Quote from: Olatundespo on Today at 05:06:50 AM

New Zealand A team batted brilliantly, among them Rhys Mariu played a great innings of 249 runs. I only saw the scorecard of the match and could not watch the live match, I think he batted very well. Looking at the scorecard, it seems that the New Zealand A team will make themselves known as even better players in the future. 607 runs for 7 wickets is really a impressive innings for Test cricket. On the other innings South Africa A lost wickets early in the match and ended the day at 137 for 3 in 29 overs. I hope the Test match will be very enjoyable.

The match actually showed the weakness of South African second string players. Their bowlers allowed the Kiwis to post a 600 plus total. Tsepo Ndwandwa took 7 wickets, but he also conceded more than 200 runs. Tshepo Moreki, Tristan Luus and Schalk Engelbrecht were expensive, and failed to pick any wickets as well. And in return, Zubayr Hamza went back to the pavilion without scoring a single run. Marques Ackerman was looking good, but avoiding follow on is going to be a tough task for the Proteas.