West Indies vs South Africa, 1st Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series: South Africa tour of West Indies, 2021 Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Date & Time: Jun 10-Jun 14, 10:00 AM LOCAL
Kemar Roach 2-64(20 ov)
86.6
Roach to Nortje, no run, terrific stuff from Roach but Nortje squeezes the ball out to the man at gully
86.5
Roach to Nortje, no run, goes wide of the crease, targets the sticks and Nortje responds with a block into the off-side
86.4
Roach to de Kock, 1 run, fuller delivery, de Kock stabs it out into the off-side for a single
86.3
Roach to de Kock, 2 runs, short ball, de Kock gets on top of the ball and pulls it down behind square for a brace
86.2
Roach to de Kock, no run, fuller ball, slipping down leg, de Kock misses the clip
86.1
Roach to de Kock, no run, short ball, de Kock pulls the ball down to deep square and doesn't run
84.6
Roach to Nortje, no run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Nortje looks to defend, misses. Nortje survives the final ball and it will be drinks
84.5
Roach to de Kock, 1 run, shortish delivery on the stumps, de Kock pulls it to mid-wicket
84.4
Roach to de Kock, no run, full toss, de Kock knocks it to leg
84.3
Roach to de Kock, 2 runs, slower delivery just outside off stump, de Kock taps it to point, big space, so shouts "yeah, yeah, yeah," and races back for two
84.2
Roach to de Kock, no run, and again. Pulled to deep backward square leg, prefers to keep strike
84.1
Roach to de Kock, no run, short delivery, de Kock pulls to deep backward square leg, denies the run as he can't get two
82.6
Roach to Nortje, no run, lovely inswinging yorker to follow up the short ball, Nortje does well to dig it out
82.5
Roach to Nortje, no run, short delivery outside off stump, Nortje lets it go
82.4
Roach to Rabada, out Caught by Holder!! Edged and straight to second slip. Short of a length delivery moving away, Rabada opened up in his defence off the back foot, the ball takes the outside edge and Holder takes it around hip height. Very comfortable. Rabada c Holder b Roach 4(17) [4s-1]
82.3
Roach to Rabada, no run, fullish delivery outside off stump, Rabada defends
82.2
Roach to de Kock, 1 run, short and on the leg stump, pulled to deep mid-wicket
82.1
Roach to de Kock, no run, fullish and outside off stump, de Kock drives towards cover
80.6
Roach to de Kock, no run, short of length delivery on the off stump, de Kock punches it towards mid-wicket
80.5
Roach to de Kock, no run, beaten. Full and swinging away outside off stump, de Kock looks to drive and misses
80.4
Roach to de Kock, FOUR, oh cracking off-drive. Overpitched ball outside off stump, de Kock drives nicely down the ground and finds the fence
80.3
Roach to de Kock, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, de Kock punches it towards short mid-wicket
80.2
Roach to de Kock, no run, down leg, de Kock fails to tickle it
80.1
Roach to de Kock, no run, fullish delivery just outside off stump, de Kock defends
66.6
Roach to Mulder, no run, short of length delivery that veers away off the seam, beating Mulder comprehensively on the back foot after being angled in
66.5
Roach to Mulder, no run, goes wide on the crease as he angles it in, not close enough to off stump though. Mulder leaves
66.4
Roach to Mulder, no run, full and wide, left alone
66.3
Roach to Mulder, no run, left alone outside off
66.2
Roach to de Kock, 3 runs, back of a length delivery outside off, de Kock back-cuts crisply and there's a half stop at gully who gets a hand. Should've only been two. But the throw came to the non-striker's end and Roach had his back turned to it as he had started walking back to his mark
66.1
Roach to de Kock, no run, short of length delivery outside off, de Kock punches it to mid-off
64.6
Roach to Mulder, no run, short of length delivery just outside off, Mulder punches to cover
64.5
Roach to Mulder, no run, pitched up outside off, left alone
64.4
Roach to de Kock, 1 run, short of length delivery just outside off, de Kock tucks it through midwicket
64.3
Roach to de Kock, no run, length ball wide of off, left alone
64.2
Roach to Mulder, 3 runs, short of length delivery outside off, Mulder gets on top of the bounce as he stands tall and punches through the covers
64.1
Roach to de Kock, 1 run, back of a length delivery outside off, chopped through point
62.6
Roach to de Kock, no run, fair bit of swing but starts quite wide and goes even further outside off, easy leave
62.5
Roach to de Kock, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, de Kock knocks it to mid-on
62.4
Roach to de Kock, no run, swinging away outside off, left alone
62.3
Roach to de Kock, no run, length ball outside off, left alone
62.2
Roach to de Kock, no run, back of a length delivery angled in on middle, clipped wide of square leg who stops it to his left
