The home team West Indies tried their best with stoping South Africa at 298. Kemar Roach bowled 21.4 overs and dismissed three South African batsmen by giving 45 runs. Shannon Gabriel leaked 65 runs in 16 overs with taking two wickets. Kyle Mayers bowled with an economy of 1.86 with 15 overs. He took three wickets with just 28 runs. Jayden Seales, Jason Holder took one wicket each.
The batting-first team South Africa scored 298 runs in their first innings by using 112.4 overs. The opener and the captain of the team Dean Elgar scored 77 runs off 237 deliveries. Aiden Markram has gone with duck. Keegan Petersen’s wicket was fallen with just 7 runs. Rassie van der Dussen also had not survived for so long he goes with scoring just 4 runs. Kyle Verreynne added 27 runs to his team’s scorecard. Once again Quinton de Kock † showed his brilliant class and he scored 96 runs off 162 balls. He smashed eight boundaries in his beautiful innings.
SA vs WI Day 2 Highlights today Saturday, 6-19-2021 – ICC World Test Championship, Sir Vivian Richards Trophy 2nd Test, South Africa tour of West Indies from Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia.
West Indies win the toss and choose to bowl first.
South Africa team: 1 Dean Elgar (capt), 2 Aiden Markram, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Keegan Petersen, 5 Kyle Verreynne, 6 Quinton de Kock (wk), 7 Wiaan Mulder, 8 Keshav Maharaj, 9 Kagiso Rabada, 10 Anrich Nortje, 11 Lungi Ngidi.
West Indies team: 1 Kraigg Brathwaite (capt), 2 Kieran Powel, 3 Shai Hope, 4 Roston Chase, 5 Kyle Mayers, 6 Jermaine Blackwood, 7 Jason Holder, 8 Joshua Da Silva (wk), 9 Shannon Gabriel, 10 Kemar Roach, 11 Jayden Seales.
Match Timings: 14:00 GMT | 10:00 Local
Umpires – Gregory Brathwaite, Joel Wilson
TV Umpires – Leslie Reifer
Match Referee – Richie Richardson
Reserve Umpire – Nigel Duguid
Match number – Test no. 2426
