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00:00To join the play now with the first ball, Darren Goff as the bowler, Gary Kirsten is taking a strike.
00:23That might have flown off the shoulder.
00:25It was an uncomfortable delivery to play. It got up quite quickly.
00:30Came on the sort of ribcage area.
00:33It's the only one that's got up for a while.
00:42Nicely played. Beautifully clipped to mid-wicket.
00:46That's a long run.
00:48Not sure that he's going to get there.
00:50It's a long boundary. You felt in the end you ought to overtake it.
00:55You see in dry conditions and feel a racing away and the ball actually gaining on him.
01:01But Darren Goff did all the running that time.
01:12Well, that was a possibility. It's gone for four.
01:16He's cracked that beautifully.
01:23Giles is one who's having a little bit of a problem with the right-hand, left-hand batting combination.
01:30Hasn't got his length right for the right-hander, Cullis.
01:34That's the drifter, but there's so much width there that Gary Kirsten can just flail the bat at it.
01:42Ninety-nine for one.
01:44Good little surge from South Africa here.
01:48Immediately after lunch.
01:50But they know full well that weather permitting, there is an awful long time to go in this game yet.
02:03Might just leave a gap. Fine down to third man two.
02:06And the boot, not enough.
02:10Robert Croft made his 15 yards round the boundary edge to try and cut it off.
02:14Got there.
02:17Couldn't prevent it going over the line and in the process allows Gary Kirsten to reach 50.
02:2352 a knot out from 176 ball.
02:28Going to get that.
02:41Doug Cowie is the national umpire from New Zealand.
02:45This one just going on with the arm, not really turning.
02:48Certainly not enough.
02:50He's a long way down.
02:52Stewart's not convinced, but Robert Croft asked the question.
03:01Kirsten looking for two.
03:03Robert Croft, third man, opting to throw to the bowler's end.
03:08Darren Gough opting to try and keep his still slightly damaged finger out of the way.
03:14Wasn't quite expecting that throw to come back to his end, I don't think.
03:20Strapping on the index finger that was injured in the first test match.
03:25He's been wearing protection on it in the field, but obviously not while he's bowling.
03:30I think the best thing that could happen for England would be for Darren Gough to get a wicket.
03:35You know, coming on fresh after tea, after he's had a bit of a rest before tea.
03:39He's had time to change and get nice clean clothes on at tea time.
03:43He's now revving up.
03:45If he could strike somebody out quickly, he might have enough energy and go in him
03:49to get another wicket straight afterwards when the new batsman comes in.
03:53Then you sort of feel a positive element goes through the whole side.
03:58There's a bit of a lift and you feel, well, we're backing the game a bit.
04:01But somebody, and it looks to me like Gough more than anybody,
04:04is the key guy who might get you a couple of wickets and lift everybody.
04:10Nice piece of work from Alex Stewart.
04:13But Harry Kirsten had his back foot grounded.
04:22Just a chance that the batsman might overbalance from that sort of position.
04:27183 for one. And it's Croft Kirsten.
04:32Fine shot, plenty of footwork.
04:35And after overs of pressure, they eventually break the bonds.
04:40That was a rare attacking gesture from Gary Kirsten.
04:45Got it away from the man at midfield.
04:48But that's an opportunity to win.
04:51That's a chance.
04:52Let's see how this plays out.
04:54But that's a chance.
04:55It's going to be a two.
04:56It's a two.
04:57It's a three.
04:58And that's a three.
04:59And it's a three.
05:00And it's a three.
05:01It's a three.
05:02It's a three.
05:03And it's a three.
05:04And it's a three.
05:05And it's a three.
05:06And it's a three.
05:07Got it away from the man at mid-on. Not a convincing stroke and it won't go for four.
05:14But that shows what can happen when you have accurate bowling.
05:28That man really has turned. That's a beautiful delivery.
05:31Bowling just that tad slower now. I think it shows.
05:37You can see it turning beautifully past the bat. That is a very good delivery and very encouraging.
05:51Yes, that's a difficulty when you are bowling slowly. You've got to be so precise with the length.
05:56It's just a little bit short. So slow and turned so slowly.
06:01The batsman's got plenty of time to get back. Really punch it into the gap.
06:07Good night Ian for one. It's awful when you drop a catch off someone else's bowling.
06:30Just adds a little bit of insult to it when you drop it off your own.
06:38And the partnership record now broken.
06:44So these two have quietly been notching up a few milestones this afternoon.
06:49Now the new holders of the all-time second wicket highest partnership
06:55for South Africa against England.
07:07And there's a chase for Angus Fraser.
07:13And the ball's going to win.
07:15That's a very good effort from the South. And he's bowling to Gary Kirsten.
07:25Ninety-eight becomes ninety-nine.
07:30That single produced a new record second wicket partnership for South Africa
07:37against all countries. It was previously against India in Calcutta where
07:43Kirsten made 133 and Cullinan 153 not out.
07:49And he gets it off a short ball.
07:55Good hundred from Gary Kirsten.
07:58Need to underline that he hasn't been in the best form in the major matches
08:02but he can make runs at a level against the counties. Good performance.
08:11Now Darren Gough.
08:18Short and wide and four.
08:23Well, that's a way to celebrate your hundred, isn't it?
