Dale Steyn bowls SA to series win over New Zealand at Centurion

30 August 2016 - 19:26 By Telford Vice

Dale Steyn was within sight of becoming SA’s most successful bowler after he helped SA surge to victory in the second test against New Zealand at Centurion on Tuesday. Steyn’s haul of 5/33 put him on 416 career wickets and saw him surpass former Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram as test cricket’s 11th most successful wicket-taker.Shaun Pollock is SA’s record-holder with 421 scalps.New Zealand‚ set 400 to win when SA declared their second innings closed on 132/7 after batting for an hour on Tuesday‚ were dismissed for 195 late on the fourth day to make the home side winners of the match by 204 runs and the series 1-0. Henry Nicholls was the last man out for a career-best 76‚ the product of more than four hours at the crease.New Zealand were in trouble from the first ball of their second innings‚ a rising delivery from Steyn that Tom Latham tried to leave but deflected onto his stumps instead.With the last ball of that over Steyn produced a fine away swinger that Martin Guptill could only edge to Hashim Amla at first slip.Vernon Philander rapped Kane Williamson on his left hand with another steepling delivery‚ causing New Zealand’s captain to call for assistance from the team physiotherapist. Williamson took time out to receive further treatment at every opportunity‚ but that didn’t stop Steyn trapping Ross Taylor in front with a delivery that kept low and jagged away off the seam.Philander ended Williamson’s misery‚ though not his agony‚ with the help of a superb diving catch by Quinton de Kock.Thus were New Zealand reduced to 7/4 in 18 deliveries‚ and with three of those four gone for ducks.But the next 26.3 overs were wicketless as Nicholls and BJ Watling steadied the innings with a stand of 68.The partnership was broken before tea when Dane Piedt trapped Watling in front for 32 with a turning delivery that would have hit the top of middle and leg stumps. Steyn uprooted Mitchell Santner’s middle stump after tea before Nicholls and the aggressive Doug Bracewell added 46 for the seventh wicket‚ a stand ended when Philander had Bracewell leg-before for 30 with a ball that was homing in high on leg stump.Kagiso Rabada yorked the free-swinging Tim Southee before he trapped Neil Wagner plumb in front. Steyn ended the match when Nicholls heaved a pull to deep fine leg‚ where Rabada held the catch. - TMG Digital..

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