July 03, 2008	Thursday	Jamadi-us-Sani 28, 1429

TAUNTON (England), July 2: South Africa opener Neil McKenzie rediscovered his batting touch and Paul Harris claimed his first half-century for his country as the Proteas’ three-day match against Somerset ended in a draw here on Tuesday.

McKenzie had gone for a golden duck at the hands of Somerset’s former England bowler Andy Caddick in the opening innings.

But he bounced back with 63 from 109 balls including seven fours in his second attempt while Harris struck an unbeaten 50 off just 48 balls to surpass his previous best score of 46 against Pakistan in the Lahore Test in October 2007.

South Africa’s stand-in skipper Ashwell Prince declared shortly after Harris reached his half-century on 215 for six to leave Somerset a target of 482 in a minimum of 46 overs.

By the time play was halted, they had reached 115 for three off 34 overs.

Summarised scores:

SOUTH AFRICA 515-3 declared (Hashim Amla 172, Jacques Kallis 160 not out, J.P. Duminy 64, Ashwell Prince 63 not out) and 215-6 declared (Neil McKenzie 63, Paul Harris 50 not out); SOMERSET 249 (C. Kieswetter 67, W.J. Durston 61; Morne Morkel 3-64) and 115-3 declared (A.V. Suppiah 41, W.J. Durston 32 not out).—Agencies