South Africa and the West Indies battled each other in the 1st 5-Day Cricket Test at SuperSport Park, Centurion. The Test was supposed to run from 17 to 21 December 2014, but ended a day and a half early. Play was weather delayed on Day 1 due to a wet outfield, with the Test due to start at 10:30 SA Time (08:30 GMT). The delay was only 30 minutes and play started at 11:00 SA Time on Day 1. The weather was quite overcast in Centurion on Day 1.
The score cards were updated at regular intervals here on Rugby-Talk.com.
The West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl, to exploit the weather conditions.
The South Africans started fast and the first wicket only fell on 57 runs… but then 2 more wickets fell on the same score. At 57 / 3 Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers steadied the ship and batted the whole day, stringing up the runs till close of play on Day 1.
On Day 2 both AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla quickly went over 150 runs each, before AB de Villiers perished on 152. Hashim Amla reached a landmark 208 before being caught in the deep, right near the boundary markers. Stiaan van Zyl started nervously on debut… but then reached his 101 not out, when Captain Amla declared with the Proteas on 552 / 5, after 140.3 Overs. Quinton de Kock ended on 18 not out in the process.
During the Innings Break, Tea was also called… and then rain delayed play from resuming… and further play on Day 2 was eventually abandoned and Stumps was called very early after heavy rains had fallen in Centurion.
On Day 3 the Proteas dismissed the West Indies with ease in their First Innings, still 351 runs behind. The follow-on was enforced. At Stumps on Day 3 the West Indies were already reeling at 76 / 2.
On Day 4, the Proteas did not fool around, dismissing the rest of the West Indies batting lineup, only 3 balls into the 2nd Session of the day, for a measly 131. Dale Steyn took 6 wickets on Day 4 and South Africa easily wins with an Innings and 220 runs.
Seriously back to the drawing board for the West Indies, I suggest!
South Africa:
First Innings – 552 / 5 declared (140.3 Overs)
West Indies:
First Innings – 201 All Out (60.2 Overs)
Second Innings – 131 All Out (42.3 Overs)
Day 4 – Session 1
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Petersen | c Smith b Roach | 27 | 59 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 61.36 | |
| D Elgar | c Samuels b Cottrell | 28 | 66 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| F du Plessis | c †Ramdin b Roach | 0 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HM Amla* | c Taylor b Benn | 208 | 475 | 371 | 22 | 0 | 56.06 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Blackwood b Benn | 152 | 318 | 235 | 16 | 2 | 64.68 | |
| S van Zyl | not out | 101 | 171 | 130 | 15 | 0 | 77.69 | |
| Q de Kock† | not out | 18 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 120.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 6, w 2, nb 2) | 18 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets dec; 140.3 overs; 563 mins) | 552 | (3.92 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, KJ Abbott
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Petersen, 13.3 ov), 2-57 (Elgar, 14.4 ov), 3-57 (du Plessis, 15.5 ov), 4-365 (de Villiers, 99.1 ov), 5-520 (Amla, 135.6 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 26.1 | 5 | 108 | 0 | 4.12 | 112 | 19 | 0 | ||
| SS Cottrell | 28 | 1 | 124 | 1 | 4.42 | 106 | 15 | 0 | (2nb, 1w) | |
| KAJ Roach | 15.5 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 3.28 | 75 | 8 | 0 | (1w) | |
| SJ Benn | 46 | 7 | 148 | 2 | 3.21 | 186 | 13 | 3 | ||
| MN Samuels | 20 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 4.45 | 61 | 6 | 1 | ||
| KC Brathwaite | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| J Blackwood | 3.3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 4.28 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC Brathwaite | c Amla b Philander | 34 | 109 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 55.73 | |
| DS Smith | c de Villiers b Philander | 35 | 98 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 47.29 | |
| LR Johnson | c sub (RJ Peterson) b Abbott | 31 | 61 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 73.80 | |
| MN Samuels | b Morkel | 33 | 120 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| S Chanderpaul | c Petersen b Philander | 21 | 88 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| J Blackwood | c Petersen b Philander | 12 | 42 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| D Ramdin*† | c van Zyl b Elgar | 14 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| JE Taylor | c & b Morkel | 4 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| SJ Benn | not out | 6 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| SS Cottrell | b Morkel | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| KAJ Roach | absent hurt | – | ||||||
| Extras | (lb 6, w 3) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 60.2 overs; 293 mins) | 201 | (3.33 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Smith, 21.4 ov), 2-73 (Brathwaite, 23.5 ov), 3-117 (Johnson, 34.1 ov), 4-162 (Samuels, 47.6 ov), 5-169 (Chanderpaul, 51.4 ov), 6-184 (Blackwood, 55.2 ov), 7-193 (Ramdin, 57.6 ov), 8-193 (Taylor, 58.1 ov), 9-201 (Cottrell, 60.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 14 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 3.78 | 60 | 6 | 0 | ||
| VD Philander | 15 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 1.93 | 77 | 3 | 0 | (1w) | |
