West Indies v South Africa, Gros Islet

West Indies 97/10 & 162/10

South Africa 322/10

South Africa won by 63 runs

South Africa v West Indies 2021 · 1st Test Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia, Gros Islet 10–12 Jun 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

West Indies

0.93× -7%

South Africa

0.91× -9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Q de Kock South Africa

141 +406

RL Chase West Indies

70 +106

AK Markram South Africa

60 +101

HE van der Dussen South Africa

46 +74

JO Holder West Indies

24 +34

Best bowling

Top match figures

L Ngidi5/19

K Rabada5/34

A Nortje4/35

JO Holder4/75

Top score

141*

Q de Kock · South Africa

Biggest stand

3rd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

4–11

4 wkts for 11 · West Indies

Match facts

TossWest Indies, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 63 runs

Length3 days

West Indies

97 /10 (40.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	b A Nortje	15	45	2	33.33
SD Hope	b A Nortje	15	32	1	46.88
NE Bonner	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	10	32	1	31.25
RL Chase	c AK Markram b L Ngidi	8	54	1	14.81
KR Mayers	c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje	1	7	0	14.29
J Blackwood	c KD Petersen b A Nortje	1	9	0	11.11
JO Holder	c AK Markram b L Ngidi	20	41	3	48.78
J Da Silva	c PWA Mulder b L Ngidi	0	4	0	0.00
RRS Cornwall	c AK Markram b L Ngidi	13	11	2	118.18
KAJ Roach	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	1	2	0	50.00
JNT Seales*	not out	0	11	0	0.00

Extras 13 (lb 4, w 6, nb 3)

Total 97/10 (40.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	10.0	2	24	1	2.40
L Ngidi	13.5	7	19	5	1.37
A Nortje	11.0	3	35	4	3.18
KA Maharaj	4.0	3	6	0	1.50
PWA Mulder	2.0	0	9	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-24 (SD Hope, 11.4)·2-31 (KC Brathwaite, 13.2)·3-45 (NE Bonner, 24.1)·4-46 (KR Mayers, 25.6)·5-56 (J Blackwood, 29.6)·6-56 (RL Chase, 30.1)·7-56 (J Da Silva, 30.5)·8-74 (RRS Cornwall, 34.1)·9-80 (KAJ Roach, 36.1)·10-97 (JO Holder, 40.5)

South Africa

322 /10 (96.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c J Blackwood b KAJ Roach	0	5	0	0	0.00
KD Petersen	c JO Holder b JNT Seales	19	29	2	0	65.52
AK Markram	c J Da Silva b JNT Seales	60	110	7	0	54.55
HE van der Dussen	c SD Hope b JO Holder	46	148	5	0	31.08
K Verreynne	c J Da Silva b JNT Seales	6	8	1	0	75.00
Q de Kock*	not out	141	170	12	7	82.94
PWA Mulder	c J Da Silva b JO Holder	25	57	4	0	43.86
KA Maharaj	c KOA Powell b RRS Cornwall	0	10	0	0	0.00
K Rabada	c JO Holder b KAJ Roach	4	17	1	0	23.53
A Nortje	c SD Hope b JO Holder	7	29	1	0	24.14
L Ngidi	c J Da Silva b JO Holder	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 14 (b 4, lb 1, w 3, nb 6)

Total 322/10 (96.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	20.0	3	64	2	3.20
JO Holder	20.5	4	75	4	3.60
JNT Seales	21.0	6	75	3	3.57
KR Mayers	8.0	2	28	0	3.50
RRS Cornwall	18.0	1	61	1	3.39
RL Chase	9.0	5	14	0	1.56

Fall of wickets

1-0 (D Elgar, 0.5)·2-34 (KD Petersen, 9.6)·3-113 (AK Markram, 38.1)·4-119 (K Verreynne, 40.3)·5-162 (HE van der Dussen, 56.5)·6-215 (PWA Mulder, 74.5)·7-222 (KA Maharaj, 77.2)·8-233 (K Rabada, 82.4)·9-312 (A Nortje, 94.6)·10-322 (L Ngidi, 96.5)

West Indies

162 /10 (64.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b K Rabada	7	13	1	0	53.85
KOA Powell	lbw b K Rabada	14	33	3	0	42.42
SD Hope	c PWA Mulder b A Nortje	12	28	1	0	42.86
RL Chase	b KA Maharaj	62	156	7	1	39.74
KR Mayers	c PWA Mulder b A Nortje	12	9	3	0	133.33
J Blackwood	c HE van der Dussen b K Rabada	13	45	1	0	28.89
JO Holder	b KA Maharaj	4	15	0	0	26.67
J Da Silva	b K Rabada	9	51	1	0	17.65
RRS Cornwall	c HE van der Dussen b K Rabada	0	4	0	0	0.00
KAJ Roach*	not out	13	23	0	2	56.52
JNT Seales	c PWA Mulder b A Nortje	3	9	0	0	33.33

Extras 13 (b 8, lb 2, w 1, nb 2)

Total 162/10 (64.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	20.0	9	34	5	1.70
L Ngidi	13.0	3	31	0	2.38
A Nortje	14.0	5	46	3	3.29
PWA Mulder	6.0	1	18	0	3.00
KA Maharaj	11.0	5	23	2	2.09

Fall of wickets

1-12 (KC Brathwaite, 4.2)·2-25 (KOA Powell, 10.2)·3-37 (SD Hope, 15.1)·4-51 (KR Mayers, 17.4)·5-97 (J Blackwood, 36.6)·6-125 (JO Holder, 44.1)·7-140 (RL Chase, 54.4)·8-141 (RRS Cornwall, 55.4)·9-146 (J Da Silva, 59.6)·10-162 (JNT Seales, 63.6)