Scores:
South Africa: 364/10
New Zealand: 293/10
South Africa: 354/9
New Zealand: 94/4
The day started on a positive note for South Africa. Verreynne and Mulder started pretty well with the bat, keeping their calm in the early overs of the day.
Verreynne scored his maiden test hundred when it was most needed. South Africa is known for hard resistance and never giving up spirit.
Mulder made a significant contribution of 35 runs before being nicked behind by Jamieson. The next batsman Marco Jansen scored 9 runs.
It was Rabada who scored 47 off 34 balls and took the match away from New Zealand. From both teams’ perspectives, the inning of Rabada made a big difference.
Sipamla scored 10 runs but at the time, South Africa looked far advanced in the match, thus, they declared their innings 9 for 354.
Star of the match Verreynne scored convincing 136 runs remained not out. New Zealand bowlers had a laborious day, Southee, Wagner, Matt Henry and Jamieson shared 2-2 wickets each, while De Grandhomme bagged a single wicket of Marco Jansen.
New Zealand had a terrible start in the fourth innings. Chasing 426 in the fourth innings is never a thing of the day and certainly, it becomes unachievable if the chasing team loses 3-4 early wickets.
Both openers lost their wickets within two overs at a mere score of 6 runs. Rababa was menacing with the ball, picking up two early wickets. That settled the South African control over the game.
On day 4th, New Zealand lost 4 wickets and scored 94 runs. Out of the 94 runs, Devon Conway has scored 60 runs and is on crease batsman with Tom Blundell for New Zealand.
Keshav Maharaj dismissed two batsmen, both were bowled. Consequently, New Zealand will require to score 334 runs in 90 overs of day 5th. On the other hand, South Africa will need 6 wickets to wrap up the match and equal the series. For now, South African victory looks more certain.