South Africa in trouble after Martin’s perfect 10

‘‘He was recommended by his peers, really. Many said he was particularly good at bowling to left-handers and South Africa has plenty of them,’’ said Bracewell. ‘‘He has backed up our faith with some fantastic bowling.’’

Martin, who sported a ponytail when he started out in first-class cricket, was called into the second Test squad after an impressive domestic season for Canterbury and a good match for New Zealand A against Sri Lanka A while the first Test was being drawn in Hamilton last week.

Brief scores:

296 and 277-6 (J Rudolph 121 n.o., J Kallis 71, H Gibbs 61; C Martin 4/71) vs New Zealand: 595 (S Styris 170, C Cairns 158, J Oram 90, C McMillan 82, M Richardson 45; S Pollock 4/113, M Ntini 3/110)