Marlon Samuels fell to part-time bowler Stiaan van Zyl to give South Africa a breakthrough just before tea as the West Indies moved to 172-4 on the opening day of the third and final Test at Newlands yesterday.
Van Zyl had Samuels caught in the covers by Faf du Plessis with his first delivery of the game as he was brought on to offer some relief to the much-vaunted South Africa pace attack, which was held largely at bay by the Windies top order.
Debutant spinner Simon Harmer claimed two of the other wickets, including Leon Johnson, who scored 54 before being trapped LBW.
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Harmer also removed opener Devon Smith just before lunch, bowling him for 47 after he had shown gutsy defiance in the face of a concerted pace attack in the morning session.
Smith undid all his good work against the quick bowlers when he missed a delivery from the new South Africa off-spinner that clipped his middle stump to give Harmer his first Test wicket.
Samuels was out for 43 after succumbing to the temptation of a floated delivery from Van Zyl, leaving Shivnarine Chanderpaul (9) and Jermaine Blackwood (7) at the crease at tea.
Johnson shared a 51-run partnership with Samuels and added 50 runs with Smith.
Kraigg Brathwaite (7) was out first, falling to Dale Steyn, who tied Makhaya Ntini as South Africa’s second-highest wicket-taker with 390 Test scalps.
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