Courier de l'Égypte - South Africa seal T20 series win in New Zealand

NYSE - LSE
CMSC 0.54% 22.28 $
JRI 0.55% 12.72 $
AZN 2.1% 180.22 $
GSK 1.93% 51.74 $
RIO -3.21% 96.266 $
BCE 1.03% 22.885 $
CMSD -0.14% 22.05 $
BCC 0.58% 72.96 $
RYCEF 0.27% 18.5 $
RELX 1.5% 31.3 $
NGG 0.18% 81.12 $
VOD -0.39% 14.065 $
BP -1.25% 39.29 $
RBGPF -0.45% 60.34 $
BTI 3.02% 60.735 $
South Africa seal T20 series win in New Zealand
South Africa seal T20 series win in New Zealand / Photo: Sanka Vidanagama - AFP

South Africa seal T20 series win in New Zealand

South Africa completed a 3-2 series win over New Zealand on Wednesday as Connor Esterhuizen smacked 75 off 33 balls to set up a 33-run victory in the fifth T20 in Christchurch.

Text size:

Esterhuizen's knock included five fours and six sixes, and powered South Africa to 187-4 before the tourists restricted New Zealand to 154-8.

Gerald Coetzee, Wiaan Mulder and Ottneil Baartman all took two wickets for South Africa. Bevon Jacobs top-scored with 36 for New Zealand, who never threatened to reach their target.

It was Esterhuizen's second straight half-century of the series. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper made his international debut in the opening match as South Africa sent an experimental tour squad to New Zealand following the T20 World Cup.

L.Amro--CdE