Proteas strike back after second-innings collapse
The West Indies suffered an early blow after they were set 247 runs by the Proteas to win the first Test in Centurion on Wednesday.
The West Indies suffered an early blow after they were set 247 runs by the Proteas to win the first Test in Centurion on Wednesday.
Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje was at a loss to explain a second successive day of late batting collapses in Centurion on Wednesday.
Anrich Nortje on the flood of wickets late in the day in Centurion, his five-wicket haul, and Gerald Coetzee’s debut.
The West Indies collapsed, then hit back dramatically before the close on the second day of the first Test against the Proteas in Centurion.
Eleven wickets fell in a drama-filled final session at Centurion on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Proteas debutant dismissed Tagenarine Chanderpaul on day two of the second Test against the West Indies in Centurion.
Australia took a lead of 47 after Matthew Kuhnemann’s five-wicket haul helped dismiss India for 109 on a dramatic first day of the third Test.
South Africa were bowled out on the second morning of the first Test against the West Indies in Centurion on Wednesday.
Aiden Markram on scoring 115 upon his Proteas Test return and being backed as an opener by coach Shukri Conrad.
Aiden Markram struck a century in Centurion before the West Indies bowlers fought back.
Aiden Markram hit a century on his return to Test cricket for the Proteas but the West Indies mounted a strong fightback.
New Zealand’s dramatic one-run victory over England in Wellington on Tuesday was only the second time in nearly 2,500 Tests dating back 146 years that a match had been won by such a narrow margin.
Brendon McCullum has promised that England will keep faith with their attacking game during the Ashes despite Tuesday’s extraordinary one-run loss to New Zealand in Wellington.
Temba Bavuma was dismissed for a second-ball duck on his Test captaincy debut for the Proteas.
Ryan Rickelton averages 54.87 in first-class cricket and 121.66 in this season’s Domestic 4-Day Series. Should he be playing against the West Indies?