Cricket LIVE update, South Africa v West Indies - Imran Tahir stars in West Indies capitulation
West Indies lost their way towards the end of the innings to finish at 222 against South Africa. The men from the Caribbean did well to set up a solid platform for the later overs, but the Proteas came back strongly to restrict them to a meagre total. Imran
Tahir the South African leg spinner of Pakistani descent made a name for himself on his debut by picking up four wickets. Darren Bravo was the leading scorer for the Windies with a well made 73 runs.
Darren Sammy won the toss and elected to bat first on the Feroz Shah Kotla track. Chris Gayle who was expected to play a blistering knock failed to impress and was dismissed for just two runs. He was excellently caught by Jacques Kallis off the bowling
of Johan Botha.
Darren Bravo the left hander who many think bats a like the great Brian Lara, walked in next to join Devon Smith. The two gave the innings a sense of calm and negated the moving ball with efficiency. As the shine went off the ball the two left handers started
playing some shots.
Smith was the 2nd fiddle, as Bravo took the initiative of lifting the scoring rate. The two added 111 runs for the 2nd wicket.
Darren Bravo was dismissed for 73 runs from 82 balls with 8 fours and 1 six. He was out Leg before wicket to off spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Johan-Botha-c67173. Ramnaresh Sarwan came in next and went back as soon as he came dismissed for just two runs. He was trapped in front of the
wicket, LBW to leg spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir.
Just before Sarwan, Devon Smith was also picked up by Tahir. Smith was caught and bowled by the leg spinner for 36 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 back on track. The pair added 58 runs for the 5th wicket, Dwayne Bravo was dismissed for 40, he got 1 four and 3 sixes. Devon Thomas was the last man to
enter double figures. The wicketkeeper was dismissed for 15. From then on West Indies wickets fell like a pack of cards.
Kieran Pollard and Darren Sammy the big hitters both fell for ducks, and the whole team was all out for just 222 in the 48th over. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 would fancy chasing the target with ease, considering that the pitch is not offering much assistance
to the seamers.
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