Proteas coach Conrad mulls pace quartet for Windies Test as Coetzee raises his hand with a five-for

Proteas red-ball coach Shukri Conrad said he's considering fielding four pacers for next week's Test against the West Indies at SuperSport Park in Centurion.

The wet weather that had bedevilled the Highveld over the past fortnight relented enough for the three-day tour game between the South African Invitation XI and the West Indians in Benoni that ran from Tuesday until Thursday.

Clement weather also allowed for the Four-Day Series game between the Lions and the Warriors to be played to a draw from Sunday to Wednesday, even though half of the second afternoon and the entire second evening fell victim to the weather on Monday.

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From a Tshwane perspective, which is where the Test will be held, the Titans/Paarl Rocks game that was hosted at the University of Pretoria was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

However, SuperSport Park has excellent drainage, so the outfield isn't an issue, but how the cut 22m strip will play will be the most important part, along with the composition of the bowling attack.

A four-fast bowler attack would mean a Test debut for Knights pacer Gerald Coetzee, who travelled with the Test team to Australia.

Conrad, who didn't want to reveal what the full makeup of his team will be even though there's clarity in how his top four will look from a batting perspective, said there was the need to be fluid with team selections for specific conditions.

With Conrad announcing last week that the recalled Aiden Markram will open with Dean Elgar, Keagan Petersen, returning to first drop, and newly appointed Test captain Temba Bavuma look the most likely candidates to fill up the top four batting berths.

"If conditions are such that we'll be playing on a