South Africa Vs West Indies 1st Test 28 February 2023

1st Test • SuperSport Park • Centurion

342 & 116/10 (28)

212 & 159/10 (41)

SA won by 87 runs

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Aiden Markram

115(174) & 47(58)

SA 1st

WI 1st

SA 2nd

WI 2nd

Info

South Africa 1st Innings

342/10 (86.3)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

71

118

11

0

60.17

c Blackwood b Joseph

115

174

18

0

66.09

b Joseph

28

69

4

0

40.58

runout (Da Silva / Chanderpaul)

0

2

0

0

0.00

lbw b Joseph

Keegan Petersen

14

50

1

0

28.00

lbw b Mayers

Heinrich Klaasen

20

22

4

0

90.91

c Joseph b Gabriel

Senuran Muthusamy

3

13

0

0

23.08

lbw b Roach

23

43

4

0

53.49

Not out

8

15

2

0

53.33

c Blackwood b Holder

17

12

3

0

141.67

c Holder b Joseph

14

11

3

0

127.27

c Chanderpaul b Joseph

Extras

29

(B: 8, LB: 9, NB: 10, W: 2)

TOTAL

(86.3 Ov, RR: 3.95)

342/10

50

0

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

17

1

71

1

4.18

2

18.3

0

81

5

4.40

1

10

2

23

1

2.30

0

Shannon Gabriel

12

1

49

1

4.08

5

14

1

64

1

4.57

2

14

0

33

0

2.36

1

Jermaine Blackwood

1

0

4

0

4.00

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

c Blackwood b Joseph

1-141

35.3

runout (Da Silva / Chanderpaul)

2-221

56.3

lbw b Joseph

3-221

56.5

b Joseph

4-236

60.4

Heinrich Klaasen

c Joseph b Gabriel

5-262

66.5

Senuran Muthusamy

lbw b Roach

6-271

69.6

Keegan Petersen

lbw b Mayers

7-290

76.1

c Blackwood b Holder

8-300

79.4

c Holder b Joseph

9-326

84.1

c Chanderpaul b Joseph

10-342

86.3

West Indies 1st Innings

212/10 (69)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Kraigg Brathwaite

11

25

1

0

44.00

b Rabada

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

22

48

4

0

45.83

c Muthusamy b Coetzee

62

143

7

0

43.36

c Klaasen b Jansen

Jermaine Blackwood

37

73

6

0

50.68

c Klaasen b Nortje

22

56

2

0

39.29

c Elgar b Rabada

18

22

2

1

81.82

c Jansen b Nortje

Joshua Da Silva

4

7

0

0

57.14

c Jansen b Nortje

0

3

0

0

0.00

c Markram b Nortje

4

5

1

0

80.00

c Jansen b Nortje

4

19

0

0

21.05

Not out

Shannon Gabriel *

7

16

0

1

43.75

lbw b Coetzee

Extras

21

(B: 5, LB: 8, NB: 3, W: 5)

TOTAL

(69 Ov, RR: 3.07)

212/10

23

2

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

16

4

44

2

2.80

1

17

3

64

1

3.76

2

16

5

36

5

2.25

1

12

0

45

2

3.80

2

Senuran Muthusamy

8

2

10

0

1.25

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kraigg Brathwaite

b Rabada

1-22

6.4

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

c Muthusamy b Coetzee

2-58

16.4

Jermaine Blackwood

c Klaasen b Nortje

3-122

38.3

c Klaasen b Jansen

4-169

56.6

c Elgar b Rabada

5-169

57.1

Joshua Da Silva

c Jansen b Nortje

6-179

59.1

c Markram b Nortje

7-179

59.4

c Jansen b Nortje

8-190

61.4

c Jansen b Nortje

9-201

63.5

Shannon Gabriel

lbw b Coetzee

10-212

68.6

South Africa 2nd Innings

116/10 (28)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

47

58

7

0

81.03

c Da Silva b Roach

1

8

0

0

12.50

c Reifer b Joseph

0

1

0

0

0.00

c Da Silva b Roach

0

1

0

0

0.00

c Da Silva b Joseph

Keegan Petersen

7

8

1

0

87.50

lbw b Holder

Heinrich Klaasen

5

8

0

0

62.50

c Da Silva b Holder

Senuran Muthusamy

4

36

0

0

11.11

c Da Silva b Gabriel

6

9

1

0

66.67

b Roach

10

23

0

0

43.48

Not out

20

15

2

1

133.33

c Da Silva b Roach

4

7

1

0

57.14

c Da Silva b Roach

Extras

12

(B: 4, LB: 2, NB: 6, W: 0)

TOTAL

(28 Ov, RR: 4.14)

