BENONI, South Africa, CMC – Half-centuries from Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Kavem Hodge enabled West Indies A to achieve a 27-run innings lead towards South Africa A within the first “Take a look at” on Wednesday.
Chanderpaul, son of former Guyana and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, hit the highest rating of 78. Hodge supported with 73 earlier than the Caribbean aspect declared within the remaining hour on 314 for 9, replying to the South Africans’ first innings, a complete of 287 for 9 introduced on the second day of the four-day contest at Willowmoore Park.
The guests did not make any early inroads within the South Africa A batting, and the house group reached three with out loss within the three overs doable earlier than stumps had been drawn, with Neil Model, their captain, not out on three, and Toni de Zorzi not out on zero.
Earlier, West Indies A resumed on 46 with out loss, and Chanderpaul and Hodge shared 110 for the third wicket to be the rocks upon which the Caribbean aspect constructed their reply after opener Zachary McCaskie and left-hander Kirk McKenzie fell inside the primary hour.
Chanderpaul batted for nearly 3-3/4 hours and smote 12 fours from 150 balls, and Hodge occupied the crease for practically 3-1/2 hours and struck 9 fours from 151 balls.
McCaskie made 31 earlier than he performed a free drive and was caught within the covers of pacer Tshepo Moreki within the eighth over of the day. Mckenzie was caught behind for a fourth-ball duck off the identical bowler when he top-edge a half-hearted reduce at a rising supply.
The Caribbean aspect was 66 for 2, and Hodge got here to the crease and performed a usually busy innings, carrying them to 129 for 2 at lunch with Chanderpaul, not out on 59, after he introduced up his half-century from 92 balls with a “French reduce” for his eighth boundary off pacer Mihlali Mpongwana.
The pair carried on merrily after the interval. Hodge reached his half-century when he reduce a large supply from pacer Hardus Viljoen by means of sq. cowl for his eighth 4, citing the hundred-run mark within the partnership with Chanderpaul.
Two wickets within the area of 35 balls within the remaining hour earlier than tea – Chanderpaul lbw to Viljoen, and fellow Guyanese Tevin Imlach caught at gully off the identical bowler – set the guests again, and so they reached 213 for 4 at tea.
West Indies A chased brisk runs after tea to attempt to hasten the declaration, and so they provided up a couple of low cost wickets, together with Hodge caught behind off Mpongwana, enjoying defensively ahead within the second over of the ultimate session.
The Caribbean aspect was 213 for 5, however Akeem Jordan cracked 40, Kevin Sinclair made 39, and their captain Joshua Da Silva added 20. they put collectively a few tidy partnerships between them to take the Caribbean aspect into the lead and previous 300 earlier than the declaration got here.
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