JOIN USSouth Africa’s crushing nine-wicket victory over New Zealand to win the second Test inside three days on Saturday was achieved by three 20-minute periods of superb pace bowling and their tail contributing a valuable 165 runs when they were in deep trouble.
Graeme Smith completed victory when he drove part-time spinner Rob Nicol through the covers to take his side to 103 for one.
SCORE BOARD
NEW ZEALAND (I Innings): 185
SOUTH AFRICA (I Innings): 253
NEW ZEALAND (II Innings):
Nicol b Philander 1
Guptill c Amla b Steyn 1
McCullum lbw b Philander 5
Taylor lbw Steyn 17
Williamson c Boucher b P’lander 77
Vettori c Boucher b Kallis 21
Van Wyk b Philander 20
Bracewell b Morkel 0
Gillespie c Boucher b Philander 14
Arnel (not out) 8
Martin b Philander 0
Extras (LB-4) 4
Total (all out, 67.5 overs) 168
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-7, 3-7, 4-64, 5-99, 6-141, 7-142, 8-142, 9-160.
Bowling: Steyn 16-5-31-2, Philander 15.5-3-44-6, Morkel 13-5-26-1, Tahir 17-2-52-0, Kallis 6-3-11-1.
SOUTH AFRICA (II Innings):
Petersen c Van Wyk b Bracewell 1
Smith (not out) 55
Amla (not out) 46
Extras (NB-1) 1
Total (for 1 wkt, 19.5 overs) 103
Fall of wickets: 1-5.
Bowling: Martin 3-1-18-0, Bracewell 5-0-14-1, Vettori 2-0-2-0, Gillespie 4-0-24-0, Arnel 3-0-18-0, Williamson 2-0-23-0, Nicol 0.5-0-4.