South Africa v West Indies, Johannesburg

South Africa 320/10 & 321/10

West Indies 251/10 & 106/10

South Africa won by 284 runs

South Africa v West Indies 2023 · 2nd Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, Johannesburg 8–11 Mar 2023

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

1.03× +3%

West Indies

0.84× -16%

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

T Bavuma South Africa

200 +276

JO Holder West Indies

100 +248

AK Markram South Africa

114 +118

T de Zorzi South Africa

86 +87

J Da Silva West Indies

60 +85

Best bowling

Top match figures

KR Mayers3/32

G Coetzee3/37

G Coetzee3/41

SR Harmer3/45

Top score

172

T Bavuma · South Africa

Biggest stand

116

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–3

3 wkts for 3 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 284 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

320 /10 (92.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c RL Chase b G Motie	42	54	7	77.78
AK Markram	c J Blackwood b G Motie	96	139	17	69.06
T de Zorzi	b G Motie	85	155	11	54.84
T Bavuma	lbw b JO Holder	28	64	3	43.75
RD Rickelton	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	22	49	3	44.90
H Klaasen	c J Da Silva b KR Mayers	17	45	1	37.78
PWA Mulder	b KR Mayers	12	30	1	40.00
SR Harmer	c J Da Silva b KR Mayers	1	5	0	20.00
KA Maharaj	c G Motie b AS Joseph	1	7	0	14.29
G Coetzee	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	1	4	0	25.00
K Rabada*	not out	6	5	1	120.00

Extras 9 (lb 5, w 1, nb 3)

Total 320/10 (92.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	16.0	3	55	0	3.44
AS Joseph	18.2	3	60	3	3.27
KR Mayers	9.0	0	32	3	3.56
JO Holder	16.0	5	39	1	2.44
G Motie	19.0	3	75	3	3.95
RL Chase	14.0	2	54	0	3.86

Fall of wickets

1-76 (D Elgar, 17.3)·2-192 (AK Markram, 44.3)·3-248 (T Bavuma, 64.4)·4-278 (T de Zorzi, 75.2)·5-286 (RD Rickelton, 78.1)·6-309 (PWA Mulder, 87.6)·7-311 (SR Harmer, 89.2)·8-312 (H Klaasen, 89.5)·9-312 (KA Maharaj, 90.6)·10-320 (G Coetzee, 92.3)

West Indies

251 /10 (79.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c D Elgar b K Rabada	17	42	3	0	40.48
T Chanderpaul	run out (T Bavuma)	1	8	0	0	12.50
RA Reifer	c T de Zorzi b G Coetzee	15	34	3	0	44.12
J Blackwood	c H Klaasen b G Coetzee	6	6	1	0	100.00
RL Chase	b PWA Mulder	28	53	3	1	52.83
KR Mayers	c D Elgar b K Rabada	29	83	4	0	34.94
J Da Silva	b SR Harmer	26	63	4	0	41.27
JO Holder*	not out	81	117	8	4	69.23
AS Joseph	c T de Zorzi b KA Maharaj	4	7	1	0	57.14
KAJ Roach	c D Elgar b G Coetzee	13	27	1	1	48.15
G Motie	c T Bavuma b SR Harmer	17	40	3	0	42.50

Extras 14 (b 4, lb 7, nb 3)

Total 251/10 (79.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	12.0	5	19	2	1.58
PWA Mulder	15.0	4	40	1	2.67
G Coetzee	14.0	4	41	3	2.93
SR Harmer	17.3	2	63	2	3.60
KA Maharaj	21.0	4	77	1	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-1 (T Chanderpaul, 3.2)·2-22 (KC Brathwaite, 10.4)·3-28 (J Blackwood, 12.2)·4-51 (RA Reifer, 16.3)·5-103 (RL Chase, 31.5)·6-116 (KR Mayers, 41.1)·7-157 (J Da Silva, 57.2)·8-162 (AS Joseph, 58.6)·9-193 (KAJ Roach, 65.4)·10-251 (G Motie, 79.3)

South Africa

321 /10 (100.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	c J Da Silva b KAJ Roach	18	56	3	0	32.14
D Elgar	c RL Chase b KR Mayers	5	13	0	0	38.46
T de Zorzi	b KR Mayers	1	9	0	0	11.11
T Bavuma	c KAJ Roach b JO Holder	172	280	20	0	61.43
RD Rickelton	c J Da Silva b RA Reifer	10	29	1	0	34.48
H Klaasen	c J Da Silva b AS Joseph	14	38	2	0	36.84
PWA Mulder	c T Chanderpaul b AS Joseph	42	71	8	0	59.15
SR Harmer	lbw b JO Holder	19	59	2	0	32.20
KA Maharaj	c G Motie b KR Mayers	10	24	1	0	41.67
G Coetzee*	not out	9	19	0	0	47.37
K Rabada	c & b JO Holder	16	10	0	2	160.00

Extras 5 (w 1, nb 4)

Total 321/10 (100.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	14.0	2	54	1	3.86
AS Joseph	14.0	1	49	2	3.50
JO Holder	19.4	2	48	3	2.44
KR Mayers	17.0	5	46	3	2.71
RA Reifer	11.0	0	36	1	3.27
G Motie	10.0	1	40	0	4.00
RL Chase	14.0	1	45	0	3.21
J Blackwood	1.0	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-6 (D Elgar, 3.4)·2-8 (T de Zorzi, 7.1)·3-32 (AK Markram, 16.6)·4-69 (RD Rickelton, 29.4)·5-103 (H Klaasen, 42.3)·6-206 (PWA Mulder, 68.6)·7-277 (SR Harmer, 90.2)·8-293 (T Bavuma, 94.3)·9-297 (KA Maharaj, 97.2)·10-321 (K Rabada, 100.4)

West Indies

106 /10 (35.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	lbw b K Rabada	18	38	4	0	47.37
T Chanderpaul	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	2	36	0	0	5.56
RA Reifer	c H Klaasen b K Rabada	0	2	0	0	0.00
J Blackwood	c T Bavuma b SR Harmer	4	10	1	0	40.00
RL Chase	b KA Maharaj	0	6	0	0	0.00
KR Mayers	lbw b KA Maharaj	7	12	1	0	58.33
J Da Silva	b G Coetzee	34	52	5	1	65.38
JO Holder	b G Coetzee	19	19	4	0	100.00
KAJ Roach	c KD Petersen b G Coetzee	2	23	0	0	8.70
AS Joseph	st H Klaasen b SR Harmer	18	13	1	2	138.46
G Motie*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 2 (b 1, nb 1)

Total 106/10 (35.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	7.0	1	19	2	2.71
SR Harmer	17.1	9	45	3	2.62
KA Maharaj	2.5	1	4	2	1.41
AK Markram	0.1	1	0	0	0.00
G Coetzee	8.0	1	37	3	4.62

Fall of wickets

1-21 (KC Brathwaite, 10.5)·2-21 (RA Reifer, 10.7)·3-25 (T Chanderpaul, 13.3)·4-26 (RL Chase, 14.5)·5-26 (J Blackwood, 15.2)·6-34 (KR Mayers, 18.5)·7-82 (JO Holder, 26.5)·8-87 (J Da Silva, 30.5)·9-106 (KAJ Roach, 34.5)·10-106 (AS Joseph, 35.1)