South Africa v West Indies, Port of Spain

South Africa 357/10 & 173/3

West Indies 233/10 & 201/5

Match drawn

South Africa v West Indies 2024 · 1st Test Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Port of Spain 7–11 Aug 2024

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than West Indies.

South Africa

0.87× -13%

West Indies

0.98× -2%

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

T de Zorzi South Africa

123 +146

T Bavuma South Africa

101 +142

A Athanaze West Indies

95 +122

T Stubbs South Africa

88 +106

JO Holder West Indies

67 +79

Best bowling

Top match figures

JA Warrican4/69

KA Maharaj4/76

KA Maharaj4/88

K Rabada3/56

Top score

A Athanaze · West Indies

Biggest stand

1st wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–19

3 wkts for 19 · West Indies

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

357 /10 (117.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	b JO Holder	9	34	1	0	26.47
T de Zorzi	c KAR Hodge b JA Warrican	78	145	7	2	53.79
T Stubbs	c JO Holder b KAJ Roach	20	48	2	0	41.67
T Bavuma	lbw b JNT Seales	86	182	7	1	47.25
DG Bedingham	c KU Carty b JNT Seales	29	45	3	1	64.44
RD Rickelton	lbw b KAJ Roach	19	49	2	0	38.78
K Verreynne	c & b JA Warrican	39	87	5	0	44.83
PWA Mulder*	not out	41	85	4	1	48.24
KA Maharaj	c & b JA Warrican	0	1	0	0	0.00
K Rabada	c J Da Silva b JA Warrican	21	32	4	0	65.62
L Ngidi	b JNT Seales	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 6)

Total 357/10 (117.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	20.0	6	53	2	2.65
JNT Seales	24.4	5	67	3	2.72
G Motie	28.0	2	103	0	3.68
JO Holder	17.0	7	39	1	2.29
JA Warrican	22.0	2	69	4	3.14
KC Brathwaite	5.0	0	13	0	2.60
A Athanaze	1.0	0	5	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-43 (AK Markram, 13.1)·2-86 (T Stubbs, 27.1)·3-137 (T de Zorzi, 49.1)·4-187 (DG Bedingham, 63.4)·5-244 (RD Rickelton, 80.2)·6-271 (T Bavuma, 88.3)·7-328 (K Verreynne, 108.3)·8-328 (KA Maharaj, 108.4)·9-356 (K Rabada, 116.4)·10-357 (L Ngidi, 117.4)

West Indies

233 /10 (91.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	run out (PWA Mulder)	35	131	2	1	26.72
M Louis	b KA Maharaj	35	90	5	0	38.89
KU Carty	lbw b KA Maharaj	42	81	5	0	51.85
A Athanaze	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	3	20	0	0	15.00
KAR Hodge	c DG Bedingham b K Rabada	25	92	1	0	27.17
JO Holder	b AK Markram	36	61	4	0	59.02
J Da Silva	c T de Zorzi b KA Maharaj	1	3	0	0	33.33
KAJ Roach	lbw b K Rabada	8	34	2	0	23.53
G Motie	c AK Markram b K Rabada	0	3	0	0	0.00
JA Warrican*	not out	35	32	3	2	109.38
JNT Seales	b L Ngidi	4	5	1	0	80.00

Extras 9 (b 1, lb 7, nb 1)

Total 233/10 (91.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	18.0	3	56	3	3.11
L Ngidi	11.5	5	26	1	2.20
PWA Mulder	9.0	2	25	0	2.78
KA Maharaj	40.0	15	76	4	1.90
AK Markram	13.0	1	42	1	3.23

Fall of wickets

1-53 (M Louis, 26.6)·2-114 (KC Brathwaite, 49.3)·3-119 (KU Carty, 50.3)·4-124 (A Athanaze, 56.3)·5-173 (JO Holder, 75.4)·6-174 (J Da Silva, 76.1)·7-188 (KAR Hodge, 83.4)·8-192 (G Motie, 85.1)·9-215 (KAJ Roach, 87.4)·10-233 (JNT Seales, 91.5)

South Africa

173 /3 (29.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
T de Zorzi	c J Da Silva b JA Warrican	45	60	4	0	75.00
AK Markram	c JO Holder b JA Warrican	38	48	4	1	79.17
T Stubbs	b KAJ Roach	68	50	6	2	136.00
T Bavuma*	not out	15	17	0	0	88.24

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 2, nb 1)

Total 173/3 (29.0 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
KAJ Roach	6.0	39	1	6.50
JA Warrican	9.0	57	2	6.33
JNT Seales	7.0	44	0	6.29
JO Holder	5.0	14	0	2.80
G Motie	2.0	13	0	6.50

Fall of wickets

1-78 (T de Zorzi, 15.4)·2-113 (AK Markram, 21.4)·3-173 (T Stubbs, 28.6)

West Indies

201 /5 (56.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c T Stubbs b KA Maharaj	0	3	0	0	0.00
KU Carty	c PWA Mulder b KA Maharaj	31	54	4	0	57.41
M Louis	c T Stubbs b K Rabada	9	25	2	0	36.00
A Athanaze	c RD Rickelton b KA Maharaj	92	116	9	0	79.31
KAR Hodge	c K Verreynne b KA Maharaj	29	55	4	0	52.73
JO Holder*	not out	31	76	2	1	40.79
J Da Silva*	not out	2	10	0	0	20.00

Extras 7 (b 6, nb 1)

Total 201/5 (56.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
KA Maharaj	26.2	2	88	4	3.34
K Rabada	12.0	4	38	1	3.17
L Ngidi	5.0	0	25	0	5.00
AK Markram	8.0	1	26	0	3.25
PWA Mulder	5.0	0	18	0	3.60

Fall of wickets

1-0 (KC Brathwaite, 0.3)·2-18 (M Louis, 7.6)·3-64 (KU Carty, 16.5)·4-127 (KAR Hodge, 34.1)·5-192 (A Athanaze, 52.5)