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New Zealand needed only 8.2 overs Wednesday to wrap up South Africa’s first innings at 249 on the second day of the second test at Seddon Park. Ruan de Swardt in his second test and Shaun von Berg on debut at age 37 put on 70 before stumps on Day 1 with van der Swardt posting a maiden half century.
New Zealand 211 (Kane Williamson 43, Tom Latham 40, Dane Piedt 5-89, Dane Paterson 3-39) trail South Africa 242 (Ruan de Swardt 64, Will O’Rourke 4-59) by 31 runs after day two.
Recalled South African spinner Dane Piedt is eyeing a "famous, famous win" after claiming five New Zealand wickets Wednesday to give the understrength tourists a 31-run lead at stumps on the second day of the second Test."That's in the South African DNA and we'll fight as hard as we can now to get a famous, famous Test win."
Dane Piedt took a career-best 5-89 as South Africa bowled out New Zealand for 211 to take an unexpected first-innings lead Wednesday on the second day of the second cricket test. New Zealand had been 183-9 and the deficit might have been greater but for a late innings of 33 by the redoubtable Neil Wagner. Piedt reached the high point of a checkered test career as he captured the wickets of Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Will Young and Glenn Phillips to highlight an excellent bowling performance by