Jason Holder and Joshua da Silva gathered purposeful half-centuries and West Indies made a tame begin to their tour of South Africa on Tuesday.
Holder hit the highest rating of 58 and da Silva was not out on 55, and the Caribbean facet reached 283 for 9 of their first innings in opposition to the South Africa Invitational XI on the shut on the primary day of their three-day, tour match at Willowmoore Park.
A handful of different batsmen had begins with out carrying on, however West Indies wanted the pair to placed on 96 for the sixth wicket after they had been despatched in to bat and wobbled to 124 for 5, although not one of the residence group’s bowlers posed a major risk.
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Left-hander Raymon Reifer added 32, Roston Chase made a run-a-ball 30, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite received 25, and Devon Thomas supported with 21, however the guests’ batsmen had been jolted again to actuality after their three-week safari in Zimbabwe.
Jason Holder struck 9 fours and one six from 64 balls earlier than he gave a return catch to left-arm spinner Bryce Parsons within the first hour after tea after he and da Silva carried West Indies previous the 200 mark.
Da Silva, whose 129-ball knock contains half-dozen boundaries, and propped up the underside half of the batting and shared a worthwhile 47 with Chase to take the Caribbean facet previous 250 earlier than three wickets fell for 2 in 12 balls to undermine their work.
Off successive balls, Chase was lbw to pacer Irvin Modimokoane, who additionally received Reifer caught behind driving loosely at a supply that was angled throughout him when the left-hander returned to bat after falling in poor health earlier within the day.
Pacer Corbin Bosch, son of late South Africa quick bowler Tertius Bosch, added the scalp of Alzarri Joseph caught behind for a fourth-ball duck, edging a lifter, and da Silva and Trinidadian compatriot Shannon Gabriel batted via the rest of the day to make sure the guests weren’t bowled out.
Earlier, West Indies had been set again when left-handed opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul was caught at mid-off for one off Thando Ntini, son of former South Africa quick bowler Makhaya Ntini, within the first hour of the day.
Brathwaite grinded out virtually the rest of the morning session with Reifer earlier than he was caught behind, taking part in defensively ahead to the penultimate supply earlier than lunch from left-arm spinner Smangaliso Nhlebela.
After lunch, Reifer was forging a stable third wicket stand with Thomas when he was compelled to retire in poor health.
Thomas fell a couple of overs later when he drove loosely at an arm ball from Nhlebela and was bowled, and Jermaine Blackwood stayed lengthy sufficient to hold West Indies previous 100 with left-hander Kyle Mayers earlier than he was bowled for 9, taking part in throughout a well-pitched supply that moved again.
Mayers departed 5 overs later when Invitational XI captain Wihan Lubbe, bowling his uncomplicated off-spin, trapped him lbw for 17 with a flat, quick, full supply, bringing Holder to the crease.
Bosch ended the day with 2-20 from 12 overs, Modimokoane took 2-35 from 10 overs, and Nhlebela grabbed 2-70 from 19 overs.
The match is the one outing for West Indies earlier than the primary of two Checks in opposition to hosts South Africa, beginning subsequent Tuesday at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
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