{"id":33880,"date":"2017-03-12T13:55:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T13:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33880"},"modified":"2017-03-12T13:55:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-12T13:55:49","slug":"rain-washes-out-final-day-of-s-africa-new-zealand-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=33880","title":{"rendered":"Rain washes out final day of S. Africa-New Zealand Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33879\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00.jpg\" alt=\"Faf du Plessis 00\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Dunedin: Rain played spoilsport as the first cricket Test between South Africa and New Zealand ended in a draw at the University Oval here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The umpires waited till the end of the scheduled lunch break on the fifth and final day before announcing that no play would be possible, according to the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1522-international-cricket-council\"><strong>International Cricket Council&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> (ICC) website.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, on Saturday, South Africa scored 224\/6 in the second innings, taking their lead to 191 with Faf du Plessis still batting on 56 and Vernon Philander on one.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa scored 308 in their first innings, to which New Zealand replied with 341.<\/p>\n<p>Proteas skipper du Plessis said the way match ended was &#8220;frustrating&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When a Test match finishes on a day like today, it&#8217;s very frustrating. If today was a full day of cricket, we felt with (New Zealand) one seamer down and one of their main batters out of the team, we fancied our chances. It&#8217;s very disappointing from that point of view,&#8221;<a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/211-faf-du-plessis\"><strong> Faf du Plessis<\/strong><\/a> told International Cricket Council&#8217;s (ICC) website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <a href=\"cricket-news\/44829-surprised-with-icc-s-handling-of-smith-and-kohli-says-faf-du-plessis\">Surprised with ICC&#8217;s handling of Smith and Kohli, says Faf du Plessis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were 190 ahead on a wicket that was spinning quite a bit. Purely on the match position, if we got 50-60 more runs, a 250 lead, and set them that in 50-60 overs, we&#8217;d fancy our chances,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the match, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson said: &#8220;To put partnerships together against the very good attack, they have was a good effort. You always want more, which never goes away no matter how many you get, but it was nice to get a little lead going into that second innings.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-33879\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00.jpg\" alt=\"Faf du Plessis 00\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; float: left;\" width=\"520\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Faf-du-Plessis-00-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Dunedin: Rain played spoilsport as the first cricket Test between South Africa and New Zealand ended in a draw at the University Oval here on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The umpires waited till the end of the scheduled lunch break on the fifth and final day before announcing that no play would be possible, according to the <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1522-international-cricket-council\"><strong>International Cricket Council&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> (ICC) website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4744,3767,466,20921,2952,21721],"class_list":["post-33880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-cricket-news","tag-cricket-news","tag-faf-du-plessis","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-international-cricket-councils","tag-kane-williamson","tag-university-oval"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rain washes out final day of S. 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