South Africa v. West Indies - Tests.

[Donny]

First Test. Starts tomorrow.

SA v. WI. Centurion.

[Donny]

SA elected to bat.

0/86. Elgar 44*, Palindrome 41*

[Donny]

Half ton for Elgar.

0/95. Elgar 51*, Markram 41*.

[Donny]

0/128. Elgar 60*, Markram 58*.

[Pies4shaw]

Joseph had Elgar caught at what looked like a fly slip (or perhaps short, fvery ine, third man) for 71. 1/154, now. Markram 65*, De Zorzi 8*.

[Donny]

5/262. Palindrome scored 115, Alzarri Joseph 3/53.

[Donny]

Stumps. 8/314.

Good comeback by the Windies. SA was 0/141.

[Pies4shaw]

^ Indeed - and even after that they reached 1/221.

[K]

Markram is back. Why was he not on the Oz tour?

And he got 115 (174), eighteen 4s.

[Donny]

All out 342. Joseph 5/81.

WI 0/16.

[K]

'Temba Bavuma was out for a duck in his first game as South Africa's new Test captain, prompting a West Indies fightback on the opening day of the series.
...

Aiden Markram made 115 on his recall to the Test team and was part of a 141-run opening stand with Dean Elgar, the man who was removed as skipper and replaced by Bavuma in a surprise move just before the series.
...

Markram was teary-eyed when he reached his century – his sixth at Test level – and admitted that he had wondered whether his Test career had been at an end.

"You do go through moments where you doubt yourself and wonder if you'll ever get the opportunity again," he said.

"I've always loved Test match cricket, red ball cricket and was grateful that the coach and the captain backed me and for the day to work out the way it did."
...

South Africa's new-look line up, under new Test coach Shukri Conrad, included debuts for batter Tony de Zorzi and fast bowler Gerald Coetzee and a recall after four years for allrounder Senuran Muthusamy.'

(cricket.com.au)

[Donny]

9/208/ Nortje has 5/38.

[Donny]

All out 212.

Two ducks for SA skipper, Temba Bavuma. SA 3/47. Joseph has 2/17.

[Donny]

4/49. Markram 35*.

[K]