04 March 2004	Thursday	12 Muharram 1425

NAPIER, March 3: New Zealand scored their fifth straight One-day International victory against South Africa on Tuesday, winning by five wickets. Led by a career-best 92 not out off 139 balls from newly-elevated Test opener Michael Papps, New Zealand sealed a 5-1 series success against the world's second-ranked side.

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming said they were very content now they had jumped four places from the start of the series to third in the world one-day rankings. Chasing South Africa's 187, New Zealand won by five wickets with four overs to spare in a flat final match without the sledging that bothered Sunday's game.

Scoreboard

SOUTH AFRICA:

G.C. Smith c McCullum b Tuffey 9

H.H. Gibbs c McCullum b Mason 3

J.H. Kallis c McCullum b Mason 0

J.A. Rudolph c Marshall b Tuffey 3

A.G. Prince c and b Oram 47

M.V. Boucher c Fleming b Tuffey 0

S.M. Pollock c McCullum b Oram 7

L. Klusener run out 35

R.J. Peterson c McCullum b Oram 5

J.A. Morkel not out 23

M. Ntini not out 42

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-7, NB-1) 12

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 186

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-11, 3-15, 4-20, 5-29, 6-40, 7-103, 8-114, 9-119.

BOWLING: Tuffey 10-1-35-3 (4w); Mason 10-1-35-2 (3w); Oram 10-2-24-3; Cairns 7-0-33-0 (1nb); Vettori 10-0-25-0; Harris 1-0-14-0; Styris 2-0-15-0.

NEW ZEALAND:

M.H.W. Papps not out 92

S.P. Fleming run out 32

H.J.H. Marshall b Morkel 3

S.B. Styris c Boucher b Pollock 10

C.L. Cairns b Peterson 10

J.D.P. Oram c Klusener b Ntini 6

C.Z. Harris not out 22

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-4, NB-5) 15

TOTAL (for five wkts, 46 overs) 190

FALL OF WKTS: 1-58, 2-63, 3-85, 4-115, 5-155.

DID NOT BAT: B.B. McCullum, D.L. Vettori, M.J. Mason, D.R. Tuffey.

BOWLING: Pollock 7-0-37-1 (4nb); Ntini 10-0-44-1; Klusener 7-2-27-0 (1w); Morkel 9-0-33-1 (1nb, 1w); Kallis 4-0-15-0 (1w); Peterson 9-0-28-1 (1w).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Michael Papps. -AFP