| KJ Abbott | 14 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 3.57 | 66 | 8 | 0 | (1w) | |
| M Morkel | 15.2 | 4 | 55 | 3 | 3.58 | 69 | 8 | 0 | (1w) | |
| D Elgar | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4.00 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| West Indies 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC Brathwaite | c Petersen b Morkel | 20 | 87 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 37.03 | |
| DS Smith | c sub (T Bavuma) b Philander | 5 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| LR Johnson | c de Villiers b Steyn | 39 | 117 | 88 | 7 | 0 | 44.31 | |
| MN Samuels | c Elgar b Steyn | 17 | 70 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 32.69 | |
| S Chanderpaul | c de Villiers b Steyn | 4 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| J Blackwood | c sub (T Bavuma) b Morkel | 15 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 88.23 | |
| D Ramdin*† | c de Villiers b Steyn | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| JE Taylor | c Amla b Steyn | 9 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 90.00 | |
| SJ Benn | not out | 6 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| SS Cottrell | c Abbott b Steyn | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| KAJ Roach | absent hurt | – | ||||||
| Extras | (lb 3, w 4, nb 1) | 8 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 42.3 overs; 194 mins) | 131 | (3.08 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Smith, 3.2 ov), 2-52 (Brathwaite, 19.3 ov), 3-87 (Johnson, 32.1 ov), 4-91 (Chanderpaul, 34.4 ov), 5-101 (Samuels, 36.2 ov), 6-105 (Ramdin, 36.4 ov), 7-117 (Blackwood, 39.3 ov), 8-121 (Taylor, 40.3 ov), 9-131 (Cottrell, 42.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 8.2 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 4.08 | 39 | 6 | 0 | ||
| M Morkel | 11.1 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 3.85 | 49 | 7 | 0 | (1w) | |
| VD Philander | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0.85 | 40 | 1 | 0 | (1nb) | |
| KJ Abbott | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3.66 | 15 | 2 | 0 | (1w) | |
| S van Zyl | 10 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2.20 | 53 | 4 | 0 | (2w) | |
| D Elgar | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
Match details
Player of the match – tba
TV umpire – PR Reiffel (Australia)
Match referee – RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – AT Holdstock
Close of play
- – day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 340/3 (HM Amla 133*, AB de Villiers 141*, 91 ov)
- – day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 552/5d (S van Zyl 101*, Q de Kock 18*, 140.3 ov)
- – day 3 – West Indies 2nd innings 76/2 (LR Johnson 33*, MN Samuels 13*, 27 ov)
Match Notes
- West Indies: 100 runs in 35.6 overs (217 balls), Extras 8
- Drinks: West Indies – 131/8 in 42.0 overs (SJ Benn 6, SS Cottrell 4)
Now Amla is on 99
Amla easily goes to his TON too!
Weldon on the amla de villiers show and now Roach is off as well…
33 @ MacroBok:
Wie de flok is Weldon??
Hehehehe
Blomme close to the 300 mark now.
294 / 3 after 75 0vers
300 up for the Blomme
300 / 3
New ball due after this over
80 Overs done…
New ball will no doubt be taken… well no, they hold out… WTF?
@ grootblousmile:
Hello sal dit more vat dink ek. Eers kyk wats fout met roach.
39 @ MacroBok:
Nee jinne, Windies sal iets moet doen, hulle kan nie nog 10 overs so aanploeter nie.
Hulle wil seker eers van die paar spinners ontslae raak…
Hulle sal seker 7 overs of so voor einde van die dag wil probeer deurbreek met die nuwe bal.
Proteas 340 / 3 at close of play, on Day 1, after 91 overs.
Incredible that they bowled 91 overs even with the late start… This does not happen often in south africa.
MacroBok wrote:
Its sad to see the current WI team in action…. number 8 out of 10 in world cricket with only Bangladesh and Zimbabwe behind them… a far cry from the Windie teams that dominated world cricket from about 1975-1995….. the great Malcolm Marshall must turn in his grave..
@ robzim:
I hope for their sake Roach is fine and they get both amla and ab before lunch or this test match will be a complete embarassement for them.
44 @ MacroBok:
The WI batting line up is also not the strongest.
Could be a miserable Xmas for the Island Boys.
@ Scrumdown:
I guess what could count in their favor is that consistant south african complacency where we believe the game is already won and we dont have to do much.
350/3
Wi will be hoping for some cotrell magic soon
Sorry i meant taylor. He was dismal yesterday. Would not even make the dolphins b team.
300 run partnership
150 up for ABCD
That wicket was as soft as f#&#&
Finally amla the greyt gets his 150 😆
Stiaan van zyl all over the place
But stiaan looks awesome against the “pace” bowlers
SA 449/4, well done to Stiaan v Zyl getting his 50 on debut.
So what does Amla do, bat for another hour after lunch and declare or just keep on till late in the day? Suppose it depends on how many wickets fall and how quickly we can bat, where the batsmen in are relative to milestones – centuries etc.
@ Bullscot:
I think we could wait for the afternoon rain to pass
@ Bullscot:
Plenty of time left.
Get at least 550-600 on the board, more than 3 days to bowl them out twice
Amla and de Villiers 4th wicket stand of 308 looks to be a record one for SA, 59 runs more than the next highest which was also scored against West Indies, in Durban between King Kallis and Gary Kirsten.
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