WI storm back against SA

WI storm back against SA
Agence France Presse

Georgetown, March 12: Gary Kirsten made 150 and steered South Africa to a 28-run first innings lead but the third day of the first Test at the Bourda Ground yesterday belonged largely to the West Indies.

West Indies wiped out the deficit and were 50 for no wicket at the close, an overall lead of 22. South Africa seemed poised for a big total when they reached 171 for one in reply to the West Indian first innings total of 304.

But a dubious leg-before wicket decision against Jacques Kallis started a slide in which the tourists lost nine wickets for 151 runs. Kallis was given out by English umpire John Hampshire although television replays showed clearly that he got a thick edge to a ball from Nixon McLean before it hit his pad.

Kirsten and Kallis (50) put on a record 146 for the second wicket and neither looked troubled after resuming at the overnight total of 130 for one. South African then quickly lost Daryll Cullinan and Neil McKenzie, who both fell to the leg-spinner, Dinanath Ramnarine. Kirsten and Mark Boucher (52) put on 76 for the fifth wicket, with Boucher striking the ball crisply and reaching his fifty off 89 balls, the fastest half-century of a match in which batsman have had difficulty scoring quickly on a slow pitch. Kirsten’s dismissal shortly before tea, when he played a tired-looking cut against Courtney Walsh and was caught by wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs, started another collapse, with the last six wickets adding only 58 run.It was the 12th Test century by Kirsten, 33, who equalled the South African record for most centuries held by teammate Daryll Cullinan.

Scoreboard
West Indies (1st innings) 304
South Africa (1st innings, overnight 130-1): G Kirsten c Jacobs b Walsh 150, H Gibbs b Dillon 8, J Kallis lbw b McLean 50, D Cullinan c Jacobs b Ramnarine 7, N McKenzie b Ramnarine 4, M Boucher lbw b Walsh 52, L Klusener lbw b McLean 5, N Boje c Hinds b Dillon 15, S Pollock not out 17, A Donald c Lara b Ramnarine 2, M Ntini c Jacobs b Dillon 11, Extras: (b-4, lb-5, nb-2) 11
Total: (All out in 127 overs) 332
Fall of wkts: 1-25, 2-171, 3-186, 4-198, 5-274, 6-285, 7-287, 8-310, 9-315
Bowling: Walsh 28-7-56-2 (nb-1), Dillon 27-5-64-3 (nb-1) McLean 22-0-75-2, Ramnarine 41-9-105-3, Hooper 8-0-21-0, Samuels 1-0-2-0
West Indies (2nd innings): W Hinds not out 13, C Gayle not out 26
Extras: (b-5, lb-1, nb-5) 11
Total: (For no loss, 15 overs) 50
Bowling: Donald 5-3-8-0, Pollock 3-0-23-0 (nb-3), Kallis 4-0-9-0 (nb-2), Boje 3-2-4-0