South Africa tour of New Zealand

[drops]

5 from 5 for Kallis

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

1st Test - Match Over

Result

South Africa 1st Innings: 459 all out (Kirsten 137)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 509 all out (Oram 119 not out)
South Africa 2nd Innings: 313/4 declared (Kallis 150)
New Zealand 2nd Innings: 39/1

Match drawn
Man of the Match: Kallis

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

2nd Test - Close Of Play - Day One

South Africa 1st Innings: 231/2

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

2nd Test - Close Of Play - Day Two

South Africa 1st Innings: 296 all out (Martin 6/76)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 201/3 (Styris 118 not out)

 

[deadduck]

what a great opening spell by NZ, they took 4 wickets in the first 40 minutes of the day. I was shocked when I turned the telly on, and the wickets kept tumbling.

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

2nd Test - Close Of Play - Day Three

South Africa 1st Innings: 296 all out (Martin 6/76)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 584/8 (Styris 170, Cairns 158)

 

[HArrIS]

good come back by KIWIS :

excellent batting by styris and cairns :

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

2nd Test - Close Of Play - Day Four

South Africa 1st Innings: 296 all out (Martin 6/76)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 595 all out (Styris 170, Cairns 158)
South Africa 2nd Innings: 277/6 (Rudolph 121 not out)

 

[squiz]

Well NZ aren't gonna lose this. Let's see if RSA can hold on

 

[HArrIS]

rudolph have batted well but looks like this is wont be enough black caps will take this test

 

[umosay]

good game

nz improving for sure

 

[andrew_nixon]

**UPDATE**

2nd Test - Match Over

Result

South Africa 1st Innings: 296 all out (Martin 6/76)
New Zealand 1st Innings: 595 all out (Styris 170, Cairns 158)
South Africa 2nd Innings: 349 all out (Rudolph 154 not out, Martin 5/104)
New Zealand 2nd Innings: 53/1

New Zealand win by 9 wickets, and lead the series 1-0.
Man of the match: Martin

 

[deadduck]

Originally posted by umosay@Mar 22 2004, 06:04 PM
good game

nz improving for sure

Improving??

We've always had a side in the last few years that can beat anyone on their day. The only problem was that it had to be their day or we'd get slaughtered.

Now it seems John Bracewell has brought some consistency into the team and the players are a lot more confident in themselves.

The only reason NZ has been mediocre through the years is that they never had the self belief that they could beat anyone, anytime. They'd go into games hoping to win, instead of expecting to.

 

[drops]

or it could be that south africa just aren't as good as they used to be, there batting is their only positive, there bowling attack is the worse I've seen since they re-joined international cricket, sure they beat the west indies but I think any first team or county team could whip the west indies, so until they find a bowler who can bowl 90+mph constintly and a descent bowler this is going to happen more and more often

 

[deadduck]

That is true, their bowling attack is disgraceful. Past Pollock (who is not at his best) and Ntini (who hasn't been effective) there is no good bowlers. Why swap Nel for Terbrugge? Terbrugge got absolutely hammered and didn't take a single wicket I think. Nel was doing better, but he was still getting hammered.


But you can't make excuses and take things away from the Kiwi team, they are playing well and have a lot of quality players especially in the middle of the lineup.