Read on to see all the landmarks reached by the Proteas in this match.
A very dull draw though on a pitch called a tar road by commentators.
South Africa 543/6d & 235/3d (94 ov)
G Smith 132, J Kallis 110, AB de Villiers 135*
West Indies 424/4 (116.0 ov)
BP Nash 114, S Chanderpaul 151*
Test Match ends. Quite an awful pitch this. South Africa have declared and the teams have agreed to call it off. South Africa lead the series 1-0.
St Kitts – Regardless of what happens on the final day of the second Test between the Proteas and the West Indies at Warner Park, St. Kitts, the match will go down in Cricket South Africa’s history for a succession of significant career landmarks.
These include two of the most notable achievements in the history of the game with Jacques Kallis recording his 11 000th Test run on Saturday’s second day and then Mark Boucher becoming the first wicketkeeper in the history of the game to take 500 Test match dismissals on Monday’s fourth day.
It completes the unique double of 500 dismissals and 5 000 runs in the game’s purest form. There is no other current player remotely in a position to do the same which suggests this record will stand for decades to come.
Earlier in the match there had also been important career moments for Graeme Smith (7 000 runs) and AB de Villiers (4 000 runs). Not to be outdone by the rest, Kallis, in fact, achieved two landmark statistics in the same match as his dismissal of Shane Shillingford, caught by De Villiers at second slip, was his 50th dismissal against the West Indies. Kallis scored his 35th test 100, to move to 3rd spot on his own, with only Tendulkar(47) and Ponting(39) ahead of him.
South Africa, chasing a series win in what has been a very successful tour so far, got off to a winning start at the toss at Warner Park. The road of a pitch prompted Graeme Smith to give his batsmen the best use of the conditions.
Not surprisingly, South Africa retained their winning line-up from Trinidad. There could have been a case for an extra spinner to partner Paul Harris, but with their pacers hogging the wickets, there wasn’t any need for any such change.
West Indies made a welcome change to their line-up, bringing in the fast bowler Kemar Roach. Roach was missing in action since the start of the series with an ankle injury, and in Trinidad, West Indies clearly lacked a genuine fast bowler who could hit the deck hard. Nelon Pascal, who made his debut in Trinidad, made way for Roach.
Chris Gayle was disappointed at losing the toss yet again but was confident of matching whatever the South Africans make. If West Indies are to stay alive in the series, their batsmen will have to find form quickly.
West Indies 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Travis Dowlin, 3 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 4 Narsingh Deonarine, 5 Brendan Nash, 6 Dwayne Bravo (vice-capt), 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Sulieman Benn, 9 Shane Shillingford, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Kemar Roach
South Africa 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Alviro Petersen, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 Hashim Amla, 6 Ashwell Prince, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Paul Harris, 9 Dale Steyn, 10 Morne Morkel, 11 Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Shillingford to Kallis, OUT, Kallis falls after reaching his ton. A dismissal similar to Petersen. He went for the big sweep shot and top edges it to deep backward square-leg where Rampaul back-pedals, gets the hand over his head and stretches back to hold on to a good catch
JH Kallis c Rampaul b Shillingford 110 (227b 12×4 1×6) SR: 48.45
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Benn to Prince, OUT, Oh what has he done? It was a short delivery and he could have hit it anywhere but he it straight to short midwicket. 442 for 5.
AG Prince c Gayle b Benn 9 (20b 0x4 1×6) SR: 45.00
Benn to de Villiers, SIX, Hundred no 10. Four against West Indies. AB sashays down the track and crashes the flighted delivery over the straight boundary
Hehehehe, AB de Villiers moes gaan pee, toe wag hy eers vir sy Ton….
All the players taking a break as they wait for AB to get back.
AB dashes off the ground! Was it an urgent toilet break? Taufel and Asad Rauf are laughing
All the players taking a break as they wait for AB to get back. He is taking a long time here! No puns on runs please. At the drinks break, AB had taken a pill. Jackman cracks me up saying it could only have been a laxative! And here is AB! ……. and some one throws the toilet paper at him from the dressing room. Hilarious!
What could have been a sensational American triumph, their first ever in World Cup history in a game where they were trailing, instead became a draw that might cost the US team a place in the last 16.
“The team as a whole had a strong response to the disallowed goal,” Bradley said. “I end up feeling badly for the team and for our fans. A 3-2 comeback win giving us a chance of advancing would be something that would be special for everybody.
“It didn’t happen. We put it beind us. We understand that if we win our last game we can still win the group. We have moved forward.”
FIFA rules allow no appeals process. The US squad has not asked for any official comment from Coulibaly regarding his decision.
Asked if FIFA should force referees to explain their decisions as US sports leagues require, Bradley said football is simply a different sport than American counterparts.
“FIFA operates differently. Football is a different game,” Bradley said. “Some aspects of it are not made 100 percent clear. That seems to add to the discussion about the game. For us, we get used to that.
“You just move on and get ready for the next game. I don’t think about it more than that.”
One thing that has some people thinking about is what would happen if the Americans and England draw again and the English score twice to level the goals scored tie-breaker, forcing a drawing of lots to decide a spot between England and the US team in the last 16.
“I don’t think anyone really wants that to be honest,” US defender Jay DeMerit said. “It should never really come down to things like that. There is still a lot of soccer to be played between all four teams.
“We have to take care of business on our end and make sure it doesn’t come down to that.”
End of over 139 (16 runs) South Africa 511/6
Current partnership 26 runs, 7.0 overs, RR: 3.71 (de Villiers 21, Steyn 4)
That’s tea. No sign of declaration yet. Join us in a while for the final session
End of over 144 (15 runs) South Africa 533/6
Current partnership 49 runs, 10.2 overs, RR: 4.74 (de Villiers 30, Steyn 18)
South Africa have declared West Indies should come out to bat in ten minutes
543/6
Steyn 20*
AB de Villiers 135*
Morkel to Dowlin, OUT
TM Dowlin c de Villiers b Morkel 10 (16b 1×4 0x6) SR: 62.50
3.4
Morkel to Dowlin, OUT, First wicket is down. It was a short-of-length delivery that straightened outside off stump. Dowlin pushes out at it, bat away from the body, and edges it to third slip where AB dives to his right to take it. Pouched! Enter Deonarine. They had Nash batting at no 3 in the first Test.
West Indies RR 4.16
Last 10 ovs 42/1 RR 4.20
Min overs remaining 20.4
Current partnership 31 runs, 6.5 overs, RR: 4.53 (Gayle 16, Deonarine 15)
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