After scoring 218/5 on Day 1 with the help of half-centuries by skipper Dean Elgar and ༺wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock, South Africa’s lower order couldn’t show their resilience as the latter lacked a second fiddle.
Wiaan Mulder and Keshav Maharaj tried to build a sturdy partnership with de Kock, but an odd delivery or two bamboozled them, and they ended up giving up their wickets. It was Kagiso Rabada who played a quickfire inni🌄nဣg and supported the hero of their previous Test.
De Kock departed on an outswinger by Kyle Mayers that ended his well-crafted innings. Thus, the southpaw missed his century by four runs. The tailenders didn’t pile much, and the Proteas were bundled out for 298.
In response, the West Indies had a terrible start since they lost their skipper Kraigg Brathwaite on the very first delivery of their first innings. Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Maharaj and Anrich Nortje pe💃rformed to the top of the🏅ir bent to bag the first four wickets at a paltry score of 54 on board.
Shai Hope and Jermaine Blackwood tried to do the recovery work before the former deflected Ngidi’s back-off a length delivery to the top of his stumps. Hence, the 43 runs stand was broken after Hope’s well made 43.
Windies were in tatters at 93/5 as Dean Elgar & Co. continued their exploits. Blackwood tried to provide solidarity to the innings, albeit lacking a second fiddle. Mulder took advantage of the situation and cleared the lower order quickly t🔯o bag three wickets within a span of two runs.
The last batter Shannon Gabriel fa☂ced a solitary delivery while Blackwood went for a slog sweep to top edge a Maharaj ball and was caught by Elgar, missing his half-century by a run.
Windies’ were dismissed for 149 – exactly half the score made by their opponents – whereas the South Africans barraged their ranks with Mulder, Maharaj, Rabada and Ngidi making hay under the sun.
