 4-68 (BB McCullum, 21.5 ov), 5-129 (Elliott, 33.2 ov), 6-196 (Munro, 42.6 ov), 7-199 (NL McCullum, 43.3 ov), 8-216 (Neesham, 45.2 ov), 9-234 (Mills, 48.1 ov)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
DW Steyn	10	1	56	0	5.6	(6w)
LL Tsotsobe	10	2	45	4	4.5
RK Kleinveldt	10	1	44	0	4.4	(4w)
AM Phangiso	8	0	43	0	5.37	(1w)
R McLaren	10	0	52	4	5.2	(2w)
F Behardien	2	0	9	0	4.5
South Africa innings (target: 261 runs from 50 overs)	dismissal	R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Q de Kock†	b Franklin	31	63	38	4	0	81.57
GC Smith	c Watling b Williamson	116	190	130	14	0	89.23
CA Ingram	c Guptill b NL McCullum	25	37	40	3	0	62.5
F du Plessis*	c Guptill b Mills	19	29	23	2	0	82.6
F Behardien	c & b Williamson	4	17	9	0	0	44.44
DA Miller	b Mills	15	22	19	2	0	78.94
R McLaren	not out	25	49	24	1	1	104.16
RK Kleinveldt	b McClenaghan	6	7	5	1	0	120
AM Phangiso	c †BB McCullum b McClenaghan	9	10	6	1	0	150
DW Steyn	c Elliott b Franklin	4	10	6	0	0	66.66
LL Tsotsobe	not out	0	2	0	0	0	-
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 5)	10
Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs; 223 mins)	264	(5.28 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-83 (de Kock, 15.3 ov), 2-122 (Ingram, 26.1 ov), 3-165 (du Plessis, 33.2 ov), 4-174 (Behardien, 36.4 ov), 5-205 (Miller, 41.5 ov), 6-229 (Smith, 45.4 ov), 7-237 (Kleinveldt, 46.5 ov), 8-251 (Phangiso, 48.3 ov), 9-258 (Steyn, 49.5 ov)
Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ	Extras
KD Mills	10	0	40	2	4
MJ McClenaghan	10	0	70	2	7	(3w)
JDS Neesham	3	0	22	0	7.33	(2w)
NL McCullum	10	1	35	1	3.5
JEC Franklin	6	0	38	2	6.33
GD Elliott	3	0	14	0	4.66
KS Williamson	8	0	40	2	5