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
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South Africa have never lost a Test series in New Zealand, but they are 1-0 down going into the second Test in Hamilton on Tuesday and face a daunting task.
Fast bowler Will O’Rourke dismissed Proteas captain Neil Brand for his first test wicket and New Zealand sent South Africa to lunch at 64-3 Tuesday after the opening session of the second cricket test. At the interval, Zubayr Hamza had faced 48 balls for 5 runs and David Bedingham had yet to score. Brand won the toss and made the surprising decision to bat first at Seddon Park, where the team winning the toss had bowled in nine of the last 10 tests.
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