Second Test: South Africa lost 6 wickets against New Zealand, this was the first day

In the second Test being played against the New Zealand cricket team, the South Africa cricket team has scored 220 runs at the loss of 6 wickets at the end of the first day's play. Ruan de Swardt (55*) and Shaun von Berg (34*) from the visiting team. ) has continued his struggle. Rachin Ravindra has been the most successful bowler from the Kiwi team, taking 3 wickets.

South Africa had a poor start after winning the toss and batting first. Wicketkeeper batsman Clyde Fortuin was out without opening the account. After this, captain Neil Brand was out as the second wicket after scoring 25 runs. South Africa lost the wickets of both its openers by 40 runs. To bat at number-3 Renard Van Tonder failed to play a big innings and was out after scoring 32 runs.

After the poor performance of the top order, the middle order of the team also disappointed. Zubair Hamza (20) and David Bedingham (39) also could not make a good partnership and could not play big innings despite staying at the crease. Experienced Keegan Pietersen could not even touch the double figure and returned to the pavilion after scoring just 2 runs. He was dismissed by Ravindra. South Africa lost the wickets of its top 6 batsmen for 150 runs.

Swardt, playing only his second match in Test cricket, showed struggle against the Kiwi bowlers and completed the first half-century of his Test career. In the hour of crisis, he got good support from Berg. Together, the pair made a half-century partnership for the 7th wicket and took the team's score beyond 200 runs. Till the end of the first day's play, Swardt remained at the crease after scoring a half-century (55*). Are.

Ravindra was the most successful bowler for New Zealand, taking 3 wickets (3/33). He troubled the middle order of the opposition team by taking the wickets of Hamza, Bedingham and Pietersen. Captain Tim Southee could not take any wicket. He gave 54 runs in his 21 overs. Meanwhile, he also bowled 7 maiden overs. Apart from this, Matt Henry, William O'Rourke and Neil Wagner took 1 wicket each.