Ervine ton stalls dominant New Zealand

Stumps Zimbabwe 305 for 6 (Ervine 115*, Moor 71, Chibhabha 60, Santner 2-1020 trail New Zealand 582 for 4 (Latham 136, Taylor 124, Williamson 113) by 277 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

Zimbabwe celebrate their heroes on August 8, and in Craig Ervine they certainly found one. His maiden Test ton and 148-run sixth-wicket stand with debutant Peter Moor took Zimbabwe to within 78 runs of avoiding the follow-on. Perhaps more crucially, he frustrated a New Zealand attack that now has a maximum of two days – could be lesser if the visitors have to bat – to take 14 wickets and on a flat Queens Sports Club surface.

In their favour is the fact that New Zealand have discovered the best way to break through – reverse swing. With the second new ball that is more than 30 overs old, they may start looking for it again early on fourth morning. When they found it with their first ball, they made life uncomfortable for the Zimbabwean line-up, …

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