Fleming punishes South Africa with double century

 

CAPE TOWN: A record-breaking double century by New Zealand's Stephen Fleming effectively shut South Africa out of the second Test in Cape Town on Friday.

 

New Zealand, who were put in to bat, were 535 for eight when bad light ended play nine overs early on the second day.

 

Fleming scored 262, which made him the first New Zealander to score three double centuries in Tests.

 

Fleming's score is the highest by a New Zealander against South Africa, easily surpassing the 170 Scott Styris made in Auckland in 2003-04 and the fourth highest score by a New Zealander overall.

 

James Franklin hit 93 not out in a stand of 256 for the eighth wicket, New Zealand's record partnership against South Africa for any wicket.

 

South Africa lead the three-match series 1-0.

 

Scoreboard
New Zealand 1st innings (Overnight: 265-6)
M Papps b Nel 22
P Fulton c Boucher b Steyn 36
S Fleming b Prince 262
S Styris c Dippenaar b Ntini 11
N Astle lbw b Ntini 50
J Oram run out 13
B McCullum lbw b Ntini 5
D Vettori c Nel b Ntini 11
J Franklin not out 93
Extras (b-4 lb-13 nb-14 w-1) 32
Total (for 8 wickets, 152 overs) 535
Fall of wickets: 1-50 2-62 3-82 4-188 5-237 6-259 7-279 8-535
Bowling                                  
M Ntini 36-3-131-4
D Steyn 26-3-93-1
A Nel 27-3-98-1
J Kallis 15-4-45-0
N Boje 29-4-89-0                
G Smith 16-2-56-0                
H Amla 1-0-4-0                  
A Prince 2-0-2-1