| Series Name: | New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2012–13 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of South Africa.svg |
| Team1 Name: | South Africa |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of New Zealand.svg |
| Team2 Name: | New Zealand |
| From Date: | 18 December 2012 |
| To Date: | 25 January 2013 |
| No Of Tests: | 2 |
| Team1 Tests Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Tests Won: | 0 |
| Team1 Tests Most Runs: | Hashim Amla (176) |
| Team2 Tests Most Runs: | Dean Brownlie (172) |
| Team1 Tests Most Wickets: | Dale Steyn (13) |
| Team2 Tests Most Wickets: | Trent Boult (4) Doug Bracewell (4) |
| No Of Odis: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 1 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Graeme Smith (189) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Kane Williamson (156) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Lonwabo Tsotsobe (8) Ryan McLaren (8) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Kane Williamson (6) Mitchell McClenaghan (6) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 3 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 1 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Henry Davids (143) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Martin Guptill (125) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Ryan McLaren (5) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Doug Bracewell (5) |
The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa from 18 December 2012 to 25 January 2013. The tour consisted of two test matches, three One Day Internationals, and three Twenty20 International matches.[1] In their first innings of the First Test, New Zealand were dismissed for just 45 runs, their third lowest Test match total and the lowest total in Test cricket in 39 years.[2] In the same match, South African cricketer Jacques Kallis became the fourth batsman to make 13,000 runs in Test cricket.[3] New Zealand were without ex-captain Ross Taylor, who had a falling out with coach Mike Hesson,[4] and Jesse Ryder, who remained in self-imposed exile from international cricket.[5]