Lunch New Zealand 330 for 3 (Ravindra 169*, Williamson 118, de Swardt 1-30, Paterson 1-74) vs South Africa
With the second new ball simply six overs outdated, South Africa surprisingly didn’t go along with Tshepo Moreki first up on the second day, as an alternative beginning with allrounder Ruan de Swardt and Dane Paterson.
Paterson received the wobble seam going his approach and induced an edge off Ravindra’s blade with simply his second ball however there was no third slip in place to take the catch. Quickly after, he had Williamson edging, however having performed with delicate fingers, the skinny edge didn’t carry to the keeper, who dived to his proper and parried the ball to second slip.
Williamson received his first boundary off the day with a thick edge previous gully however failed to hold on for lengthy. Seeking to unsettle de Swardt’s constant wicket-to-wicket strains, he eyed an uncharacteristic cross-batted hoick, however all he may handle was a prime edge that ballooned straight up. De Swardt, who had each Williamson and Ravindra dropped off his bowling on the primary day watched in anticipation. However Moreki at mid-on made no mistake a lot to the delight of de Swardt. That ended a 232-run affiliation between Williamson and Ravindra off 472 balls.
Mitchell, having been padded up for ages, instantly received going with a full-blooded lofted drive previous mid-on. Ravindra, in the meantime, stored issues busy rotating the strike and getting the boundaries away at each given probability.
Moreki did not have the identical type of nip that he discovered on day one and was pulled stylishly by Ravindra by way of midwicket. Duanne Olivier was handed comparable therapy earlier than two scrumptious straight drives helped Ravindra breach the 150-mark in Checks for the primary time. There have been a couple of extra thickish exterior edges off Ravindra’s blade however a wicket by no means got here.
Mitchell and Ravindra have thus far added 59 runs for the fourth wicket and can look to extend New Zealand’s dominance after the break.
