South Africa and the West Indies battled each other in the 3rd and last 5-Day Cricket Test at Newlands, Cape Town. The Test ran from 2 to 6 January 2015.
The 2nd Test in Port Elizabeth was a bit of a disapointment, with wet weather spoiling the Test and forcing a draw. Better weather was expected and delivered in Cape Town for the 3rd Test.
Play started on schedule on Day 1, at 10:30 SA Time (08:30 GMT).
The score cards were updated at regular intervals, here on Rugby-Talk.com.
The West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
The first West Indies wicket fell with their score on 30. At Lunch on Day 1 the West Indies were on 80 / 2 after 27 overs and at Stumps on Day 1 the West Indies were 276 / 6, after the day’s 90 overs.
The Proteas wrapped up the West Indies tail relatively quickly on Day 2 (within 9.5 overs), with the West Indies all out for 329 after 99.5 overs. The Proteas started batting and lost the wicket of Dean Elgar at 48 / 1. At Tea on Day 2 the Proteas were 135 / 2, after 42 overs. With the Proteas on 227 / 3, rain interrupted play… which should lead to Stumps – Day 2.
On Day 3 the Proteas resumed batting and lost the wicket of Hashim Amla on 63, with the Proteas on 254 / 4. Proteas were on 313 / 5 at Lunch – Day 3, still 16 runs behind. AB de Villiers easily reached his TON after Lunch on Day 3 and eventually perished on 148 as he tried to hit it out of the park. Proteas lead by 92 at the Innings break, having scored 421 All Out.
The West Indies 2nd Innings started off well for them and after the first 10.5 overs they were on 23 / 0 before Morné Morkel struck, making it 23 / 1 after 11 overs. The 2nd wicket fell shortly afterwards, on 27. The West Indies soldiered on and were 88 / 2 at Stumps – Day 3.
Morning Day 4… it is raining and the outfield is soaked. Prospects of play did not look good for the rest of Day 4. Play eventually resumed at 15:00 on Day 4. The West Indies hung in for most of the afternoon, till the wickets started falling rather fast, losing the last 7 wickets for just 33 runs. West Indies All Out for 215 in their 2nd Innings, a lead of 123. This leaves the Proteas needing 124 for the win, with a Day and a few overs remaining in the Test. Alviro Petersen falls without troubling the scorecard, with the Proteas on 9 / 1 after 2.3 Overs, as Stumps was called on Day 4.
The Proteas needed 115 runs for the win on Day 5 of the Test and lost the wicket of Faf du Plessis with the score on 51 / 2, leaving 73 runs to win. South Africa won the Test before Lunch on the final Day, a win by 8 wickets.
West Indies:
First Innings – 329 All Out (99.5 Overs)
Second Innings – 215 All Out (79.5 Overs)
South Africa:
First Innings – 421 All Out (122.4 Overs)
Second Innings – 124 / 2 (37.4 Overs)
South Africa won by 8 wickets
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC Brathwaite | c Elgar b Steyn | 7 | 58 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| DS Smith | b Harmer | 47 | 119 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 54.65 | |
| LR Johnson | lbw b Harmer | 54 | 109 | 84 | 9 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| MN Samuels | c du Plessis b van Zyl | 43 | 106 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 61.42 | |
| S Chanderpaul | st †de Villiers b Harmer | 9 | 72 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 18.75 | |
| J Blackwood | lbw b Steyn | 56 | 168 | 113 | 6 | 0 | 49.55 | |
| D Ramdin*† | c & b Steyn | 53 | 113 | 103 | 6 | 0 | 51.45 | |
| JO Holder | c van Zyl b Steyn | 23 | 52 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 67.64 | |
| JE Taylor | c Steyn b Morkel | 13 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 108.33 | |
| SJ Benn | c Bavuma b Morkel | 5 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| ST Gabriel | not out | 4 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 8, nb 2) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 99.5 overs; 424 mins) | 329 | (3.29 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Brathwaite, 13.2 ov), 2-80 (Smith, 26.6 ov), 3-131 (Johnson, 38.3 ov), 4-162 (Samuels, 51.1 ov), 5-172 (Chanderpaul, 56.1 ov), 6-266 (Ramdin, 85.2 ov), 7-299 (Blackwood, 94.1 ov), 8-316 (Holder, 96.3 ov), 9-319 (Taylor, 97.1 ov), 10-329 (Benn, 99.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 25 | 6 | 78 | 4 | 3.12 | 119 | 9 | 0 | (3w) | |
