
Holder's 81* keeps West Indies afloat on 13-wicket day
Tracy Mensah
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South Africa 320 and 4 for 0 (Markram 1*, Elgar 3*) lead West Indies 251 (Holder 81*, Coetzee 3-41, Rabada 2-19) by 73 runsSouth Africa have a generous lead of 73 after dismissing West Indies for 251 inside 80 overs on a 13-wicket day at the Wanderers. Jason Holder's half-century - the highest score for a West Indian batting at No.8 or lower in South Africa - and his 58-run final-wicket stand with Gudakesh Motie helped West Indies concede only almost half the deficit they did at SuperSport Park last week and demonstrated the application the rest of the line-up lacked.Holder, who was batting with the assurance of a player set for a fourth Test century, kept West Indies competitive after twin collapses. They slipped to 51 for 4 in the morning, recovered thanks to a 52-run fifth-wicket stand between Kyle Mayers and Roston Chase and then lost four for 59 in the middle order to much all the good work of their seamers in the first 16 minutes of play.Alzarri Joseph struck twice and Mayers once as West Indies dismissed South Africa's last three batters in 18 balls, with South Africa adding only nine runs to their overnight score of 311. All told, South Africa lost their last eight wickets for 72 runs. The form of their middle order will also give West Indies reason to believe they remain in the game.On a pitch with extra bounce on one end and turn on the other, batting was always going to be tricky but South Africa also showed up sharply in the field to make it even more difficult.After only scoring one run in their first 19 balls, West Indies were anxious to rotate strike so when Kraigg Braithwaite tapped Mulder into the covers, he set off a single. But he didn't bank on Temba Bavuma's quick reflexes. South Africa's captain swooped in from mid-off, pulled off a one-hand pick-up-and-release and hit the stumps at the striker's end to find Tagenarine Chanderpaul short of his ground.From the other end, Kagiso Rabada extracted extra bounce with a short-of-a-length beauty that found Braithwaite's outside edge. Elgar had to ta
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Holder's 81* keeps West Indies afloat on 13-wicket day
Tracy Mensah