Michael Bracewell to Matthew Breetzke, 2 runs.
Michael Bracewell to Matthew Breetzke, Touch fuller on the off stump. Matthew Breetzke taps it to covers.
Michael Bracewell to Matthew Breetzke, Tossed up on off. Matthew Breetzke walks in and taps it out.
Michael Bracewell to Matthew Breetzke, Nagging length on off. Matthew Breetzke blocks it off the front foot.
Michael Bracewell to Jason Smith, Floats it up on off. Jason Smith drives it uppishly to long on for one.
Michael Bracewell to Matthew Breetzke, Drops it short on the stumps. Matthew Breetzke taps it to long on for a single.
Score after
18
overs
87 - 1
- Jason Smith 17 (30)
- Matthew Breetzke 42 (55)
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, On the up, outside off. Jason Smith drives it straight to covers.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Short and wide again. Matthew Breetzke tucks it to the right of sweeper covers and runs a single. FIFTY run partnership between the batters.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, Drops it short and wide. Jason Smith slaps it to sweeper covers for another single.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Full on off once again. Matthew Breetzke taps it to sweeper covers for one.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, Floats it up outside off. Jason Smith drives it to sweeper covers for another single.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Just short outside the off stump line. Matthew Breetzke taps it to sweeper covers for a run.
Score after
17
overs
82 - 1
- Jason Smith 15 (27)
- Matthew Breetzke 39 (52)
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Back of a length delivery around fourth stump. Smith opens the bat face and carves it away to the left of sweeper cover for a brace.
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, Back of a length delivery around off. Breetzke pulls it to deep mid wicket for a single.
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Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, Fuller and straight. Matt Henry drives it straight to mid off.
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, Short and wide, slapped away infront of deep point for a couple by Matthew Breetzke.
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Much fuller on the stumps. Jason Smith drives it to mid on for a single.
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Bangs it short on the stumps. Jason Smith pulls it away to deep square leg for a single.
Score after
16
overs
74 - 1
- Jason Smith 10 (24)
- Matthew Breetzke 36 (49)
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, Tosses the ball up outside off. Jason Smith taps it to sweeper covers for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, Fuller on the off stump. Jason Smith drives it to covers.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, FOUR! SLOGGED AWAY! Mitchell Santner pitches the ball up on the stumps from around the wicket angle. Jason Smith gets down on a knee and looks to sweep the ball. The ball catches the inside edge of the bat and runs to the left of short fine leg for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, tossed up on the stumps. Jason Smith gets an inside edge to short fine leg off the fornt foot.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Floats the ball up on the off stump. Matthew Breetzke drives the ball to sweeper covers for one.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, SIX! RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK! Mitchell Santner drops the ball short at the stumps, asking to be hit. Matthew Breetzke rocks back on the backfoot and pulls the ball up and over deep mid-wicket for a flat six.
DRINKS BREAK! South Africa have adopted a cautious approach in the early phase of their innings. The pitch is settling down, making batting progressively easier. Matthew Breetzke looks in solid touch, unbeaten on 29, while Jason Smith is slowly settling in with 5 runs to his name. The duo will be aiming to build a strong partnership and make the most of the batting-friendly conditions ahead. At the 15-over mark, South Africa stand at 62/1, looking to accelerate as the innings progresses.
Score after
15
overs
62 - 1
- Jason Smith 5 (20)
- Matthew Breetzke 29 (47)
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Beaten! This one goes underneath now. Goes full and outside off, holds its line. Jason Smith looks to pull and low ball as it sneaks underneath the bat and goes low towards the keeper.
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Beaten! On a good length, outside off. Jason Smith slashes at it as the ball zips past the flashing blade towards the keeper.
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Full and outside off. Jason Smith drives it towards cover.
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Full and on off stump, takes off after pitching. Jason Smith fully forward and defends it firmly towards mid-wicket.
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, Fuller and outside off. Matthew Breetzke opens the face of the bat and guides it towards deep backward point for a single.
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, On a good length, on middle. Matthew Breetzke gets forward, gets his head over the ball to defend it firmly back onto the ground.
South Africa: Temba Bavuma (captain), Matthew Breetzke, Jason Smith, Kyle Verreynne, Wiaan Mulder, Mihlali Mpongwana, Senuran Muthusamy, Junior Dala, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ethan Bosch, Lungi Ngidi
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke, Ben Sears
South Africa are without seven top players in the tri-series because they were involved in a Twenty20 League back home
New Zealand, who beat hosts Pakistan in the opening game by 78 runs at the same venue on Saturday, brought in opener Devon Conway in place of the injured Rachin Ravindra
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to bowl against South Africa in the second match of the three-nation ODI tournament in Lahore
New Zealand win toss, bowl against South Africa in tri-series
Score after
14
overs
61 - 1
- Matthew Breetzke 28 (45)
- Jason Smith 5 (16)
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Fuller and flatter, outside off. Matthew Breetzke stays upright to punch it towards point for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Fired in full and on the middle stump, goes straight on. Matthew Breetzke gets his front leg away and stands tall to bunt in back down onto the ground.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, Fuller and on leg stump. Jason Smith gets his front leg away and drives it inside out towards long off for another single.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Slightly fuller and on middle. Matthew Breetzke goes inside out to drive it towards long off for a single.
Mitchell Santner to Matthew Breetzke, Beaten! Full and outside off, turns away sharply. Matthew Breetzke lunges forward to defend but it zips past the outside edge.
Mitchell Santner to Jason Smith, Low full toss on off. Jason Smith leans on to drive it towards long off for a single.
Mitchell Santner, the skipper of New Zealand takes the ball in his hands now.
Score after
13
overs
57 - 1
- Matthew Breetzke 26 (41)
- Jason Smith 3 (14)
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, On a back of a length, just outside off. Matthew Breetzke taps it towards point and looks for a single but there isn't any!
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, Pitched short and towards the batter. Matthew Breetzke swats at it to pull it back down awkwardly in the end.
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, On a good length, on off. Matthew Breetzke gets on top of the bounce to defend it firmly back onto the ground.
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, Back of a length, just around off stump. Matthew Breetzke tentatively plays at it and just decides to take that bat away in the last second as it takes the bottom edge and chops it back towards the keeper.
Ben Sears to Jason Smith, Goes fuller and on the pads. Jason Smith flicks it off his legs towards past square leg for a single.
Ben Sears to Matthew Breetzke, Banged in short and angled towards the batter. Matthew Breetzke takes it on to pull it away uppishly to go towards deep backward square leg for a single.
South Africa have entered the series without seven of their Champions Trophy players, who will arrive at Karachi over the weekend. Matthew Breetzke, Mihlali Mpongwana, Senuran Muthusamy and Eathan Bosch were awarded ODI debuts on a wicket which Santner says “looks like another 300” pitch. Glenn Phillips smashed his maiden ODI century as New Zealand rattled 330-6 in the first match.