Powell, Taylor power Windies to drivers’ seat

West Indies fast bowlers Daren Powell and Jerome Taylor took five wickets...

West Indies fast bowlers Daren Powell and Jerome Taylor took five wickets between them Thursday to leave South Africa struggling at 122-5 at stumps on the second day of the first Test.

South Africa was still 286 runs behind West Indies’ first innings total of 408 all out at St. George’s Park. AB de Villiers, with 22 runs, and Mark Boucher on 18, were undefeated at the close of play.

Powell struck in the opening over when Herschelle Gibbs was caught behind for no runs. Earlier, Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a record seventh straight Test half century before being dismissed for 104. Nel finished with 3-85, while Ntini took 3-100 .

Scoreboard

West Indies 1st Innings (Overnight 281/4): S Chanderpaul b Nel 104, D Bravo c & b Ntini 12, D Ramdin c Boucher b Ntini 1, D Sammy run out (De Villiers) 38,J Taylor b Steyn 8,D Powell not out 1,F Edwards c Prince b Nel 0

Extras: (2-b, 8-lb, 4-nb, 3-w) 17; TOTAL (all out in 133.4 ovrs) 408; Fall of wickets: 1-98, 2-102, 3-166, 4-277, 5-296, 6-304, 7-361, 8-385, 9-407.

Bowling: D Steyn 31-4-121-2, M Ntini 30-6-100-3, A Nel 25.4-7-85-3, P Harris 30-9-69-1, J Kallis 17-8-23-0

South Africa, 1st Innings: G Smith lbw b Taylor 28, H Gibbs c Ramdin b Powell 0, H Amla b Powell 29, J Kallis c Bravo b Taylor 0, A Prince c Morton b Powell 20, A B de Villiers not out 22, M Boucher not out 18

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Extras: (4-b, 1-nb) 5; TOTAL: (for 5 wickets, 34 ovrs) 122; Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-45, 3-53, 4-63, 5-96.

Bowling: D Powell 12-4-40-3, F Edwards 10-2-40-0, J Taylor 7-3-28-2, D Bravo 5-1-10-0.