3 Jan 2015

Ramdin steadies West Indies

2:47 pm on 3 January 2015

The debutant off-spinner Simon Harmer took three wickets before West Indian captain Denesh Ramdin led a fightback against South Africa on the first day of the third and final Test at Newlands.

Denesh Ramdin

Denesh Ramdin Photo: PHOTOSPORT

At stumps West Indies, who are attempting to square the series, were 276 for six.

Ramdin (53) and Jermaine Blackwood (45 not out) put on 94 for the sixth wicket to enable the tourists to finish with a respectable total after it seemed they had squandered the advantage of winning the toss and batting first on an easy-paced pitch.

Harmer took three for 67 and was mainly responsible for the West Indies slipping to 172 for five, dismissing Devon Smith, Leon Johnson and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.