Cricket: New Zealand in Box Seat Heading Into Day 4

New Zealand would have liked a bit more insurance than the target 279, but, as the annuals of cricket will attest, any fourth-innings score over 250 is tough.
Cricket: New Zealand in Box Seat Heading Into Day 4
Matt Henry took the huge wicket of Steve Smith denting the Australians push for victory. Photo Getty Images
Jim Birchall
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An expected nation sits on the edge of its seat as the Black Caps attempt to turn a commanding position into a winning one—what most pundits would describe as the impossible—with day four going underway this morning in Christchurch.

Australia needs to chase down a tough 279 to make a clean sweep of the series, but the focus is on whether the Blackcaps can finally remove the yoke around their neck and knock off the old rival—something they have not done at home since 1993 or away since the Doug Bracewell-led heroics in Hobart in 2011.

Jim Birchall
Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.
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