After a streak of low-scoring games, the series is tied 2-2. South Africa won the first match by seven wickets, New Zealand won the second and third by 68 runs and eight wickets respectively, and South Africa won the fourth by 19 runs.
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Both teams named unchanged lineups for the first time in this series.
South Africa retained player Prenelan Subrayen, who made an impressive debut in the fourth match in Wellington on Sunday.
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Lineups:
New Zealand: Tim Robinson, Katene Clarke, Dane Cleaver, Nick Kelly, Bevon Jacobs, Jimmy Neesham (captain), Cole McConchie, Josh Clarkson, Zak Foukes, Kyle Jamieson, Ben Sears.
South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Wiaan Mulder, Connor Esterhuizen, Rubin Hermann, Dian Forrester, Jason Smith, George Linde, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj (captain), Prenelan Subrayen, Ottneil Baartman.
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