62.1
Roach to de Kock, no run, full outside off from round the wicket as Roach comes in for a new spell, de Kock leaves
47.6
Roach to de Kock, no run, another widish outswinger, ignored
47.5
Roach to de Kock, no run, this is way outside off stump and too wide to be playing
47.4
Roach to de Kock, no run, there is a bit more talk from behind the sticks now. Holder encouraging his bowler and his teammates join hands. Roach bowls a full length delivery, de Kock defends
47.3
Roach to de Kock, FOUR, wants to targets the stumps, but Quinny being a left-hander gets inside the line and just clips it fine through fine leg. Roach looks down immediately after delivering the ball. Knows his radar has been off
47.2
Roach to de Kock, no run, good length delivery just outside off stump, de Kock defends
47.1
Roach to de Kock, FOUR, these overcooks need to stop. Quinny won't mind these. He's got some freebies today and he's not missed out on those oppotunities. This time it's a delightful cover drive
45.6
Roach to de Kock, no run, good length outside off stump, left alone
45.5
Roach to de Kock, no run, coming close to the sticks, angling this in and then getting some away nip, de Kock manages to defend off the back foot
45.4
Roach to de Kock, no run, really full delivery outside off stump, de Kock drives it to cover
45.3
Roach to de Kock, no run, follows up with a really full delivery, digs it out
45.2
Roach to de Kock, 2 runs, now he has a man at deep point, wonder why you have a fielder for a bad ball with help from the pitch. Short and wide, de Kock cuts and the protection meant he got only two
45.1
Roach to de Kock, no run, round the wicket and fires the off-side yorker, dug out. Wasn't quite intentional from Roach
43.6
Roach to de Kock, FOUR, overpitched and punished. Full and in the slot, de Kock cracks it down the ground past the non-striker. The start and the end of that over was poor from Roach
43.5
Roach to de Kock, no run, walks across a tad, left alone. Doesn't carry to the keeper
43.4
Roach to de Kock, no run, wooo! Almost sucked him into the drive and got him. Lovely full ball angling away, this positive approach does give you chances as a bowler. De Kock wanted the drive, chased and missed it
43.3
Roach to de Kock, no run, good length and angling away outside off stump, de Kock lets it pass
43.2
Roach to de Kock, no run, corrects the line and bowls a good length delivery close to the sticks, de Kock defends
43.1
Roach to de Kock, FOUR, aah! How kind! Pressure morning for a batter and Roach runs in to bowl an absolute gift. Short and wide, de Kock doesn't need a second invitation with the cut shot and there's acres of space to access. Goes through point
30.6
Roach to van der Dussen, no run, on a length, left alone
30.5
Roach to van der Dussen, no run, effort ball but directionless and was left alone
30.4
Roach to van der Dussen, no run, right up there and has been yorked out into the off-side
30.3
Roach to van der Dussen, no run, that climbs up big! That was a length delivery, van der Dussen tried to block and ended up getting hit on the bottom hand. The bottom hand got jarred with the bat handle thanks to the force on the ball. The physio has walked out. The stinging pain won't go away soon but he seems okay to continue. The magic spray being applied. That will make it numb. van der Dussen looks a little disconcerted. Doesn't augur well for the visitors
30.2
Roach to van der Dussen, no run, back of a length delivery outside off, left alone
30.1
Roach to van der Dussen, no run, fuller but not close enough to the sticks to eke out a shot. Left alone
28.6
Roach to Markram, no run, looks to punch but ends up cue-ending to the man at cover as that was outside off
28.5
Roach to Markram, no run, fuller, not luring enough and has been left alone to the keeper
28.4
Roach to Markram, no run, stabs the length delivery away to the man at mid-on as it angled in
28.3
Roach to Markram, no run, goes wide of the crease, angles it in and has been left alone
28.2
Roach to Markram, no run, left alone outside off as the ball was well away from the sticks
28.1
Roach to Markram, 2 runs, the bottom hand comes off as Markram attempts a drive through the off-side. Gets a brace as the ball went between point and cover
12.6
Roach to Markram, no run, beats the outside edge as it nips away from back of a length
12.5
Roach to Markram, no run, sways out of the line of the short ball
12.4
Roach to Markram, no run, gets forward and defends
12.3
Roach to Markram, FOUR, much more forceful here from Markram as he gets a stride forward and punches the half-volley through mid-off. Roach guilty of trying too hard when all he has to do is hit a length consistently
12.2
