Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen snared five wickets between them to ensure South Africa won the honours on consecutive days at the Hagley Oval. That idea may have seemed far-fetched given how the day began, but a ninth-wicket stand between Keshav Maharaj and Marco Jansen extended South Africa’s first-innings total after which the same pair broke through New Zealand’s top-order. At stumps, New Zealand were still 207 runs in arrears, but were put back on the recovery path courtesy Colin de Grandhomme’s typically counter-punching half-century.
Just like that Colin de Grandhomme has 50 at Hagley Oval from just 36 balls. Follow play LIVE from Christchurch with @sparknzsport. #NZvSA pic.twitter.com/rpVlXRPz8o
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) February 26, 2022
