Prince ton the highlight as South Africa draw Test

South Africa's Ashwell Prince scored his fourth century as the second Test against New Zealand ended in a draw on Monday when bad light stopped play early
New Zealand were 121 for three in their second innings, with Scott Styris on 50 not out and Jacob Oram on eight.
South Africa were dismissed for 512 in reply to New Zealand's first innings of 593 for eight declared. South Africa take a 1-0 lead into the last Test, which starts in Johannesburg on Friday.
Prince's undefeated 108 was the highlight of the fifth day. The left-hander reached his century in the ninth over before lunch with a straight drive for four off the bowling of James Franklin.
The home side had resumed on 427 for five, and Prince and Mark Boucher took their partnership to 74 before they were separated in the fourth over.
Boucher (33) attempted to pull a delivery from Franklin and top-edged a catch to Stephen Fleming at first slip.
SCOREBOARD
NEW ZEALAND (1st innings): 593-8 dec:
SOUTH AFRICA (1st innings - overnight 427-5):

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G Smith c and b Patel                    25

H Dippenaar b Patel                      47

H Amla lbw b Vettori                    149

J Kallis c Martin b Oram                 71

A Prince not out                        108

A de Villiers c Papps b Patel            13

M Boucher c Fleming b Franklin           33

N Boje lbw b Franklin                     0

A Nel lbw b Franklin                     12

D Steyn st McCullum b Vettori            13

M Ntini run out (Astle)                  11

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EXTRAS: (B-15, LB-10, NB-5)              30

TOTAL: (all out)                        512

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FALL OF WICKETS`: 1-36, 2-108, 3-252, 4-344, 5-361, 6-435, 7-435, 8-462, 9-495
BOWLING: Martin 20-7-62-0, Franklin 33-5-95-3 (1nb), Vettori 63-10-147-2 (2nb), Patel 42-8-117-3 (1nb), Styris 10-2-33-0 (1nb), Oram 18-10-24-1, Astle 2-0-9-0.
OVERS: 188
NEW ZEALAND (2nd innings):

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M. Papps c Prince b Steyn                20

P. Fulton c Kallis b Ntini               11

S. Styris not out                        54

N. Astle c Smith b Kallis                14

J. Oram not out                           8

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EXTRAS: (B-1, LB-9, NB-4)                14

TOTAL: (for three wkts)                 121

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FALL OF WICKETS: 1-34, 2-41, 3-81
BOWLING: Steyn 9-3-26-1 (3nb), Ntini 8-2-25-1 (1nb), Nel 10-2-41-0, Kallis 5-3-5-1, Boje 5-1-14-0
OVERS: 37
RESULT: Match drawn
SERIES: South Africa lead 1-0
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Stephen Fleming (NZ)
UMPIRES: M Benson (ENG), A de Silva (SL)
TV UMPIRE: M Erasmus (RSA)
MATCH REFEREE: R Madugalle (SRI)
REMAINING TEST: Johannesburg, May 5-9.
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