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.
Some action left for tonight, a struggling SA cricket team.
We making a good recovery. Am glad that Prince is back where if belongs in the middle order and Ab is carrying us again 🙂
It sounds so much better when Prince plays there, this is a solid fightback
The problem started when they tried to accomodate Duminy in the middle order and they could not drop Prince.. So poor old Neil got the boot. But I rate Duminy very highly,he has all the talent but needs to sort his game out..
AG Prince 50* (98b 2×4 1×6)
AB de Villiers 50* (112b 4×4)
R Rampaul 9-3-23-0
SJ Benn 29-6-73-2
@ Winston:
Duminy also disapointed me, well i thought the hype was too much at the start. Almost like the Frans Steyn hype. 😀
Lets not go there about Frans Super 🙂 In professional sport everything is under the microscope so now that people know he has a weakness against the short ball they continue to exploit it,but am sure he is good enough to sort it out and come back a better player.
@ Winston:
thats what i said too, he must know they will study him and concentrate on his weak points. He on the other hand must work hard to iron out the flaws in his game.
He’s still young so he can come back,I think 6 months to a year out of the test side will do him the world of good. I think he is only 25 or so,so he has another 10 years left in him.
SA lose Prince and AB we are with our backs to the wall again
We need to bowl well on this pitch..
Current partnership 35 runs, 9.3 overs, RR: 3.68 (Boucher 20, Steyn 15)
Last Bat DW Steyn st †Ramdin b Benn 39 (73b 4×4 2×6) SR: 53.42
Fall of wicket: 324/8 (116.2 ov); Partnership: 86 runs, 25.1 overs, RR: 3.41 (Boucher 42, Steyn 39)
Morkel to Nash, OUT, Morkel strikes again! Short ball that Nash desperately tried to sway inside the line of. It looked like it clipped the glove through to Boucher but was given not out. South Africa referred the decision and it was overturned after a series of replays. It looked very close but perhaps not enough evidence to overturn the original decision.
BP Nash c †Boucher b Morkel 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
Gayle gone for 6, Morne Morkelll on fire
3 wickets to Morkell
M Morkel 5.1-4-2-3
M Morkel 6-4-7-3
Thanks Super, almost forgot bout the cricket. Spoilt for choice arent we?! Given the time lost its gonna take something special for us to get a result here – or maybe just a typical Calypso collapso? 😉
Unless the West Indies fold I think this is going to turn into a boring draw 🙂
West Indies 72/7 (39.0 ov)
Recent overs . . W . . 1 | W . . . . . | . . . . W W | . 1b . . . 1wd .
7.6
Morkel to Dowlin, OUT, 143.4 kph, gone this time! Morkel strikes! Back of a length on off stump, Dowlin leapt into an attempted defence, but it got big on him and took the shoulder of the bat, on it’s way through to a tumbling Smith at first slip
TM Dowlin c Smith b Morkel 4 (28b 0x4 0x6) SR: 14.28
West Indies 7/1 CH Gayle 2* (20b) M Morkel 4-3-2-1
9.1
Morkel to Nash, OUT, 140.9 kph, Morkel strikes again! Short ball that Nash desperately tried to sway inside the line of. It looked like it clipped the glove through to Boucher but was given not out. South Africa referred the decision and it was overturned after a series of replays. It looked very close but perhaps not enough evidence to overturn the original decision.
BP Nash c †Boucher b Morkel 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
West Indies 9/2 CH Gayle 3* (24b) M Morkel 4.1-3-2-2
11.1
Morkel to Gayle, OUT, 141.5 kph, Gayle gone now! Morkel strikes again and West Indies are in deep trouble. It was short and Gayle thought he could pull it away, it crept off the wicket, kept a touch low, took the bottom edge and crashed into Gayle’s off stump
CH Gayle b Morkel 6 (31b 0x4 0x6) SR: 19.35
West Indies 12/3 S Chanderpaul 0* (5b) M Morkel 5.1-4-2-3
36.3
Steyn to Chanderpaul, OUT, 144.5 kph, Got him! What a wickedly-delicious short delivery from round the stumps by Steyn. Another batsman done in by a bouncer on this slow track. It kicked up and reared towards the throat of Chanders who was caught on the shuffle and took his bottom-hand of the handle and offered the bat as a shield against the bouncer. The ball flew of the right glove and popped up to right of Boucher.
