JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP):
NEW ZEALAND reached 214-6 at stumps yesterday to take a lead of 147 runs over South Africa on day two of the third Test at the Wanderers Stadium.
At the crease when bad light brought an early close to play were Jacob Oram on 19 and Daniel Vettori on 21.
Oram was lucky to be there after an Andrew Hall delivery clipped his off stump but did not remove the bail.
South Africa lead the three-match series 1-0.
The New Zealand innings was built on a partnership of 76 for the fourth wicket between Scott Styris and Nathan Astle which was eventually broken when Astle edged Dale Steyn to wicketkeeper Mark Boucher for 45.
MISTIMED PULL SHOT
Styris departed just four overs later when he mistimed a pull shot off a short-pitched delivery from Steyn to give the young fast bowler a simple return catch. Steyn finished the day with 3-62.
Shaun Pollock took the other wicket to fall after tea when umpire Asoka Da Silva gave Brendon McCullum out caught behind for five when the ball appeared to have brushed his pad.
New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming was the only wicket to fall during the afternoon session when he became Jacques Kallis' 200th Test wicket.
Fleming flashed at a delivery wide outside the off stump to give A.B. de Villiers a simple catch at second slip to depart for 37.
8,000 TEST RUNS
The dismissal made South African allrounder Kallis only the second player in history to make more than 8,000 Test runs and take more than 200 wickets after Sir Garfield Sobers of the West Indies.
Kallis has scored 8,020 runs at an average of 56.08, and his 200 wickets have come at an average of 31.60.
It was a good fightback by the New Zealanders after they were in trouble at 40-2 at lunch.
Earlier, Chris Martin took 5-37 as New Zealand dismissed South Africa for 186, and New Zealand were all out for 119 on day one.
The Proteas resumed on 133-4, but the New Zealand bowlers were soon on target and ran through the rest of the batting order.
The only batsman to resist was Pollock, who finished unbeaten on 32 thanks to some attacking play in defiance of a pitch which has helped the seam bowlers.
De Villiers was the first to go in the morning session, dismissed for two when James Franklin struck with a delivery that took the edge and flew low to Styris at second slip.
Boucher was trapped lbw for a duck by Franklin before Martin chimed in, removing Ashwell Prince for four as he drove at an away-swinger and edged the ball to wicketkeeper McCullum. Martin also trapped Hall lbw for five and bowled Steyn for two.
Pollock reached his score off just 21 balls, including three fours and two sixes, but he ran out of partners when Makhaya Ntini was dismissed for eight, caught behind off the bowling of Kyle Mills to bring the South African innings to an end.
South Africa struck early in the Black Caps' second innings. After Steyn dropped Jamie How off Ntini's first over, Steyn made amends by trapping him lbw with the first ball of his second over.
Fleming and Michael Papps put on a partnership of 31, but that came to an end when Kallis induced an edge from Papps for Hall to catch him for 15.
