SCOREBOARD
NEW ZEALAND First Innings 185 Second Innings R Nicol b Philander ................................... 1 M Guptill c Amla b Steyn......................... 1 B Mccullum lbw b Philander.................. 5 R Taylor lbw b Steyn .............................. 17 K Williamson not out ..............................41 D Vettori not out...................................... 0 Extras......................................................... 0 Total (for four wickets) ......................... 65 Overs: 31. Batting time: 135 minutes. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-7, 3-7, 4-664. Still to bat: Kruger van Wyk, Doug Bracewell, Mark Gillespie, Brent Arnel, Chris Martin. Bowling: Dale Steyn 9-4-10-2, Vernon Philander 7-1-21-2, Morne Morkel 7-4-12-0, Imran Tahir 8-2-22-0.
SOUTH AFRICA First Innings (Overnight 27-2) G Smith c van Wyk b Martin .................13 A Petersen lbw b Gillespie.................... 29 D Steyn c van Wyk b Martin................... 4 H Amla c Williamson b Gillespie ...........16 J Kallis c van Wyk b Gillespie................. 6 AB de Villiers b Vettori.......................... 83 J Rudolph c van Wyk b Gillespie............. 1 M Boucher b Gillespie ........................... 24 V Peterson b Bracewell..........................14 M Morkel not out ................................... 35 I Tahir c Gillespie b Williamson.............16 Extras (1b, 9lb, 1w, 1nb).........................12 Total (all out)........................................ 253 Overs: 77.3. Batting time: 336 minutes. Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-18, 3-63, 4-69, 5-84, 6-88, 7-151, 8-185, 9-219, 10-253. Bowling: Chris Martin 16-6-38-2, Doug Bracewell 18-7-50-1 (1w), Mark Gillespie 15-2-59-5, Daniel Vettori 19-3-49-1, Brent Arnel 9-2-46-0, Kane Williamson 0.3-0-1-1.
The series seesaw earlier lurched in New Zealand’s favour in a remarkable first session, sparked by the unlikely figure of 32-year-old Gillespie.
Gillespie made up for lost time in his first test since December, 2008.
His first six-over spell of 4-23 saw the tourists tumble to 88-6, with Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis two world-class victims.
Kallis, fresh from his 42nd test century in Dunedin, was greeted by a bouncer then touched an edge down the leg side, one of four catches for Kruger van Wyk.
AB de Villiers was cracked on the shoulder, first ball, then edged through the vacant third slip area that should have been occupied, such was Gillespie’s intensity.
It cost New Zealand, as de Villiers batted three hours for 83 and the tourists regained the advantage. Then the lower order chimed in on the friendly surface, the final three wickets adding a crucial 102 after Gillespie grabbed his fifth via the inside edge of Mark Boucher’s bat.
Morne Morkel blasted 35 not out at No 10 to force New Zealand on to the back foot again, where they remained for the rest of the day.