Fast bowler Anrich Nortje ripped through the West Indies middle order to take 5-36 as South Africa opened up a 179 run lead with six second innings wickets remaining at the close of the second day of the see-saw first Test at Centurion Park yesterday.South Africa limped to 49 for four in their second innings having been all out for 342 in their first early on the second morning.They dismissed West Indies for 212 in reply as seamer Gerald Coetzee also claimed figures of 2-45 on debut, with 24 wickets already lost in six sessions in the match.Dean Elgar (1), debutant Tony de Zorzi (0), Keegan Petersen (7) and Temba Bavuma (0), with a pair of ducks, are all already dismissed for the home side in their second innings.Bavuma is the fourth player to get a pair on their Test debut after Mark Taylor, Rashid Latif and Habibul Bashar.First innings centurion Aiden Markram (35 not out) and Heinrich Klaasen (0 not out) will resume on the third morning, hoping to build on what is already a sizeable advantage.SCOREBOARDSouth Africa, first innings(overnight 314-8)Jansen not out 23Rabada c Blackwood b Holder 8Coetzee c Holder b Joseph 17Nortje c Chanderpaul b Joseph 14Extras (b8, lb9, nb10, w2) 29Total (86.3 overs) 342Fall of wickets: 1-141 (Elgar), 2-221 (De Zorzi), 3-221 (Bavuma), 4-236 (Markram), 5-262 (Klaasen), 6-271 (Muthusamy), 7-290 (Petersen), 8-300 (Rabada), 9-326 (Coetzee), 10-342 (Nortje)Bowling: Roach 17-1-71-1 (2nb), Joseph 18.3-0-81-5 (1nb, 1w), Mayers 10-2-23-1, Gabriel 12-1-49-1 (4nb), Holder 14-1-64-1 (2nb), Chase 14-0-33-0, Blackwood 1-0-4-0West Indies, first inningsBrathwaite b Rabada 11Chanderpaul c Muthusamy b Coetzee 22Reifer c Klaasen b Nortje 62Blackwood c Klaasen b Nortje 37Chase c Elgar b Rabada 22Mayers c Jansen b Nortje 18Da Silva c Jansen b Nortje 4Holder c Markram b Nortje 0Joseph c Jansen b Nortje 4Roach not out 4Gabriel lbw b Coetzee 7Extras (b5, lb8, nb3, w5) 21Total (69 overs) 212Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Brathwaite), 2-58 (Chanderpaul), 3-122 (Blackwood), 4-169 (Reifer), 5-169 (Chase), 6-179 (Da Silva), 7-179 (Holder), 8-190 (Joseph), 9-201 (Mayers), 10-212 (Gabriel)Bowling: Rabada 16-4-44-2 (1nb), Jansen 17-3-64-1 (1nb, 1w), Nortje 16-5-36-5 (1nb), Coetzee 12-0-45-2 (1nb, 1w), Muthusamy 8-2-10-0South Africa, second inningsA. Markram not out 35D. Elgar c Reifer b Joseph 1T. de Zorzi c Da Silva b Roach 0T. Bavuma c Da Silva b Joseph 0K. Petersen lbw b Holder 7Extras (b4, nb2) 6Total (4 wkts, 8.1 overs) 49Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Elgar), 2-33 (De Zorzi), 3-34 (Bavuma), 4-49 (Petersen)Bowling: Roach 4-0-28-1 (2nb), Joseph 4-0-17-2, Holder 0.1-0-0-1Toss: South Africa
March 01, 2023 | 11:41 PM