The highway project resumed at Eden Park outer oval yesterday but Central Districts Stags' elite roading engineer Ajaz Patel took it in his stride once more.
The 26-year-old spinner, who claimed 6-117 day one of the Budget Rental Plunket Shield match, yesterday took 5-148 from 36 overs, including four maidens.
However, the Devon Hotel-sponsored Stags need four more wickets quickly this morning as the Mondiale Auckland Aces resume their second dig on 425/6, having built a handsome lead of 382 runs.
The visitors, sitting on 404/6 overnight, yesterday could only eke out a dozen more runs before the Aces skittled them.
"The plan was to bat longer but unfortunately it didn't go that way," said Patel, as things didn't pan out as captain William Young had anticipated on his "moving day".