Impressive Lizaad Williams didn't bank on making Proteas Test debut on a 'weird' Durban pitch

Lizaad Williams is delighted he could deliver a sizeable contribution to the Proteas' bowling cause on his debut in the first Test against Bangladesh, but didn't quite bank on being confronted with a "weird" Kingsmead pitch.

The wholehearted Titans seamer was undoubtedly South Africa's best performer on a rather attritional and slow third day on Saturday, finishing with eminently useful figures of 3/54 from his 18.5 overs.

A highlight was an absolute corker of delivery on a good length to a well-set Litton Das, one that moved late and made a mess of the stumps.

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"I'm delighted. Playing Test cricket has always been my dream and it's been something I've been working towards," said Williams.

"It's the most difficult form of the game and you want to test yourself in those situations. It was great to have contributed. 

"[It was a challenging day] because between Duanne [Olivier] and I we're two different kinds of seamers.

"He naturally gets a bit more bounce, so he can probably be a bit fuller. I was trying to hit between 6m and 7m to get the ball to squat a bit.

"We bowled well as a unit, but we could've done better. There's always an opportunity to improve, hopefully in the second innings."

Ironically, the 28-year-old from Vredenburg's best moment illustrated the peculiarity of the surface.

Williams got the old ball to proverbially talk in castling Litton, raising hopes that he would be even more lethal with the second new ball.

Instead, the attack struggled to make an impression.

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