OWN CORRESPONDENT, Pietermaritzburg | Tuesday 5.30pm.
THE touring West Indies have drawn their four day match against South Africa “A” at the Pietermaritzburg Oval on Tuesday.
The Windies were pushed along to 95/3 with a quick second-wicket partnership of 62 off just 80 balls before bad light stopped play as on the previous days.
All in all just 251,5 overs were sent down over the four days with the West Indies scoring 375 and 95/3 to the A side’s 293.
The pick of the West Indian bowlers was Nixon McLean who finished up with 3/49 from 18 overs and is most likely to play in the third Test against South Africa ahead of rivals Franklyn Rose and Mervyn Dillon.
McLean dismissed skipper Nic Pothas for 26, Shafiek Abrahams for one and discarded Test seamer Makhaya Ntini for a duck.
The other two South African wickets to fall Tuesday were those of Martin Van Jaarsveld and Lance Klusener.
Van Jaarsveld was the first to go when he ws bowled for 44 by Carl Hooper. Klusener ws the victim of a direct run-out throw by Shivnarine Chanderpaul with his score on 18.
Scoreboard at the close of the fourth day:
West Indies first innings — 375
South Africa “A” first innings — (188/4 wkts over)
B Dippenaar c Hooper b Dillon 17 (81m 57b 3×4)
S Koenig c Ganga b Hooper 52 (184m 132b 6×4)
A Prince b Lewis 35 (91m 90b 3×4)
M Van Jaarsveld b Hooper 44 (116m 113b 4×4)
J Kemp c Lambert b Lewis 38 (78m 81b 4×4)
N Pothas c Murray b McLean 26 (97m 91b 2×4)
L Klusener run out (Chanderpaul) 18 (78m 56b 1×4)
S Abrahams c Murray b McLean 1 (20m 7b)
P Adams c Lewis b Rose 27 (65m 55b 4×4)
M Ntini b McLean 0 (2m 3b)
C Willoughby not out 9 (49m 23b 1×4)
Extras (8b 8lb 1w 9nb) 26
Total (all out) — 293 (116,3 overs, 436 mins)
Fall of wickets: 1/36 2/111 3/115 4/182 5/207 6/251 7/254 8/261 9/261
Bowling: Rose 19,3-5-42-1 (5nb), McLean 18-1-49-3 (1w 1nb), Dillon 9-5-6-1, Hooper 36-4-95-2, Lewis 33-9-78-2 (3nb), Ganga 1-0-7-0
West Indies second innings —
S Williams lbw Willoughby 9 (7m 7b 2×4)
C Lambert c Pothas b Ntini 32 (63m 42b 6×4)
D Ganga c Willoughby b Ntini 33 (64m 47b 6×4)
F Reifer not out 8 (21m 18b 2×4)
J Murray not out 11 (12m 9b 2×4)
Extras (2lb) 2
Total (for 3 wkts) 95 — 20,2 overs (85 mins) Match abandoned bad light.
Fall of wickets: 1/13 2/75 3/80
Bowling: Klusener 7-1-36-0, Willoughby 7-1-32-1, Ntini 3,2-1-20-2, Adams 3-2-5-0
Result: Match drawn Cricketnet
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“Bruce has a long history as a professional footballer. He needs grooming to become a top-class coach and working with Westerhof can provide this education.”
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