{"id":9032,"date":"2012-03-17T15:17:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T13:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/wrapup-1-cricket-proteas-come-up-big-in-key-moments-to-seal-win\/"},"modified":"2012-03-17T15:17:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T13:17:58","slug":"wrapup-1-cricket-proteas-come-up-big-in-key-moments-to-seal-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wrapup-1-cricket-proteas-come-up-big-in-key-moments-to-seal-win\/","title":{"rendered":"WRAPUP 1-Cricket-Proteas come up big in key moments to seal win"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

March 17<\/span> (Reuters) – South Africa’s crushing
\nnine-wicket victory over New Zealand to win the second test
\ninside three days on Saturday was achieved by three 20-minute
\nperiods of superb pace bowling and their tail contributing a
\nvaluable 165 runs when they were in deep trouble.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Graeme Smith completed the victory when he drove part-time
\nspinner Rob Nicol through the covers to take his side to 103 for
\none, two more runs than they needed, shortly before tea on the
\nthird day at Seddon Park in Hamilton.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Skipper Smith, who finished on 55 not out, and Hashim Amla
\n(46) had needed less than 90 minutes to score the 101 runs that
\ngave their side a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The victory, however, had been set up through the exploits
\nof their fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander, when they
\ncaptured five New Zealand wickets for no runs late on day one to
\ntrigger a collapse from a comfortable 133 for two to 133-7.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Philander and Steyn also provided the spark needed in New
\nZealand’s second innings when they reduced Ross Taylor’s side to
\n7-3 just after tea on the second day, while the former ran
\ntrhough the lower middle order either side of lunch on Saturday.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Philander finished with combined figures of 10-114, his
\nsecond 10-wicket haul in just his sixth test to be named man of
\nthe match.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I thought Philander and Steyn bowled well in both innings
\nand they put pressure on the batsmen and pressure told at the
\nend of the day,” Taylor said in a televised interview.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was a pretty flat wicket but they put the ball in the
\nright areas and put us under pressure.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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