South Africa vs West Indies 2nd Test: Johannesburg Pitch Report, Team Records at The Wanderers Stadium

South Africa and West Indians will face each other in the second Test of the series at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The first game of the series was completely dominated by the Proteas, who made mockery of opposition with both bat and ball and crushed them.

If it was the class of Aiden Markram that set the stage on fire with the bat, the brilliance of Anrich Nortje and Kagiso Rabada was too much for the visitors to handle. The batter smashed century and half-century in two innings whereas pacers picked fifers in first and second innings respectively to help their side win.

West Indies on the other hand Raymon Reifer and Jermaine Blackwood  struck half centuries in first and second innings respectively while others struggled to get going. With the ball too the visitors struggled, but Alzarri Joseph and Kemar Roach took fifers in two innings respectively to bring their side back in h the game.

As South Africa vs West Indies 2nd Test contest is at the edge, here’s the pitch report and more from Johannesburg.

Johannesburg Pitch Report

The pitch at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg is traditionally a good batting surface. The goring in South Africa is probably the best batting surface among all the grounds in the country. But one cannot rule out pacers on the Proteas pitch. The venue so far has hosted 38 games and the average which first inning score at this venue is 310, which dips down in last three innings as the game progresses. Out of 38 games, 17 have been won by teams batting first whereas 11 have been won by teams batting first. The record at the venue suggests that captain winning the toss should opt to bat as fresh pitch will be best to bat.

Team records at The Wanderers Stadium

Since 2018, the The Wanderers Stadium has hosted 5 Tests. Ahead of South Africa vs West Indies 2nd Test, South Africa’s record during this time at the venue is described in a table below.

No.	Match	Result	Year
1	South Africa vs Australia	South Africa won by 492 runs	2018
2	South Africa vs Pakistan	South Africa won by 107 runs	2019
3	South Africa vs England	England won by 191	2020
4	South Africa vs Sri Lanka	South Africa won by 10 wickets	2021
5	South Africa vs India	South Africa won by 7 wickets	2022

Since 2003, West Indies has played only one game at this venue.