Nortje runs through WI top-order
The Hindu
Home captain Kraigg Brathwaite and opening partner Shai Hope negotiated a testing first 45 minutes under overcast skies against opening bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.
Anrich Nortje ploughed through the West Indies top order with three wickets as the home side were reduced to 48 for four at lunch on the opening day of the first Test in St Lucia on Thursday. Home captain Kraigg Brathwaite and opening partner Shai Hope negotiated a testing first 45 minutes under overcast skies against opening bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi. But the introduction of Nortje brought almost immediate rewards with Hope, back in the team after missing tours of New Zealand and Bangladesh and the home campaign against Sri Lanka, bowled by an impressive, accurate seamer to end an opening partnership of 24.More Related News