26/12Result

1st Test, West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa at Gqeberha, Dec 26-29 2007

West IndiesWest IndiesWI
408 & 175
South AfricaSouth AfricaSA
195 & 260 (74.5 ov)

West Indies won by 128 runs

Player of the Match

Marlon SamuelsWest Indies

Best performances - Batsmen

S Chanderpaul

104(253) 12x4 - 0x6

Control %90%

Productive Shot
leg glance
24 runs
1x4 - 0x6

MN Samuels

94(195) 12x4 - 0x6

Control %89%

Productive Shot
leg glance
20 runs
1x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

DJ Bravo

O13.1

R24

Eco1.82

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

PL Harris

O15.4

R35

Eco2.23

RHB
OFFLEG

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

WI - 1st
SA - 1st
WI - 2nd
SA - 2nd

West Indies - 1st - Innings

D Ganga33 (57)

CH Gayle62 (47)

CH Gayle4 (2)

RS Morton0 (0)

MN Samuels29 (75)

RS Morton33 (71)

111

S Chanderpaul39 (116)

MN Samuels65 (120)

S Chanderpaul6 (26)

DJ Bravo12 (36)

S Chanderpaul7 (5)

D Ramdin1 (10)

S Chanderpaul19 (52)

DJG Sammy38 (77)

S Chanderpaul15 (26)

JE Taylor9 (37)

S Chanderpaul18 (28)

DBL Powell1 (17)

DBL Powell0 (0)

FH Edwards0 (4)

South Africa - 1st - Innings

HH Gibbs0 (4)

GC Smith1 (1)

HM Amla16 (19)

GC Smith27 (30)

JH Kallis0 (6)

HM Amla8 (6)

AG Prince1 (9)

HM Amla5 (5)

AG Prince19 (38)

AB de Villiers14 (36)

MV Boucher20 (29)

AB de Villiers13 (38)

PL Harris9 (56)

AB de Villiers32 (53)

A Nel9 (12)

PL Harris0 (12)

A Nel7 (6)

DW Steyn6 (4)

M Ntini0 (5)

DW Steyn1 (5)

West Indies - 2nd - Innings

D Ganga2 (22)

CH Gayle29 (22)

D Ganga20 (18)

RS Morton5 (24)

D Ganga23 (85)

MN Samuels40 (79)

S Chanderpaul1 (1)

MN Samuels0 (8)

S Chanderpaul7 (13)

DJ Bravo10 (17)

S Chanderpaul0 (1)

D Ramdin0 (2)

DJG Sammy3 (9)

D Ramdin0 (0)

JE Taylor0 (2)

D Ramdin0 (5)

DBL Powell6 (15)

JE Taylor7 (17)

FH Edwards0 (2)

JE Taylor15 (9)

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

HH Gibbs0 (13)

GC Smith4 (3)

HM Amla8 (14)

GC Smith5 (14)

JH Kallis1 (8)

GC Smith2 (5)

JH Kallis15 (27)

AG Prince10 (28)

112

JH Kallis69 (91)

AB de Villiers40 (96)

MV Boucher13 (35)

AB de Villiers11 (25)

PL Harris0 (9)

AB de Villiers7 (7)

A Nel0 (3)

AB de Villiers2 (4)

A Nel34 (34)

DW Steyn33 (26)

M Ntini1 (7)

DW Steyn0 (0)

West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa 2007-08 News

Injuries let us down in South Africa - Bravo
Dwayne Bravo, West Indies' stand-in captain, has blamed injuries to key players for the team's disappointing showing on the tour of South Africa recently
South Africa complete 5-0 whitewash
Herschelle Gibbs' bristling 102 and a classy 74 from Jacques Kallis took South Africa to their fifth win, whitewashing the West Indies who were soundly beaten by 8 wickets in Johannesburg
A rare blue chip
Shaun Pollock's ODI career in numbers
de Villiers steers South Africa to five-wicket win
South Africa cruised to a fourth straight victory in their one-day series against West Indies, thanks to a blistering 37-ball fifty from their captain, Graeme Smith, and a coolly compiled 77 from 86 balls from AB de Villiers
South Africa unchanged for remaining ODIs
South Africa have named an unchanged 15-member squad for the fourth and fifth one-dayers against West Indies

South Africa INNINGS		R	B
HH Gibbs	lbw	0	13
GC Smith	caught	11	22
HM Amla	caught wk	8	14
JH Kallis	caught wk	85	126
AG Prince	caught	10	28
AB de Villiers	caught	60	132
MV Boucher	bowled	13	35
PL Harris	bowled	0	9
A Nel	caught wk	34	37
DW Steyn	not out	33	26
M Ntini	caught	1	7
EXTRAS	(lb 4, w 1)
TOTAL	260 (all out; 74.5 ovs)

West Indies BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	14.0	2	47	1	3.35	(1w)
FH Edwards	13.0	3	37	3	2.84
JE Taylor	18.0	1	66	3	3.66
DJ Bravo	16.0	2	63	1	3.93
DJG Sammy	7.0	0	29	1	4.14
MN Samuels	6.5	1	14	1	2.04

South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	HH Gibbs	GC Smith
2nd	13	HM Amla	GC Smith
3rd	3	JH Kallis	GC Smith
4th	25	JH Kallis	AG Prince
5th	112	JH Kallis	AB de Villiers
6th	26	MV Boucher	AB de Villiers
7th	7	PL Harris	AB de Villiers
8th	2	A Nel	AB de Villiers
9th	67	A Nel	DW Steyn
10th	1	M Ntini	DW Steyn

West Indies - 1st - Innings

South Africa - 1st - Innings

West Indies - 2nd - Innings

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

Injuries let us down in South Africa - Bravo

South Africa complete 5-0 whitewash

A rare blue chip

de Villiers steers South Africa to five-wicket win

South Africa unchanged for remaining ODIs