South Africa picked up three wickets before lunch on day two of their three-day match against a West Indies Cricket Board XI at the Kensington Oval on Sunday. At the interval the Board XI had reached 94 for three in reply to South Africa's first innings 270.

The morning started brightly for the South Africans as Andre Nel picked up his first wicket for his country in the third over of the day, Leon Garrick sparring at one that lifted a little more than he might have expected and presenting Mark Boucher with a routine catch off a faint nick.

Despite the early breakthrough, the tourists were then made to work hard in the field as Daren Ganga and local-boy Ryan Hinds put together a tidy partnership.

Their stand for the second wicket had moved to 51 when Justin Kemp induced an edge from Hinds which flew past Klusener at second slip. Kemp then showed how it should be done the next over, holding onto a good catch in the same position to dismiss Hinds for 23 - off the bowling of Klusener.

If Kemp's catch was good, there was better to come from Paul Adams. Ganga, such an unhappy tourist in South Africa two years ago, had looked a class act - compact and watchful as he accumulated effortlessly. A juicy half-volley outside the off-stump from Kemp induced a crunching drive from Ganga, but it was uppish and just within reach of a diving Adams, who pulled a stunning catch from the skies as he dived to his right at extra-cover. Ganga gone for 43.

The most unusual sight of a largely routine morning session came in the final over before lunch, as Shaun Pollock threw the ball to Gary Kirsten. The opening batsman has not turned his arm over for South Africa in four years and although Ricardo Powell crunched a drive back past him for four, the rest was tidy stuff from this most occasional of bowlers.

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