A mini-session is (normally) half a session, either between the start of the session and the drinks break or the drinks break and the end of the session. Occasionally a long session will have 3 mini-sessions where it will be broken up with 2 drinks breaks.
| 1-2a | South Africa 55/1 off 15 | South Africa |
| 1-2b | South Africa 48/0 off 18 | South Africa |
| 1-3a | South Africa 33/1 off 9 | South Africa |
| 2-2a | South Africa 37/0 off 14 | South Africa |
| 2-2b | South Africa 49/0 off 16 | South Africa |
| 2-3a | South Africa 24/0 off 7 | South Africa |
| 3-1a | South Africa 60/1 off 15.2 | South Africa |
| 3-1b | South Africa 56/0 off 19.4 | South Africa |
| 3-2a | South Africa 30/3 off 13 | New Zealand |
| 3-2b | South Africa 45/1 off 14 | draw |
| 3-3a | South Africa 37/2 off 7.4 | South Africa |
| New Zealand 24/0 off 13 | ||
| 3-3b | New Zealand 41/0 off 12 | New Zealand |
| 4-1a | New Zealand 49/1 off 17 | New Zealand |
| 4-1b | New Zealand 31/2 off 16.2 | South Africa |
| 4-2a | New Zealand 36/0 off 11.4 | New Zealand |
| 4-2b | New Zealand 50/1 off 14 | New Zealand |
| 4-3a | New Zealand 44/5 off 12 | South Africa |
| 4-3b | South Africa 75/0 off 15 | South Africa |
| 5-1a | South Africa 114/3 off 14.4 | South Africa |
| 5-1b | New Zealand 26/2 off 15 | South Africa |
| 5-2a | New Zealand 20/1 off 13 | New Zealand |
| 5-2b | New Zealand 57/2 off 15 | South Africa |
| 5-3a | New Zealand 41/0 off 15 | New Zealand |
| 5-3b | New Zealand 56/1 off 22.4 | New Zealand |
South Africa win the count 15-8.
New Zealand survive for a glorious draw.
The only fly in that ointment is that the Saffers are not likely to declare and give the Black Caps a sniff; it's not in their DNA
ReplyDeleteHopefully the lure of the number 1 spot in world cricket, our traditionally shaky batting lineup and a potentially tricky 5th day pitch will be enough to make them set a total.
DeleteYou're probably right though.
Didn't they need to clean-sweep the series to take the #1 from England?
DeleteYes, but 2-0 will get them closer than 1-0. England are also about to play a series in Sri Lanka.
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