South Africa v West Indies, Gros Islet

South Africa 298/10 & 174/10

West Indies 149/10 & 165/9

South Africa won by 158 runs

South Africa v West Indies 2021 · 2nd Test Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia, Gros Islet 18–21 Jun 2021

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

0.89× -11%

West Indies

0.93× -7%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Q de Kock South Africa

96 +167

HE van der Dussen South Africa

79 +160

D Elgar South Africa

87 +121

J Blackwood West Indies

74 +118

K Rabada South Africa

61 +87

Best bowling

Top match figures

KA Maharaj5/36

KAJ Roach4/52

PWA Mulder3/1

KR Mayers3/24

Top score

Q de Kock · South Africa

Biggest stand

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–6

3 wkts for 6 · West Indies

Match facts

TossWest Indies, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 158 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

298 /10 (112.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	b KR Mayers	77	237	8	32.49
AK Markram	c RL Chase b ST Gabriel	0	3	0	0.00
KD Petersen	c JO Holder b JNT Seales	7	25	0	28.00
HE van der Dussen	b KAJ Roach	4	25	0	16.00
K Verreynne	c J Da Silva b ST Gabriel	27	89	2	30.34
Q de Kock	c SD Hope b KR Mayers	96	162	8	59.26
PWA Mulder	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	8	39	1	20.51
KA Maharaj	c J Da Silva b JO Holder	12	52	0	23.08
K Rabada*	not out	21	23	3	91.30
A Nortje	c JNT Seales b KR Mayers	1	12	0	8.33
L Ngidi	c DM Bravo b KAJ Roach	1	12	0	8.33

Extras 44 (b 9, lb 20, w 12, nb 3)

Total 298/10 (112.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	21.4	7	45	3	2.08
ST Gabriel	16.0	4	65	2	4.06
JNT Seales	19.0	4	44	1	2.32
JO Holder	21.0	5	47	1	2.24
RL Chase	15.0	4	26	0	1.73
KR Mayers	15.0	6	28	3	1.87
KC Brathwaite	5.0	0	14	0	2.80

Fall of wickets

1-1 (AK Markram, 1.3)·2-26 (KD Petersen, 10.1)·3-37 (HE van der Dussen, 17.3)·4-124 (K Verreynne, 49.1)·5-203 (D Elgar, 77.2)·6-239 (PWA Mulder, 88.4)·7-275 (KA Maharaj, 104.3)·8-275 (Q de Kock, 105.2)·9-281 (A Nortje, 107.6)·10-298 (L Ngidi, 112.4)

West Indies

149 /10 (54.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	0	1	0	0.00
SD Hope	b L Ngidi	43	103	4	41.75
KOA Powell	lbw b L Ngidi	5	6	1	83.33
RL Chase	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	4	10	1	40.00
KR Mayers	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	12	31	1	38.71
J Blackwood	c D Elgar b KA Maharaj	49	106	6	46.23
JO Holder	c KD Petersen b K Rabada	10	22	2	45.45
J Da Silva	c Q de Kock b PWA Mulder	7	39	0	17.95
KAJ Roach	c Q de Kock b PWA Mulder	1	7	0	14.29
JNT Seales	c K Verreynne b PWA Mulder	0	2	0	0.00
ST Gabriel*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 6, lb 3, w 5, nb 4)

Total 149/10 (54.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	13.0	6	24	2	1.85
L Ngidi	7.0	0	27	2	3.86
A Nortje	12.0	0	41	1	3.42
KA Maharaj	18.0	2	47	2	2.61
PWA Mulder	4.0	3	1	3	0.25

Fall of wickets

1-0 (KC Brathwaite, 0.1)·2-8 (KOA Powell, 3.1)·3-30 (RL Chase, 5.4)·4-54 (KR Mayers, 16.1)·5-97 (SD Hope, 33.1)·6-115 (JO Holder, 39.6)·7-143 (J Da Silva, 50.3)·8-145 (KAJ Roach, 52.3)·9-145 (JNT Seales, 52.5)·10-149 (J Blackwood, 53.6)

South Africa

174 /10 (53.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c JO Holder b KAJ Roach	4	3	1	0	133.33
KD Petersen	b KR Mayers	18	35	2	0	51.43
D Elgar	c JO Holder b KAJ Roach	10	21	1	0	47.62
HE van der Dussen*	not out	75	142	5	1	52.82
K Verreynne	c J Da Silva b KR Mayers	6	19	0	0	31.58
Q de Kock	c J Da Silva b JO Holder	0	2	0	0	0.00
PWA Mulder	c SD Hope b KR Mayers	0	7	0	0	0.00
KA Maharaj	c JO Holder b JNT Seales	6	13	0	0	46.15
K Rabada	c DM Bravo b KAJ Roach	40	48	5	1	83.33
A Nortje	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	3	8	0	0	37.50
L Ngidi	st J Da Silva b KC Brathwaite	6	20	1	0	30.00

Extras 6 (b 1, lb 1, w 4)

Total 174/10 (53.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	13.0	1	52	4	4.00
ST Gabriel	6.0	0	28	0	4.67
JNT Seales	11.0	3	34	1	3.09
KR Mayers	9.0	2	24	3	2.67
JO Holder	11.0	2	24	1	2.18
KC Brathwaite	3.0	0	10	1	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-4 (AK Markram, 0.3)·2-33 (D Elgar, 7.5)·3-44 (KD Petersen, 13.2)·4-52 (K Verreynne, 17.6)·5-53 (Q de Kock, 18.4)·6-54 (PWA Mulder, 19.6)·7-73 (KA Maharaj, 26.2)·8-143 (K Rabada, 42.4)·9-152 (A Nortje, 44.6)·10-174 (L Ngidi, 52.6)

West Indies

165 /9 (58.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c D Elgar b K Rabada	6	17	0	0	35.29
KOA Powell	c A Nortje b KA Maharaj	51	116	9	0	43.97
SD Hope	c AK Markram b K Rabada	2	16	0	0	12.50
KR Mayers	c D Elgar b K Rabada	34	56	4	0	60.71
J Blackwood	c Q de Kock b L Ngidi	25	63	1	0	39.68
JO Holder	c KD Petersen b KA Maharaj	0	1	0	0	0.00
J Da Silva	c PWA Mulder b KA Maharaj	0	1	0	0	0.00
KAJ Roach	c L Ngidi b KA Maharaj	27	63	4	1	42.86
JNT Seales	c A Nortje b KA Maharaj	7	15	1	0	46.67
ST Gabriel*	not out	2	5	0	0	40.00

Extras 11 (b 4, lb 3, w 2, nb 2)

Total 165/9 (58.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	16.0	3	44	3	2.75
L Ngidi	10.0	2	29	1	2.90
KA Maharaj	17.3	7	36	5	2.06
A Nortje	11.0	3	35	0	3.18
PWA Mulder	4.0	0	14	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-16 (KC Brathwaite, 8.2)·2-26 (SD Hope, 12.2)·3-90 (KR Mayers, 31.3)·4-107 (KOA Powell, 36.3)·5-107 (JO Holder, 36.4)·6-107 (J Da Silva, 36.5)·7-147 (J Blackwood, 53.4)·8-158 (KAJ Roach, 56.4)·9-165 (JNT Seales, 58.3)