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PORT OF SPAIN : West Indies batsman Alick Athanaze led home resistance as he fell agonisingly short of a maiden test century but still did enough to help ensure a draw in the first test against South Africa at the Queen’s Park Oval in Port of Spain on Sunday.
Keshav Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada combined on Saturday to earn South Africa a healthy first innings lead over the West Indies with the visitors attempting to defy the impact of inclement weather in seeking to force an unlikely victory going into the final day of the first Test of a two-match series in Trinidad. Steady rain restricted play to just the final session on the fourth day but in that time South Africa dismissed the home side for 233 in the first innings and then made their intentions clear in reaching 30 without loss off five overs in the second innings at the close.
The Proteas have named their side to face the West Indies in the first Test of a two-match series starting in Trinidad on Wednesday.
India all-rounder Washington Sundar has been nominated for the ICC Player of the month Award for July alongside England's Gus Atkinson and Charlie Cassell of Scotland. After years of perseverance and battling injuries, Washington appears to have finally established himself in international cricket. Washington was part of a youthful Indian squad that toured Zimbabwe for a five-match T20I series. With the regular players resting after their World Cup victory, the 24-year-old stepped up and emerged as the team's leading spin-bowling all-rounder, proving his worth and justifying the faith placed in him.
The Proteas have lost the services of fast bowler Gerald Coetzee for next month's two-Test series against the West Indies in the Caribbean.
Scotland pacer Charlie Cassell broke South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada's nine-year-old record for best bowling figures on debut in Men's ODIs when he picked 7-21 in 5.4 overs against Oman in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 match here on Monday. Cassell was added to the Scotland squad for the matches against Oman after fellow pacer Chris Sole made himself unavailable due to personal reasons. Cassell made an impact immediately with pinpoint accuracy, by trapping former Oman captain Zeeshan Maqsood lbw off his very first ball in international cricket.
Proteas red-ball coach Shukri Conrad announced on Monday his 16-man squad for the two-match Test series against the West Indies, which starts on 7 August.
JOHANNESBURG : Batsman Matthew Breetzke has received his first call-up to South Africa’s test squad for their two-match series in the West Indies next month, Cricket South Africa said on Monday.