{"id":9348,"date":"2012-03-27T03:32:34","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T01:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-south-africa-set-new-zealand-389-to-win-test\/"},"modified":"2012-03-27T03:32:34","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T01:32:34","slug":"cricket-south-africa-set-new-zealand-389-to-win-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-south-africa-set-new-zealand-389-to-win-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-South Africa set New Zealand 389 to win test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

By Greg Stutchbury<\/span><\/p>\n

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

WELLINGTON, March 27<\/span> (Reuters) – New Zealand will need to
\nscore 389 runs in 81 overs, without the services of captain Ross
\nTaylor, to win the third and final test against South Africa and
\nlevel the series at the Basin Reserve on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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

South Africa captain Graeme Smith declared their second
\ninnings at 189 for three, a lead of 388, just over an hour into
\nthe final day. AB de Villiers’s dismissal for 68 sparked the
\ndeclaration, while JP Duminy was left on 33 not out.<\/p>\n

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Alviro Petersen was the first wicket to fall for the
\nvisitors, who hold a 1-0 lead in the three-match series, when he
\nwas run out for 39 attempting a sharp single in the first over
\nof the day.<\/p>\n

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Smith was brilliantly caught by a diving Doug Bracewell off
\nDaniel Vettori for 41 before De Villiers was caught by Kane
\nWilliamson in the deep off Bracewell.<\/p>\n

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

New Zealand face an uphill battle to chase down the total
\nparticularly after the attacking Taylor broke a bone in his left
\nforearm on Monday when he was struck by a Morne Morkel bouncer
\nand ruled out of the match.<\/p>\n

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

“The specialist confirmed that the best management for the
\nfracture of his left ulna would be to undergo surgery,” New
\nZealan Cricket Medical Director Ian Murphy said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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

“This will give him the best opportunity to recover with the
\nactual return date determined by the speed of his recovery from
\nsurgery.’<\/p>\n

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

South Africa’s Vernon Philander took six for 81 in New
\nZealand’s first innings as the hosts were bowled out for 275,
\n199 runs behind the visitors’ 474 for nine declared.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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