South Africa skipper Neil Brand shattered multiple records after picking 6 wickets against New Zealand in the NZ vs SA 1st Test. The left-arm spinner hunted a six-wicket haul on his Test debut and stole an array of records to his name.
In the absence of Temba Bavuma and Aiden Markram, Neil Brand leads South Africa in the NZ vs SA Test series. The home team Kiwis was asked to bat first in the match and they posted a gigantic total of 511-10 in 1st innings.
Although New Zealand did a lot of damage with the bat, Neil Brand was lauded by fans for his stand-out bowling show in the match. The left-arm orthodox spinner hunted 6 wickets for 119 runs on his Test debut. He got wickets of Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, and Matt Henry to register brilliant bowling figures.
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Neil Brand registers best bowling show by spinner on Test Debut
On his journey to a 6-wicket haul on debut, Neil Brand broke multiple records in bowling. To begin with, Brand has recorded the best bowling show by a spinner on Test debut. The earlier record was held by Bangladesh’s Naimur Rahman, who hunted 6 wickets for 132 runs against India in November 2000.
Moreover, Brand has also joined former South Africa skipper Shaun Pollock to grab a six-wicket haul as a skipper. Pollock hunted a five-haul against India as a captain in November 2001. The best bowling show on Test debut by a South African player stands with Lance Klusener, who hunted 8 wickets for 64 runs against India in November 1996.
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South Africa gets poor start in batting
Meanwhile, Neil Brand could not lead South Africa to a powerful bowling show against New Zealand. With a double century by Rachin Ravindra (240) and a century by Kane Williamson (118), the Kiwis posted a mammoth 511-10 in 1st innings. Other than Brand’s 6 scalps, Ruan de Swardt got 2 wickets while Tshepo Moreki and Dane Paterson picked 1 scalp each.
Later, South Africa also had a miserable start to batting. They lost opener Neil Brand for just 4 runs. Later, they also lost Edward Moore (23) and Raynard van Tonder (0) cheaply. Kyle Jamieson found the first two breakthroughs for New Zealand in the match.
At the stumps of Day 2, South Africa lost 4 wickets for 80 runs. Zubayr Hamza was the fourth batter to lose his wicket for 22 runs. On Day 3 of NZ vs SA 1st Test, David Bedingham and Keegan Petersen will take the strike. South Africa trails by 431 runs in the match.
