New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015
| New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2015 | |||
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| South Africa | New Zealand | ||
| Dates | 14 August 2015 – 26 August 2015 | ||
| Captains | AB de Villiers | Kane Williamson | |
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Hashim Amla (176) | Tom Latham (178) | |
| Most wickets | Imran Tahir (5), David Wiese (5) | Adam Milne (5) | |
| Player of the series | Hashim Amla (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Rilee Rossouw (64) | Martin Guptill (102) | |
| Most wickets | Kagiso Rabada (5) | Mitchell McClenaghan (3) | |
| Player of the series | Martin Guptill (NZ) | ||
The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 14 to 26 August 2015. The tour consisted of three One Day International and two Twenty20 International matches. In June Brendon McCullum was named as the captain for New Zealand on this tour. However, in July, it was announced that McCullum had been rested for this tour and the tour to Zimbabwe, being replaced by Kane Williamson.
South Africa won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20I series was drawn 1–1.
1Ross Taylor was injured in training the day before the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe and was ruled out of the rest of New Zealand's tour in Africa.Faf du Plessis was injured for the T20I series, so AB de Villiers captained South Africa. The injury ruled out du Plessis for the ODI and T20I series. Farhaan Behardien and Dean Elgar were added to the squad.
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