Ntini rips apart New Zealand

Ntini rips apart New ZealandDEC 9: South African fast bowlers, Makhaya Ntini and new cap Mfuneko Ngam, ripped the heart out of the New Zea...

DEC 9: South African fast bowlers, Makhaya Ntini and new cap Mfuneko Ngam, ripped the heart out of the New Zealand batting on the second day of the third and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.

New Zealand were 121 for six at tea, with Ntini having taken three for 19 in 15 overs, while Ngam captured the key wicket of top-scorer Mark Richardson in the first over after lunch.

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Ngam, 21, made an impressive debut, consistently bowling at speeds in excess of 140 kilometres an hour with a fastest delivery of 147 kilometres an hour.

He could have had a wicket with his fourth ball in Test cricket if Daryll Cullinan had held a straight forward catch at first slip off makeshift opener Adam Parore.

Cullinan put down a second chance from Parore off Ngam before Ntini dismissed the New Zealand wicket keeper, who was promoted to open the innings after Craig Spearman was left out of the team.

Ngam gained his first Test cap when Allan Donald withdrew with a stomach muscle injury. With Ngam and Ntini both in action, it was the first time two black Africans played for South Africa in the same match.

Scoreboard

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New Zealand (1st innings) M Richardson c Boucher b Ngam 46, A Parore c McKenzie b Ntini 10, M Sinclair c Klusener b Pollock 24, S Fleming b Ntini 4, N Astle c Kallis b Ntini 12, C McMillan c Klusener b Kallis 4 ,H Marshall not out 0, B Walker not out 4.

Extras: (lb3, nb4) 7.

Total (for 6 wickets in 61 overs) 121

Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-83, 3-83, 4-112, 5-113, 6-117.

Bowling: Pollock 16-5-25-1; Ngam 11-4-23-1; Kallis 14-4-24-1; Ntini 15-9-19-3; Klusener 5-0-27-0.