NZ have taken the lead


New Zealand 268 & 98/5 (33.0 ov)
South Africa 359

New Zealand LEAD by 7 runs with 5 wickets remaining

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Tea Break - Day 3




New Zealand 268 & 139/5 (50.0 ov)
South Africa 359

New Zealand lead by 48 runs with 5 wickets remaining


35 overs remaining.. indicates a slow over rate (5 short)

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Raval




New Zealand 268 & 155/6 (57.3 ov)
South Africa 359

New Zealand lead by 64 runs with 4 wickets remaining

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - de Grandhomme (Duck)

Fark!... fark!... fark!...



New Zealand 268 & 161/7 (59.3 ov)
South Africa 359

New Zealand lead by 70 runs with 3 wickets remaining

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Southee

(And Mahara gets a "Michelle")



New Zealand 268 & 167/8 (61.4 ov)
South Africa 359

New Zealand lead by 76 runs with 2 wickets remaining

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Patel (Duck)

Fark!... fark!... fark!...


New Zealand 268 & 167/9 (62.4 ov)
South Africa 359

New Zealand lead by 76 runs with 1 wicket remaining

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Watling....



NZ ALL OUT

New Zealand 268 & 171/10 (63.2 ov)
South Africa 359

New Zealand lead by 80 runs

(Maharaj finishes with 6 for 40)



Target for SA 81


INNINGS BREAK

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

SA need 81 runs, there are 19 overs left in the day (Req. RR 4.26)

...... and SA can claim extra half hour if result imminent.

I think "bad light" could be a limiting factor in that plan.

I'd like to see SA bat like "warrior poets" and knock the bastard off with 5 or 6 runs/over

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Cook




New Zealand 268 & 171
South Africa 359 & 18/1 (5.0 ov)

South Africa require another 63 runs with 9 wickets remaining

(Min 14 overs remaining)

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Elgar



New Zealand 268 & 171
South Africa 359 & 48/2 (17.5 ov)

South Africa require another 33 runs with 8 wickets remaining




Only one scheduled over remains.
The batting side can ask for extra half hour(8 overs)

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Game Over
(Test completed in 3 days)


New Zealand 268 & 171
South Africa 359 & 83/2 (24.3 ov)

South Africa won by 8 wickets



South Africa lead the 3-game series 1 - 0 (1 draw, 1 game remains)

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

3rd Test - New Zealand v South Africa - Day 1


Sat Mar 25 - Wed Mar 29 11:00 local (22:00 GMT -1d)
Seddon Park, Hamilton LIVE

Livescorecard
http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand ... 20045.html


SA win the Toss and elect to bat


South Africa lead the 3-game series 1 - 0 (1 draw, 1 game remains)

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

Unfortunately weather in NZ is CRAP.

I expect the game start to be delayed... and things to go downhill from there

Forecast.. read it and weep!!

http://www.metservice.com/towns-cities/ ... #!/ten-day

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Here we go... eyes down for 5 frustrating days and a lot of "rain delay".. ending in a DRAW!!!

The umpires will inspect the ground at 10.45am


I can only report "live" on Auckland weather... only a rough estimate of Hamilton weather.

In my backyard... not raining, but cloudy. Ground a bit damp.. but I guess play could commence? May be a delay while there are steps to dry the "outfield"

I'll send the cats out to inspect the backyard at 11:00

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

SA won the toss and will bat. Start of play delayed half hour. Time can be made up at end of the day. No lost overs today... so far

Latham is still playing???

Bolt and Southee both missing...... There goes NZ's bowling attack!!

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Theunis de Bruyn (on debut) - Duck!

Fark!... fark!... fark!...


South Africa 5/1 (2.2 ov)

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___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

WICKET - Elgar



South Africa 5/2 (3.1 ov)

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

My pc froze and I missed it, shoot!

Oh wait, they are showing it over, several times.

Oh another one. Are you still pulling for SA, Rumpole?

Yeah... MSAGA

SA do have what is supposed to be GREAT batting line-up

And NZ don't have their (adequate) front line 2 top bowlers.

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light

All scheduled times have half hour added.. so we still have 3x 2 hour sessions, ending 6:30PM... and there is provision (if 90 overs not completed) to play the half hour "overtime" with play ending 7:00PM. All times subject to weather/light permitting.

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Do not go gentle into that good night.
___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light