{"id":8778,"date":"2012-03-10T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T13:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/update-3-cricket-s-africa-in-front-heading-into-final-day-of-nz-test\/"},"modified":"2012-03-10T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T13:02:16","slug":"update-3-cricket-s-africa-in-front-heading-into-final-day-of-nz-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-3-cricket-s-africa-in-front-heading-into-final-day-of-nz-test\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 3-Cricket-S.Africa in front heading into final day of NZ test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* New Zealand need record total to win match<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Rudolph third SA batsman to score century in innings<\/p>\n<p> (Updates at close)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 10<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Captain Ross Taylor and Brendon<br \/>\nMcCullum kept New Zealand&#8217;s slim hopes of scoring 401 runs to<br \/>\nbeat South Africa in the first test alive after they helped the<br \/>\nhosts reach 137 for two at the close of the fourth day&#8217;s play at<br \/>\nUniversity Oval in Dunedin on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand&#8217;s chances of threatening the record target, let<br \/>\nalone saving the test on a pitch that is displaying inconsistent<br \/>\nbounce, rest with McCullum (58 not out) and Taylor (48 not out),<br \/>\nwho had combined for an 82-run partnership before bad light<br \/>\nstopped play with four overs remaining.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The naturally aggressive duo had thrown away their wickets<br \/>\nwith rash strokes in the first innings and while they tempered<br \/>\ntheir all-out attacking instincts they were still scoring at<br \/>\nmore than four runs an over.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa captain Graeme Smith had declared their second<br \/>\ninnings on 435 for five midway through the second session on<br \/>\nSaturday then his bowlers put New Zealand&#8217;s batsmen under<br \/>\nimmense pressure with Vernon Philander consistently creating<br \/>\ndoubt just outside off stump.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tall fast bowler Morne Morkel was also particularly<br \/>\naggressive and peppered New Zealand&#8217;s batsmen with short-pitched<br \/>\nbowling, hitting Rob Nicol on the body several times.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pressure told on both opening batsmen with Martin<br \/>\nGuptill unable to handle Philander&#8217;s late away movement and he<br \/>\nwas caught at third slip by AB de Villiers for six before tea.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nicol, who needed treatment on his left hand after he was<br \/>\nhit by a steeply rising delivery from Morkel, wasted his earlier<br \/>\nefforts when he got a full toss from legspinner Imran Tahir and<br \/>\nhit the ball straight to Smith at mid-on for 19.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* New Zealand need record total to win match * Rudolph third SA batsman to score century in innings (Updates at close) March 10 (Reuters) &#8211; Captain Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum kept New Zealand&#8217;s slim hopes of scoring 401 runs to beat South Africa in the first test alive after they helped the hosts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-8778","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}