Cricket: South Africa vs West Indies – 3rd 5-Day Test (2 January – 6 January 2015)

Published 6 January 2015 | By grootblousmile

Cricket BallSouth 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

Sir Vivian Richards Trophy – 3rd Test
Test no. 2154 | 2014 / 2015 season
Played at Newlands, Cape Town
2,3,4,5,6 January 2015 (5-day match)
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

Toss – West Indies, who chose to bat
Test debut – SR Harmer (South Africa)
Player of the match – tba
Umpires – Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and PR Reiffel (Australia)
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)

445 Responses to Cricket: South Africa vs West Indies – 3rd 5-Day Test (2 January – 6 January 2015)

1 2 3 4 5 … 15
1 2 3 4 5 … 15

Users Online

Total 170 users including 0 member, 170 guests, 0 bot online

Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm