Hamilton, March 28 (Cricketnmore) Skipper Kane Williamsons 176 and Colin de Grandhommes 57 put New Zealand in a commanding position before the home bowlers reduced South Africa to 80\/5 by the end of the fourth day of the third cricket Test match at the Seldon Park here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Colin de Grandhomme hit paydirt with bat and ball to build on Williamson's big century as New Zealand tightened its hold on South Africa in the series-deciding third and final Test, according to an International Cricket Council's (ICC) release.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At stumps on the fourth day, South Africa were 80\/5 in its second innings, still 95 short of making New Zealand bat again. Faf du Plessis (15) and Quinton de Kock (15) were in the middle at close of play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
De Grandhomme, whose lower-order 57 helped push New Zealand to 489, a lead of 175, struck in the sixth over of South Africa's reply with the wicket of Dean Elgar for five and rounded off his day with a catch in the slips to dismiss Hashim Amla.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Wickets continued to fall. Theinus de Bruyn was run out for 12 after a mid-pitch collision with Amla that left both batsmen sprawled on the ground, and Williamson threw the ball to Bradley-John Watling to complete the dismissal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Amla, on eight then, reached 19 before edging a delivery from Jeetan Patel, which rebounded off Watling's glove to de Grandhomme, the sole slip.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Patel also bowled Jean Paul Duminy and Matt Henry had Temba Bavuma caught behind to leave South Africa 59 for 5 before du Plessis and de Kock survived 12 overs to stumps.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, New Zealand started the day with a seven-run lead and added another 168 with Williamson posting his third-highest Test score of 176 and de Grandhomme chipping in with his maiden half-century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After the overnight batsmen Williamson and Mitchell Santner consolidated the innings with an 88-run stand for the fifth wicket, de Grandhomme finished the innings with five fours and two sixes in his 70-ball stay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Williamson had looked assured until he hooked Morne Morkel to Vernon Philander at long-leg after 449 minutes in the middle. He faced 285 deliveries in the innings, which lasted more than seven hours and included 16 fours and three sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
When Santner fell in the last over before lunch for 41, de Grandhomme joined Watling to lift the pace.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Watling contributed 24 before he was bowled by Keshav Maharaj. Henry added 12 and Patel five before the innings folded with de Grandhomme gloving Morkel to de Kock.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Morkel took 4 for 100 and Kagiso Rabada 4 for 122 while de Kock held five catches behind the stumps.<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kane-williamson-vs-south-africa3.jpg", "alt_img": "Kane Williamson's ton puts Kiwis ahead on 4th day vs Proteas", "alt_title": "Kane Williamson vs South Africa", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Kane Williamson's ton puts Kiwis ahead on 4th day vs Proteas", "seo_desc": "Hamilton, March 28 (Cricketnmore) Skipper Kane Williamsons 176 and Colin de Grandhommes 57 put New Zealand in a commanding position before the home bowlers red", "seo_keywords": "Kane Williamson, New Zealand vs South Africa", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "kane-williamson-s-ton-puts-kiwis-ahead-on-4th-day-vs-proteas", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "2473", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-03-28 16:44:00", "updated": "2017-03-28 16:44:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-03-28 16:44:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-03-28 16:44:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "england_cricket": "0", "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/kane-williamson-s-ton-puts-kiwis-ahead-on-4th-day-vs-proteas-25142" }