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)
grootblousmile wrote:
Do a Speedtest and tell me what you get?
http://www.speedtest.net/
I did the one below at work now
Attachment:
210 @ Victoriabok:
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211 @ Victoriabok:
Op Speedtest.net kry ek net onder 10 Meg, broer.. fokkit, en ek is in die IT bedryyyyyyyyyf!
So, julle het ‘n 100 Meg lyn by die werk… min of meer!
Ek gee my linkerklinker vir ‘n 100 Meg lyn!
@ Victoriabok@211:
Is dit local of international? Local kry ek so 40Mb/s maar na London of NY kry ek so 2Mb/s
grootblousmile wrote:
Ek weet nie wat dit by die huis is nie maar dis ook vining, ek sal een doen by die huis en jou laat weet
Dis nie so vining op die eiland soos in Vancouver nie, op die mainland het hulle baie meer spoed
grootblousmile wrote:
Ons het gister burgerskap gekry, ons is nou Kanadese
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leon wrote:
Ek weet nie, die Speedtest ping na Vancouver toe
215 @ Victoriabok:
Jou gelukkige donner!
Ja, julle is vrot van die Optic Fibre lyne en Exchanges… en ons sukkel met vrot koperlyne…. hehehe
In Europa dieselfde… ‘n ou wat in sy woonstel daar sit, sit maklik daar met ‘n 100 Meg lyn.. teen n appel en ‘n ui per maand!
@ grootblousmile:
Ek hoor die weerlig het baie skade gemaak
Kan jy nie ‘n afleier installer nie?
216 @ Victoriabok:
Jou ou lelike Kandoos!
Hoe hou jou vrou dit met jou uit?
Geluk met die burgerskap!
grootblousmile wrote:
Ek dink ons het die tweede opsie
http://www.shaw.ca/internet/plans/
Carla werk van die huis af en sy het vinnige internet nodig
grootblousmile wrote:
Dankie man, dit was welverdiend
219 @ Victoriabok:
Ek het ‘n weerligafleier op my Hot Spot toring, ek het UPS’e in my kantoor…. maar kyk as die weerlig behoorlik slaat (en hy het) dan kak jy anyway!
Kom ek stel dit so, dit het ‘n 80 Amp Breaker op ons elektriese paal gesmelt in ‘n bol kak in…
Ek het ‘n hele klompie skade gelei… maar dis nou weer alles herstel…
Ek het HEEL EERSTE natuurlik die Satelietskottel se dubbelogie herstel… hehehe
221 @ Victoriabok:
Ek betaal vir ‘n 10 Meg lyn dieselfde as wat julle vir ‘n 100 Meg lyn betaal…. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
216 @ Victoriabok:
Mooi so!
grootblousmile wrote:
Ek het by die LNR by Irene gewerk en die weerlig het baie getref op daardie kliprante
Elke paar jaar het dit ‘n paar beeste wat onder ‘n boom geskuil het doodgeslaan
Ons het ook faksmasjiene verloor
As jy ‘n lightning protector op die lyn ingesit het het jy net hom verloor en die masjien kon herstel word, sonder hom het jy die faks weggegooi
226 @ Victoriabok:
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Weerlig gelei nie oor optiese vesel nie.. nie ‘n moer nie!
My weerligafleier op my Hot Spot, hardloop tussen my Omnidirectional Antenna en my Access Point, behoorlik gegrond.
@ Victoriabok:
216 Congratulations.Would appear to be Gods
Own country,particularly BC
Good luck
Rye
OK, manne en manninne, Kanadose, moepels en mopkoppe….
Ek groet tot more!
Goeie nag, slaap sag!
grootblousmile wrote:
By Telkom?
As jy ‘n pakket van met ‘n huisfoon, cable en internet kom die koste vir elkeen af ook 😛
ryecatcher wrote:
Thanks Rye
Yes it is
The glorious long summer days make it worth it, the wet grey winter months in January and February not so much
BrumbiesBoy wrote:
Dankie man
grootblousmile wrote:
Die skelms moet aangemoedig word om dit te steel sodat dit met fibre optic kan vervang word 😛
I see Kevin Pietersen may be hinting he wants to be picked again to play for England. This is his twit (reportedly) on the appointment of Eoin Morgan as England captain in place of Alastair Cook :
“Great news that @Eoin16 is new England one-day captain. Top player, leader and bloke. Hope I get to play for him. “
OK, Proteas wrap it up extremely early on Day 4!
Windies 131 all Out.
Proteas win by an Innings and 220 runs.
Such a bad loss for the Windies, that they could have been asked to follow-on AGAIN!
@ grootblousmile:
Hi GBS, Yes was sitting wondering how it was going there blissfully unaware until 5 min ago that it was all over! Glad that Steyn’s injury was’nt too bad and that he came back so strongly to take 6 wickets. Was hoping that the Windies would at least offer some resistance and by some small chance take the game into tomorrow so that Centurion doesn’t lose out on a day’s revenue from the test. At least this gives the players some extra time to recover before the next one.
236 @ Bullscot:
Yeah, a bit of a short turnaround till the next 5-Day Test, as it tradsitionally starts on Boxing Day (26 December) so the rest will be appreaciated.
“Didn’t expect to finish this early but Dale got it started. It was a difficult pitch to bat on,” says Amla, who is also the Man of the Match. “We would have bowled first too and 57 for 3 wasn’t a great position to be in, but me and AB got together. Then Vernon got the match going by picking up early wickets in the first innings, then Dale ended on big note. He is a wonderful bowler and showed his class. Batting with AB is easy, I try take the one and put him on strike. It was a tough situation though. Kemar Roach got injured and it made a little easy for us. You saw the catch AB took today, stunning catch. Having him in the team really helps. Losing Quinney .. it’s never nice to lose someone in the team. We have a few days to recover till the next match. Ten years (AB and Steyn) they have been fantastic.”
“We got three early wickets after bowling first. But then AB and Amla batted really well,” says Ramdin. “In our batting, we showed signs of batting partnerships but did not carry on at all. They are a fantastic team, it needs a lot of character and we hope we can put a fight and challenge them. The guys were getting starts but we didn’t carry on, and AB and Amla took it away from us. We need to work on getting those big partnerships.”
Would have loved to see Roberts, Holding, Garner and Marshall
vs
Hash, Faf, Duminy and AB.
or
Steyn, Philander and Morkel
vs
Greenidge, Haynes, Sir Viv and Lloyd.
These Windies youngsters don’t understand the history of their badge.
It’s all about the money.
@ Victoriabok:
Geluk vicbok die kanadeeees
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