Sth. Africa v. West Indies - 1st. Test

Donny · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 4:03 pm

Tonight, 7.30 on Fox.

For a good run in, Inside Cricket is back - at 6.00 pm.

Donny · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 7:28 pm

Smith won the toss and will bat.

South Africa team:

*GC Smith, HH Gibbs, JA Rudolph, JH Kallis, ND McKenzie,
M van Jaarsveld, +MV Boucher, SM Pollock, RJ Peterson, A Nel,
M Ntini.

West Indies team:

CH Gayle, WW Hinds, RR Sarwan, *BC Lara, S Chanderpaul, D Ganga,
+RD Jacobs, VC Drakes, M Dillon, CD Collymore, FH Edwards.

Donny · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 8:44 pm

0/52 in the 15th. over. Smith is 32 n.o.

Donny · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:13 pm

Smith goes to 50 as S.A. cruise to 0/86. Gibbs is 29 n.o.

Donny · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 9:33 pm

Where's Anthony ? He must be out looking for a two headed coin to send to Charlie Lara.

Ok, mate, tell us again how the toss doesn't matter. Very Happy

Gayle and Hinds would be having a party on this wicket. Sth. Africa are on 0/96 at lunch. Those two would be round about 0/150.

Donny · Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:59 pm

2/187 as Smith goes to his hundred.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 1:17 am

Smith out for 132 as Lara takes a good catch, low down, from Edwards bowling.

Kallis is 33 n.o. and S.A. is 3/247.

This is such tedious cricket. We sure are spoiled, being used to watching the Aussies play. Good night.

commonwombat · commonwombat Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Location: sydney/s.africa

Anthony probably has his bag and kit packed waiting for the call.

commonwombat · commonwombat Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Location: sydney/s.africa

Stumps score SA 3/368.

Not out batsmen Kallis 87 off 142 balls (8 fours and 1 six) and Van Jaarsveld 69 off 107 a maiden test 50 (12 fours). Smiths 132 was scored off 264 balls with 22 fours.

Main bowling figures Edwards 1/78 off 19 overs, Dillon 0/55 off 20, Collymore 1/88 from 17 and Drakes 1/70 from 19.

SA have McKenzie, Pollock and Boucher still to come so WI will need to break the existing pair quickly and hope the following trio are less than usually productive if wanting to avoid a 500 +. This appears a very flat track so bowling sides out twice cheaply may be tough.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 7:47 pm

Early wicket to Dillon when he trapped van Jaarsvelt for 73.

Kallis is 93 n.o. and S.A. is 9/378

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 8:13 pm

4/385 after 99 overs. Kallis is 100 n.o.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 9:38 pm

At lunch it's 5/433.

Kallis is 121 n.o. and Boucher, 18 n.o.

Donny · Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2003 10:53 pm

Kallis is 140 n.o. and S.A. is 6/477

Donny · Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2003 12:31 am

Dillon claimed Kallis for 158 then Hinds got Pollock (30) and Nel (0) in 2 balls.

Since then Ntini and Peterson have been throwing the bat to good effect. They have added 30 from 25 balls. 9/550.

Hinds (3/79) got Peterson for 25 and Ntini was 22 n.o. All out 561.

commonwombat · commonwombat Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Location: sydney/s.africa

Details @ stumps Day 2

WI 1/87 after 31 overs.

Batsman out Hinds c Peterson b Nel 10. Bot out batsmen are Ganga 49 off 106 balls and Sarwan 20 off 40 balls. WI require an additional 275 runs to avoid the follow-on.

Bowling figures Pollock 0/30 from 10 o, Ntini 0/16 from 7 o, Nel 1/19 from 7 o, Kallis 0/13 from 5 o and Peterson 0/5 from 2. Nel has been the most hostile of the bowlers so far.

The progress of this match may be interesting with the Wanderers pitch already starting to show uneven bounce.