| VD Philander | 19 | 2 | 73 | 0 | 3.84 | 83 | 12 | 0 | (1nb) | |
| M Morkel | 19.5 | 1 | 83 | 2 | 4.18 | 81 | 12 | 0 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| SR Harmer | 26 | 5 | 71 | 3 | 2.73 | 120 | 10 | 0 | ||
| S van Zyl | 8 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1.62 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||
| D Elgar | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Petersen | run out (Blackwood) | 42 | 130 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 49.41 | |
| D Elgar | lbw b Holder | 8 | 58 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 26.66 | |
| F du Plessis | st †Ramdin b Benn | 68 | 150 | 122 | 8 | 0 | 55.73 | |
| HM Amla* | c †Ramdin b Holder | 63 | 189 | 150 | 7 | 0 | 42.00 | |
| AB de Villiers† | c Gabriel b Samuels | 148 | 323 | 194 | 15 | 1 | 76.28 | |
| T Bavuma | b Gabriel | 15 | 53 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 36.58 | |
| S van Zyl | lbw b Samuels | 33 | 91 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| VD Philander | run out (Holder/Benn) | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SR Harmer | lbw b Taylor | 10 | 37 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 20.83 | |
| DW Steyn | run out (Johnson) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Morkel | not out | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, w 13, nb 10) | 30 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 122.4 overs; 521 mins) | 421 | (3.43 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Elgar, 11.5 ov), 2-104 (Petersen, 27.1 ov), 3-157 (du Plessis, 49.1 ov), 4-254 (Amla, 75.1 ov), 5-288 (Bavuma, 86.5 ov), 6-384 (van Zyl, 108.2 ov), 7-385 (Philander, 109.4 ov), 8-404 (Harmer, 119.5 ov), 9-408 (Steyn, 120.4 ov), 10-421 (de Villiers, 122.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 20 | 2 | 80 | 1 | 4.00 | 83 | 9 | 0 | (1nb, 1w) | |
| ST Gabriel | 17 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 3.76 | 70 | 3 | 0 | (7nb, 3w) | |
| JO Holder | 24 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 3.62 | 107 | 12 | 0 | (2nb, 1w) | |
| MN Samuels | 16.4 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 4.08 | 68 | 8 | 1 | ||
| SJ Benn | 45 | 9 | 115 | 1 | 2.55 | 202 | 9 | 1 |
| West Indies 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC Brathwaite | b Harmer | 16 | 64 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 35.55 | |
| DS Smith | c †de Villiers b Morkel | 7 | 50 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 19.44 | |
| LR Johnson | c Amla b Morkel | 44 | 112 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| MN Samuels | c Elgar b Harmer | 74 | 225 | 150 | 9 | 2 | 49.33 | |
| S Chanderpaul | run out (Bavuma) | 50 | 203 | 113 | 5 | 0 | 44.24 | |
| J Blackwood | b Steyn | 13 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| D Ramdin*† | c Harmer b Steyn | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JO Holder | c Amla b Harmer | 2 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| JE Taylor | c Elgar b Harmer | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SJ Benn | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| ST Gabriel | not out | 2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3) | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 79.5 overs; 355 mins) | 215 | (2.69 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Smith, 10.6 ov), 2-27 (Brathwaite, 13.5 ov), 3-95 (Johnson, 36.5 ov), 4-182 (Samuels, 64.5 ov), 5-202 (Blackwood, 71.6 ov), 6-204 (Ramdin, 73.1 ov), 7-213 (Holder, 76.3 ov), 8-213 (Taylor, 76.5 ov), 9-213 (Benn, 77.4 ov), 10-215 (Chanderpaul, 79.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 23.5 | 3 | 75 | 3 | 3.14 | 110 | 11 | 0 | |
| VD Philander | 16 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 1.68 | 81 | 1 | 0 | |
| M Morkel | 14 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1.28 | 74 | 2 | 0 | |
| SR Harmer | 24 | 7 | 82 | 4 | 3.41 | 106 | 9 | 2 | |
| S van Zyl | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 124 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | not out | 60 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 58.25 | ||
