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| Venue | Axxess DSL St George's, Port Elizabeth on 26th December 2012 (20-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | South Africa won by 33 runs |
| Umpires | JD Cloete, AT Holdstock |
| TV umpire | S George |
| Referee | AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) |
| Reserve Umpire | BG Jerling |
| Player of the Match | H Davids |
| Articles | All to play for in decider |
| Preview: 2nd T20, 23 Dec 2012 |
| South Africa innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| H Davids | c Anderson b McClenaghan | 68 | 51 | 67 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 133.33 |
| *F du Plessis | b Hira | 1 | 9 | 5 | - | - | 8 | 11.11 |
| +Q de Kock | c Anderson b McClenaghan | 2 | 4 | 12 | - | - | 2 | 50.00 |
| JL Ontong | c Anderson b Franklin | 48 | 30 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 160.00 |
| DA Miller | c Anderson b Bracewell | 28 | 15 | 27 | 4 | - | 1 | 186.67 |
| F Behardien | c McClenaghan b Bracewell | 22 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 200.00 |
| RK Kleinveldt | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0.00 |
| RJ Peterson | did not bat | |||||||
| R McLaren | did not bat | |||||||
| AM Phangiso | did not bat | |||||||
| M Morkel | did not bat | |||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 6 w) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wickets, innings closed, 86 minutes, 20 overs) | 179 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-2 (du Plessis, 1.5 ov), 2-26 (de Kock, 4.4 ov), 3-115 (Ontong, 14.5 ov), 4-135 (Davids, 16.3 ov), 5-179 (Miller, 19.5 ov), 6-179 (Behardien, 19.6 ov) | ||||||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ |
| McClenaghan | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | - | 12 | 3 | - | 12.00 | 6.00 |
| Hira | 4 | 1 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 8 | - | 1 | 24.00 | 6.00 |
| NL McCullum | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 9.00 |
| Franklin | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18.00 | 10.00 |
| Bracewell | 3 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9.00 | 11.67 |
| Neesham | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 3 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 11.67 |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | S-Rate | |
| RJ Nicol | lbw b McLaren | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 166.67 |
| MJ Guptill | c Peterson b Phangiso | 24 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 120.00 |
| *+BB McCullum | c Ontong b Phangiso | 25 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 113.64 |
| C Munro | c de Kock b McLaren | 3 | 10 | 13 | - | - | 7 | 30.00 |
| JEC Franklin | c Ontong b Phangiso | 16 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 123.08 |
| JDS Neesham | c Morkel b Peterson | 12 | 10 | 15 | 2 | - | 4 | 120.00 |
| NL McCullum | c Peterson b McLaren | 17 | 14 | 23 | 2 | - | 4 | 121.43 |
| CJ Anderson | run out (McLaren) | 12 | 9 | 16 | 1 | - | 2 | 133.33 |
| DAJ Bracewell | not out | 15 | 9 | 18 | 2 | - | 1 | 166.67 |
| RM Hira | c Ontong b Kleinveldt | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | - | 4 | 133.33 |
| MJ McClenaghan | not out | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extras | (1 lb, 3 w) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets, innings closed, 91 minutes, 20 overs) | 146 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-6 (Nicol, 0.4 ov), 2-53 (Guptill, 6.6 ov), 3-56 (BB McCullum, 8.3 ov), 4-60 (Munro, 9.4 ov), 5-84 (Franklin, 12.3 ov), 6-87 (Neesham, 13.1 ov), 7-116 (Anderson, 16.4 ov), 8-116 (NL McCullum, 16.5 ov), 9-137 (Hira, 19.2 ov) | ||||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | Econ |
| McLaren | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 1 | - | 10 | 3 | - | 8.00 | 6.25 |
| Peterson | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18.00 | 8.00 |
| Morkel | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | - | 9 | 6 | - | - | 9.25 |
| Kleinveldt | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | 3 | - | 24.00 | 6.25 |
| Phangiso | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8.00 | 6.25 |
| Ontong | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 9.00 |