Player of the Match
Player of the Match

2.00pm Ngidi leads the side out with the ball in hand, he finished with 5 for 19. But the real damage was done by Anrich Nortje, who removed both openers and then had Mayers at the stroke of lunch. After the break, he had Blackwood too. Holder, batting at No. 7, top-scored with 20, and that tells the sad story of West Indies' batting. There's a very realistic chance for South Africa to take lead today itself.

Andrew Miller pings: Nortje will probably be feeling as miffed as Darren Gough was at Headingley in 2000, when West Indies were routed for 61... Four early wickets, then pipped to the five-for as Andrew Caddick ransacked the tail

Andy C: "WI's previous lowest total v SA was 102"

40.5
W
Ngidi to Holder, OUT, Ngidi has a five-for. West Indies have been bowled out for 97, their lowest total against South Africa. It was a length ball in the channel. Holder needn't play at it but he pushes at it, gets an outside edge and an easy catch for Markram at second slip

JO Holder c Markram b Ngidi 20 (66m 41b 3x4 0x6) SR: 48.78

40.4
4
Ngidi to Holder, FOUR, fuller outside off, Holder throws his bat at it, a thick outside edge that flies through the gap between two slips and the gully

Mossy: "They said this series will be decided by the bowling as they are both team's strong suits. I think they will be decided by which batting unit steps up. WI has failed Round 1."

40.3
0
Ngidi to Holder, no run, length ball around off, stays in the crease and defends
40.2
0
Ngidi to Holder, no run, short of length outside off, pushes at it but gets beaten
40.1
2
Ngidi to Holder, 2 runs, fuller outside off, Holder looks to go over the mid-off fielder. Miscues but still had enough on it to clear the fielder

Ngidi, over the wicket with a regulation field. Two slips and a gully

END OF OVER:
40 | 1 Run | WI: 91/9

  • Jason Holder14 (36b)
  • Jayden Seales0 (11b)
  • Anrich Nortje11-3-35-4
  • Lungi Ngidi13-7-13-4
39.6
1
Nortje to Holder, 1 run, short again, Holder clears his front leg and drags it towards deep square leg. Keeps strike with a single
39.5
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, Nortje goes short and across the batter. Holder is happy to let it go through
39.4
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, fuller but just outside off, Holder makes some room and in the end, had to reach for it. Fails to get bat on it

Wim (PTA,SA): "The SA openers will have to grit it out until the end of the day, and keep the scoreboard ticking.. but let us see who gets the 5 for 1st!"

39.3
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, short of length down the leg side, Holder goes for the pull. Shouts of catch it but it's on the bounce to the fine leg fielder. Holder doesn't take the single
39.2
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, short of length angling across, ignored again

BRohit: "I have a feeling that the South Africa batting will be tested today. The West Indies bowlers aren't going to give up and give in, they're going to break through this relatively inexperienced South African line up."

39.1
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, starts with a short one but the line isn't quite right. Almost down the leg side. Holder ducks under it without any fuss

Thanks, Miller. Can South Africa wrap up the innings under 100? Here's Nortje, looking for his fifth. Around the wicket to Holder. A wide slip, a gully and a leg gully in place

END OF OVER:
39 | (maiden) | WI: 90/9

  • Jayden Seales0 (11b)
  • Jason Holder13 (30b)
  • Lungi Ngidi13-7-13-4
  • Anrich Nortje10-3-34-4

That's drinks. Here's Hemant

38.6
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, back of a length, attacking the top of off, blocked

DWolfman: "I would have liked to see Holder trying harder to farm the strike. A single off that last Nortje ball would have been ideal. Not his fault that it has come to this so soon though."

38.5
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, probing full length, Seales is lured onto the front foot, and just about misses out on a loose drive
38.4
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, fizzed past the legs, over-cooks the angles that time

Subhash Jain: "Who will take fifer - Nortje, Ngidi, Neither" So much drama...

38.3
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, very full, but Ngidi already knows that's sliding past leg as he aborts his appeal
38.2
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, round the wicket and excellent carry as that hits the seam and jags back towards the left-hander, who leaves alone
38.1
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, outside off, through to the keeper

END OF OVER:
38 | 10 Runs | WI: 90/9

  • Jason Holder13 (30b)
  • Jayden Seales0 (5b)
  • Anrich Nortje10-3-34-4
  • Lungi Ngidi12-6-13-4
37.6
4
Nortje to Holder, FOUR, battered like a haddock through wide long-on! Or smoked like a kipper even, heaved off a good length, some timely resistance from the ex-captain
37.5
4
Nortje to Holder, FOUR, belted from a full length, high towards long-off! Holder recognises the need to get a wriggle on, fractionally too full from Nortje, and he brings up 3000 first-class runs with that blow
37.4
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, attempted yorker, well picked up and flicked to the on-side
37.3
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, blocked from deep in the crease, Nortje cranking through his gears, as he seeks his five-for

Robert: "I can just see the tension in the SA ranks, trying to figure out how to lose this one." It'll have to be a two-innings classic. Riveting permutations

37.2
0
Nortje to Holder, no run, back onto the stumps, flicked to the on-side
37.1
2
Nortje to Holder, 2 runs, back of a length, and hoisted over the leg-side, not quite timed, but there's more safe space out there than a university campus, so no danger

END OF OVER:
37 | (wicket maiden) | WI: 80/9

  • Jayden Seales0 (5b)
  • Jason Holder3 (24b)
  • Lungi Ngidi12-6-13-4
  • Wiaan Mulder2-0-9-0
36.6
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, pushed back onto the stumps and poked to the on-side
36.5
0
Ngidi to Seales, no run, half an appeal as Ngidi fires in a fuller length, outside off... no conviction, but they've reviewed it all the same. It's bat on ground, the ball is six inches away. Oh well ... they've got some to spare

West Indies 3rd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12KOA PowellKC Brathwaite
2nd13KOA PowellSD Hope
3rd12RL ChaseSD Hope
4th14KR MayersRL Chase
5th46RL ChaseJ Blackwood
6th28JO HolderRL Chase
7th15RL ChaseJ Da Silva
8th1RRS CornwallJ Da Silva
9th5KAJ RoachJ Da Silva
10th16KAJ RoachJNT Seales