New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test, Day 2, Highlights: Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell Put New Zealand In Complete Control

The players are back on the field. Dean Elgar and Sarel Erwee are the openers for South Africa with just one aim at the moment - survive the day's play. Tim Southee to speed in...

... THIRD INNINGS ...

It was a dismal bowling show by the touring team. They were inconsistent with their lines and suffered. To add to their misery, as many as seven catches went down and they were made to pay heavily. The final wicket stand between Tom Blundell and Matt Henry summed up South Africa's performance, the last pair added 94 runs and stretched the lead for New Zealand near 400. The Proteas now will have to bat out of their skin to come out of this Test match unscathed. 9 overs in the day's play left. Let's see what happens next...

A strong batting show by the Kiwis and they were nicely assisted by some below-par bowling and mediocre catching from South Africa. One Henry did the damage with the ball, the other Henry took the charge with the bat. Henry Nicholls, who was dropped twice, went on to score a superb century and his stand with Devon Conway handed the home team the platform. This morning, Neil Wagner went hammer and tongs to deflate South Africa's confidence. The rate with which New Zealand batted on Day 2 was exceptional and that has handed them a good advantage.

The best stand of the Kiwi innings which came for the final wicket has been broken finally and South Africa would be feeling relieved. Two days of toil for them and they are way behind in this Test match, trailing by 387 runs.

OUT! CAUGHT! Heartbreak for Tom Blundell. Beauty of a delivery! Jansen serves it on a good length around off and takes it away with the angle. Tom Blundell hangs on the back foot and feels for it inside the line. It goes very closely past the outside edge and the keeper appeals after collecting the ball. The finger stays down and Elgar gets convinced to take the DRS. There is a spike on the UltraEdge and New Zealand are all out for 482.

Too full and around off, Matt drives it through covers for a single.

On a driving length outside off, Henry shows restrain as he lets it be. At the moment, he seems to be batting for Blundell who is 4 shy of a hundred.

Angling away from the batter, on a good length, Henry plays inside the line and misses.

Leading edge but safe! Full and around leg, Henry tries to flick but closes the face of his bat early. It pops out but drops safely on the off side.

Fuller in length and outside off, Henry drives it in the gap at extra cover and takes a single.

Hurls a length ball in the channel outside off, it lands and straightens, Henry allows it through to the keeper.

Full and around off, Henry keeps his weight on the back foot and pushes it to wide mid off.

Shortish and close to off, Blundell jumps on the back foot and pushes it gently towards mid off. Calls for two but will get only a run. Nervous 90s.

Back of a length, around off, Matt pushes it from the back foot to covers for a single.

FOUR! Nice shot! Short in length and wide outside off, Henry reaches out for it and flat-bats it over backward point for a boundary. The way he is batting, a century seems to be loading for him.

Change in bowling. Kagiso Rabada is back for another burst.

Back of a length, around off and angling away, Blundell goes back inside the crease and tries to whip it on the leg side but misses.

Short and on middle, Tom Blundell pulls it over square leg and collects a couple. Moves to 95.

Taps a length ball to cover-point and rushes to the other end for a run.