Hamilton — SA paid homage to a "fabulous" Kane Williamson on Tuesday after the New Zealand captain’s 176 left the Proteas on the ropes with a day to play in the deciding final Test in Hamilton. "We’ve got a mountain to climb," assistant coach Adrian Birrell said after SA were reduced to 80/5 at stumps on day four, 95 runs short of making New Zealand bat again. "Kane Williamson’s innings was a fabulous innings and you’ve got to sometimes doff your cap to a good player." With Colin de Grandhomme also firing with the bat with a quickfire 57, New Zealand started the day seven runs ahead and added 168 before they were all out for 489. De Grandhomme then ignited the assault on the South African top order in the sixth over when he removed Dean Elgar for five and later took a smart catch to dismiss Hashim Amla for 19. Theinus de Bruyn was run out for 12 in a bizarre mid-pitch collision when he was ball-watching and veered into Amla, leaving the batsmen sprawled on the ground. Birrell said t...
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