South Africa 352 & 206/4d
West Indies 102 & 293 (80.3 ov)
South Africa won by 163 runs
Trinidad – South Africa won the first Test against West Indies before the end of the fourth day at the Queen’s Park Oval in Trinidad on Sunday.
Dale Steyn took three wickets in the second innings to go with his five in the first to wrap up the first Test of the three-match series by 163 runs.
Steyn walked away with the man of the match award and immediately sent out a daunting message to international batsman the world over. “I am hoping I still have a lot more to go. I am however very happy to achieve the 200 wickets,” said the South African speedster.
The second Test begins in St Kitts on June 18.
Brief scores:
First innings:
South Africa 352 all out (Boucher 69, AB de Villiers 68)
West Indies 102 all out (Steyn 5-29, Morkel 4-19)
Second innings:
South Africa 206/4 declared (Smith 90, Kallis 40)
West Indies 293 all out (Steyn 3-65)
Teams
West Indies – Chris Gayle (capt), Travis Dowlin, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brendan Nash, Narsingh Deonarine, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Sulieman Benn, Shane Shillingford, Nelon Pascal, Ravi Rampaul.
South Africa – Graeme Smith (capt), Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher (wk), Paul Harris, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.
So a Calypso calapso it was then, Super.. 😉
@ fender:
But take nothing away from Dale and Morne. They bowled well.
South Africa have decided to bat.
Its sad to see how West Indies have gone so backward with these cricket..
they still talk a lot and is very much opinionated. Shame they are the Lions of SA rugby
England scores after 4 minutes.
Super, no look the bowler still has to get the ball in the right areas, I agree. But some of the shot selection and footwork was poor. What was Gayle thinking? Not surprised about batting again – don’t wanna be batting on this pitch on the 5th day..
Score in the SWC game England 1-1 USA
OK i had enough of all the sport, going to White River tomorrow, my father in law turned 80 today and the family will visit them tomorrow. Chat later again enjoy the blogging.
good night
SA 198/4
Totally forgot about the crici. Had so much to do today. Then watched the soccer 😯 Never miss the cricket but there is just so much sport on at the moment.
Good luck Proteas.
well done Proteas
a total whitewash is on the cards!!!!
2-0 T20
5-0 one dayers
1-0 Tests, 1 to go and can be a total whitewash!!!!
Excellent post, l quite agree with your conclusion. However lam having problem subscribing to your rss.
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