BENONI, South Africa, CMC – Openers Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Zachary McCaskie batted resolutely via 4 overs earlier than the shut and ensured West Indies A safely started their chase of 224 to win the primary “Take a look at” in opposition to South Africa A on Thursday.
McCaskie was not out on 5, Chanderpaul was not on one, and the Caribbean facet reached eight with out loss within the second innings earlier than stumps have been drawn on the third day of the four-day contest at Willowmoore Park.
The guests’ bowlers had defied a sixth first-class hundred of 104 from South Africa A captain Neil Model. They dismissed the house staff for 250 of their second innings inside the ultimate hour on one other intriguing day’s play.
The 27-year-old left-handed opener struck 14 fours from 219 balls in nearly six hours on the crease, however his instance of resolve was a lesson that his teammates didn’t emulate, and it has opened the way in which for his or her opponents to push for victory.
Pacer Akeem Jordan was essentially the most profitable West Indies A bowler with three for 58 from 22 overs, whereas fellow pacers Shermon Lewis and Jayden Seales and off-spinner Kevin Sinclair ended with two wickets.
Joshua Da Silva’s facet had the South Africans beneath strain from early after they resumed their in a single day complete of three with out loss.
Seales set again the hosts early when he obtained left-handed opener Tony de Zorzi caught at gully for a duck within the second over of the day.
West Indies A was placed on the defensive when Zubayr Hamza got here to the crease and placed on 64 for the second wicket with Model, however he was one in every of two wickets that fell inside the ultimate half-hour earlier than lunch that had South Africa A 81 for 3 on the interval.
Sinclair trapped Hamza lbw for 30, essaying a paddled sweep, on the third ball in his third over, and Jordan bowled Keegan Petersen for 9 when the batsman provided no stroke to a supply shifting again two balls earlier than lunch.
After the interval, the Caribbean facet had restricted success when Model, whose 50 got here from 123 balls, drove Lewis via cowl for the fifth of his 14 fours, and David Bedingham knuckled down and floor out a stand of 55 for the fourth wicket to stabilize the innings of the South Africans.
Lewis broke the stand when he trapped Bedingham lbw for 23, and the house staff labored to 173 for 4 at tea with Model not out on 83.
After the break, three wickets – two to Jordan – within the span of 34 balls had South Africa A reeling on 193 for seven earlier than Model determined to take issues into his personal arms and tried to succeed in his hundred, which got here from 202 balls when he drove Seales via extensive mid-off for 2.
Jordan obtained Clyde Fortuin caught behind for 20 and trapped Mihali Mpongwana lbw for eight earlier than Sinclair bowled Hardus Viljoen for an eight-ball duck.
Lewis obtained Model caught at mid-wicket a couple of overs after he reached his milestone, and there was token resistance from the South Africans’ tail that helped to beef up their ultimate complete.
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