Second Test, Cape Town (day one, stumps):
South Africa v West Indies 240-8  Steyn (centre) was the star for South Africa at Newlands |
Dale Steyn took 4-60 as South Africa reduced West Indies to 240-8 on day one of the second Test in Cape Town. The tourists, who won the opener, were 183-3 after Marlon Samuels (51) and Shiv Chanderpaul put on 106 carefully.
But Samuels edged Makhaya Ntini behind and Dwayne Bravo guided him to slip before Steyn had Denesh Ramdin lbw and bowled Rawl Lewis off successive balls.
Jerome Taylor ballooned a return catch to Steyn and much will depend on how many more Chanderpaul (64no) can add.
It was a reality check for the Windies, who were celebrating a momentous triumph a few days ago.
They brought back spinner Lewis for all-rounder Darren Sammy, while South Africa recalled Neil McKenzie for his first Test since March 2004 in place of out-of-sorts batsman Herschelle Gibbs.
On a lively Newlands surface, the hosts had an early breakthrough in the fifth over when Steyn found Daren Ganga's outside edge with a good delivery.
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Captain Chris Gayle, who cracked two sixes in his 46 off 49 balls, and Runako Morton (23) put on 59 before the latter mis-timed a drive off Jacques Kallis to Ntini at mid-off.
When the skipper drove Andre Nel to a diving McKenzie at gully his team was in some bother.
Samuels, who took 73 balls to score his first two runs, could have been dismissed on that score but Ntini failed to grasp the ball when it was driven back firmly at him.
He survived to help the Windies avoid any casualties during the middle session thanks to a cautious approach matched by the dogged Chanderpaul.
Their stand was broken through a fine ball from Ntini which straightened before catching Samuels' edge and Bravo steered one that was angled in to Kallis at second slip in the paceman's next over.
Steyn then took over to produce full swinging deliveries with the second new ball which were too good for Ramdin and Lewis, while Taylor was undone by a rapid short one.
Amid all that, left-hander Chanderpaul stood firm and eschewed any risks to strike only six boundaries in 214 balls of defiance.
West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels:
"South Africa came with a plan to starve us as much as possible, to bowl outside off stump and not give away any runs. They kept it tight so we had to be patient. "It's not the target we set out to get but we are still on track, knowing that Shiv as a set batter is still there.
"The outfield took a lot of runs away from us. It's not often we play on an outfield so thick. We played a lot of shots that could have gone for four but we only got two runs for them."
South Africa's Neil McKenzie:
"It was hard work for the bowlers running in. Their speeds weren't quite as quick as they normally are because it was quite heavy underfoot. "It looks like a really good pitch so we will look to bat big and bat big once."
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