Prince ton the highlight as South Africa draw Test

02 May, 2006

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.
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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