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          26/12Result
          2nd Test, West Indies tour of South Africa at Gqeberha, Dec 26-30 2014
          Match drawn
          Player of the Match
          Kraigg Brathwaite
          Kraigg BrathwaiteWest Indies
          26/12Result
          2nd Test, West Indies tour of South Africa at Gqeberha, Dec 26-30 2014
          Match drawn
          Player of the Match
          Kraigg Brathwaite
          Kraigg BrathwaiteWest Indies

          Test drawn after fifth-day washout

          • The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy
          Dec 30, 2014, 03:00 AM ET

          West Indies 275 for 9 (Brathwaite 106, Samuels 101, Morkel 4-69) drew with South Africa 417 for 8 dec (Elgar 121, du Plessis 103, Steyn 58)
          Scorecard and ball-by-ball details

          A waterlogged outfield and persistent rain ruled out any chance of play on the fifth day of the Port Elizabeth Test, which ended in a draw with only 201 overs having been possible over five days. Whenever play had been possible, the pitch threw up an excellent contest between bat and ball, with four batsmen scoring centuries, one tonking a 26-ball half-century, and the bowlers responding with 17 wickets, but the weather ruined any chance of a result. Replying to South Africa's 417 for 8 declared, West Indies had ended day four on 275 for 9.

          The umpires inspected the outfield at hourly intervals between 10am and 1pm, but there was no improvement in its condition. Play was called off at 1.05pm. Kraigg Brathwaite was named Man of the Match for his innings of 106.

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          • Test drawn after fifth-day washout

            A waterlogged outfield and persistent rain ruled out any chance of play on the fifth day of the Port Elizabeth Test, which ended in a draw with only 201 overs having been possible over five days

          • South Africa brush off West Indies' gains

            With barely 200 overs bowled in the Test, both teams were left to assess their own performances with each deciding they had plenty to be pleased about

          • Gritty Brathwaite passes stern test

            Only 16 matches into his Test career, Kraigg Brathwaite negotiated the conditions in Port Elizabeth, South Africa's bowling attack and the clouds with class and composure

          • 'We can still win' - Morkel

            Morne Morkel said that if South Africa batted quickly on the final morning, it would be difficult for West Indies to survive 50-60 overs

          • West Indies collapse after big stand

            Centuries from Kraigg Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels steered West Indies past the follow-on mark before a familiar collapse revived the possibility, albeit slight, of a South Africa win

          Sweet, but Sour

          3

          Number of times that a team has been bowled out for less than 300 after two batsmen have posted centuries

          Historic Stand

          64

          Years since an overseas pair shared a higher partnership in Port Elizabeth than the 176 runs posted by Samuels and Brathwaite

          A Third Wicket Record

          176

          The partnership between Samuels and Brathwaite, the highest third wicket partnership for West Indies against South Africa

          Twin Tons

          4

          Instances of two West Indians making hundreds in the same inns in South Africa (Durban, Cape Town, Centurion and Port Elizabeth)

          Brathwaite's 2014

          5

          Fifty-plus scores for Kraigg Brathwaite in 2014 - the most by a West Indies opener in the last five calendar years.

          Opening stat

          8

          Number of fifty-plus opening partnerships by West Indies in 2014 - the most by any team

          Express!

          26

          Balls taken by Dale Steyn for his fifty - the joint-fourth fastest in Tests and the second fastest for South Africa

          St. Faf's Park

          2

          Number of first-innings centuries by Faf du Plessis. Both have come at Port Elizabeth. He now averages 79.75 at the venue.

          Elgar in elite company

          3

          Number of South African openers who've made Test centuries in Port Elizabeth - Elgar, Herschelle Gibbs and Barry Richards

          Most favoured venue

          47

          Percentage of his total Test runs that Dean Elgar has made at Port Elizabeth - 323 out of 685

          Inseparable

          4

          Number of century partnerships in Tests between Dean Elgar and Faf du Plessis. Elgar doesn't have hundred stands with any other player in Tests

          Nervous 40s?

          34

          Number of deliveries it took Dean Elgar to get to his fifty from the 40s. He had only 4 scoring shots in those 34 balls.