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)
AB de Villiers indeed at Wicketkeeper.
Faf du Plessis has gone to hospital too, abdominal pains apparently. Possible apendicites
Blomme ask for a review after an LBW shout was turned down off the bowling of Philander.
Not given out… close one
Come on amla never believe vernon
@ grootblousmile:
And it appears as if allan donald is the 12th man
154 @ MacroBlom:
Yeah, he is… hehehe
White Lightning has his whites on!
OK, I’m out for a while… have to go to Midrand, already postponed from yesterday afternoon to today, so I better get a move on.
Chat and update here a bit later!
Hmmm fair review by verne this time.
Its out! Gosh that could have gone either way. The sound came between “contact” with the bat and with the pocket on the batsmans pants.
Got to ask if the snicko is calibrated correctly as light travels faster than sound or if the calibration was over compensated.
Brathwaite still looks rock solid, great prospect for the windies this guy.
Those damn tv producers 😆
Oh nevermind the tv producers had it right afterall. So promotion this time 😆
No promotion
Just when i thought the entire supersport and sabc production teams are attempting to force a result.
Eina eish!
http://www.iol.co.za/news/sa-couple-s-fatal-brawl-in-ireland-1.1797247#.VJP5RsDKA
😳
BrumbiesBoy wrote:
And this…
‘Unruly’ SA woman causes international flight diversion” (News24)
Probably thought she was on a Sandton taxi
!!!!
Cape Town – A 30-year-old South African woman has been arrested for allegedly assaulting two Air Canada flight attendants, causing Flight 869 from London to Toronto to be temporarily diverted.
A CP24 report states Nomantangwa Angel Babhekile Johansson of Sandhurst, Sandton is facing three counts of assault on an aircraft, one count of assault with a weapon, one count of causing a disturbance and one count of endangering an aircraft under the Aeronautics Act.
The Chronicle Herald states Johansson’s charges were based on the use of a “water bottle” during the assault as well as disturbance caused by “screaming and swearing”….
Ex Blue Bulls player gets 5x life for axe murders
2014-12-19 12:27
News24 and Sapa
Durban – Former Blue Bulls player Phindile Ntshongwana was sentenced on Friday to five life terms for hacking four people to death with an axe in 2011.
Sentencing was handed down in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court on Friday.
We got lucky with that second review. But vernon will use up all our reviews in the first over if he could.
Good spell from abott and philander
Windies 184 / 6 at Tea – Day 3
Goodieeeeee, another wicket!!
Ramdin gone!
Windies 193 / 7
And another one!
2 Wickets in 2 balls!1
Windies 193 / 8… still 160 short of the follow-on
Charlize Theron is nie die enigste Hollywood-ster met familie in Suid-Afrika nie.
Na jare in die geheim het dit nou bekend geword dat die akteur Brad Pitt nog vier ander broers het.
Hulle bly almal in Suid-Afrika. Die oudste broer is n boer in die Vrystaat en sy naam is Mielie Pitt.
Die tweede oudste broer werk in Brakpan as ‘mechanic’ en sy naam is Tap Pitt.
Die derde oudste broer is n vlieënier en sy naam is Kock Pitt.
Die vierde boet is heeltemal van koers af en skreeu blykbaar vir die SHARKS en sy naam is Stu Pitt.
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Windies lose another one… and I don’t think Roach can bat, so it will be it for the Innings!!
Windies still 351 behind.
172 @ nortie:
Ek ken vir Tap Pitt, hier in Brakkenjanpan…. sy hele familie en al sy vriende is net so simpel!
Meeste van hulle is ook eienaarsvan PittBul Terrier honde!
Een van die neefs se naam is Flip Pitt.
Dit reen nou hier in Brakkenjanpan… so sal interessant wees om te sien of Centurion WEER vandag ook reen gaan kry.
O donner… daar het ons weer donnerweer en blitse ook!
OK, nou maar af van die ADSL af, en die Access Point op die groot toring is af en ontkoppel van my netwerk af… weer is rof en onbeskof!
I’m so glad the follow-on was enforced!
I never understand when it is not… because I believe when the knife is in, then it MUST be twisted properly!
Wicket!!
Referred… Snico suggests a knick …
Wiiiiiiiiiiicket it is indeed!
Windies 8 / 1 after 3.2 overs
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