Butler puts South Africa under pressure

Ian Butler led the New Zealand attack as they restricted South Africa to just 128 for seven in their World Twenty20 Group D clash at Lord’s here on Tuesday.

Miserly medium-pacer Butler took two wickets for 13 runs in his four overs with all-rounder Scott Styris chipping in with one for 10 and off-spinner Nathan McCullum one for 18.

South Africa captain Graeme Smith top-scored with 33, the left-handed opener facing just 35 balls. But no other batsman made more than JP Duminy’s 29.

However, this was a ‘dead’ match with both sides already through to the second stage Super Eights after they’d each defeated minnows Scotland. New Zealand were again without captain Daniel Vettori because of the left-arm spinner’s shoulder injury.

LONDON, Tuesday, AFP

SOUTH AFRICA

G. Smith b Butler			33
J. Kallis run out (B McCullum)		24
H. Gibbs c and b Styris			 3
R. van der Merwe b N McCullum		 0	   
JP Duminy c Broom b Mills		29
AB de Villiers run out (Guptill)	15
M. Boucher c B McCullum b Butler	 6
A. Morkel not out			10
J. Botha not out			 2
Extras (lb4, w2)			 6
TOTAL (7 wkts, 20 overs)		128
Did not bat: D Steyn, W Parnell
Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-63, 3-63, 4-65, 5-85, 6-107, 7-121.
Bowling: Mills 4-0-34-1; Oram 4-0-30-0 (1w); Butler 4-0-13-2 (1w);
	 Diamanti 2-0-19-0; N McCullum 4-0-18-1; Styris 2-0-10-1.
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum (capt), Martin Guptill, Neil Broom, Ross Taylor,
	 Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Peter McGlashan (wkt), Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum, Brendon Diamanti, Ian Butler