Dale Steyn claimed his second successive ten-wicket haul as South Africa crushed New Zealand by an innings and 59 runs on the third day of the second and final Test against New Zealand at Centurion Park Sunday.
Steyn wrecked the New Zealand second innings, taking a career-best six for 49 as New Zealand were shot out for 136. Only former captain Stephen Fleming, who made 54, shone for an outclassed New Zealand team.
Steyn, who was man-of-the-match when South Africa won the first Test in Johannesburg by 358 runs, started the New Zealand slide by dismissing both opening batsmen, Lou Vincent and Michael Papps, within his first nine deliveries of the innings.
Both were out leg before but Vincent was unlucky as replays showed the ball would have missed leg stump. Steyn was again named man-of-the-match and took the man-of-the-series award.
Vincent was opening in place of Craig Cumming, who was ruled out of the match after he suffered a fractured cheekbone and jaw when he was struck by a Steyn bouncer in the first innings.
Fleming and Scott Styris (29) put on 60 for the third wicket before New Zealand suffered another double blow.
Styris was caught at second slip off Jacques Kallis for 29 and he was quickly followed by Ross Taylor, who was run out by a smart piece of fielding by Hashim Amla at short leg.
Taylor struck two boundaries off Andre Nel before surviving an appeal for lbw. Amla fielded the ball and immediately flicked it into the stumps with Taylor out of his ground.
Fleming completed New Zealand's first half-century of the series when he drove Makhaya Ntini through the covers for four in the last over before tea. He was on 54 not out at the interval.
Fleming did not add to his score before he was trapped leg before by a ball from Steyn which swung in to him. New Zealand's resistance crumbled as the last five wickets fell for 19 runs, four falling to Steyn.
Steyn completed victory for South Africa with two days to spare with a perfect full-length away-swinger which knocked Iain O'Brien's middle stump out of the ground. Gillespie struck early when he had Ashwell Prince caught at gully. But Amla, resuming on 89, completed his second successive century before he was caught at cover off O'Brien.
SCOREBOARD:
-- New Zealand, first innings, 188
-- South Africa, first innings (overnight 272-3)
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G Smith b Martin 2
H Gibbs b Martin 25
H Amla c Papps b O'Brien 103
J Kallis lbw b Gillespie 131
A Prince c sub (How) b Gillespie 13
A de Villiers c McCullum b Gillespie 33
M Boucher b Gillespie 1
P Harris c McCullum b Gillespie 0
A Nel lbw b Vettori 25
D Steyn c Papps b O'Brien 25
M Ntini not out 0
Extras: (b6, lb4, nb13, w2) 25
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Total: (97.3 overs) 383
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Falls: 1-2 (Smith), 2-31 (Gibbs), 3-251 (Kallis), 4-282 (Prince), 5-312 (Amla), 6-325 (Boucher), 7-332 (De Villiers), 8-332 (Harris), 9-383 (Nel)
Bowling: Martin 22-6-81-2 (3nb, 2w), Gillespie 30-7-136-5 (5nb), O'Brien 21.3-6-78-2 (1nb), Vettori 20-2-61-1 (3nb), Styris 4-0-17-0 (1nb)
NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS:
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L Vincent lbw b Steyn 4
M Papps lbw b Steyn 1
S Fleming lbw b Steyn 54
S Styris c De Villiers b Kallis 29
R Taylor run out (Amla) 8
B McCullum c Smith b Steyn 21
D Vettori c De Villiers b Ntini 8
M Gillespie c Kallis b Steyn 0
I O'Brien b Steyn 0
C Martin not out 0
C Cumming absent hurt
Extras: (b1, lb9, nb1) 11
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Total: (34.3 overs) 136
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Falls: 1-4 (Vincent), 2-9 (Papps), 3-69 (Styris), 4-78 (Taylor), 5-117 (Fleming), 6-128 (McCullum), 7-128 (Gillespie), 8-136 (Vettori), 9-136 (O'Brien)
Bowling: Steyn 10.3-1-49-6 (1nb), Ntini 12-4-39-1, Nel 7-2-20-0, Kallis 5-2-18-1
Result: South Africa won by an innings and 59 runs.
Series: South Africa won 2-0.
Man of the match: Dale Steyn (RSA)
Man of the series: Dale Steyn (RSA)
Umpires: M Benson (ENG), D Harper (AUS).
Match referee: J Srinath (IND).
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