New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat as they look to wrap up the series in game three against Pakistan in Dunedin on Saturday.
"It looks like a good surface," host captain Kane Williamson said.
"Hopefully we can make the most of it first up."
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South African batting coach Neil McKenzie believes his side need another 70 runs to feel safe after New Zealand captured the key wicket of Dean Elgar to keep alive the prospect of a result in the first Test in Dunedin on Saturday.
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New Zealand's investigators on Friday began a probe into how a Filipino crew member died while a Bermuda-registered cruise ship was docked in the South Island city of Dunedin.
Police were called to the port late Thursday after reports that a gas cylinder had exploded on the Emerald Princess cruise ship, killing the unnamed Filipino man.
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