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GROS ISLET (St Lucia): Anrich Nortje ploughed through the West Indies top order with three wickets as the home side...

GROS ISLET, St Lucia – West Indies abandoned their recently found discipline to crumble for their lowest-ever total against South Africa but debutant fast bowler Jayden Seales’s three-wicket burst thwarted the visitors’ reply, as 14 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the first Test on Thursday.Bizarrely opting to bat first on a lively surface at the Daren Sammy National Stadium, the home side collapsed spectacularly for 97, 40 minutes before tea, with Lungi Ngidi claiming five for 19 an...

Ngidi’s haul of five for 19 was his second five-wicket innings haul in Test cricket, the bulk of his success coming in the afternoon session after seamer Anrich Nortje pushed the West Indies on the back foot with three of the four wickets to fall in the pre-lunch period.

On a 14-wicket fast bowling day that resonated with the deep pace bowling traditions of South Africa and the West Indies, five scalps belonged to Lungi Ngidi.

Playing their first series in the Caribbean for 11 years, the Proteas reached the close of play at 128 for four, a lead of 31 runs.

Released of the pressure of captaincy, Quinton de Kock breezed to 141 not out and his highest Test score to give South Africa a lead of 225 over the West Indies in the first Test on Friday. De Kock's first century against the West Indies led South

GROS ISLET (St Lucia): West Indies start their two-Test contest against South Africa on Thursday with the home side...

GROS ISLET, St Lucia – West Indies’ near three decade-long wait for a series win over South Africa will not be bearing heavily on captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s mind when the two teams clash in the opening Test of the two-match series at the Daren Sammy National Stadium on Thursday.Brathwaite was not yet born when West Indies beat the Proteas in a one-off Test in Bridgetown 29 years ago, in a match marking the African nation’s re-admission to international cricket.Since then, West Indies ha...

GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia (AFP) — Lungi Ngidi mowed through the lower half of the West Indies...

Nortje races through West Indies top order in 1st Test