WI VS RSA - 1st Test, South Africa tour of West Indies, 2024

Just one more session in this game and we could've had a result. Too much time was lost to rain in the end. As Bavuma mentioned, the surface was docile too. While it wasn't great for strokeplay, it didn't offer much for the bowlers either. So all in all, a pretty dull Test match. They'll be hoping for better conditions in Guyana. All to play for, the winner of that game will also win the series. That's it from us. Take care and goodbye.

Kraigg Brathwaite: Happy with the intent we had as a batting group. The guys were quite positive. We believed we could get the runs. We knew it wouldn't be easy. We had a gameplan and fully backed it. Liked how Alick (Athanaze) went about it. Keacy as well, fully committed to his plans. We were up for the challenge today. It's a balance. Pitches are always different here, bit slower. There are times when you need to accelerate and times when you need to build a foundation. It's all about belief and planning. It's about believing in the plans. Alick (Athanaze) showed us how to do it and Hodge did it in England. Must commend how he went about his planning and he stuck to it. (On workload management) We'll assess some of the boys when we get to Guyana. We have a 15-man squad. We'll assess how the bowlers are.

Temba Bavuma: We tried our best from our side. Just wasn't enough time in the end. Wicket didn't break up as much as we expected as well. The elements got the better of a good competitive game of cricket. Went with an extra batter to cushion our inexperience. We'd like to be more ruthless as batters. Guy like Stubbs will take a lot of confidence from a knock like that. Lot of positives. We lost time because of the weather. We'd have liked the wicket to deteriorate a bit more but it didn't. We tried our best with the resources we had. Little bit more time and we could be saying something different. On that wicket, felt like Keshav and KG were best suited to get wickets. The rest of the bowlers did their jobs well. Two guys to attack and the rest to support.

Keshav Maharaj | Player of the Match: Pride myself in Test cricket. Always ready to bowl. Was happy and just soldiered through Try and read conditions and see how I can get the best assistance. Then I try and keep it simple with my lines and lengths. Full credit to Athanaze, I just stuck to my guns, varied the lengths a bit and got the result.

17:51 Local Time, 21:51 GMT, 03:21 IST: While there was a slim chance of a result today with South Africa pushing for a win, as it turns out, rain had done too much damage. The West Indies, after a little scare, manage to hold out. The day started with South Africa adding some quick runs before declaring. The West Indies lost a wicket in the few overs they had to bat before lunch and the second session was delayed by an hour due to rain. The second wicket came early in the second session but then the West Indies batters stepped up. Athanaze batted really nicely at one end, showed intent right from the start and the others batted around him. Athanaze looked set for his maiden century before getting desperate and throwing it away late in the day. Even still, there was too much work for South Africa to do in too few overs so they decided to shake hands and call it a day.

Bavuma and South Africa decide they've had enough. Match Drawn

Maharaj to Holder, SIX, tossed up full on off-stump, everyone close to the bat and Holder unleashes his long levers, smokes it straight back down the ground and over the ropes

Maharaj to Holder, no run, full on off-stump, blocked

Five men crowding the bat, short cover and silly mid-off. Silly mid-on comes in too. Looks like a a desperate last effort

Markram to Joshua Da Silva, no run, length delivery on off-stump, Joshua Da Silva presses back and defends

Markram to Joshua Da Silva, no run, full on off-stump, defended straight back to the bowler

Markram to Joshua Da Silva, no run, tossed up full outside off, driven back to the bowler

Markram to Joshua Da Silva, no run, length delivery outside off, Joshua Da Silva presses back and steers it towards point

Markram to Joshua Da Silva, no run, flatter delivery on off-stump, knocked back towards the bowler

Markram to Joshua Da Silva, no run, tossed up full outside off, Joshua Da Silva leans in and defends

Maharaj to Holder, no run, tossed up full on off-stump, blocked

Holder is ready to go again. Four men round the bat

Holder looks to be in some pain, might be cramp. The physio has run out there

Maharaj to Holder, no run, full on off-stump, round-arm action, Holder defends

Holder is stretching his hamstrings