Cricket: New Zealand in Box Seat Heading Into Day 4

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. The Aussies went into stumps four wickets down after Matt Henry and debutant Ben Sears made significant inroads overnight after extracting gold from a relatively benign pitch....