Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has led the way in which as South Africa’s tempo assault ripped by way of the West Indies to win the primary Test at Centurion inside three days with an 87-run triumph.
The fiery Rabada took 6-50 on Thursday as South Africa bowled out the vacationers for 159 after the West Indies had been set a goal of 247 to win.
Victory got here regardless of solitary resistance from Jermaine Blackwood, who scored 79 of his group’s runs in a one-man effort to present the Windies an opportunity.
The bowlers had held the higher hand for many of the contest and wickets fell freely all through the day as South Africa, who had a 130-run first-innings lead, resumed on 4-49 of their second innings and misplaced six wickets simply earlier than lunch as they had been dismissed for 116.
Aiden Markram, who scored a century within the first innings on his return to the Test aspect, high scored once more with 47 whereas Rabada and debutant Gerald Coetzee had been the one different residence batsmen to get to double figures as they placed on 29 for the ninth wicket.
West Indies’ Kemar Roach returned the perfect bowling figures of 5-47.
After dismissing South Africa cheaply, the guests had been compelled to face one over earlier than lunch which featured captain Kraigg Brathwaite feathering the third ball of the innings off Rabada down the leg aspect to be caught by wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen.
They then slumped to 5-33 within the second session as Rabada, Coetzee and Marco Jansen tore by way of the highest order.
Jansen took two wickets in successive balls as he compelled a high edge from Tagenarine Chanderpaul after which bowled Roston Chase first ball together with his subsequent supply, clipping the highest of the off stump because the batter supplied no stroke.
Blackwood led a fightback in a 58-run partnership with Joshua da Silva for the sixth wicket to supply a faint glimmer of a possible chase for glory however as soon as Da Silva departed, the result appeared inevitable.
West Indies’ wicketkeeper Da Silva took seven catches in South Africa’s second innings to hitch Wasim Bari (Pakistan), Bob Taylor (England), Ian Smith (New Zealand) and fellow West Indian Ridley Jacobs atop the listing of most catches in an innings.
The second and closing Test of the sequence begins subsequent Wednesday on the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
