Tea New Zealand 511 and 27 for 1 (Conway 9*, Williamson 9*) lead South Africa 162 (Petersen 45, Henry 3-31) by 376 runs
Kane Williamson and Devon Conway then took them to 27 for 1 at tea after Tom Latham fell lbw to Dane Paterson for 3, to flatten the visitors with a lead of 376 and seven sessions left in the game to push for victory.
Petersen and Fortuin got together at a precarious 83 for 6 and resisted with plenty of blocks and leaves before they started to open up. Petersen was much slower initially, having not scored for as many as 31 balls when he was on 2, while Fortuin showed good technique outside off and by ducking and swaying under the short balls from the quicks. Petersen soon picked up pace with a rare boundary off Tim Southee, who continued to swing the old ball along with Jamieson, and started to drive a little more on the off side. He also survived a close lbw call when he missed a rare reverse sweep against Santner and New Zealand called for a review, but ball-tracking showed the ball to be missing the stumps.
Fortuin took 17 balls to get off the mark and even survived a chance when Santner drew an outside edge that deflected off wicketkeeper Tom Blundell’s gloves and landed near the right boot of first slip. He was troubled by Jamieson too and his stubborn 79-minute vigil and the seventh-wicket stand of 37 ended when he attacked Santner but handed a catch to short cover for 9.
Soon after Duanne Olivier collected consecutive boundaries off Jamieson after lunch, Southee brought on spin from both ends after seeing promising turn and bounce from Santner who drew a few edges and kept the lbw in play. Santner produced two loud lbw shouts in the 60th over against Olivier and Peterson, but on both occasions the batters had edged the ball. When it looked like Peterson would bring up a valiant fifty, he threw his wicket away with a slog against Ravindra and handed a leading edge to mid-off for 45.
Olivier continued to frustrate the hosts with his confident blocks which made the spinners strike in consecutive overs at the other end. Santner removed Moreki’s off stump for his 50th Test wicket whereas Ravindra snared Paterson in similar fashion to wrap up the innings.