Chris Martin was impressive and looks to have some good potential and these Tests will be invaluable for his learning curve. With a deficit of 60 the onus was on the top order to get there being none down and try and get anything from 250 onwards. The wicket looked like it got quite variable and made run scoring difficult as timing the ball was hard. With Astle and Richardson together things looked good. I thought the Black Caps were standing toe to toe with the South Africans until they lost five in a session and put themselves completely out of the game.
Credit has to go to the South African bowlers who kept running in, always aggressive.
The Black Caps will be disappointed that they went deep into the game with the South Africans then surrendered somewhat lamely. Lastly a huge congrats to our friends across the Tasman for their new Test record. This Aussie team will go down in history as one of the greatest and they deserve every accolade they receive. Steve Waugh has led this side with great drive and passion and you can see that they just love this game of cricket, so well done guys.