Zimbabwe watch as Boucher records ton

HARARE, NOV 13: South Africa's wicket keeper Mark Boucher entered record books on the third day of the second cricket Test against Zimbab...

HARARE, NOV 13: South Africa’s wicket keeper Mark Boucher entered record books on the third day of the second cricket Test against Zimbabwe today.

Boucher became the highest scoring night-watchman in Test cricket history, his 125 runs surpassing the 105 scored by Australian Tony Mann 22 years ago.He established with Shaun Pollock a new eighth wicket partnership for South Africa, their 148 edging the previous 147 by Brian McMillan and Lance Klusener in the 1966-97 series against India.

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Zimbabwe (1st innings) 102
South Africa (1st innings, 207-4 overnight): A Bacher c Flower b Strang 8, H Dippenaar c Johnson b Olong 33, J Kallis lbw b Strang 115, D Cullinan c Flower b Strang 0, W Cronje c Rennie b Olonga 58, M Boucher c Goodwin b Gripper 125, R Rhodes c Flower b Mbangwa 4, L Klusener c Olonga b Mbangwa 25, S Pollock c Campbell b Olonga 61, A Donald not out 17, P Adams not out 3; Extras (lb3, nb10) 13.
Total (for 9 wickets) 462.
Fall of wickets: 1-20,2-96, 3-105, 4-205, 5-230, 6-237, 7-281, 8-429, 9-451.
Bowling: Olonga 33-7-107-3, Strang 38-10-93-2, Mbangwa 28-6-91-2, Whittall 27-8-78-0, Flower 18-3-52-0, Goodwin 2-0-11-0, Gripper 8-1-28-1.

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