Rabada demolishes Windies to give Proteas Innings Win

Rabada 10th 5 wicket haul lead Proteas to an Innings and 63 runs win over the West Indies in the 1st test to take a 1-0 lead in the 2 match series. Roston Chase was the only West Indies batsman to show some resistance with 62 of 156, this would be the only substantial contribution by a West Indies batsman in this match.

The Proteas bowlers continued from where they left off the previous day as they troubled the batsman regularly with bounce pace and seam movement. Rabada got the first wicket of the day that of Blackwood for 13 of 45 he was caught by Van der Dussen. Next was Holder to go for 4 of 15 bowled by Maharaj and soon after Chase was also bowled by Maharaj for 62 0f 156. From there it was all over for West Indies as Rabada got Cornwall for 0 of 4 he was caught by Van der Dussen and then De Silva was out for 9 of 51 bowled by Rabada and The last wicket to fall was Seales for 3 of 9 he was caught Mulder bowled Nortje.

The Scorecard at the End of the Match was Looking like this

West Indies 97 40.5 overs

J. Holder 20 (41) L. Ngidi 5-19(13.5)

S. Hope 15 (32) A. Nortje 4-35(11)

Proteas 322 96.5 overs

Q. de Kock 141 (170) J. Holder 4-75(20.5)

A. Markram 60 (110) J. Seales 3-75 (21)

West Indies 162 64 overs

R. Chase 62 (156) K. Rabada 5-34(20)

K. Powell 14 (33) A. Nortje 3-46(14)

Proteas won by an innings and 63 runs

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Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

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