New Zealand snap SA’s winning streak
A gutsy half-century from Dwaine Pretorius wasn’t enough to get SA over the line in the second one-day international in Christchurch
A gutsy half-century from Dwaine Pretorius wasn’t enough to get SA over the line in the second one-day international against New Zealand in Christchurch on Wednesday. No7 batsman Pretorius‚ who was also his team’s best bowler with figures of 2/40‚ hammered 50 off 27 balls to keep SA in contention. But the home side fought back to win by six runs and deny the visitors what would have been a record 13th consecutive success in ODIs. New Zealand‚ powered by Ross Taylor’s unbeaten 102‚ and half-centuries by Kane Williamson and Jimmy Neesham‚ totalled 289/4. SA, needing 15 to win when Pretorius was dismissed with the last ball of the penultimate over‚ were held to 283/9. "Winning’s nice — it’s better than the other thing‚" Williamson said after his team had levelled a series that will resume in Wellington on Saturday. Taylor’s ton was his 17th ODI hundred and made him New Zealand’s leading century-maker in the format. But he might have scored it in a losing cause were it not for the stand...
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