New Zealand slid to 2-33 at tea on day two of the second Test against South Africa on Thursday with the tourists 269 runs behind and facing an innings defeat in a sobering series-opening game against the top-ranked team in the world.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was 17 not out from 60 balls in a desperate battle for his team after AB de Villiers’ half-century led the South Africans to 8-347 declared just after lunch, an imposing lead of 302 with less than half the match gone in Cape Town.
Dale Steyn removed Martin Guptill for a duck in the first over of the Black Caps’ second innings and Kane Williamson was out before tea to leave the tourists facing another embarrassing batting effort after being blasted out for 45 on the first morning.