The fiery South African fast bowler, Anrich Nortje wreaked havoc at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St Lucia on the first day of the ongoing first Test against West Indies. Nortje along with Lungi Ngidi in bundling out the hosts for a below-par total of 97 runs in their first innings. While Ngidi took a fifer for 19 runs in 13.5 overs, Nortjewasn’t far behind as he scalped 4 wickets for 35 runs from 11 overs, including three maidens.

During the devastating display of bowling, Anrich Nortje pulled of a peach of a delivery to got the wicket of the Windies batsman, Shai Hope. It all happened in the 12th over of West Indies’ first innings, when the 27-year-old fast bowler delivered a ripping out-swinger that shattered the defense of Hope, resulting in his dismissal for 15 runs.

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Nortje bowled a good length angled ball that gave Hope was expecting the ball to come in. But after pitching, the red cherry went slightly away, beating the bat and hitting the top of the off-stump. Here is the video of the dismissal:

Anrich Nortje with a ripper 🥴

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Ngidi, who claimed a five-wicket haul in the match, was seen showering praise for his fellow pacer Nortje for destroying the top order of West Indies, paving the way for the other bowlers in the team to settle in. Ngidi mentioned that it wasn’t easy to cut off the breeze at the start of the innings, but Nortje managed to solve that problem.

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Talking about Anrich Nortje, Ngidi said, “A word to Anrich (Nortje) as well. He knocked over the top order. He left the work for us pretty easy later. Our captain is strict on us. We were a bit too short at stages, so we pushed our lengths full. It was difficult at the start with the breeze, too, but Anrich managed to do well running into the breeze.”