Roach to van der Dussen, 3 runs, overpitched at the stumps with Roach going searching, van der Dussen just presents the full face and knocks it down the ground past mid-on. It's flicked just inside the ropes, they take three
12.1
Roach to van der Dussen, no run, full ball down leg, van der Dussen fails to flick it away
10.6
Roach to Markram, no run, good length outside off, nips in a touch as Markram shoulders arms
10.5
Roach to Markram, no run, banged in short outside off, Markram sways away
10.4
Roach to Markram, 2 runs, overpitched outside off, driven through extra cover. Timing isn't the greatest, will only be a couple
10.3
Roach to Markram, no run, left alone outside off
10.2
Roach to Markram, no run, short of length delivery that nips in from outside off, Markram tries forcing off the back foot and gets a thick inside edge onto pad
10.1
Roach to Markram, no run, short of length into Markram who turns it into the on-side
8.6
Roach to Keegan Petersen, no run, that is just vicious bounce. It kicks up from a short of length outside off, thankfully for Petersen the line was wide enough and it missed him by some distance. He was fending at it but it climbed dangerously past the glove
8.5
Roach to Keegan Petersen, no run, full at the stumps, turned into the on-side
8.4
Roach to Markram, 1 run, short of length, Markram gets behind the line of it and turns it wide of midwicket
8.3
Roach to Markram, no run, pitched up outside off, left alone
8.2
Roach to Markram, no run, an appeal for leg-before as Markram's struck on the pad by a nip-backer. Height the issue though. Length ball that comes in sharply off the seam, strikes Markram above the pad on the lower portion of the thigh
8.1
Roach to Markram, no run, short of length delivery outside off, cutting in, Markram leaves
6.6
Roach to Markram, no run, short of length on the off stump, Markram defends
6.5
Roach to Markram, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Markram shoulders arms
6.4
Roach to Markram, no run, short delivery on the leg stump, Markram ducks under it
6.3
Roach to Markram, no run, nipping back in, Markram covers the off stump and shoulders arms
6.2
Roach to Markram, 2 runs, gets it right this time, beats mid-off and sends it to the left for a couple of runs
6.1
Roach to Markram, no run, full and outside off stump, Markram wants the drive but misses
4.6
Roach to Markram, no run,
4.5
Roach to Markram, no run, good length delivery on the stumps, Markram defends off the back foot
4.4
Roach to Markram, no run, outside off stump, left alone
4.3
Roach to Markram, no run, nip backer, but well left
4.2
Roach to Markram, no run, huge appeal for LBW, shake of the head from ump Joel Wilson. Roach deliberates the review and goes back. Inside edge onto pad as he looks to defend
4.1
Roach to Markram, no run, full and on the off stump, Markram defends
2.6
Roach to Markram, no run, shortish delivery, Markram defends
2.5
Roach to Markram, FOUR, edgedddd and it's agonisingly evades the keeper and Cornwall at slip. This one nips away from good length, Markram gets an outside as he plays a half hearted defence, the keeper tried to dive and grab one-haded, Cornwall wasn't low enough to the left covering up
2.4
Roach to Markram, no run, edgedddd and it's agonisingly evades the keeper and Cornwall at slip. This one nips away from good length, Markram gets an outside as he plays a half hearted defence, the keeper tried to dive and grab one-haded, Cornwall wasn't low enough to the left covering up
2.3
Roach to Markram, no run, nice inswinger close to off, Markram covers the line and offers the full face of the bat
2.2
Roach to Markram, no run, swinging back in, goes down leg though
2.1
Roach to Markram, FOUR, tickled fine. Full and down leg, Markram gets inside to glance, the ball takes the edge and escapes past the keeper's dive
0.6
Roach to Keegan Petersen, 3 runs, low full toss, Petersen flicks it along the ground to deep mid-wicket
0.5
Roach to Elgar, out Caught by Blackwood!! You don't see this often. You definitely don't see Elgar flashing at a wide one early to nick off to the cordon. Delight for West Indies. Elgar can be a real pain for bowlers with his doggedness but now Roach has bagged him for nought. Full ball nipping away outside off stump, Elgar plays away from the body and loses grip of the bat, thick outside edge flies and it's well taken flying to the left at third slip. In fact he's just sliced that. Elgar c Blackwood b Roach 0(5)
0.4
Roach to Elgar, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Elgar lets it go
0.3
Roach to Elgar, no run, again nice away movement, Elgar lets it go
0.2
Roach to Elgar, no run, away movement off the seam, Elgar lets it pass as he knows three slips and gully are waiting for the edge
0.1
Roach to Elgar, no run, round the wicket. Full and angling in, Elgar lets it go
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