South Africa and the West Indies battle each other in the 2nd 5-Day Cricket Test at St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth. The Test is supposed to run from 26 to 30 December 2014.
Overcast weather is expected for all 5 days of the Test.
Play started on schedule on Day 1, at 10:30 SA Time (08:30 GMT).
The score cards will be updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.com.
The West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl, to exploit the weather conditions.
The South Africans started fast and the first wicket fell on 47 runs. At Lunch on Day 1 the Proteas had only lost one wicket but the West Indies bowling attack were pegging them back and many maiden overs were bowled. The Proteas went on to punish the Windies on Day 1, for the loss of only 1 more wicket.
At Stumps on Day 1, Faf du Plessis was on 99 not out and Hashim Amla on 17 not out and the New Ball had been taken for just 1 over.
Day 2 was delayed for an hour due to early morning rain and Faf du Plessis got his TON, but persihed on 103, early in the day. After only 6 Overs in Day 2 the rain came down and delayed the match for the rest of Day 2.
Day 2 was meant to start half an hour early due to time lost on Day 2, but rain also forced a delay on Day 3, with play only starting at 11:00 SA Time. The Proteas steadily lost wickets and started accellerating run scoring before Lunch on Day 3, so that a declaration can be made, with enough runs on the board. At Lunch on Day 3, the Proteas were 369 / 7 with 117 Overs bowled in the Test. South Africa declared for 418 / 8 off 122 Overs. At Stumps on Day 3 the West Indies were 147 / 2 afyer 44 Overs.
The start of Day 4 once again rain delayed, in this wet-weather Test! It certainly looks like a result in the Test is unlikely. Play eventually started, then rain delayed play again… and the pace of the game seems to be like watching paint dry on Day 4. Later in Day 4, 7 quick wickets fell and suddenly all life seemed to be back in the match. Another rain interruption followed and no more play ensued on Day 4.
On Day 5 the match was eventually abandoned and called a draw after a wet outfield nver recovered sufficiently to warrent further play on Day 5.
All in all a very disapointing Test, considering the first innings of the West Indies were not even done and dusted, by the time the match was called.
South Africa: First Innings – 417 / 8 declared (122 Overs)
West Indies: First Innings – 275 / 9 (79 Overs)
Stmps – Day 5 – Match abandoned
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c †Ramdin b Peters | 121 | 330 | 239 | 18 | 0 | 50.62 | |
| AN Petersen | c Johnson b Gabriel | 17 | 58 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 48.57 | |
| F du Plessis | c †Ramdin b Taylor | 103 | 335 | 230 | 13 | 2 | 44.78 | |
| HM Amla* | lbw b Holder | 33 | 105 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| AB de Villiers† | b Taylor | 10 | 50 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| T Bavuma | c †Ramdin b Gabriel | 10 | 59 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| S van Zyl | c †Ramdin b Peters | 29 | 81 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 59.18 | |
| VD Philander | not out | 13 | 64 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 36.11 | |
| DW Steyn | c Holder b Benn | 58 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 207.14 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 8) | 23 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets dec; 122 overs; 562 mins) | 417 | (3.41 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Petersen, 11.5 ov), 2-226 (Elgar, 74.1 ov), 3-274 (du Plessis, 88.2 ov), 4-300 (Amla, 97.1 ov), 5-304 (de Villiers, 98.2 ov), 6-325 (Bavuma, 108.4 ov), 7-348 (van Zyl, 113.6 ov), 8-417 (Steyn, 121.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 30 | 7 | 114 | 2 | 3.80 | 142 | 15 | 3 | (2nb, 2w) | |
| KK Peters | 20 | 7 | 69 | 2 | 3.45 | 97 | 11 | 1 | ||
| JO Holder | 22 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 1.95 | 111 | 5 | 0 | (1nb) | |
| ST Gabriel | 21 | 0 | 80 | 2 | 3.80 | 88 | 11 | 0 | (4nb) | |
| SJ Benn | 28 | 4 | 102 | 1 | 3.64 | 125 | 12 | 3 | (1nb) | |
| MN Samuels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC Brathwaite | c Petersen b Morkel | 106 | 287 | 186 | 12 | 0 | 56.98 | |
| DS Smith | c Amla b Morkel | 22 | 76 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 47.82 | |
| LR Johnson | c du Plessis b Morkel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MN Samuels | lbw b Philander | 101 | 203 | 160 | 14 | 1 | 63.12 | |
| S Chanderpaul | b Imran Tahir | 7 | 44 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 24.13 | |
| D Ramdin*† | lbw b Imran Tahir | 20 | 38 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 83.33 | |
| JO Holder | c †de Villiers b Morkel | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JE Taylor | not out | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 76.92 | ||
| SJ Benn | c Petersen b Imran Tahir | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| KK Peters | run out (Steyn/†de Villiers) | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 4) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 79 overs) | 275 | (3.48 runs per over) | |||||
To bat: ST Gabriel
Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Smith, 16.5 ov), 2-55 (Johnson, 16.6 ov), 3-231 (Samuels, 64.6 ov), 4-233 (Brathwaite, 65.3 ov), 5-260 (Ramdin, 74.1 ov), 6-261 (Chanderpaul, 74.3 ov), 7-265 (Holder, 75.1 ov), 8-270 (Benn, 76.6 ov), 9-275 (Peters, 78.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 14 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 3.42 | 63 | 6 | 0 | |
| VD Philander | 18 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 2.27 | 89 | 5 | 0 | |
| M Morkel | 20 | 2 | 69 | 4 | 3.45 | 90 | 10 | 0 | |
| Imran Tahir | 26 | 2 | 108 | 3 | 4.15 | 105 | 15 | 1 | |
| D Elgar | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Match details
Player of the match – tba
TV umpire – Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Match referee – RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – S George
28 & 29 @ robzim:
There’s bound to be some errors with Live Commentary, as it is not an Edited version where faults could be taken away…
So, ANY commentator, from top to bottom WILL make some errors… that I understand and appreciate and forgive, no problem.
