Cricket round-up:Sachin Tendulkar will resume against New Zealand tomorrow needing 43 runs for his 50th Test century. The 37-year-old was 57 not out at the close of day two of the third and final Test in Nagpur as, alongside Rahul Dravid (69 not out), he took India to 292 for two, a lead of 99.
It was a near-perfect day for India, who claimed the remaining three New Zealand wickets in the morning to bowl the tourists out for 193, before a century stand from Gautam Gambhir (78) and Virender Sehwag (74) laid the foundations of an imposing innings.
Meanwhile, AB de Villiers claimed his highest first-class score to lead South Africa into a dominant position on the second day of the second Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
De Villiers resumed this morning on 120 and stood firm, scoring a magnificent unbeaten 263 a record for a South African against Pakistan as he shepherded the Proteas’ tail into reaching 568 for nine.
Pakistan’s stand-out bowler was Kuwait-born debutant Tanvir Ahmed, who took two more wickets today for figures of six for 120 only the second Pakistani to take six wickets in an innings on his maiden appearance.