S Chanderpaul c †Boucher b Steyn 26 (85b 3×4 0x6) SR: 30.58
West Indies 71/4 N Deonarine 29* (73b 3×4) DW Steyn 9.3-3-15-1
37.1
Morkel to Bravo, OUT, 139.9 kph, Oh dear what is happening out there? Another short delivery, another wicket. It was dug in short outside off and it actually doesn’t climb much on the slow track. Bravo thinks it will and not only shapes to duck but takes his eyes of the ball. Mistake. And he hangs his bat out as well. Huge mistake.The ball clipped the glove en route to the keeper. It was not even chest-high .. it was just around the stomach …
DJ Bravo c †Boucher b Morkel 1 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
West Indies 72/5 N Deonarine 29* (73b 3×4) M Morkel 9.1-6-9-4
38.5
Steyn to Deonarine, OUT, 140.8 kph, Oh dear! Bowled without offering a shot. Steyn has done it a few times to the Indian batsmen in the last series. Now he does it to a West Indian batsman. Watch out for the shiny side gentlemen. He delivered it from round the stumps and it kept coming in with the shiny side. Deonarine lunged forward and shouldered arms. Fatal mistake. Clatterrrrr! The off stump was pegged back. Just like the first delivery of this over actually .. he almost had got his man that time.
N Deonarine b Steyn 29 (78b 3×4 0x6) SR: 37.17
West Indies 72/6 D Ramdin 0* (5b) DW Steyn 10.5-3-16-2
38.6
Steyn to Shillingford, OUT, 145.4 kph, Absolutely Plumb. Dead duck. That shiny side again. That late movement again. Shillingford out for a first-ball duck on his debut. It veered in late, with the shiny side and at some pace. Shilingford just stood there almost transfixed. Definitely done by the movement and for pace. The ball shaped in and hit the back pad in front of off and middle. Very easy decision for Asad Rauf
S Shillingford lbw b Steyn 0 (1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
West Indies 72/7 D Ramdin 0* (5b) DW Steyn 11-4-16-3
40.4
Steyn to Benn, OUT, 145.0 kph, Clatterrrrrr! Wicket no 200 for Steyn. Whaddaplayaaaaaa! Take a bow Steyn – fourth fastest bowler to get there. It has been a treat to watch him for the last couple of years. Benn was just part of Steyn’s personal history. Victim no 200. There was never any doubt that Benn wasn’t going to long last. It was a full length delivery from round the stumps that again moved in with the shiny side. Benn had a waft and lost his off stump
SJ Benn b Steyn 0 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
Wicket no 200 for Steyn. Whaddaplayaaaaaa! Take a bow Steyn – fourth fastest bowler to get there. It has been a treat to watch him for the last couple of years.
200 from just 39 Test matches. Average around 23. And 13 five-wicket hauls. You beauty!
today
DW Steyn 12-4-17-5
M Morkel 11-7-10-4
Great play by Steyn, this player is getting better and better.
We are well on our way to have the no1 and 2 bowler in Test Cricket.
I know this is a big statement but I think he is a much better bowler than the great Allan Donald 🙂
Kelum: “i never doubted West Indies’ ability to fold like a pack of cards in a few minutes!thank you for keeping my faith!”
@ Winston:
Donald had a late start because of the boycott. But i think he is great, and will be our best if injuries stay away. Great to watch.
Very true Super,Donald made his international debut at 26,Steyn has taken 200 test wickets at 27,amazing 🙂 And he is the 4th fastest to do it.
Current partnership 27 runs, 6.0 overs, RR: 4.50 (Ramdin 24, Pascal 2)
Kallis to Pascal, OUT
NT Pascal c Petersen b Kallis 2 (16b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.50
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