South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2003–04

The South African national cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 2004 and played a three-match Test series against the New Zealand national cricket team. The series was tied 1–1. New Zealand were captained by Stephen Fleming and South Africa by Graeme Smith. In addition, the teams played a six-match series of Limited Overs Internationals (LOI) which New Zealand won 5–1.^[1]

One Day Internationals (ODIs)[]

1st ODI[]

13 February 2004 (D/N)
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New Zealand 225/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 226/5 (49.4 overs)
SB Styris 60 (81) L Klusener 2/39 (9 overs)		GC Smith 72 (91) DL Vettori 2/37 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 5 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and SJ Davis (AUS)
Player of the match: GC Smith (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
MHW Papps (NZ) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI[]

17 February 2004 (D/N)
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South Africa 253/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 255/5 (45.1 overs)
GC Smith 80 (109) CL Cairns 2/35 (8 overs)		SP Fleming 108 (115) M Ntini 3/45 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Jade Stadium, Christchurch
Umpires: SJ Davis (AUS) and AL Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: SP Fleming (NZ)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI[]

20 February 2004 (D/N)
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New Zealand 254/5 (38 overs)	v	South Africa 249/7 (38 overs)
MHW Papps 67 (100) GC Smith 1/36 (4.1 overs)		HH Gibbs 69 (64) DL Vettori 2/41 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 runs
Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Umpires: SJ Davis (AUS) and AL Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: SB Styris (NZ)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced before play started to 38 overs per side.
JA Morkel (SA) made his ODI debut.

4th ODI[]

24 February 2004 (D/N)
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New Zealand	v	South Africa

Match abandoned
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: AL Hill (NZ) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
The match was replayed the next day.

Replay[]

25 February 2004
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South Africa 259/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 264/4 (49 overs)
JA Rudolph 70* (71) JDP Oram 3/51 (10 overs)		HJH Marshall 74 (94) M Ntini 2/63 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Carisbrook, Dunedin
Umpires: AL Hill (NZ) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: HJH Marshall (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI[]

28 February 2004 (D/N)
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New Zealand	v	South Africa

Match abandoned
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)

The match was replayed the next day.

Replay[]

29 February 2004
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New Zealand 193/8 (33 overs)	v	South Africa 175/5 (29 overs)
CZ Harris 55 (55) M Ntini 3/47 (7 overs)		JH Kallis 58* (59) JDP Oram 2/20 (6 overs)

New Zealand won by 2 runs (D/L method)
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: CZ Harris (NZ)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
The match was reduced before play started to 33 overs per side.
South Africa's target was adjusted to 178 runs in 29 overs.

6th ODI[]

2 March 2004
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South Africa 186/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 190/5 (46 overs)
AG Prince 47 (86) JDP Oram 3/24 (10 overs)		MHW Papps 92* (139) RJ Peterson 1/28 (9 overs)

New Zealand won by 5 wickets
McLean Park, Napier
Umpires: AL Hill (NZ) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: MHW Papps (NZ)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series summary[]

1st Test[]

10–14 March 2004
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South Africa	v	New Zealand
459 (139.2 overs) G Kirsten 137 (213) DL Vettori 4/158 (39.2 overs)		509 (164.4 overs) JDP Oram 119* (216) SM Pollock 4/98 (30.4 overs)
313/4dec (116.1 overs) JH Kallis 150* (312) PJ Wiseman 2/68 (19 overs)		39/1 (16 overs) BB McCullum 19* (48) A Nel 1/15 (4 overs)

Match drawn
Westpac Park, Hamilton
Umpires: SJ Davis (AUS) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: JH Kallis (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
BB McCullum and MHW Papps (both NZ) made their Test debuts.

2nd Test[]

18–22 March 2004
Scorecard

South Africa	v	New Zealand
296 (123.3 overs) GC Smith 88 (178) CS Martin 6/76 (31 overs)		595 (148.5 overs) SB Styris 170 (220) SM Pollock 4/113 (32.5 overs)
349 (108.3 overs) JA Rudolph 154* (312) CS Martin 5/104 (23 overs)		53/1 (10.2 overs) SP Fleming 31* (11) M Ntini 1/31 (5 overs)

New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and EAR de Silva (SL)
Player of the match: CS Martin (NZ)

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Test[]

26–30 March 2004
Scorecard

New Zealand	v	South Africa
297 (104 overs) MS Sinclair 74 (181) N Boje 4/65 (20 overs)		316 (99.5 overs) JA Rudolph 93* (212) CS Martin 5/55 (20 overs)
252 (96.2 overs) SB Styris 73 (131) N Boje 4/69 (33.2 overs)		234/4 (72.2 overs) GC Smith 125* (203) CS Martin 2/65 (18.2 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and EAR de Silva (SL)
Player of the match: GC Smith (SA)

South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
MJ Mason (NZ) made his Test debut.

References[]

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