West Indies ‘A’ tour of South Africa: Piedt’s 5-fer stifles Windies ‘A’ on Day 2
South Africa ‘A’ bundled out the West Indies ‘A’ for 154 (CSA Photo)
Resuming the second day of the four-day ‘unofficial’ Test match, South Africa ‘A’ produced a stellar bowling performance to bundle out West Indies ‘A’ for less than 200 and seize control of the second match in the series.
After closing the first day on 266-6, South Africa ‘A’ were able to add only 32 runs to their overnight tally, as Akeem Jordan showed up with the ball in the morning session. Jordan, who had no wickets on the first day, cleaned up Ruan de Swardt, Dane Piedt and Tshepo Moreki to finish with figures of 3-43 from 23.2 overs.
Guyanese Shemar Joseph meanwhile claimed another wicket to end with figures of 3-57 from 23 overs.
Zachary McCaskie was the only West Indian batter to stand up to the bowling on Day 2
With a target of 298 to get past, West Indies’ batting line-up failed to produce, and Zachary McCaskie became the only batsman to hit a half century.
Tagenarine Chanderpaul went for 3 runs from 23 balls, while Kirk McKenzie added 7 from 25 balls. McCaskie partnered with Kavem Hodge to repair the innings. They put on 52 runs together, but Hodge fell to Piedt’s bowling for a 35-ball 25. McCaskie was unable to hold on any longer after hitting 62 from 95 deliveries, while Tevin Imlach and Joshua DaSilva went respectively for 3 and 7.
This time around, Kevin Sinclair was unable to play hero. He added only 7 runs to the scorecard, while Abhijai Mansingh (31 balls) and Akeem Jordan (19 balls) each contributed 14 runs before falling prey to South Africa’s well-oiled bowling machine.
Dane Piedt spun a web around the West Indies ‘A’ (CSA Photo)
Dane Piedt claimed a 5-wicket haul for 28 runs from his 12.2 overs, while Moreki was the next best bowler with figures of 3-66 from 15 overs. In addition, Dane Paterson took 2-28 from 13.
South Africa got in a few overs before close of play, in which Sinclair was able to remove Neil Brand for 4 from 19 balls. However, Tony de Zorzi and Raynard van Tonder persisted, adding 61 more runs to the tally.
de Zorzi currently has 34 runs in 92 balls, including two boundaries, while van Tonder has guided the ball to the ropes on the same number of occasions for a 39-ball 20.
South Africa ‘A’ lead by 209 runs heading into the third day’s play, with 9 wickets in hand. Play resumes at 4:00hrs today at Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa.
