A hard day’s Test cricket created optimism for the West Indies and provided lessons for the South Africans, who, given their limited Test schedule, would have appreciated the frustration they endured in the final session.
Gerald Coetzee certainly did. In his second Test, on a pitch he described as offering a more balanced battle between bat and ball, in contrast to the one at Centurion last week that favoured the seamers, he was grateful for the lessons.
Coetzee, playing the role of lone enforcer in the absence of the injured Anrich Nortjé, certainly delivered the kind of spirited performance that earned him high praise from teammate Kagiso Rabada last week. But the West Indies’ lower order delivered in a manner South Africa’s haven’t been able to for a while, thanks mainly to Jason Holder.
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