South African cricket team in New Zealand in 2021β22 | |||
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New Zealand | South Africa | ||
Dates | 17 February β 1 March 2022 | ||
Captains | Tom Latham | Dean Elgar | |
Test series | |||
Result | 2-match series drawn 1β1 | ||
Most runs | Colin de Grandhomme (183) | Kyle Verreynne (188) | |
Most wickets | Matt Henry (14) | Kagiso Rabada (10) | |
Player of the series | Matt Henry (NZ) |
The South Africa cricket team toured New Zealand in February and March 2022 to play two Test matches. [1] [2] The Test series formed part of the 2021β2023 ICC World Test Championship. [3] [4] In September 2021, the tour dates were changed slightly due to COVID-19 quarantine requirements for travelling to New Zealand. [5] [6] In November 2021, New Zealand Cricket confirmed the full dates of the tour. [7]
The initial tour schedule had the second Test at the Basin Reserve. [8] However, on 27 January 2022, New Zealand Cricket announced a change to the itinerary, with all the matches moved to the Hagley Oval. [9]
New Zealand won the first Test match inside three days, by an innings and 276 runs. [10] In their first innings, South Africa were bowled out for 95 runs. [11] It was the first time they had been bowled out for less than 100 runs in the first innings of a Test match since 1932. [12] It was South Africa's second-biggest defeat, in terms of innings, in Test cricket, [13] and their first loss to New Zealand since March 2004. [14] South Africa won the second Test by 198 runs to draw the series 1β1, [15] maintaining their unbeaten Test series run against New Zealand. [16]
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Ahead of the tour, South Africa's Keegan Petersen was ruled out of the series due to COVID-19 with Zubayr Hamza named as his replacement. [19]
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25 February β 1 March 2022
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