116/10

12

1

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

10

0

47

5

4.70

3

8

0

30

2

3.75

0

7

2

7

2

1.00

0

Shannon Gabriel

3

0

26

1

8.67

3

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

c Reifer b Joseph

1-31

3.6

c Da Silva b Roach

2-33

4.6

c Da Silva b Joseph

3-34

5.3

Keegan Petersen

lbw b Holder

4-49

8.1

Heinrich Klaasen

c Da Silva b Holder

5-57

10.2

c Da Silva b Roach

6-69

17.1

b Roach

7-76

19.3

Senuran Muthusamy

c Da Silva b Gabriel

8-80

22.2

c Da Silva b Roach

9-109

25.6

c Da Silva b Roach

10-116

27.6

West Indies 2nd Innings

159/10 (41)

Batters

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Kraigg Brathwaite

0

3

0

0

0.00

c Klaasen b Rabada

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

10

31

1

0

32.26

c Nortje b Jansen

8

19

1

0

42.11

c Klaasen b Rabada

Jermaine Blackwood

79

93

12

1

84.95

c Markram b Rabada

0

1

0

0

0.00

b Jansen

0

15

0

0

0.00

c Elgar b Coetzee

Joshua Da Silva

17

30

3

0

56.67

c Petersen b Rabada

18

20

4

0

90.00

c Klaasen b Rabada

4

12

0

0

33.33

c Rabada b Nortje

12

18

2

0

66.67

lbw b Rabada

Shannon Gabriel *

1

5

0

0

20.00

Not out

Extras

10

(B: 4, LB: 4, NB: 1, W: 1)

TOTAL

(41 Ov, RR: 3.88)

159/10

23

1

Bowlers

O

M

R

W

ER

EXT

15

3

50

6

3.33

1

13

0

48

1

3.69

1

7

2

33

2

4.71

0

6

1

20

1

3.33

0

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Kraigg Brathwaite

c Klaasen b Rabada

1-0

0.3

c Klaasen b Rabada

2-12

6.6

Tagenarine Chanderpaul

c Nortje b Jansen

3-20

9.3

b Jansen

4-20

9.4

c Elgar b Coetzee

5-33

14.2

Joshua Da Silva

c Petersen b Rabada

6-91

24.6

c Klaasen b Rabada

7-128

32.1

c Rabada b Nortje

8-139

35.2

Jermaine Blackwood

c Markram b Rabada

9-157

40.1

lbw b Rabada

10-159

40.6

Match Info

Date & Time

28 Feb, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Match

1st Test,

West Indies tour of South Africa

Umpires

Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Paul Reiffel (Australia, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

South Africa elected to bat

0 0 0 1 4 0

Over 38

Runs: 5

0 1 4 2lb 0 0

Over 39

Runs: 7

0 0 1 0 0 2

Over 40

Runs: 3

W nb 0 0 0 1 W

Over 41

Runs: 1

All Overs

Player of the Match Aiden Markram

115(174) & 47(58)

Commentary

That's all from us then! We hope you enjoyed our live coverage of this first test between West Indies and South Africa. This is Soumarya Dutta, signing off on behalf of my partner Pradeep. See you soon!

Right so, South Africa have come out on top in the first Test and they've ended things up in just 3 days! It was a comprehensive victory for them except for that second innings blip with the bat where they got bundled out for just 112. For the West Indies, it's been a tough test match especially because they failed to make use of the surface adequately in the first innings and came up short with the bat on both occasions. They will have some serious reflecting to do and will have to regroup themselves and come back stronger for the second Test!

Aiden Markram, Player of the Match - It's always nice to get a test match victory! It was nice to get back to the opening slot and the coach and captain backed me. Ultimately we all want to score runs and happy that I could contribute. I'm happy that we as a batting unit managed to get a good amount of runs on the board. The surface was quite hard to bat on as it kept quickening up throughout the Test match. It was a bit up and down and there was also some lateral movement for the bowlers. It's always hard for the batters to adjust to such conditions and get the runs on the board.

Temba Bavuma (South Africa captain): This is what we came to do, our bowlers did well. It went crazy in the end, almost down to the wire but our bowlers stuck to our plans and defended that total in the end. We didn't put up more partnerships except for Markram and Elgar, I thought 300 would've been a good total but 250 ended up being just enough. We will rest well and then come prepared for the next game.

Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies captain): I think as a batting unit we didn't do well, just over 100 overs in both the innings, we should've batted 90 overs in the first innings. Some balls were keeping low, some were getting more bounce at the same spot, the bowlers had more. Well, I thought we did a good job, the first two sessions, batted extremely well and the bowlers pulled it back together, but with the bat we just weren't good enough and that was the difference in the end, as batters we got to improve. There's not much you can do, can have some discussions, training sessions but it's all about in the middle that you can make the difference, we got to be more clear, which balls to leave or play, it's all about mental thing, we got starts but didn't convert it.

