New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Wagner to Amla, no run, starts with a Starc type length, in the block hole but outside off to be shoveled out

Boult to Amla, no run, a fuller length delivery zoning away, Amla lets it go

Boult to Amla, no run, pitched up on middle, blocked into the leg-side

Boult to Amla, no run, clipped towards mid-wicket. Just a bit up in the air but managed to go soft at it at the last minute

Boult to Amla, no run, angled across, full, left alone

Boult to Amla, no run, stays in the crease and blocks a length ball

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, shuffle and then the clip, without any intent of scoring..Still on a blob after 19 balls..

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, another whippy clip into the on-side as the ball dipped in

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, bent down stance with half-a-stride to play the blunted shot

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, whips the ball away to find the man at mid-wicket as the ball turned in outside off

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, takes it from just outside off and clips it away to mid-wicket

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, nudges it away into the on-side as the ball darted in

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, too full too play it off the back foot and the ball takes the inside edge and drops down into the turf in a hurried manner

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, wristy clip into the on-side and finds the man at mid-wicket

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, solid block as Amla gets behind the line of the ball

Jeetan Patel to Amla, no run, flat and striaght, Amla shuffles across and clips it to the man at short mid

Jeetan Patel to Elgar, 1 run, takes the ball from outside off and knocks it past the man at mid-wicket with a twisted face of the bat to scamper a single

Boult to Amla, no run, that still goes away with the angle but blows a flying kiss from a proximal distance to the sticks

Boult to Amla, no run, another delivery angling across the batsman and Amla was happy to let it go

Boult to Amla, no run, drops the length and angles it across on a back of a length spot for Amla to hoist his bat

Boult to Amla, no run, covers the line of the ball and defends it with a straight bat

Boult to Amla, no run, did it carry? I don't think so as the man at third slip seemed to have taken it on the half-volley. A fuller length delivery forcing the batsman to play at it, took the outside edge to drop short of the fielder in the cordon. Soft hands and a slow wicket helping the batsman