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South Africa found itself in a perilous fight to avoid the follow-on Tuesday early on the third day of the first cricket test against New Zealand. Resuming at 80-4, South Africa lost two wickets in the same over bowled by Matt Henry and at lunch was 129-7, still 382 runs behind New Zealand’s first innings of 511. Keegan Petersen was 33 and Duanne Olivier had yet to score.
Batting at No. 4 for the first time in his career, Lokesh Rahul scored 55 not out Friday to help India reach 222-3 at lunch on Day Two of the first cricket test against England. Rahul hit six fours and faced 78 balls, putting on 63 runs for the fourth wicket with Shreyas Iyer. Iyer was unbeaten on 34 runs as the pair rescued India after it lost two early wickets in the morning session and was down to 159-3.
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