Proteas romp to victory in New Zealand
Left-armer Keshav Maharaj claims 6/40 in second innings‚ the best figures by a SA slow bowler in a test innings since 2003
Wellington — The pitch was green and the weather freezing cold‚ but South Africa’s spinners found a way to take the lion’s share of New Zealand wickets in the second test at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. South Africa romped to victory by eight wickets with two days to spare on Saturday – and between them Keshav Maharaj and JP Duminy took 12 of the home side’s 20 wickets. The star was left-armer Maharaj‚ who claimed 6/40 in the second innings‚ the best figures by a South African slow bowler in a test innings since 2003 and the first time a Saffer spinner had taken six in an innings since 2009. Maharaj has snapped up 13 wickets at an average of 13.92 in the two matches. "Being a spinner of minimal variation I have to rely on consistency‚" the modest Maharaj said. "I was just trying to stay as consistent as possible to try and help the captain." Was that captain‚ Faf du Plessis‚ surprised by his spinners’ success given the supposedly seamer-friendly conditions? "It was surprising gi...
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