Steady start by South Africa

GEORGETOWN, MARCH 17. South Africa was 61 for no loss, after electing to bat, in the second Test against West Indies at the Queen's Park Oval here on Saturday.

Herschelle Gibbs with 34 (79b, 3 x 4) and Gary Kirsten with 22 (89b, 1 x 4) were at the crease. The West Indies used four bowlers - Courtney Walsh, Merv Dillon, Nixon McLean and Dinanath Ramnarine.

Walsh had good figures of 17 runs off 10 overs while Dillon was a touch expensive with figures of 26 off nine overs. Ramnarine, who was brought in before lunch, had a run taken off his two overs.

lThe teams:

West Indies: Wavell Hinds, Chris Gayle, Marlon Samuels, Brian Lara, Carl Hooper (captain), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Ridley Jacobs, Nixon McLean, Mervyn Dillon, Dinanath Ramnarine and Courtney Walsh.

South Africa: Gary Kirsten, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Daryll Cullinan, Neil McKenzie, Lance Klusener, Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock (captain), Nicky Boje, Allan Donald and Makhaya Ntini.

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