Watch: New Zealand captain Tim Southee produced a peach to clean bowl South Africa captain Neil Brand in the first Test of the two-match series, at Mount Maunganui.
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Rachin Ravindra’s first-innings 240 and Kane Williamson’s twin tons helped New Zealand set South Africa a target of 529 in two days the Test match at the Bay Oval. Chasing or batting out were equally daunting for a second-string side that had folded for 162 in 72.5 overs in the first innings.
Captain Neil Brand, one of six South African debutants, had taken 6-119 and 2-52 with the ball, but had made only four runs in the first innings. In the second, he flicked the first ball he faced, from Matt Henry, for two, but was given out caught-behind the next ball. Brand reviewed and got the decision in his favour, and kept strike for the next over.
Tim Southee bowled the third over. The third ball pitched on a length and jagged back into the left-handed Brand. If Brand had anticipated the movement, he had probably not expected the extent of it: the ball made its way through his defence and crashed on to the stumps.
South Africa became 5-2, then 73-4 before David Bedingham (87 in 96 balls) put them back on track. However, once he fell, South Africa collapsed from 178-4 to 247 against Kyle Jamieson (4-58) and Mitchell Santner (3-59) to lose by 281 runs with more than a day to spare.
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Skipper Tim Southee removes his opposite Neil Brand! The first wicket of the morning at Bay Oval. A peach from Tim Southee! Follow play LIVE in NZ with TVNZ DUKE and TVNZ+ #NZvSA pic.twitter.com/EqhmzWjOgg
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