South Africa v West Indies, Centurion

South Africa 342/10 & 116/10

West Indies 212/10 & 159/10

South Africa won by 87 runs

South Africa v West Indies 2023 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion, Centurion 28 Feb 2023 – 2 Mar 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.05× +5%

West Indies

0.78× -22%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

J Blackwood West Indies

116 +194

AK Markram South Africa

162 +162

RA Reifer West Indies

70 +87

D Elgar South Africa

72 +58

G Coetzee South Africa

37 +34

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada6/50

A Nortje5/36

KAJ Roach5/47

AS Joseph5/81

Top score

115

AK Markram · South Africa

Biggest stand

141

1st wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–10

3 wkts for 10 · West Indies

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 87 runs

Length3 days

South Africa

342 /10 (86.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c J Blackwood b AS Joseph	71	118	11	60.17
AK Markram	b AS Joseph	115	174	18	66.09
T de Zorzi	run out (T Chanderpaul)	28	69	4	40.58
T Bavuma	lbw b AS Joseph	0	2	0	0.00
KD Petersen	lbw b KR Mayers	14	50	1	28.00
H Klaasen	c AS Joseph b ST Gabriel	20	22	4	90.91
S Muthusamy	lbw b KAJ Roach	3	13	0	23.08
M Jansen*	not out	23	43	4	53.49
K Rabada	c J Blackwood b JO Holder	8	15	2	53.33
G Coetzee	c JO Holder b AS Joseph	17	12	3	141.67
A Nortje	c T Chanderpaul b AS Joseph	14	11	3	127.27

Extras 29 (b 8, lb 9, w 2, nb 10)

Total 342/10 (86.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	17.0	1	71	1	4.18
AS Joseph	18.3	0	81	5	4.38
KR Mayers	10.0	2	23	1	2.30
ST Gabriel	12.0	1	49	1	4.08
JO Holder	14.0	1	64	1	4.57
RL Chase	14.0	0	33	0	2.36
J Blackwood	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-141 (D Elgar, 35.3)·2-221 (T de Zorzi, 56.3)·3-221 (T Bavuma, 56.5)·4-236 (AK Markram, 60.4)·5-262 (H Klaasen, 66.5)·6-271 (S Muthusamy, 69.6)·7-290 (KD Petersen, 76.1)·8-300 (K Rabada, 79.4)·9-326 (G Coetzee, 84.1)·10-342 (A Nortje, 86.3)

West Indies

212 /10 (69.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	b K Rabada	11	25	1	0	44.00
T Chanderpaul	c S Muthusamy b G Coetzee	22	48	4	0	45.83
RA Reifer	c H Klaasen b M Jansen	62	143	7	0	43.36
J Blackwood	c H Klaasen b A Nortje	37	73	6	0	50.68
RL Chase	c D Elgar b K Rabada	22	56	2	0	39.29
J Da Silva	c M Jansen b A Nortje	4	7	0	0	57.14
KR Mayers	c M Jansen b A Nortje	18	22	2	1	81.82
JO Holder	c AK Markram b A Nortje	0	3	0	0	0.00
AS Joseph	c M Jansen b A Nortje	4	5	1	0	80.00
KAJ Roach*	not out	4	19	0	0	21.05
ST Gabriel	lbw b G Coetzee	7	16	0	1	43.75

Extras 21 (b 5, lb 8, w 5, nb 3)

Total 212/10 (69.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	16.0	4	44	2	2.75
M Jansen	17.0	3	64	1	3.76
A Nortje	16.0	5	36	5	2.25
G Coetzee	12.0	0	45	2	3.75
S Muthusamy	8.0	2	10	0	1.25

Fall of wickets

1-22 (KC Brathwaite, 6.4)·2-58 (T Chanderpaul, 16.4)·3-122 (J Blackwood, 38.3)·4-169 (RA Reifer, 56.6)·5-169 (RL Chase, 57.1)·6-179 (J Da Silva, 59.1)·7-179 (JO Holder, 59.4)·8-190 (AS Joseph, 61.4)·9-201 (KR Mayers, 63.5)·10-212 (ST Gabriel, 68.6)

South Africa

116 /10 (28.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	47	58	7	0	81.03
D Elgar	c RA Reifer b AS Joseph	1	8	0	0	12.50
T de Zorzi	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	0	1	0	0	0.00
T Bavuma	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	0	1	0	0	0.00
KD Petersen	lbw b JO Holder	7	8	1	0	87.50
H Klaasen	c J Da Silva b JO Holder	5	8	0	0	62.50
S Muthusamy	c J Da Silva b ST Gabriel	4	36	0	0	11.11
M Jansen	b KAJ Roach	6	9	1	0	66.67
K Rabada*	not out	10	23	0	0	43.48
G Coetzee	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	20	15	2	1	133.33
A Nortje	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	4	7	1	0	57.14

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 2, nb 6)

Total 116/10 (28.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	10.0	0	47	5	4.70
AS Joseph	8.0	0	30	2	3.75
JO Holder	7.0	2	7	2	1.00
ST Gabriel	3.0	0	26	1	8.67

Fall of wickets

1-31 (D Elgar, 3.6)·2-33 (T de Zorzi, 4.7)·3-34 (T Bavuma, 5.3)·4-49 (KD Petersen, 8.1)·5-57 (H Klaasen, 10.2)·6-69 (AK Markram, 17.1)·7-76 (M Jansen, 19.3)·8-80 (S Muthusamy, 22.2)·9-109 (G Coetzee, 25.6)·10-116 (A Nortje, 27.6)

West Indies

159 /10 (41.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c H Klaasen b K Rabada	0	3	0	0	0.00
RA Reifer	c H Klaasen b K Rabada	8	19	1	0	42.11
T Chanderpaul	c A Nortje b M Jansen	10	31	1	0	32.26
J Blackwood	c AK Markram b K Rabada	79	93	12	1	84.95
RL Chase	b M Jansen	0	1	0	0	0.00
KR Mayers	c D Elgar b G Coetzee	0	15	0	0	0.00
J Da Silva	c KD Petersen b K Rabada	17	30	3	0	56.67
JO Holder	c H Klaasen b K Rabada	18	20	4	0	90.00
AS Joseph	c K Rabada b A Nortje	4	12	0	0	33.33
KAJ Roach	lbw b K Rabada	12	18	2	0	66.67
ST Gabriel*	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 1)

Total 159/10 (41.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	15.0	3	50	6	3.33
A Nortje	13.0	0	48	1	3.69
M Jansen	7.0	2	33	2	4.71
G Coetzee	6.0	1	20	1	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-0 (KC Brathwaite, 0.3)·2-12 (RA Reifer, 6.6)·3-20 (T Chanderpaul, 9.3)·4-20 (RL Chase, 9.4)·5-33 (KR Mayers, 14.2)·6-91 (J Da Silva, 24.6)·7-128 (JO Holder, 32.1)·8-139 (AS Joseph, 35.2)·9-157 (J Blackwood, 40.1)·10-159 (KAJ Roach, 40.7)