Sunshine and wickets in Wellington

Mar 16, 2017

The second Test got underway on a relatively warm day in Wellington with the anthems •Getty Images

New Zealand suffered a top-order collapse, with Kagiso Rabada taking two wickets before conceding a run •Getty Images

This was Maharaj's seventh wicket of the series, as New Zealand fell to 101 for 5•Getty Images

Nicholls was a pleased man after recording his maiden Test ton•Getty Images

And so New Zealand ended a beautiful day one at Basin Reserve on a high•Getty Images

South Africa's Faf du Plessis chose to bowl•Getty Images

Jeet Raval showed some good technique while he lasted, but was out just before lunch•Getty Images

Henry Nicholls kept his end going through to lunch, and began to hit out after the interval•Getty Images

Then JP Duminy's part-time offspin triggered a second mini-collapse in the innings. He took three in consecutive overs, and finished with career-best figures of 4 for 47 as New Zealand were bowled out for 268•Getty Images

James Neesham was stumped off Keshav Maharaj•Getty Images

With BJ Watling his usual determined self, the pair added 116 for the sixth wicket•Getty Images

South Africa came out with less than half an hour to play out, and both their openers could not survive•Getty Images