West Indies vs South Africa, 2021: 1st Test, Stats review: Quinton de Kock's records, Kagiso Rabada's milestones and more stats

South Africa have registered an excellent victory against the West Indies in the first Test of the two-match series. They defeated the home team in just three days in the first game. The hosts were dismissed for 162 runs in their second innings after conceding a 225-run lead in the first innings. Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje played a crucial role in helping their side win. The second game of the series will be played from 18th June at Gros Islet, St Lucia.

Let’s look at important stats and numbers after the end of the first Test between West Indies and South Africa:

An away win for South Africa after 4 years

9 – Before this Test, South Africa lost 9 consecutive Test matches away from home. Their last away win in the five-day format was against England in July 2017

Three-day finish and an innings loss

1 – This was the first time in their Test cricket history when West Indies lost a home Test by innings inside three days. Overall, this was the sixth time when they lost by an innings at home.

Big records created by Quinton de Kock

1 – Quinton de Kock became the first wicketkeeper to hit a Test century for South Africa in West Indies. Before him, the highest individual score for a South African wicketkeeper was 69 registered by Mark Boucher in 2010.

3 – The 141-run unbeaten knock by Quinton de Kock was the third-highest individual score by a wicketkeeper in a Test in West Indies. Only Denesh Ramdin (169) and Les Ames (149) are ahead of him.

3 – This was the third away century for the talented batter in his Test career. He surpassed AB de Villiers (2) in terms of most away Test hundreds as a wicketkeeper for South Africa.

7 – Quinton de Kock hit 7 sixes in his wonderful knock. He is now at the joint-second spot in terms of most maximums hit in a Test innings in the West Indies. Jason Holder who smashed 8 sixes against England in 2019 is sitting at the top spot.

6 – This was the sixth Test hundred in de Kock’s career. Only Kumar Sangakkara (7) and Les Ames (7) had more Test tons as a wicketkeeper before turning 30.

Lungi Ngidi’s feat

5 – Lungi Ngidi picked up 5 wickets for 19 runs in the first innings of the game. This is the fifth-best bowling figures for South Africa in West Indies and the best figures since 2006.

New low for West Indies

97 – West Indies were dismissed for 97 runs in the first innings of this Test. This is their lowest-ever first-innings all-out total in a home Test.

2 – This was also their second-lowest first innings total in Test history where all 10 wickets fell.

Kagiso Rabada’s milestone

10 – This was the 10th in his Test career when Kagiso Rabada picked up a fifer. Only Dale Steyn (14) had taken more five-wicket hauls for South Africa at the age of 26 in the longest format.

Ngidi and Rabada’s fifers

1 – Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi took five-wicket hauls in this game. This was the first time when two South African bowlers picked up fifers in a Test in West Indies. Before them, Makhaya Ntini picked up fifers in both innings in 2005.