Cricket : West Indies Manages to Draw First Test Versus South Africa

On Sunday 11th August, on the fifth and final day of the test match Indies v South Africa, the home team managed to pull off a nerve-racking draw, mainly due to an outstanding innings by Alick Athanaze, who just failed to make his maiden test ton.

Summarized scores: South Africa 357
West Indies 257
South Africa 173 for 3 declared: Stubbs 68; de Zorzi 45
West Indies needing 298 for victory, ended on 201 for 5: Athanaze 92; Holder 31*; Carty 31
Maharaj 4 for 88

Match drawn

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