{"id":8749,"date":"2012-03-10T03:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-south-africa-in-charge-against-new-zealand-in-first-test\/"},"modified":"2012-03-10T03:00:44","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T01:00:44","slug":"cricket-south-africa-in-charge-against-new-zealand-in-first-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-south-africa-in-charge-against-new-zealand-in-first-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-South Africa in charge against New Zealand in first test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 10<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Jacques Rudolph scored his second<br \/>\nhalf century of the match as South Africa continued to grind<br \/>\ndown New Zealand and looked to set an imposing fourth innings<br \/>\ntarget to chase in the first test at University Oval in Dunedin<br \/>\non Saturday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rudolph was on 59 not out while Mark Boucher was on five as<br \/>\nthe Proteas advanced to 359 for five at lunch on a chilly and<br \/>\nwindswept fourth day with a lead of 324 runs.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The visitors had resumed on 268 for three with Jacques<br \/>\nKallis on 107, though he added just six more runs to his tally<br \/>\nwhen he tried to loft Trent Boult over mid-wicket only to hit<br \/>\nthe ball straight to Rob Nicol.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>AB de Villiers (29) was the only other wicket to fall, when<br \/>\nhe tried to accelerate the scoring rate as they approached the<br \/>\nlunch break, bottom ending a lofted sweep off part-time spinner<br \/>\nKane Williamson to deep mid-wicket where Brendon McCullum took<br \/>\nthe catch.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa skipper Graeme Smith (115) and Kallis had<br \/>\nrebuilt the vistors&#8217; innings on the third day with a 200-run<br \/>\npartnership that effectively batted the hosts out of the match.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smith and Kallis had come together with their side on 47 for<br \/>\ntwo and with just a 12-run lead after Doug Bracewell had taken<br \/>\ntwo wickets in one over before lunch on Friday to give the hosts<br \/>\nhopes of pushing for an upset victory.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The experienced duo, however, consolidated then built South<br \/>\nAfrica&#8217;s second innings to close play on Friday with an overall<br \/>\nlead of 233.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa need to sweep the series 3-0 to take over the<br \/>\nworld number one test ranking from England.<br \/>\n (Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Peter<br \/>\nRutherford)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please double click on the newslink:<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>for more cricket stories<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 10 (Reuters) &#8211; Jacques Rudolph scored his second half century of the match as South Africa continued to grind down New Zealand and looked to set an imposing fourth innings target to chase in the first test at University Oval in Dunedin on Saturday. 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