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ADELAIDE, Nov 18: New Zealand paceman Daryl Tuffey enhanced his claims for a Test berth with a defiant batting performance in the four-day cricket match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval Sunday.
The tailender smacked 56 from 75 balls to steer the New Zealanders to a first innings total of 314, passing South Australia’s 297 for 9 declared.
At stumps on day three, South Australia led by 113 runs at 130 for four in their second innings.
Captain Darren Lehmann and his deputy Greg Blewett built a 101-run partnership after the loss of two early wickets.
Blewett (61) was dismissed late in the final session when he was caught by Chris Martin at mid-on off the bowling of spinner Daniel Vettori.
Vettori struck again with the last ball of the day when he had Lehmann caught and bowled for 51.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA (1st Innings 297-9 dec (G.S. Blewett 106, D. Fitzgerald 50).
NEW ZEALAND (1st Innings, overnight 110-3):
M.H. Richardson lbw b McIntyre 16
M.D. Bell run out 0
M.S. Sinclair c Manou b McIntyre 10
C.D. McMillan b Smith 51
L. Vincent b Harrity 74
A.C. Parore c Lehmann b Young 48
G.P. Sulzberger b Lehmann 35
D.L. Vettori b Harrity 5
D.R. Tuffey c Deitz b Lehmann 56
S. Bond lbw McIntyre 1
C.S. Martin not out 0
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-4, W-2, NB-7) 18
TOTAL (all out, 115.2 overs) 314
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-24, 3-40, 4-120, 5-205, 6-225, 7-233, 8-301, 9-308.
BOWLING: Harrity 11-4-22-2 (2w); Rofe 21-10-29-0; Smith 19-5-38-1 (4nb); Young 33-5-99-1; McIntyre 29-5-101-3 (3nb); Lehmann 2.2-0-16-2.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA (2nd Innings):
D. Fitzgerald b Bond 0
S. Deitz b Bond 8
G.S. Blewett c Martin b Vettori 61
D.S. Lehmann c and b Vettori 51
B. Higgins not out 6
EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-2) 4
TOTAL (for four wkts, 36 overs) 130
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-21, 3-122, 4-130.
BOWLING (to-date): Bond 8-0-30-2 (2nb); Martin 6-1-26-0; Tuffey 5-2-6-0; Vettori 12-2-43-2; Sulzberger 5-2-23-0.—AFP/Reuters
