Du Plessis leads SA charge on second day
28-Aug-2016

Trent Boult and Tim Southee tested South Africa's overnight batsmen with swing and seam on the second morning • AFP
JP Duminy added 21 to his overnight score of 67, before bottom-edging a short ball to the wicketkeeper•AFP
Neil Wagner bounced No. 6 Temba Bavuma out for 8. He was the first South Africa batsman to be dismissed without a fifty to his name•AFP
But Faf du Plessis held firm as South Africa added 75 runs in the morning session and went to lunch at 358 for 5•AFP
Stiaan van Zyl partnered du Plessis for an 84-run sixth-wicket stand that pushed the total past 400•Associated Press
Du Plessis, who had been dropped in the last series, pushed on to his fifth Test century•AFP
Neil Wagner was the star for New Zealand with 5 for 86 in 39 overs. But South Africa had taken control of the Test with Du Plessis' unbeaten 112. South Africa declared at 481 for 8.•Associated Press
South Africa's bowlers then made early inroads to have New Zealand on the mat at 38 for 3 at stumps, trailing by 443 runs•AFP