| AN Petersen | b Benn | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| F du Plessis | c Blackwood b Benn | 14 | 77 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 20.28 | |
| HM Amla* | not out | 38 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 77.55 | ||
| Extras | (b 8, lb 2, nb 2) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets; 37.4 overs) | 124 | (3.29 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: AB de Villiers†, T Bavuma, S van Zyl, VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, SR Harmer
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Petersen, 2.3 ov), 2-51 (du Plessis, 22.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 7 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 2.85 | 34 | 3 | 0 | ||
| MN Samuels | 3.4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.54 | 11 | 4 | 0 | ||
| SJ Benn | 17 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 1.41 | 89 | 1 | 1 | ||
| JO Holder | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3.80 | 23 | 3 | 0 | ||
| ST Gabriel | 5 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 5.40 | 20 | 4 | 0 | (2nb) |
Match details
Player of the match – tba
TV umpire – BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee – RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – JD Cloete
Close of play
- – day 1 – West Indies 1st innings 276/6 (J Blackwood 45*, JO Holder 5*, 90 ov)
- – day 2 – South Africa 1st innings 227/3 (HM Amla 55*, AB de Villiers 32*, 68.3 ov)
- – day 3 – West Indies 2nd innings 88/2 (LR Johnson 37*, MN Samuels 26*, 34 ov)
- – day 4 – South Africa 2nd innings 9/1 (D Elgar 5*, 2.3 ov)
Match Notes – Day 5
- South Africa: 50 runs in 21.5 overs (131 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: South Africa – 51/2 in 22.5 overs (D Elgar 32)
- Over 29.4: Review by West Indies (Bowling), Umpire – PR Reiffel, Batsman – HM Amla (Struck down)
- D Elgar: 50 off 86 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 34.6 overs (212 balls), Extras 12
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 78 balls (D Elgar 22, HM Amla 24, Ex 7)
They are playing very nice cricket.
@ gunther:
That’s what it is now. Unfortunately the stats updated after every match so that makes it difficult to determine exactly what his average was before his test debut last year.
What I do know for a fact, is that his average for the Highveld Strikers/Lions was piss-poor in the handful of matches that he played for them before he made his debut.
He did have a better average when he played for the Gauteng team (the amateur team). But you’re not really going to take his performances in amateur 3 day cricket into consideration when you consider him for selection for the national team, are you? It would be his performances for the professional franchise that counts.
In more relevant news… Will bismarc retain captaincy?
@ MacroBlom:
Why ot?
He did lead them to the Conference Cup as well as a famous win over the Saders, playing with 14 men for most of the match…away from home nogal.
@ Nama:
Why not?
@ MacroBlom:
It wasn’t so much the result ( as we were never going to win the thing) it was the half way comments on KEO 😆 😆
@ gunther:
Hello funny guy, very kind of you to say so – it’s been a very long time since we have had something to cheer about, Kane Williamson one to look out for and we are probably good enough to get to 4 maybe 3 in the rankings which would be nice. In other news it’s nearly impossible to blog from China now as foreign websites are incredibly slow 😈
@ Nama:
Well his test average is 37 so that would bring his first class average of 46 down no?
whatever you might say about the other “first class” games the same would hold true for The other players no?
Now getting on to the three tons in the oDI’s against India was I talking crap there too?
😀
@ NZINCHINA:
I think they are playing out of their socks at the moment.
That’s a sad situation. You had better get on yo the authorities it’s a big sporting year coming up and I don’t want to miss your input.
MacroBlom wrote:
If I was Gold, my first order of business would be to make Lambie captain.
