Cricket Desk: South Africa crushed New Zealand by 9 wickets in Hamilton Test to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match Test series with one match to go. The first test match at Dunedin ended in a draw.

 

New Zealand were bowled out for just 185 in the first innings. In reply, South Africa scored 253 and took a 68-run lead. In the second innings, New Zealand bowled out for a paltry 168.

 

Chasing a victory target of 101, South Africa did not find any difficulty to achieve the target. They lost just one wicket in the process. Vernon Philander was declared 'Man of the Match' for his 10-wicket haul.

 

Scores:

 

New Zealand 185 (McCullum 61, Ross Taylor 44, Martin Guptill 22, Kruger va Wyk 21, Mark Gillespie 27; Steyn 3/49, Philander 4/70, Imran Tahir 2/12) & 168 (Kane Williamson 77, Daniel Vettori 21, Kruger va Wyk 20; Vernon Philander 6/44, Steyn 2/31).

 

South Africa 253 (AB de Villiers 83, Alviro Petersen 29, Boucher 24, Morne Morkel 35*; Mark Gillespie 5/59, Chris Martin 2/38) & 103/1 (Smith 55*, Amla 46*).

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