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00:00That's a heck of a record.
00:05And he's going to need all of that class right here because his team is in a spot of brother.
00:15It's nicely timed and well stopped as well.
00:19Doug Bracewell charging around the outfield, buoyed by that wicket.
00:30Nice stroke, just punched down the ground.
00:33Dead straight, might not go for four.
00:36And it doesn't, they chase it down.
00:41That is a very attractive three.
00:49Saudi just struggling for some consistency.
00:52Easy as you like again from de Villiers.
00:54He's one man who's very strong on the short ball.
00:57So New Zealand will be more likely to pitch it up as well.
01:04Wow, look at that.
01:06That is an easy to get a ball with that line and that height down on the ground
01:10and away for four. Brilliant stuff from de Villiers.
01:15Well, he's got a reputation for being very small, almost guffed.
01:21But he sends a message to the bowler that you can't bowl that length.
01:26It's brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
01:29Great pressure starting from the bowler.
01:3172 to 3.
01:34That's a great example to set Nathan McCallum off his own bowling.
01:38Thanksgiving runs away.
01:40Look at this at full stretch to his right.
01:42Brilliant stuff. That is setting a very...
01:47That's over the top.
01:49Shouts to catch it, but it's six.
01:53Can't catch up with it at all. It was dragged down from Rob Nickell.
02:01Initially he thought it was going to be a chance.
02:05Just easy as you like over the top.
02:08Valiant dive.
02:10I think that's six.
02:12Maybe you lose the confidence as well.
02:14In the air, is it a chance? No, it doesn't carry to Franklin.
02:18Just need the odd four.
02:20Looking for a boundary there.
02:22And it's into the stand, is it?
02:25Yes, it is.
02:26I thought it had been taken down in the outfield by someone.
02:29But it cleared a boundary for South Africa.
02:34Clipped away.
02:35Mid-wicket, and that'll be four.
02:37One bounce into the boundary.
02:41Just getting a little bit leg side.
02:46See, this is just too predictable for me, Dooley.
02:48They know that it's going to be four, and at the stumps, it has to be.
02:51Opens up the whole leg side.
02:55By McCullum standing back, all of a sudden it makes the batsman think,
02:58what length is he going to bowl?
03:00So that does create just a little bit of confusion.
03:02There's no confusion at all there at the moment with McCullum standing up.
03:09That will not help.
03:11Half-tracker from Nickell, punished.
03:14Six, and a good shot.
03:19Dragged down by Nickell.
03:21Can't afford to bowl this to a man who's been in for so long
03:25that was just sitting up and saying,
03:27here you go, AB, have a piece of this.
03:30And that's gone a long way back.
03:33Another big over for South Africa, making this look easy.
03:38And again, six more.
03:40That is well and truly over the head of the man back at Long On.
03:45200 up, back-to-back sixes for AB de Villiers,
03:48and the Rob Nickell punt has not worked at all.
03:52No, it hasn't.
03:53Oh, this is classy from AB de Villiers.
03:55He's a man at Long On who stood there and watched it sail over his head.
04:00A little bit of risk in the shot, but when you hit it that hard,
04:03don't worry about it.
04:05That was the first one.
04:06Dragged down, hit over mid-wicket.
04:08Good use of the feet by AB de Villiers.
04:10Classy.
04:12And still he works it away.
04:15Brilliant stuff, AB de Villiers.
04:17Wonderful innings.
04:22The fact that he just found a gap with the field and with ease
04:26I think illustrates the quality of this innings from AB de Villiers.
04:30It coincides with the 100-run partnership as well.
04:33These two have combined sensationally.
04:36Look at the green lines for me.
04:38They're the key.
04:39To the winning of this match.
04:41It might not be what people want to see.
04:43They want to see the ball fly.
04:45But when you construct a run chase,
04:47every delivery has basically been a productive one.
04:50And there's another one that will go down to the boundary for four.
04:54But the way that AB de Villiers has worked the ball
04:57and manipulated New Zealand around is the key.
05:00These boundaries are just the icing.
05:04I think they call that the scoring rate.
05:08It's your ability to score off
05:12the percentage of deliveries you face
05:16in terms of the amount of times you score off those deliveries.
05:19Not how many, not how fast.