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Craig Ervine scored a maiden Test century to help Zimbabwe hold up New Zealand’s victory charge on day three of the second Test and steer the home side to 305 for six in their first innings by stumps yesterday.
The featherbed pitch at the Queens Sports Club is a batsman’s paradise with just 10 wickets failing in 270 overs in the game so far to see Zimbabwe close in on the visitors’ first-innings score of 582 for four declared.
Ervine took advantage of the conditions to crash an unbeaten 115 after forming a 148-run sixth wicket partnership with debutant Peter Moor (71).
He will be joined today by captain Graeme Cremer (two not out) as the home side look to avoid the follow-on, needing 78 more runs to make New Zealand bat again.
Zimbabwe started the day on 55 without loss and it took until the end of the 36th over of their innings for the tourists to make a breakthrough as Tim Southee bowled opener Tino Mawoyo (26) off the inside edge.
It brought to an end the fifth-longest opening stand in terms of overs bowled in Zimbabwe’s test history.
Sikandar Raza (three) steered Neil Wagner to Kane Williamson at gully, before the latter dived full stretch at short cover to dismiss Chamu Chibhabha (60) with a stunning catch off spinner Mitchell Santner.
Zimbabwe were teetering when Santner bowled Prince Masvaure (two) and Ish Sodhi trapped Sean Williams (16) leg before wicket to reduce the hosts to 147 for five.
Ervine and Moor embarked on a patient rebuild of the innings, with the latter undoing some of his good work when he fell late in the day to a reckless shot as he pulled a poor delivery from Sodhi straight to Martin Guptill at midwicket.
New Zealand lead the two-match series 1-0 after an innings and 117-run victory in the first Test at the same venue.
SCORECARD
New Zealand 1st innings:
582 for 4 decl (T. Latham 136, R. Taylor 124no, K. Williamson 113, M. Guptill 87, B. Watling 83no)
Zimbabwe 1st innings:
(Overnight: 55-0):
T. Mawoyo b Southee 26
C. Chibhabha c Williamson b
Santner 60
S. Raza c Williamson b Wagner 3
C. Ervine not out 115
P. Masvaure b Santner 2
S. Williams lbw b Sodhi 16
P. Moor c Guptill b Sodhi 71
G. Cremer not out 2
Extras (b-8 lb-2) 10
Total (for 6 wickets, 120 overs) 305
Fall of wickets: 1-65 T. Mawoyo,2-83 S. Raza,3-107 C. Chibhabha,4-115 P. Masvaure,5-147 S. Williams,6-295 P. Moor To bat: D. Tiripano, J. Nyumbu, M. Chinouya
Bowling T. Southee 24 — 12 — 64 — 1 T. Boult 21 — 10 — 37 — 0 M. Santner 31 — 5 — 102 — 2 N. Wagner 25 — 7 — 51 — 1 I. Sodhi 18 — 8 — 41 — 2 M. Guptill 1 — 1 — 0 — 0 Referees Umpire: Michael Gough Umpire: Paul Reiffel TV umpire: Jeremiah Matibiri Match referee:
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