{"id":8970,"date":"2012-03-16T03:14:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T01:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-gillespies-dizzying-spell-leaves-south-africa-reeling\/"},"modified":"2012-03-16T03:14:17","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T01:14:17","slug":"cricket-gillespies-dizzying-spell-leaves-south-africa-reeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-gillespies-dizzying-spell-leaves-south-africa-reeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Gillespie&#8217;s dizzying spell leaves South Africa reeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">March 16<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Mark Gillespie ripped the heart<br \/>\nout of South Africa&#8217;s batting line up, taking four wickets in<br \/>\nFriday&#8217;s first session, as the visitors reached 133 for six at<br \/>\nlunch on the second day of the second test against New Zealand<br \/>\nat Seddon Park in Hamilton.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gillespie, who returned to the side after last playing a<br \/>\ntest in Dec. 2008, could have captured a fifth wicket after AB<br \/>\nde Villiers was squared up by a full swinging delivery and the<br \/>\nball flew past through a vacant third slip to the boundary.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The aggressive De Villiers was on 41 at the break with<br \/>\nwicketkeeper Mark Boucher 14 as the visitors went to lunch with<br \/>\na deficit of 52 runs after they had bowled New Zealand out for<br \/>\n185 On the opening day.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The hosts had slumped in their innings, losing five wickets<br \/>\nfor no runs as they went from a reasonably strong 133-2 to 133-7<br \/>\nin the space of 15 minutes in the final session.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa had resumed on 27-2 with Hashim Amla on two and<br \/>\nAlviro Petersen on eight after Chris Martin had struck back with<br \/>\ntwo quick wickets late on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amla and Petersen saw off the first 30 minutes of play and<br \/>\nwere just starting to look comfortable when Amla slashed at a<br \/>\nwide delivery from Gillespie and was well caught by Kane<br \/>\nWilliamson in the gully for 16.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jacques Kallis then opened his account with a six from a<br \/>\nshort Gillespie delivery before he deflected a shot off the full<br \/>\nface of his bat down legside only to be snatched by a diving<br \/>\nKruger van Wyk.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gillespie then trapped Alviro Petersen lbw for 29, then had<br \/>\nJacques Rudolph (one) caught by van Wyk after a straight<br \/>\ndelivery moved slightly away and caught the thinnest of edges of<br \/>\nthe left-hander&#8217;s bat.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old, who was consistently reaching speeds<br \/>\napproaching 145kph, finished the session with figures of 4-24<br \/>\nfrom seven overs.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Mark Gillespie ripped the heart out of South Africa&#8217;s batting line up, taking four wickets in Friday&#8217;s first session, as the visitors reached 133 for six at lunch on the second day of the second test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. 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