{"id":33866,"date":"2017-03-11T14:08:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T14:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33866"},"modified":"2017-03-11T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T14:08:43","slug":"south-africa-take-191-run-lead-on-day-four-vs-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33866","title":{"rendered":"South Africa take 191-run lead on Day Four vs New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33865\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand.jpg\" alt=\"south africa vs New Zealand\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Dunedin: South Africa scored 224\/6 in the second innings, taking their lead to 191, on the fourth day of the first cricket Test match against New Zealand here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Faf du Plessis (56) and Vernon Philander (1) were at the crease when bad light halted the play 20 minutes early.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Elgar (89) and Faf du Plessis (56 not out) emerged stars on the penultimate day as the Proteas ended the day with six wickets in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Elgar, who shone despite the gloomy conditions at the University Oval ground here, however, was dismissed when he tried to up the tempo in the last session. He skied a Jeetan Patel delivery which was taken by Kane Williamson running to his right from mid-off.<\/p>\n<p>Middle-order batsmen Hashim Amla (24), Jean Paul Duminy (39) also contributed to the cause but they were dismissed under 50 overs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"cricket-news\/international\/44821-sri-lanka-beat-bangladesh-by-259-runs-in-first-test\">Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 259 runs in first Test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Next batsmen Temba Bavuma (6) and Quinton de Kock (4) failed to step up to the occasion as they were sent packing in 96th and 98th overs respectively.<\/p>\n<p>For New Zealand, pacer Niel Wagner and Patel scalped two wickets each while Trent boult and Mitchell Santner chipped in with one wicket each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33865\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand.jpg\" alt=\"south africa vs New Zealand\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/south-africa-vs-New-Zealand-150x92.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Dunedin: South Africa scored 224\/6 in the second innings, taking their lead to 191, on the fourth day of the first cricket Test match against New Zealand here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Faf du Plessis (56) and Vernon Philander (1) were at the crease when bad light halted the play 20 minutes early.<\/p>\n<p>Dean Elgar (89) and Faf du Plessis (56 not out) emerged stars on the penultimate day as the Proteas ended the day with six wickets in hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4744,12230,3767,667,466,21715],"class_list":["post-33866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-cricket-news","tag-dean-elgar","tag-faf-du-plessis","tag-hashim-amla","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-vernon-philande"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Africa take 191-run lead on Day Four vs New Zealand - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33866\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Africa take 191-run lead on Day Four vs New Zealand - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dunedin: South Africa scored 224\/6 in the second innings, taking their lead to 191, on the fourth day of the first cricket Test match against New Zealand here on Saturday. 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