Session Summary - 14 overs | 66 runs| 4 wickets| RPO : 4.71

West Indies 159 all out in 41 overs
Jermaine Blackwood 79(93) | Kagiso Rabada 6/50
Jason Holder 18(20) | Marco Jansen 2/33

What an amazing win for South Africa and they've made a real statement here! It took them only an hour after tea to clean things up and that has been courtesy a monumental effort by their premier fast bowler Kagiso Rabada! He kept toiling hard and bowled 8 overs on the trot and was relentless in being able to bowl in the right channels. Anrich Nortje backed him up with a wicket too although he was a bit wayward at times.

West Indies started off the session on a really good note as they came out with a positive mindset! Holder and Blackwood got off the blocs quickly and attacked both Rabada and Nortje in particular. However, Rabada bowled an absolute ripper to get him and from there West Indies didn't really recover. They lost the final three wickets within 30 runs.

Jermaine Blackwood was the lone warrior for them with the bat as he battled hard and for a while kept them in the game. He was aggressive against the seamers and attacked anything that was in the good length area. He took on Rabada and smashed him for quite a few fours straight down the ground before the latter dismissed him with an unplayable short ball. His innings of 79 was the only shining light for the Windies in an otherwise dismal performance.

Overall, the Proteas will be thrilled to have put on such a clinical performance! They have gone 1-0 up in the series and have taken an unassailable lead. Their batters put on an above par total in a low scoring game and the bowlers did a brilliant job in bundling out the Windies in less than 100 overs in both the innings. They will be on a high as they move on to Johannesburg from here on.

South Africa win the first test by 87 runs!

41

overs

159 /10 score

W

1nb

0

0

0

1

W

runs

Kemar Roach *

12 (18)

Shannon Gabriel

1 (5)

Kagiso Rabada

6 /50

40.6 Kagiso Rabada to Kemar Roach, OUT! RAPPED ON THE PADS AND GIVEN! That looked stone-dead and that's the game for South Africa as they go 1-0 up in the series. Rabada finishes with a six-for. Back of a length, shapes into Roach on the stumps. Gets behind to play but misses as that raps on the pad and looking good to crash into middle stump.

Kemar Roach lbw Kagiso Rabada 12(18b 2x4 0x6)

40.5 Kagiso Rabada to Shannon Gabriel, low full toss, well outside the off-stump. Gabriel pats it to mid-on and gets off the mark with a single.

40.4 Kagiso Rabada to Shannon Gabriel, OH DEAR! Gabriel gets into an awkward position. Was short into him, didn't get up as much as he anticipated and he goes half-ducking under it, ends up getting hit on the bat at the chest height.

40.3 Kagiso Rabada to Shannon Gabriel, back of a length delivery, angling into Gabriel on the leg-stump. Goes on the backfoot to tuck it but misses, that thuds on the thigh.

40.2 Kagiso Rabada to Shannon Gabriel, OH! Length delivery on the fifth stump. Asks Gabriel to take him on who throws kitchen sink at it and misses.

40.2 Kagiso Rabada to Shannon Gabriel, back of a length delivery, shapes into Gabriel. Stays on the backfoot and defends it to short-leg fielder. Rabada oversteps and it's called a no-ball!

Shanon Gabriel, RHB, comes to the crease.

FIFER FOR RABADA! Bavuma gave him another over and he has delivered and this is the massive wicket of Blackwood! The proteas will be breathing a lot easier now. Spare of thought for the batter who fought alone in this innings.

40.1 Kagiso Rabada to Jermaine Blackwood, OUT! EDGED AND TAKEN AT SECOND SLIP! Rabada gets another over and there it is with his fifer and that pretty much is the game as well for South Africa. Nasty bumper, takes Blackwood by surprise which he couldn't keep it down. Hops on his toes as that shoots of the deck and takes the gloves, went straight to Markram who takes a comfortable catch.

Wayward start from Marco Jansen! He was all over the place in that over and the batters didn't have any trouble in dealing with him. West Indies are building a good partnership here.

40

overs

157 /8 score

0

0

1

0

0

2

runs

Kemar Roach *

12 (17)

Jermaine Blackwood

79 (92)

Marco Jansen

2 /33

39.6 Marco Jansen to Kemar Roach, back of a length but on the leg-stump line. Roach on the backfoot clipped it behind square, they scamper back for a couple.

39.5 Marco Jansen to Kemar Roach, OH! Short delivery but off-radar again. Was down the leg-side and Roach goes ducking under it to let it go.