da bet7： A rollicking undefeated 67 from Ridley Jacobs and a superb half-century from20 year-old Marlon Samuels ensured that the West Indies capitalised on theirstrong overnight position to virtually bat South Africa out of the fifthTest at Sabina Park on
Marcus Prior21-Apr-2001A rollicking undefeated 67 from Ridley Jacobs and a superb half-century from20 year-old Marlon Samuels ensured that the West Indies capitalised on theirstrong overnight position to virtually bat South Africa out of the fifthTest at Sabina Park on day three.By the close, the West Indies were 255-7, an overall lead of 339, withDinanath Ramnarine alongside Jacobs on nine.Coming in with the West Indies a fragile 77-3, Samuels (59) played witha freedom and maturity which belied the fact he was dropped from the Testside only two weeks ago. When he was finally dismissed in Shaun Pollock’sfirst over with the second new ball, he had faced 97 balls and struck ninesweet boundaries. The way he gave his wicket away was a disappointment,driving off the back foot with the bat well away from his body, an insideedge sending the ball crashing into middle and leg stumps.Jacobs ensured the good work was not wasted, though, never afraid of theunorthodox – and occasionally the downright bizarre – as he went after theSouth African bowling. His aggression was rewarded with one piece of luck,Justin Kemp putting down a very tough chance at fine-leg when Jacobstop-edged a pull off Pollock.Although Mervyn Dillon (13) struck Pollock straight to Herschelle Gibbsat point after a confident start, Ramnarine hung around to the closeuntroubled.Resuming on 34 without loss overnight, opener Leon Garrick was the firstman to go on day three, the victim of a superb piece of fast bowling fromAllan Donald. Seeing Garrick was keen pull and hook, Donald tested him onfour separate occasions and four times the stocky right-hander failed tomake clean contact. Just when Garrick might have been expecting anothershort-pitched delivery, Donald bowled the the perfect leg-cutter which tookthe edge and flew through to Mark Boucher. It was brilliant stuff from themaster, totally out-thinking a naive apprentice.Pollock then tossed the ball to Kemp, who continued the captain’sround-the-wicket attack to the left-handers with almost immediate dividends.After his usual neat start, Shivnarine Chanderpaul lookd to drive Kempthrough the covers but instead edged an away-swinger to Daryll Cullinan atfirst slip.Left-arm spinner Paul Adams slipped quickly into a good rhythm and inthe third over after lunch he bowled Brian Lara for just 14 as theleft-hander came down the wicker but succeeded only in turning a fulldelivery into a yorker.The patience of Chris Gayle was reaching monumental proportions as hereached 32 from 179 deliveries, his judgement outside the off-stumpimpeccable as he chose to leave more often than not. It took somethingspecial from Pollock to remove him, the left-hander totally bemused by aslow yorker which removed middle-stump.The delivery from Jacques Kallis which brought about the end of WestIndies captain Carl Hooper (5) was another peach. Hooper was looking to makeup for the injudicious pull which saw his demise in the first innings, butcould do little about the steepling bounce of a ball fended uncomfortably toPollock who took a good catch at the second attempt at third slip.