08:28Admittedly short and wide, but he didn't play anything like that yesterday.
08:33Really did race off the middle of the bat.
08:43That's a beautiful play.
08:46South Africa is quite fast again. Maybe a little bit quicker than yesterday.
08:50Lovely square drive from Gary Kirsten. Not all that bad a ball.
08:54It was up there for the drive and therefore the chance of the...
09:02Beautifully played. It wasn't badly bowled. It was very well up.
09:06Just a little trouble with the line there, but I know Dominic Cork was trying to get that Yorker in there.
09:11Just reared on the left side. It was jammed out into one of those
09:15very sharp leg glides.
09:30It is a funny game, isn't it?
09:32There's absolutely nothing wrong with that ball. Similar type ball to the one
09:36Croft has been bowling all along.
09:38Man's brought in close, so Kirsten leaps down and smashes it
09:42off the centre of the bat through extra cover.
09:44Be able to stay in, no problem at all. They may have difficulty getting runs.
09:49Not so easy to play the shots, although it looks now as if he might be going to
09:53come out of his shell. And if he is, I think that's right.
09:57He's got South Africa in a good position, has Kirsten.
10:00I would have expected the South African captain to say to him,
10:03now, see if you can get after the ball in a little bit.
10:06We're in a position where we shouldn't lose the game.
10:08Now we've got to think of winning it.
10:24In the end, the single given away. There was a cry, a shout of dive
10:29from Alex Stewart behind the stumps. A little bit in jest, but
10:33Dominic Cork got the ball very easily. He's got there with the left hand and
10:38booted it into touch. More Man City than Man United, I think.
10:48That's been clobbered away. No doubt about that.
10:51With the spin, nothing wrong with that at all.
10:56Clattered away by Gary Kirsten.
11:00Well, this one's floated up. But Kirsten, 133 before that shot,
11:04now 137. No outfielder. Not really a dangerous shot.
11:16Well, there we are. That's the fruit of floating it up outside
11:20our stump and bringing the batsman forward.
11:23And that one goes straight on.
11:30But I can't think of many spinners, certainly in my day, who would have bowled
11:35without a man out there. He's pitching the ball outside the off stump.
11:39So it's, as you say, the leg right across, covering the stumps.
11:43An easy and natural swing of the bat with the spin.
11:54Oh, well, there's a bit of luck there for Kirsten.
11:58A large slice of luck, in fact, because the ball has gone for four.
12:01But I think Gus Fraser would have imagined
12:04that that ball would have been chopped down onto the stumps.
12:07He's used this to good effect. I mean, Gary Kirsten, I beg your pardon.
12:12He's trying to run that away down to third man and it's far too close to the stumps.
12:23Brilliant shot.
12:27Line this time.
12:29Crashed away outside the off stump.
12:32Just a little wide from Angus Fraser, but it's the 150 that comes up
12:35for Gary Kirsten.
12:38What a fine innings.
12:40Very neat, very neat indeed.
12:56And affectionate as well.
13:00Oh, how sweet.
13:03They haven't really made their mind up
13:06and both got a foot to it.
13:10And ended up in the gutter. Well, there you go.
13:20That's a fine shot.
13:22Too good for Nick Knight out at deep cover.
13:26Didn't plenty of width that time, Gary Kirsten,
13:29but he waited nicely for the ball and placed it away behind square.
13:33He got the width here so that he could use the pace of the ball as well.
13:38That's what you want on slow surfaces.
13:41Anybody who gives you any width, pull shot, hook shot, square.
13:51He's got that in the air.
13:54Robert Croft down at long leg, can't get to it.
13:57And six runs.
14:00Gary Kirsten spent most of the game ducking underneath these.
14:05Seemed to hang in the air for some time, but it carried the boundary.
14:09Yes, it must have been just a moment when Dominic Cork thought
14:13it might have been catchable, but Robert Croft couldn't get to it.
14:17At least it induced a shot in the air,
14:20because nothing else has looked as if it's going to bring a wicket to England.
14:34Gary Kirsten and Daryl Cullinan,
14:55who's in trouble for England.
14:57Very well, following on a big partnership between Kirsten and Callas.
15:02More heartache for England.
15:14It was nicely picked up.
15:16Good quick throw on the turn.
15:26We could immediately set off just on the left hand side.
15:30I think he was home anyway.
15:32Very good piece of fielding.
15:34Good running as well.
15:47That's a good shot.
15:48Finds the gap.
15:50But there are two men out deep on the onside.
15:52There's one of them.
15:55Dominic Cork.
15:57And he's home.
16:01And up goes Kirsten's back because that's 200.
16:04A double century. He's delighted.
16:06He set off, I'm sure, only for two runs.
16:09And then they saw the possibility of the third and
16:14jubilation for Gary Kirsten.
16:17He has been the rock on which this
16:20innings has been built.
16:28He's never pressed too hard.
16:32He's played well within his talents and
16:35picked up his runs exactly the same places he's always picked them up.
16:44And that's in the air.
16:46It's a really risky shot.
16:48It's one of the few shots we've seen where the batsman not
16:51to the pitch of the ball.
16:53But Gary Kirsten gets away with it.
16:58He's gone.
17:00At last.
17:02With an old, old ball.
17:04It's 79th over.
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