WI vs SA Highlights: On the first day of the second test match between West Indies and South Africa, a scene was witnessed which is rarely seen on the first day of test cricket. A total of 17 wickets of both the teams fell and the batsmen were seen struggling. Yes, during this, West Indies’ young sensation Shamar Joseph made a splash by taking the third 5-wicket haul of his career, while Jaden Seals supported him by taking 3 wickets. On the basis of the fierce bowling of these two, South Africa’s team collapsed for just 160 runs. After this, till the end of the day’s play, South African bowlers wreaked havoc. They kept themselves ahead in the match by taking 7 wickets for 97 runs of the hosts. During this, Wiaan Mulder was the highest wicket-taker for the African team so far with 4 wickets.
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West Indies vs South Africa second test is being played at Providence Stadium in Guyana. After the first match of the series was drawn due to rain, the visiting South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. Their decision was proved wrong by the pair of Shamar Joseph and Jaden Seals in just a few overs. In front of the devastating bowling of these two, the South African team could bat only for 54 overs and the entire team was reduced to 160 runs.
The disappointing batting performance of the visiting team can be judged from the fact that Dane Piedt, who came in to bat at number 10, was the top scorer for the team with 38 runs. Apart from him, no other African batsman could reach the 30-run mark.
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South Africa were 97/9 at one stage when Dane Piedt and Nandre Burger added 63 runs for the 10th wicket to take the team to this score.
After this, the condition of the West Indies team which came to bat looked even worse. By the end of the first day’s play, they had lost 7 wickets for 97 runs. 5 batsmen of the team could not even touch the double digit mark during this period. Jason Holder is holding one end and he remained unbeaten by scoring 33 runs till the end of the day.
Wiaan Mulder shone in bowling for South Africa, taking 4 wickets for just 18 runs in 6 overs.
