/ 19 March 2004

New Zealand chase SA’s 296

New Zealand were 48 for two at tea, chasing South Africa’s 296 on the second day of the second cricket Test in Auckland on Friday.

South Africa’s captain Graeme Smith top scored in their innings with 88 while Chris Martin took six wickets for 76.

Scott Styris 28 and Mark Richardson 15 were the not out batsmen for New Zealand.

Scoreboard:

South Africa first innings

G. Smith 88

H. Gibbs b Cairns 80

J. Rudolph 14

J. Kallis 39

Extras (lb8, w1, nb1) 10

Total (for two wicket) 231

Fall of wickets: 1-177, 2-177

Bowling: Tuffy 19-6-28-0, Martin 19-4-61-1 (nb1), Oram

18-3-39-0, Cairns 15-4-43-1, Styris 14-5-37-0, Vettori 5-1-15-0

Overs: 90

Toss: New Zealand

Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SRI), Aleem Dar (PAK) – Sapa-AFP