{"id":9370,"date":"2012-03-27T15:35:36","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T13:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/cricket-williamsons-toughest-day-helps-nz-draw-third-test\/"},"modified":"2012-03-27T15:35:36","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T13:35:36","slug":"cricket-williamsons-toughest-day-helps-nz-draw-third-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-williamsons-toughest-day-helps-nz-draw-third-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Williamson&#8217;s toughest day helps NZ draw third test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Greg Stutchbury<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">WELLINGTON, March 27<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Kane Williamson faced his<br \/>\ntoughest day of test cricket in his young career on Tuesday,<br \/>\nstaring down a snarling, fire-breathing quartet of South African<br \/>\npace bowlers with their passion up and sensing blood.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old walked to the wicket with New Zealand on<br \/>\n2-1, needing an impossible 389 to win the third and final test<br \/>\nat the Basin Reserve and square the series, and with the<br \/>\nknowledge that captain Ross Taylor would not play any further<br \/>\npart in the game after breaking an arm.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When he left the pitch at stumps, he had ground his way to<br \/>\n102 not out, his second test century, and shared in valuable<br \/>\ntail-end partnerships with Kruger van Wyk and Doug Bracewell to<br \/>\nsnare an unlikely draw.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not quite sure that Kane has realised what he has done<br \/>\njust yet,&#8221; New Zealand vice-captain Brendon McCullum told<br \/>\nreporters.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In terms of New Zealand cricket history, it will go down as<br \/>\none of the more gutsier innings and one of the more gutsy<br \/>\nfighting efforts on the last day against this sort of attack.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took a pretty special innings from one person and some<br \/>\nsupporting acts from others to be able to keep them at bay.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was never a let up in that bowling attack and they<br \/>\ncontinued to come at you and never made it easy&#8230; they gave it<br \/>\ntheir best shot but couldn&#8217;t get past Kane.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Greg Stutchbury WELLINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) &#8211; Kane Williamson faced his toughest day of test cricket in his young career on Tuesday, staring down a snarling, fire-breathing quartet of South African pace bowlers with their passion up and sensing blood. 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