West Indies let advantage slip
PROVIDENCE, Guyana (Reuters) — South Africa built a 239-run lead over West Indies after the second day of the second Test in Georgetown yesterday to take the upper hand in their bid to win the two-Test series.
The South Africans were 223 for five at the close, looking to build an imposing advantage after two low-scoring first innings.
Opener Aiden Markram and Kyle Verreynne scored half-centuries for the touring side on a tense and sweltering day.
There was none of the carnage of the opening day when 17 wickets fell with South Africa bowled out for 160 before West Indies wobbled to 97 for seven.
Yesterday’s play still provided several swings of fortune, however, as Jason Holder’s unbeaten 54 helped West Indies add 47 more runs before being dismissed for 144, a 16-run deficit.
South Africa made a positive start when Markram and Tony de Zorzi put together a 79-run opening stand before the latter was caught behind off Jayden Seales for 39.
Markram was trapped leg-before by spinner Gudakesh Modie for 51, precipitating a mini-collapse for South Africa as their next three wickets fell for 19 runs.
Seales had Tristan Stubbs caught behind for 24 and bowled David Bedingham for a duck.
Verreynne and Wiaan Mulder steadied the innings with an unbeaten 84-run sixth-wicket partnership, the biggest stand of the series and they will resume with Verreynne on 50 and Mulder 34.
The first Test in Trinidad was heavily affected by rain and ended in a draw.
Providence Stadium (second day of five): South Africa, with five second-innings wickets in hand, are 239 runs ahead of West Indies
South Africa: First Innings 160 (S Joseph 5 for 33)
Second Innings
T de Zorzi c Da Silva b Seales 39
A K Markram lbw b Motie 51
T Stubbs c Da Silva b Seales 24
*T Bavuma lbw b Motie 4
D G Bedingham b Seales 0
†K Verreynne not out 50
P W A Mulder not out 34
Extras (b 4, lb 12, w 5) 21
Total (5 wkts; 70 overs) 223
Fall of wickets: 1-79, 2-120, 3-134, 4-134, 5-139.
Bowling: Seales 16-4-52-3; Holder 12-4-24-0; Joseph 15-1-51-0; Motie 22-5-61-2; Warrican 4-2-10-0; Hodge 1-0-9-0.
West Indies: First Innings
(overnight 97-7)
*K C Brathwaite b Mulder 3
M Louis b Burger 0
K U Carty c Maharaj b Burger 26
A Athanaze c and b Mulder 1
K A R Hodge c Stubbs b Mulder 4
J O Holder not out 54
†J Da Silva c Markram b Mulder 4
G Motie lbw b Maharaj 11
J A Warrican c Maharaj b Rabada 0
J N T Seales lbw b Burger 0
S Joseph lbw b Maharaj 25
Extras (b 4, lb 11, nb 1) 16
Total (42.4 overs) 144
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-21, 3-35, 4-43, 5-47, 6-56, 7-97, 8-103, 9-104.
Bowling: Rabada 16-4-40-1; Burger 12-2-49-3; Mulder 9-2-32-4; Maharaj 5.4-2-8-2.
Umpires: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) and Sharfuddoula Saikat (Bangladesh).
Television umpire: R K Illingworth (England).
Match referee: A J Pycroft (Zimbabwe).
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