He is sure of his place (injury permitting)
Proper breeding and schooling means he is eloquent and well spoken and will no doubt be more than adequate with the after match speech
He is respected and liked by the media and fans (especially Puma and Sharks_Lover)
And most importantly…he has signed for 3 more years showing his commitment towards the Sharks
MacroBlom wrote:
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It may be the way you’d have it, but your strategy flies in face of & pays no heed to the history of batting excellence in cricket:
The 4 highest ranked Test cricket batsmen of all time played the overwhelming majority of their cricket in batting positions 1 – 3:
Sir Donald Bradman – #3
Sir Leonard Hutton – opening batsman
Sir Jack Hobbs – opening batsman
Ricky Ponting – #3
Perhaps excellence dictates rising up to the challenge at hand.
I won’t be surprised if the great man, Hashim Amla, rises to the current challenge & affords Stiaan the opportunity to establish himself in the team before the latter takes up that very important opening berth.
One thing is certain, whatever he does, Hashim will put team interests before his own.
Ciao & out.
Nama wrote:
You mean the COVETED CONFERENCE CUP?
They can relax, they will win it again this year, whether Bissie is captain or not
@ gunther:
Yes no complaints they are playing as a unit, with a few guys getting averages up into the 40’s which we haven’t had for a long time, they’ll be plenty of input from me this year which you’ll no doubt will be looking forward to.
282 @ NZINCHINA:
Right up to the point when the Bulls beat the Blues, then it’s off to mt Kilimanjaro again?
@ nortie:
The only people that made a fuss over the Conference cup was your lot.
@ nortie:
Proper breeding and schooling?
Lmfao now you sound like Hugh Bladen.
284 @ gunther:
Not quite, it was because for the first two years of the new format we were the only “lot” who had won it, that the rest of you were so nafi that it became an issue.
@ Angostura:
Lara was also a number 3…
Thats the problem with comparing players from wildly different era to now.
Also factor in the way guys like ab and duminy guide the tail.
Like i said i would not mind amla going up the order in bangla or even india.
@ gunther:
“Now getting on to the three tons in the oDI’s against India was I talking crap there too?”
The discussion was about a possible replacement for Alviro in the test team. Nothing to do with ODI’s. I mentioned his average in 1st class cricket BEFORE he made his test debut because some people . Granted, I should’ve specified that I meant his average for the Highveld Lions, since his performances for the amateur Gauteng team also count towards his 1st class average but I have an idea that you know exactly what I meant.
Are you suggesting that QdK should be considered as a test opener because he scored 3 consecutive 100’s in ODI’s?
gunther wrote:
Sorry, insensitive of me to mention those points while you are also online……I know you are not familiar with those two concepts, please accept my apology and realize that it wasn’t a dig at your lack thereof 😆
@ nortie:
Hello Norty, it was a 6 week internet issue from memory 🙂
@ nortie:
Hahaha I call bullshit.
Mind you it’s the only thing you’ve ever won in Super Rugby so I can understand.
It stopped being important when you stopped winning it then you started mocking other teams when they started.
Kuk.
😆
NZINCHINA wrote:
Ha ha, I believe you
@ nortie:
lol that’s very rich coming from you konstable.
😆
291 @ gunther:
Lol, well, if YOU call bullshit on something, it must be…..you are the master of bullshit 😉
Nama I hope you are doing some research there.
I appreciate its been a tough first day back in Gunther’s classroom but don’t quit yet boitje.
The best quote I read this week was from a former Pakistani cricketer who was talking about our crass cricketing freinds from Australia and their ” legendary ” sledging – ” we couldn’t understand 90% of what they were saying”
@ gunther:
We started to mock the FANS of other teams becaus they did not attach any value to the Coveted Conference Cup until they started to win it.
We never mocked the teams. We know they value that achievement (winning the CCC) greatly. Unlike their fans who pretends that it is nothing.
😉
NZINCHINA wrote:
Sounds like they were talking about Gunther…..90% of the time we also don’t know what he is talking about
@ Nama:
My you aren’t the brightest are you.
YOU introduced de Kocks performances prior to test selection into the discussion as a comparison to the other two.
I made the point that his first class average was superior and he had just scored three ODI tons against India.
So where is the crap?
@ nortie:
That’s because you are thick.
😆
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