{"id":8908,"date":"2012-03-15T03:10:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T01:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-south-africa-hold-slight-edge-in-2nd-nz-test\/"},"modified":"2012-03-15T03:10:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T01:10:21","slug":"cricket-south-africa-hold-slight-edge-in-2nd-nz-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-south-africa-hold-slight-edge-in-2nd-nz-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-South Africa hold slight edge in 2nd NZ test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 15<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa took full advantage<br \/>\nof a green-tinged wicket and overcast conditions to reduce New<br \/>\nZealand to 62 for two at lunch on the first day of the second<br \/>\ntest at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Thursday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Proteas captain Graeme Smith, however, will be disappointed<br \/>\nthey had not made further inroads into the New Zealand batting<br \/>\nline-up after he had won the toss and asked the hosts to bat.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brendon McCullum (26), who received treatment after he was<br \/>\nhit on his right hand by Morne Morkel, and Taylor (11) were<br \/>\ntogether at the lunch break after South Africa had got rid of<br \/>\nthe opening pair of Rob Nicol (two) and Martin Guptill (22).<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nicol tried to negate the movement of Vernon Philander by<br \/>\nadvancing down the pitch towards him but only succeeded in<br \/>\ngetting a faint edge and was caught by wicketkeeper Mark<br \/>\nBoucher.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>McCullum and Guptill then appeared to settle the innings<br \/>\nwith some sound stroke play before Guptill was caught in two<br \/>\nminds to play at a Dale Steyn delivery that slightly shaped<br \/>\naway, only to deflect it back onto his stumps and leave New<br \/>\nZealand at 44 for two.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pace bowlers Mark Gillespie, who is making his return to the<br \/>\ntest team for the first time in more than three years, and Brent<br \/>\nArnel are the two changes for New Zealand from the Dunedin<br \/>\nmatch.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tim Southee was not named in the 14-man squad after<br \/>\nstruggling in Dunedin while Trent Boult did not make the final<br \/>\n11.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa are unchanged.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The final test of the three match series begins in<br \/>\nWellington on March 23.<\/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 15 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa took full advantage of a green-tinged wicket and overcast conditions to reduce New Zealand to 62 for two at lunch on the first day of the second test at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Thursday. 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