Some of the commentators are plain irritating though (a personality thing – something we either like or dislike), some have little repetative habits, like Andy Capistagno, some show clear bias and some just are very bad options to use as commentators.
Luckily we differ as people and have different likes and dislikes and what is good for one might not be good for another, quite a blessing!
I thought Errol Tobias was colourful and I actually think his Afrikaans was actually very erudite, and clear… helped also that he seemed to be a likable fellow.
Our Cricket Commentators in the world and in South Africa are actually bloody good… sets quite an example to the Rugby fraternity…
Have you guys had a look at the Cheetahs Props Article?
I think they might be light on props for 2015…
Next one I’m busy with is the Stormers props… there’s a number of problems there too!
The most technically gifted of our commentators was probably Gerhard Viviers… he also had his clear favourite players though like Jan Ellis and Frik du Preez . He was never fond of WP although he had a soft spot of HO and Dawie de Villiers.
Once as the 74 Lions drove the final nail into the Bok’s coffin he mentioned dryly: ” Nou is die koeel finaal dwaersdeur die kerk.. selfs die preekstoel kon dit nie keer nie”.
He was a radio man though…. just talked too much for TV.
Disappointing from the windies. They bowled reasonably well and created pressure and opportunities and never took them.
If faf gets his 100 it will always be his most fortunate.
Weather delay at the Cricket for Day 2… about an hour I believe, as heavy rains fell in the night and early morning.
We also had quite a deluge during the night here at the Panne…. long hard rain!
I suppose I could do a Lions props article, whilst waiting for the Cricket…
Faf got his TON and then perished
Blomme now 279 / 3 after 91.2 overs
Loooong RAIN DELAY on Day 2
Stumps called on Day 2… only 6 Overs bowled the whole Day.
Very disapointing day
@ grootblousmile:
9
Wondering why you refer to “the stupid Natal schools”?
I personally do not recall any blogger calling Affies, KES, PBHS, Grey, Paul Roos etc “stupid”.
Perhaps I misunderstood your post?
@ Charo:
Yeah i also went to school in Natal. 👿
@ MacroBlom:
Blomme over 300.
Day 3 started only at 11:00 SA Time… whereas they were hoping to start at 10:00.
Blomme starting to accellerate scoring so that they can declare soon, with enough runs on the board.
Blomme 369 / 7 after 117 overs
Lunch – Day 3
Proteas declared on 417 / 8 after 122 Overs
Dale Steyn scored a very quick 58 off 28 balls at the end of the innings.
Windies 147 / 2 at Stumps – Day 3
A result in the Test looking more and more unlikely!
Well, after an overcast day here at the Panne, but a good braai fitted in anyway… and copious amounts of Jerekie-pik-my (Jerepico) down the gullett, I think an early, early night is in order!
See you in the morning… sometime.
I get up when I want to, if I want to… it’s just that time of year!
@ grootblousmile:
enjoy taking it a bit easy Gbs. Chiilling out here listening to laid back radio station feeling melancholic…
48 @ Bullscot:
Yeah, one needs to charge batteries at some juncture!
I hope you and your family are also taking it easy this time of year!
Yet another rain delay before the start of Day 4.
Dang, Day 4 has finally started…. whoopie
Flok, this is like watching paint dry!!
OK, finally a few wickets fall….
Windies 161 / 6 after 74.3 Overs
Make that 265 / 7
Another Windies wicket falls.. now 8 down and still 147 behind
Windies 270 / 8 after 77 overs
And wicket no 9 falls!
Windies 275 / 9
… and rain interferes again… eish!
Match Drawn without a ball being bowled on the Final Day!
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