The Test series between West Indies and South Africa came to an end on Saturday (August 17). Here's how players from both sides performed.

The Test series between West Indies and South Africa came to an end on Saturday (August 17). Here's how players from both sides performed.

West Indies

Kraigg Brathwaite: 3/10 (63 runs @ 15.8)

This was a disappointing series for the West Indies skipper, who is his side's most experienced batter by far. His form in recent months has been poor enough to broach discussions that he would not be an automatic selection on batting alone. 

Mikyle Louis: 3/10 (48 runs @ 12.0)

Mikyle Louis looked promising in his debut series in England, but back at home looked far less comfortable. He did get a peach from Nandre Burger in one innings, but it was a tough second outing for West Indies for the opener.

Keacy Carty: 5/10 (116 runs @ 29.0)

Keacy Carty made his Test debut in this series, and was okay when compared to his teammates. He reached double figures in every innings, but never scored more than 42. All in all, it was probably a slightly above average series for someone on debut on a couple of difficult surfaces.

 

 

Alick Athanaze: 5/10 (111 runs @ 27.8)

Athanaze had an up-and-down series. He registered two single-digit scores, but also notched up 92 in the second innings of the first Test. Some more consistency would have been ideal. 

Kavem Hodge: 4/10 (87 runs @ 21.8)

Like Carty and Athanaze, Hodge also had a middling series and forms part of the West Indies' brittle middle-order. He looked a far cry from the player who scored a century in England last month, and was below par.

Jason Holder: 6/10 (121 runs @ 60.5, 2 wickets @ 51.5)

Holder's average here is boosted by a couple of not out knocks, but the fact that he was his side's top run-scorer is cause for concern for the West Indies. He was no doubt solid with the bat, but struggled with ball in hand. He was economical enough, but never really threatened.  

Joshua da Silva: 2/10 (34 runs @ 11.3)

Joshua da Silva was often an annoying presence during the England series, batting well with the tail. However, he provided little resistance against South Africa with the bat. He was solid enough behind the stumps, but did little more than expected of him there.

 

 

Kemar Roach: 5/10 (3 wickets @ 30.7)

Kemar Roach only played the first Test on his comeback from injury, taking 2-53 and 1-39. These figures were okay, and it is difficult to read too much into his performance in a heavily rain-affected match. 

Gudakesh Motie: 2/10 (3 wickets @ 68.3)

Motie was expected to lead the spin attack in this series, but was well below his usual standards. In the first Test, he sent down 28 wicketless overs on a helpful wicket in the first innings, part of the effort that allowed South Africa to get ahead of the game. He did impress with an unbeaten 45 with the bat in the second Test, though.

Jomel Warrican: 7/10 (8 wickets @ 20.8)

Jomel Warrican started the series with 4-69 and 2-67 in the first Test. He took 2-21 in the second innings of the second Test to help South Africa's collapse, and on the whole performed above expectations.

Jayden Seales: 8/10 (12 wickets @ 18.1)

Seales' star continues to rise. He had had a decent, if unspectacular, series until the second innings of the second Test, in which he took 6-61 in a magnificent effort to give West Indies a shot of winning the match.

Shamar Joseph: 8/10 (5 wickets @ 17.2)

Joseph came in for Roach in the second Test, and impressed instantly with a magnificent spell of seam bowling to take 5-33. He also contributed 25 valuable runs from No.11, in partnership with Jason Holder.  

South Africa

Tony de Zorzi: 8/10 (163 runs @ 40.8)

De Zorzi was the top run-scorer in this series, which had two not-so-easy wickets to bat on. His 78 & 45 in the first Test were admirable knocks, and he scored a gritty 39 in the second Test as well.

Aiden Markram: 5/10 (112 runs @ 28.0)

Markram had a middling series by his standards. A return of 112 runs considering the totals in the series is not bad, but not great either.

Tristan Stubbs: 6/10 (138 runs @ 34.5)

Adjusting to a new position at No.3, Tristan Stubbs displayed flashes of the immense batting potential he has. He dealt well with a fiery Shamar Joseph spell in the second Test, but never managed to really kick on and make a big score.

 

 

Temba Bavuma: 5/10 (105 runs @ 35.0)

Bavuma's first knock of the series was a characteristic, classy 86. However, he never really contributed after that, with scores of 17*, 0 and 4.

David Bedingham: 3/10 (57 runs @ 19.0)

Scores of 29, 28 and 0 in his three innings are not a reflection of David Bedingham's quality, but effectively sticking around for an hour or two with bat in hand is a fairly sub-standard series for a specialist batter.

Ryan Rickelton: 3/10 (19 runs @ 19.0)

There isn't much to say on Rickelton, who only got to bat once and scored 19 before he was dismissed by Kemar Roach with the second new ball in the first Test.

Kyle Verrynne: 7/10 (119 runs @ 39.7)

Kyle Verrynne has often looked like a limited batter in his Test career. He was solid as usual with the keeping gloves but scores of 39, 21 and 59 mean he performed above expectations in this series.

Wiaan Mulder: 8/10 (75 runs @ 37.5, 6 wickets @ 18.3)

Wiaan Mulder is by no means the second coming of Jacques Kallis, but was solid enough when called upon with both bat and ball in this series. His 4-32 in the second Test was instrumental in helping South Africa secure a first-innings lead.

 

 

Keshav Maharaj: 9/10 (13 wickets @ 16.1)

Thirteen wickets in two Tests, and a Player of the Series award were Keshav Maharaj's returns from this series. There was also the small matter of him becoming South Africa's highest wicket-taker ever among spin bowlers. 

Kagiso Rabada: 8/10 (8 wickets @ 23.0)

Rabada's consistency in red-ball cricket is part of what makes him a modern-day great. Opening the bowling for the Proteas, he kept asking questions of West Indies' batters, and is now just one away from 300 Test wickets.

Lungi Ngidi: 4/10 (1 wicket @ 51.0)

Ngidi bowled just five overs in the second innings of the only Test he played. In the first, he took 1-26 in 11.5 overs. Not bad, but hardly anything to judge a series on. 

Dane Piedt: 6/10 (2 wickets @ 25.0)

Dane Piedt came in to shore up South Africa's spin attack in the second Test. He did not bowl at all in the first innings but took 2-50 in the second. He also top-scored in the Proteas' first innings with 38* in a last-wicket partnership of 63.

Nandre Burger: 6/10 (3 wickets @ 27.7)

Burger also played only the second Test, taking 3-49 and 0-34. Like Piedt, majority of his impact came with the bat in the aforementioned partnership but he did take the early wickets of Mikyle Louis and Keacy Carty.

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