By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
@GettyImages.
Quinton de Kock’s sixth Test century was the big story of day two and ensured South Africa’s complete dominance of the first Test against the West Indies in St Lucia.
At stumps, the West Indies were 82-4, trailing the Proteas by 143 runs but it was De Kock’s innings that set up the visitors’ strong position.
De Kock (141*) smashed 12 boundaries and seven sixes, helping the Proteas to 322 all out. While wickets fell opposite him, De Kock was steadfast in his approach switching between circumspect and aggressive at will in what was a good reminder of how destructive he can be.
He shared a valuable 53-run partnership with Wiaan Mulder (25) and a ninth-wicket partnership with Anrich Nortje, a 79-run stand off 75 balls with De Kock scoring 68 of those.
The Windies began their second innings in the final session of the day and the South African fast-bowling unit made inroads almost immediately.
Kagiso Rabada picked up both openers and then Nortje got two of his own to leave the Windies reeling again at 51-4. They managed to survive the rest of the day without losing another wicket.
They’ll start day three on 82, trailing by 143 runs.
Meanwhile,following the completion of the Interim Board’s (IB) mandate, the Chair of the IB of Cricket South Africa (CSA), Stavros Nicolaou, supported by the Acting President of CSA, Rihan Richards, handed over the IB Report to the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa.
The handover of the IB Report officially marks the end of the Minister’s brief to the IB.
The official report is available here.
The long-awaited AGM will take place on Saturday from 10am and the Independent Nominations Panel will be responsible for appointing the eight independent directors to serve on the new 15-person Board.
The Members Council will also elect five of their representatives to become non-independent directors.
Dr Nicolaou,revealed on Friday at the handover of their report to sports minister Nathi Mthethwa that the nominations panel was headed by the chairman of the Institute of Directors Muhammad Seedat, and the six members included such well-known cricket figures as former first-class cricketer and match referee, attorney Enver Mall, former ICC and CSA president Ray Mali, and former Proteas pace bowler David Terbrugge.
Nicolaou stressed that the Interim Board had no input into the eight nominations that the panel will present on Saturday, except for establishing the parameters around which the members of the Independent Nominations Panel were appointed.