This shameful record was recorded in the name of South Africa.
-Vinay Kumar
In the first match of the 2-match Test series in New Zealand tour (South Africa vs New Zealand Test Series, 2022), South Africa had a very poor start. On the first day of the first Test, lethal pacer Matt Henry bowled out South Africa for 95 runs at his home ground at the Hagley Oval in a career-best performance. Henry (Mat Henry) took 7 wickets for 23 runs. At the same time, the team of South Africa (South Africa vs New Zealand) was reduced to a Test innings within the score of 100 runs after 90 years. This shameful record was recorded in the name of South Africa.
New Zealand team captain Tom Latham won the toss for the first time under his captaincy and decided to bowl first. Matt Henry, who was included in the team in place of Trent Boult, the deadly fast bowler of New Zealand outside due to personal reasons, showed his fire with the new ball against New Zealand. Handled. By lunch itself, South Africa had lost four wickets for 44 runs in which Henry took three for 16.
In 1932 both innings were all out within 100
Let us tell you that earlier in the year 1932, the entire team of South Africa was all out after scoring only 36 runs against Australia in Melbourne. In the second innings of the same Test, the team was bundled out for 45 runs. In this way, South Africa could not cross the 100 mark in both the innings. Here after 90 years, this unwanted record has been recorded in the name of Proteus in Christchurch.
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South Africa were bundled out for just 95 runs in 49.2 overs, about 25 minutes before the tea break. Zubair Hamza scored the highest 25 runs for the team. Apart from him, none of the South African batsmen could even touch the 20-run mark. Earlier, the best performance of New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry was 4 for 93 runs.
In response, New Zealand’s team has scored 116 runs for 3 wickets till the end of the day’s play. New Zealand’s team has also taken a 21-run lead on the first day itself. By the end of the day’s play, Henry Nicholls was playing 37 and Neil Wagner scored 2 runs.
Nichols added 75 runs for the third wicket after Devon Conway scored 36 runs and took New Zealand’s score past South Africa’s first innings score. Duanne Oliver Duanne Olivier took 2 wickets for 36 runs for South Africa. He bowled Devon Conway and broke the forcing partnership.
However, New Zealand’s start was also not great. Both openers Latham (15 runs) and Will Young were dismissed within 36 runs of New Zealand. Latham was clean bowled by Oliver, while Will got the wicket of Marco Jansen.