Dale Steyn's two wickets were the sole rewards for South Africa's quicks on the opening day of the third Test - enough to take him past Makhaya Ntini's 390 Test wickets and go second in South Africa's all-time list - but as respectable as that sounds for West Indies when pitted against the No. 1 Test side in the world, they frittered away the chance to go big on a peaceable Newlands surface.
Four of the top seven batsmen fell between 43 and 54 - including Denesh Ramdin late in the day - and three of them should have left with self-recrimination. There has been a giddiness about West Indies' cricket in South Africa, a batting side seeking to attune itself to the rhythms of Test cricket and never quite managing it. Just as they seem to be dancing efficiently to the right tune, somebody momentarily puts the hip hop on.

What nonsense! This is only the first day of the game and cricket is a funny game. Many things can happen between now and day 5.