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A horror day for New Zealand in the first cricket Test against South Africa at the Wanderers ended with the shock news that fast bowler Shane Bond will be returning home after suffering yet another injury.
Opposition teams are used to the sight of Jacques Kallis grinding them into the dirt, but this time his 186 was backed by Hashim Amla's 176 not out as their partnership of 330 took South Africa to 422 for three declared.
Bond, New Zealand's bowling kingpin, suffered an abdominal tear after bowling just four overs in the first half-hour of the third day and his were not the only injury woes for the Black Caps.
At once stage they used four 12th men to cover a range of muscular strains and illnesses.
New Zealand, set a nominal 531 to win but more importantly having to survive 197 overs, had crashed to 57 for three by stumps, and bowler Chris Martin admitted there was nothing left to play for on the last two days but pride.
"The guys will have, if nothing else, pride to play for. It's hard to picture a win at this stage," Martin admitted.
Craig Cumming (7), Stephen Fleming (17) and Ross Taylor (4) all aided their dismissals by playing at deliveries outside off stump and the eight remaining batsmen will have to show more discipline if New Zealand are not to suffer their heaviest ever defeat in terms of runs.
Pakistan's 299-run victory in Auckland in 2001 is New Zealand's blackest day in that department, and they still trail by 474 runs in Johannesburg.
New Zealand's batting woes were once again the products of Dale Steyn's pace, but also the sheer bloody-minded attacking efforts of Andre Nel, who dismissed Fleming and Taylor in his first over and could have had Brendon McCullum lbw three overs later.
Scott Styris, 16 and McCullum 11, were the not out batsmen at the close of play.
The bulk of New Zealand's bowling effort on Saturday was carried by spinner and captain Daniel Vettori, the admirable Martin and inexperienced Iain O'Brien, but it was Jacob Oram who was their only representative on the wicket-takers' list.
Oram was drafted into the attack after the first hour and implemented a strategy of waiting for the batsmen to come after him with a consistent line outside off stump.
Kallis was lured into a drive and a thin edge flew to wicketkeeper McCullum.
Kallis became just the eighth batsmen to pass 9000 test runs on Saturday.
Oram is currently sidelined by a hamstring strain that saw him abort the fifth over of his second spell.
"We're not quite sure of the extent of the injury," New Zealand manager Lindsay Crocker told reporters after the close of play.
New Zealand's overall injury count is five.
A stomach bug is exacting a heavy toll on opening batsman Michael Papps, who missed the entire day's play.
"He was on a drip in the first session, he was asleep in the second session, and he was in danger of having to pad up in the third," was Crocker's wry assessment.
Fleming has a heavily-bruised forearm and Lou Vincent, who has spent plenty of time on the field as a substitute fielder, is recovering from the same virus as Papps.
But all the attention will be on yet another premature end to a tour for Bond.
- NZPA
