SA draw second Test with NZ

 

CAPE TOWN: South Africa and New Zealand drew the second Test in Cape Town on Monday with bad light ending play early.

 

New Zealand were 121 for three in their second innings.

 

Scott Styris was 50 not out with Jacob Oram on eight.   

 

South Africa were dismissed for 512 in reply to New Zealand's first innings of 593 for eight declared.   

 

South Africa take a 1-0 lead into third and final Test, which starts in Johannesburg on Friday.

 

South African batsman Ashwell Prince had remained unbeaten on his way to a fourth Test hundred as the second Test against New Zealand headed for a draw at
Newlands on Monday.

 

Prince scored 108 not out as South Africa made 512 all out in reply to New Zealand's first innings total of 593 for eight declared. With no prospect of forcing a result to level the three-match series, New Zealand were 76 for two at tea.

 

Prince batted patiently on a pitch which again offered no help to the bowlers.

 

It took him almost two hours to move from his overnight score of 70 to his fourth Test century which he reached with a straight drive for four off New Zealand left-arm bowler James Franklin. He had faced 259 balls and hit nine fours.

 

The South African innings ended shortly after lunch. New Zealand's opening batsmen again looked shaky against South Africa's new ball pair of Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini.

 

Steyn had Michael Papps caught at the finer of two gullies for 20 and Ntini had Peter Fulton caught at second slip for 11.

 

Franklin, who made a century batting at number nine in New Zealand's innings, struck twice in two balls in the fourth over of the day after South Africa resumed at 427 for five.

 

Mark Boucher was caught by Stephen Fleming at first slip for 33 when he top-edged a pull and Fleming jumped to catch the ball above his head.

 

The left-handed Nicky Boje was leg before wicket next ball, going back on his stumps and being struck low down by a ball that swung in to him.

 

Boje batted with his right hand strapped after having five stitches in the webbing between thumb and forefinger. He is expected to miss the third and final Test starting in Johannesburg on Friday.

 

Andre Nel survived the hat-trick ball and batted for over an hour before falling to Franklin after the second new ball was taken. Franklin made the first ball of his second spell swing in and Nel was leg before for 12.
       
Franklin took three for 95.

 

Left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori claimed his second wicket of the innings when Dale Steyn was stumped. It was Vettori's 218th Test wicket for New Zealand, putting him joint second with Chris Cairns on the country's all-time list, behind Sir Richard Hadlee, who took 431.

 

Scoreboard
New Zealand 1st innings 593 for 8 decl 
(S Fleming 262, J Franklin 122 no, N Astle 50; M Ntini 4-162)

 

South Africa 1st innings (Overnight: 427-5)
G Smith c&b Patel 25
B Dippenaar b Patel 47
H Amla lbw b Vettori 149
J Kallis c Martin b Oram 71
A Prince not out 108
A de Villiers c Papps b Patel 13
M Boucher c Fleming b Franklin 33
N Boje lbw b Franklin 0
A Nel lbw b Franklin 12
D Steyn st McCullum b Vettori 13
M Ntini run out 11
Extras (b-15 lb-10 nb-5) 30
Total (all out, 188 overs) 512
Fall of wickets: 1-36 2-108 3-252 4-344 5-361 6-435 7-435 8-462 9-495 10-512
Bowling
C Martin 20-7-62-0
J Franklin 33-5-95-3 (nb-1)
D Vettori 63-10-147-2 (nb-2)
J Patel 42-8-117-3 (nb-1)
S Styris 10-2-33-0 (nb-1)
J Oram 18-10-24-1
N Astle 2-0-9-0

 

New Zealand 2nd innings
M Papps c Prince b Steyn 20
P Fulton c Kallis b Ntini 11
S Styris not out 54
N Astle c Smith b Kallis 14
J Oram not out 8
Extras (lb-10 nb-4) 14
Total (for 3 wickets, 37 overs) 121
Fall of wickets: 1-34 2-41 3-81    To bat: S. Fleming, B McCullum, D Vettori, J Franklin, J Patel, C Martin                                                         
Bowling                                    
D Steyn 9-3-26-1 (nb-3)
M Ntini 8-2-25-1 (nb-1)
A Nel 10-2-41-0
J Kallis 5-3-5-1
N Boje 5-1-14-0
Match ended because of bad light.
Result: Draw