NZ vs SA LIVE SCORE: SA shot down for 97, Henry takes 7 Wkts

NZ vs SA LIVE Score: Matt Henry 7 Star: Just by the end of Day 1’s New Zealand is already in dominating position in the 1st test vs South Africa. Led by Matt Henry’s record 7 wicket haul, Kiwis shot down Proteas for just 85. The home team has already taken lead of 21 runs with score reading 116/3. Follow New Zealand vs South Africa 1st Test LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

Henry Nicholls was batting strongly at 37 & nightwatchman Neil Wagner on 2*, Day 1: Stumps – New Zealand lead by 21 runs

NZ vs SA LIVE SCORE: New Zealand goes pass SA’s total of 85, Matt Henry ‘COMPLETELY DESTROYS’ Proteas with 7 wicket haul: Follow 1st Test LIVE Updates

Matt Henry 7 Star – Henry came in as a replacement for Trent Boult and gave stunning display by picking 7 wickets haul for just 23 runs.

The visiting Proteas were dismissed for just 95. Dean Elgar, Aiden Markam, Rassie Van Der Dussen all were dismissed in quick succession by Henry on GREEN TOP.

He was relentless with his lines, made the batters play, move the ball both ways with swing and seam movement.

Henry bowled quite a few unplayable balls and eventually recorded New Zealand’s third best Test figures ever in an innings.

NZ vs SA LIVE SCORE: South Africa dismissed for 95, Matt Henry ‘COMPLETELY DESTROYS’ Proteas with 7 wicket haul, : Follow New Zealand vs South Africa 1st Test LIVE Updates

South Africa is playing the test with seven specialist batters.

The home team included four specialist quicks with Matt Henry replacing Trent Boult, who is on paternity leave, and allrounder Colin de Grandhomme completing a five-pronged pace pack. Kyle Jamieson, Tim Southee and Neil Wagner make up the rest of the attack.

New Zealand have never won a Test series against South Africa.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score: New Zealand 1st Innings in reply to South Africa’s 95

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tom Latham (C)	b D Olivier	15	61	2	0	24.59
Will Young	c K Verreynne b M Jansen	8	32	2	0	25.00
Devon Conway	b D Olivier	36	76	3	0	47.37
Henry Nicholls	Not out	37	54	5	0	68.52
Neil Wagner	Not out	2	12	0	0	16.67
Extra	18 (b 5, w 1, nb 1, lb 11)
Total	116/3 (39)
Yet To Bat	TA Blundell, C Grandhomme, DJ Mitchell, KA Jamieson, TG Southee, MJ Henry

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Kagiso Rabada	12	4	34	0	2.83
Glenton Stuurman	11	5	19	0	1.73
Marco Jansen	8	3	11	1	1.38
Duanne Olivier	8	1	36	2	4.50

South Africa 1st Innings – SA All Out for 95

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Dean Elgar (C)	c TG Southee b MJ Henry	1	9	0	0	11.11
Sarel Erwee	c DJ Mitchell b KA Jamieson	10	30	1	0	33.33
Aiden Markram	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	15	43	2	0	34.88
Rassie van der Dussen	c TG Southee b MJ Henry	8	29	1	0	27.59
Temba Bavuma	c DP Conway b TG Southee	7	31	0	0	22.58
Zubayr Hamza	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	25	74	3	0	33.78
Kyle Verreynne (WK)	lbw b MJ Henry	18	52	2	0	34.62
Marco Jansen	Not out	2	17	0	0	11.76
Kagiso Rabada	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	0	4	0	0	0.00
Glenton Stuurman	c TA Blundell b MJ Henry	0	1	0	0	0.00
Duanne Olivier	c Tom Latham b N Wagner	1	6	0	0	16.67
Extra	8 (b 4, w 0, nb 0, lb 4)
Total	95/10 (49.2)
Yet To Bat

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Tim Southee	12	2	33	1	2.75
Matt Henry	15	7	23	7	1.53
Kyle Jamieson	11	4	19	1	1.73
Neil Wagner	9.2	2	11	1	1.18
Colin de Grandhomme	2	1	1	0	0.50

NZ vs SA LIVE SCORE: Matt Henry 'COMPLETELY DESTROYS' Proteas with 7 wicket haul, New Zealand in lead after dismmising South Africa for just 95 — NZ vs SA LIVE SCORE: Matt Henry ‘COMPLETELY DESTROYS’ Proteas with 7 wicket haul, New Zealand in lead after dismmising South Africa for just 95

NZ vs SA LIVE SCORE: New Zealand bowling 1st, Matt Henry rocks South Africa: Follow New Zealand vs South Africa 1st Test LIVE Updates

NZ vs SA LIVE Score: South Africa opted for seven specialist batters and reinstalled Zubayr Hamza, who last played a Test two years ago against England and was selected after Petersen was ruled out, at No.6. That left them without an allrounder or a specialist spinner, with neither team choosing to field a slower bowler on a greentop.

New Zealand: 1 Tom Latham (capt), 2 Will Young, 3 Devon Conway, 4 Henry Nicholls, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Tom Blundell (wk), 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Neil Wagner, 11 Matt Henry

South Africa: 1 Dean Elgar (capt), 2 Sarel Erwee 3 Aiden Markram 4 Rassie van der Dussen, 5 Temba Bavuma, 6 Zubayr Hamza 7 Kyle Verreynne (wk), 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Glenton Stuurman, 11 Duanne Olivier

NZ vs SA LIVE SCORE: No Williamson, Taylor as New Zealand aim to break South Africa drought

No Williamson, Taylor as New Zealand aim to break South Africa drought – New Zealand enter unfamiliar territory when the first Test against South Africa begins in Christchurch on Thursday, without batting greats Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson. It has been 14 years since the hosts started a Test without either Taylor or Williamson — their top two all-time Test run scorers respectively — and they have the extra burden of trying to win a series against South Africa for the first time.

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Taylor retired last month and Williamson is injured, leaving the Black Caps without the pair’s steadying influence against a dynamic Proteas pace attack.

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