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South Africa vs West Indies Cricket Series 2007-08

West Indies will play 5 ODIs & 2 T20s, followed by 3 test matches during the South Africa tour starting December 16 2007.

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South Africa vs West Indies Cricket Series 2008

South Africa vs West Indies 1st ODI at Centurion

Duminy steers South Africa to victory

Jan 20, 2008

Jean-Paul Duminy made a composed half-century to take South Africa to a six-wicket win in the first one-day international against the West Indies at Centurion Park Sunday.
The left-handed Duminy made a career-best unbeaten 79 as South Africa overhauled a West Indian total of 175 with two overs to spare in a match reduced by rain to 36 overs a side. Duminy, 23, came in after South Africa lost their first two wickets for four runs. He shared stands of 55 for the third wicket with Jacques Kallis, 59 for the fourth with Justin Ontong and an unbeaten 58 for the fifth wicket with Mark Boucher. The Duminy-Ontong stand was crucial as the two inexperienced batsmen came together when rain was falling and South Africa were behind according to the Duckworth/Lewis method.
After starting with a wide, he dismissed Ontong for 23 with a spectacular catch off his own bowling, racing down the pitch and diving full length after the ball looped up off the splice of the bat. The West Indies were floundering at 81 for six after being sent in to bat in seam-friendly conditions. They achieved a competitive total through a 69-run seventh wicket stand between Runako Morton (41) and Darren Sammy (51), the last recognised batsmen in their side.
Sammy reached a maiden international half-century with a flurry of hitting, which featured three sixes, two of which came off successive balls from Albie Morkel in the penultimate over. Sammy was dropped at long-on by substitute fielder Johan Botha off Morkel when he was on 23 and should have been run out on 49 by a flick onto the stumps by Boucher when he was casual about making his ground. Umpire Rudi Koerten did not call for a decision by the television umpire but a replay showed his foot was in the air.
South African captain Graeme Smith had no hesitation in sending the West Indies in when it was decided that play would start three-and-a-quarter hours late. The bowlers dominated on a lively pitch until Morton and Sammy effected their team's revival. Fast bowler Dale Steyn took two for 24 and Andre Nel two for 36.
Shaun Pollock, playing in his final series after announcing his retirement from international cricket, took one for 19 with an immaculate spell with the new ball and contributed to two run-outs with accurate throws from the deep.

SA vs WI, 1st ODI, Centurion: South Africa 176-4 (34 overs) beat West Indies 175 (35.5 overs) by six wickets

South Africa vs West Indies Cricket Series 2008

South Africa vs West Indies 1st ODI at Centurion

Scores

South Africa won the toss and decided to field

West Indies Innings

175 all out (35.5 overs)

South Africa Innings

176 for 4 (34.0 overs)

West Indies Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
DS Smith	c Smith	b Steyn	5	18	0	0
Parchment	lbw	b Pollock	19	25	3	0
Samuels		b Nel	11	18	1	0
Chanderpaul	c de Villiers	b Nel	17	34	3	0
Morton	run out		41	50	2	0
Bravo	c Boucher	b Langeveldt	2	5	0	0
Ramdin	c Boucher	b A Morkel	3	9	0	0
Sammy	run out		51	51	1	3
Rampaul	run out		2	5	0	0
Powell		b Steyn	0	1	0	0
Edwards	not out		0	0	0	0
Extras		1nb 7w 1b 15lb	24
Total		all out	175	(35.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Pollock	7.0	0	19	1
Steyn	7.5	0	24	2
Nel	7.0	0	36	2
Langeveldt	7.0	0	23	1
A Morkel	7.0	0	57	1

Fall of wicket
26	DS Smith
35	Parchment
61	Samuels
68	Chanderpaul
72	Bravo
81	Ramdin
150	Morton
174	Rampaul
175	Sammy
175	Powell

South Africa Innings - Close

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith		b Powell	1	3	0	0
de Villiers	c Samuels	b Edwards	2	9	0	0
Kallis	c Ramdin	b Rampaul	24	43	3	0
Duminy	not out		79	88	9	1
Ontong	c and b	Bravo	23	28	1	0
Boucher	not out		26	35	2	0
Extras		2nb 9w 4b 6lb	21
Total		for 4	176	(34.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Powell	7.0	2	32	1
Edwards	7.0	0	27	1
Sammy	7.0	0	37	0
Rampaul	7.0	0	34	1
Bravo	4.0	0	28	1
Samuels	2.0	0	8	0

Fall of wicket
2	Smith
4	de Villiers
59	Kallis
118	Ontong

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Umpires: D J Harper, R E Koertzen
South Africa: Smith, de Villiers, Kallis, Duminy, Ontong, Pollock, Boucher, A Morkel, Nel, Steyn, Langeveldt
West Indies: DS Smith, Parchment, Samuels, Chanderpaul, Morton, Ramdin, Bravo, Sammy, Rampaul, Powell, Edwards