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West Indies vs South Africa Scorecard, 1st Test, South Africa vs West Indies 2023
Result · Feb 28 2023, Tue - 01:30 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA342, 116
WEST INDIES212, 159
South Africa won by 87 runs
CRR:3.88
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | West Indies in South Africa 2023 |
| Date: | Feb 28 2023, Tue - 01:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | South Africa |
| City: | Centurion |
| Venue: | SuperSport Park |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma (c), Keegan Petersen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Senuran Muthusamy, Marco Jansen, Anrich Nortje, Kagiso Rabada, Gerald Coetzee |
| West Indies Playing XI: | Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Raymon Reifer, Jermaine Blackwood, Kyle Mayers, Roston Chase, Joshua Da Silva (wk), Jason Holder, Alzarri Joseph, Kemar Roach, Shannon Gabriel |
- South Africa are unbeaten against the West Indies in their last 10 men’s Test matches (W8 D2), including winning each of their last three on the bounce; the last time the West Indies won against South Africa in the format was more than 15 years ago (December 2007); indeed, only against Bangladesh (14) do the Proteas have a longer active unbeaten streak in the format than the Men in Maroon.
- South Africa have won each of their eight multi-game bilateral men’s Test series against the West Indies; indeed, the Men in Maroon are the only sides against whom South Africa have a 100% winning rate in such series (min. 5 series played).
- South Africa have won each of their three men’s Test matches played against the West Indies at SuperSport Park, Centurion; only in Newlands, Cape Town (27) have the Proteas won more games in the format than at this venue (21).
- West Indies have won just one of their last six away games in men’s Tests (D1 L4), however, their sole win during this run came in their most recent game against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo.
- West Indies batters have struck 11 centuries since the beginning of 2021 in men’s Test cricket, more than double of what South African batters managed during the same period (five).
- South Africa bowlers average 24.2 in men’s Test cricket since the beginning of 2021, only India have a better rate in the format during the same period (23.1).
- Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies) has scored 22.4% of his team’s runs in Tests since the beginning of 2022, the best such rate for any player to have batted a minimum of 10 innings.
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) has scalped 17 wickets of lower-order batters in Test cricket since the beginning of 2022, the most of any bowler during the same period (also Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon).
- Kyle Mayers (West Indies) has a bowling average of 13.8 in men’s Test cricket since the beginning of 2022, the best of any bowler during this period (min. 25 overs bowled).
- Temba Bavuma is set to lead South Africa for the first time in Test cricket thus becoming the 38th men’s player to lead the Proteas in the format; his batting average of 12.5 against the West Indies however is his least against any side in the format.