South Africa were 190 for five in their first innings at lunch on the second day in the opening Test against West Indies on Friday at Queen’s Park Oval.
The visitors’ were struggling at 107/5 before AB de Villiers (40 batting) and A. Prince (42 batting) rescued the visitors.
Earlier on Thursday, the South Africans, electing to bat, reached 70-3 in their first innings when bad light stopped play early.
Only 34 overs were possible in just over two hours of play, as the West Indies Cricket Board’s decision to stage a Test in the middle of the Trinidad & Tobago wet season seriously backfired.
South Africa skipper Graeme Smith gave the Proteas a solid base in an opening stand of 55 with Alviro Petersen, when play started four hours and 35 minutes late because of the weather.
But Smith was caught at slip to become the maiden Test scalp for off-spinner Shane Shillingford in the eighth over after tea.
Later, they suffered a major blow, when the in-form Hashim Amla was caught at slip off Benn for two.
Brief scores: South Africa I Innings 190/5 in 73 overs (A. Petersen 31, J. Kallis 28, AB de Villiers 40 batting, A. Prince 42 batting; S. Benn 2-59, D. Shillingford 3-63). —AFP