South Africa's Tour Of NZ

[whufc]

Lunch NZ 1/40

Guptil 16* (looks in wild touch)
McCullum 16*
Nicol 6

[whufc]

NZ 2/97

Ross Taylor and McCullum batting well. Tough pitch both batsmen have wore a fair few on the body.

[Lightning McQueen]

Go the shaggers.

[whufc]

NZ now 5/143

really 6 for though with Martin in the side.

[brod]

NZ now 5/143

really 6 for though with Martin in the side.

Made 5...well above average

[brod]

New Zealand v South Africa
1st Test
Dunedin

DAY 4 - SESSION 2

South Africa 238
HM Amla 62
GC Smith 53
JA Rudolph 52
CS Martin 4/56
DAJ Bracewell 2/52
New Zealand 273
BB McCullum 48
DL Vettori 46
LRPL Taylor 44
TA Boult 33* (including 22 of one Philander over)
VD Philander 4/72
M Morkel 2/52
DW Steyn 2/79
South Africa 5/395
JH Kallis 113
GC Smith 112
JA Rudolph 82*
DAJ Bracewell 3/70

[Media Park]

Rudolph got a ton as well, in the end, declared at 5/435, Boucher's best for a while 34*

NZ need 401 to win. 0/15

[stampy]

now 2/137 mccullum 58* taylor 48*

264 to get

[stampy]

rain has washed out the final day with the umpires abandoning play at 2.10pm local time, no change from the overnight score of 2/137

[brod]

Tim Southee has been dropped from New Zealand's squad for the second Test against South Africa in Hamilton, starting on Thursday. After a tough first Test in Dunedin, in which he conceded 140 runs and failed to take a wicket, Southee will return to the Plunket Shield to work on technique and form.

New Zealand have beefed up their bowling with the addition of Mark Gillespie and the re-inclusion of Brent Arnel, who was part of the squad for the first Test but was not included in the final 12.

[brod]

2nd test starts tomorrow

Injury may keep AB de Villiers out of the side after he sprained his ankle during practice on Tuesday, though he tweeted that he 'should be ready'. JP Duminy and Robin Peterson both batted in the nets on Wednesday and should de Villiers be unfit, Duminy is likely to make a return in the longest format. The rest of the line-up should be unchanged with Imran Tahir set to play, in anticipation of turn later on in the match, and Marchant de Lange to miss out, despite the green strip.

[whufc]

NZ 1/44 early first session, pitch doing a fair bit as expected on day 1 of a test match.

[CoverKing]

NZ were 2/133 and are now 7/133.

Make that 7/137, Gillespie just edged a four between second and third slip. Woeful batting

[wycbloods]

NZ were 2/133 and are now 7/133.

Make that 7/137, Gillespie just edged a four between second and third slip. Woeful batting

Just about to write the same thing they just lost 5/0 .

[CoverKing]

Woeful shots by the two set batsman. First was McCullum playing a hook shot that went straight to deep square leg off Steyn, and then Taylor playing a woeful shot to give Smith a catch at first. Considering they got sent in, they should have not played these shots on such a pitch, especially Taylor straight after the wicket of McCullum

[overloaded]

disgrace. maybe the redbacks could recruit a few of these gun NZ bats

[brod]

New Zealand v South Africa
2nd Test
Hamilton

STUMPS DAY ONE

New Zealand 185
BB McCullum 61
LRPL Taylor 44
MR Gillespie 27
VD Philander 4/70
DW Steyn 3/49
Imran Tahir 2/12
South Africa 2/27
CS Martin 2/18

[whufc]

SAF 5/84

[whufc]

SAF 6/88

Mark Gillespie 4/14

[whufc]

SAF 7/161