Tuesday’s no-show at Seddon Park has snapped New Zealand’s winning streak in bilateral home One-Day International series at 11, the second longest in the history of one-day cricket.

South Africa sit proudly atop the pile with 17 successive victories at home between 2002 and 2007, though during that period, they failed to advance to the knockouts of the home World Cup in 2003 and were well beaten by Australia in the semi-finals in 2007.