South Africa and the West Indies battle each other in the 2nd ODI, at Wandrers in Johannesburg.
South Africa has already won the 1st ODI, a couple of days ago.
The West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl first.
South Africa posted a mammoth total in their 50 overs, their highest ever of 439 / 2.
Hashim Amla scored 153, his highest ever ODI total without perishing. Rilee Rossouw scored 128 runs off 115 balls and AB de Villiers came in and demolished the West Indies bowlers, scoring 149 runs off just 44 balls… yeah you read correctly before perishing, with 2 balls remaining.
In the process AB de Villiers became the batsman to score the fastest ever 50 (off 16 balls) as well as the fastest ever batsman to score 100 (31 balls – previous record was 36 balls).
The West Indies knew they would have to go full-out from ball one to get to the winning score!
Chris Gayle got out cheaply for only 19 and Leon Johnson fell for 1 run. Dwayne Smith was eventually out for 64 and Marvin Samuals perished on 40. The West Indies lost 3 more wickets and never upped the run-rate, leaving them well short.
South Africa comfortably won by 148 runs.
South Africa: 439 (50 Overs)
West Indies: 291 / 7 (50 Overs)
Match over
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM Amla | not out | 153 | 236 | 142 | 14 | 0 | 107.74 | |
| RR Rossouw | c Benn b Taylor | 128 | 174 | 115 | 11 | 2 | 111.30 | |
| AB de Villiers*† | c Carter b Russell | 149 | 59 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 338.63 | |
| DA Miller | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 4, nb 1) | 9 | ||||||
| Total | (2 wickets; 50 overs; 236 mins) | 439 | (8.78 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: F du Plessis, JP Duminy, F Behardien, VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-247 (Rossouw, 38.3 ov), 2-439 (de Villiers, 49.4 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE Taylor | 10 | 0 | 95 | 1 | 9.50 | 21 | 11 | 2 | (1w) | |
| JO Holder | 9 | 0 | 91 | 0 | 10.11 | 20 | 6 | 7 | ||
| SJ Benn | 10 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 4.90 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
| AD Russell | 10 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 7.80 | 21 | 3 | 4 | (2w) | |
| DJG Sammy | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||
| MN Samuels | 3 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 9.33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| DR Smith | 4 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 17.00 | 3 | 7 | 4 | (1nb, 1w) |
| West Indies innings (target: 440 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Smith | c Duminy b Behardien | 64 | 100 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 98.46 | |
| CH Gayle | c Behardien b Morkel | 19 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 146.15 | |
| LR Johnson | lbw b Philander | 1 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| MN Samuels | c Behardien b Philander | 40 | 67 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 83.33 | |
| D Ramdin† | c du Plessis b Morkel | 57 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 103.63 | ||
| JL Carter | c sub (WD Parnell) b Steyn | 40 | 54 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 102.56 | |
| AD Russell | c du Plessis b Imran Tahir | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DJG Sammy | not out | 25 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 60.97 | ||
| JO Holder* | not out | 21 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 84.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, w 10, nb 2) | 24 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs) | 291 | (5.82 runs per over) | |||||
To bat: JE Taylor, SJ Benn
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Gayle, 4.5 ov), 2-63 (Johnson, 9.5 ov), 3-122 (Smith, 21.2 ov), 4-148 (Samuels, 24.6 ov), 5-231 (Carter, 36.6 ov), 6-232 (Russell, 37.2 ov), 7-253 (Ramdin, 41.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Morkel | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | 40 | 5 | 0 | (2nb, 2w) | |
| VD Philander | 10 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 6.90 | 31 | 9 | 1 | (5w) | |
| DW Steyn | 10 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 2.90 | 41 | 2 | 0 | (2w) | |
| JP Duminy | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 9.75 | 7 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Imran Tahir | 10 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 6.00 | 27 | 4 | 2 | (1w) | |
| F Behardien | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 6.50 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Match details
TV umpire – S Ravi (India)
Match referee – BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire – JD Cloete
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 51 runs, 0 wicket)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (HM Amla 31, RR Rossouw 18, Ex 2)
- Over 14.5: Review by South Africa (Batting), Umpire – AT Holdstock, Batsman – RR Rossouw (Upheld)
- Drinks: South Africa – 86/0 in 17.0 overs (HM Amla 48, RR Rossouw 34)
- HM Amla: 50 off 58 balls (5 x 4)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 19.4 overs (118 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 118 balls (HM Amla 53, RR Rossouw 43, Ex 4)
- RR Rossouw: 50 off 61 balls (4 x 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 26.2 overs (158 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 158 balls (HM Amla 75, RR Rossouw 71, Ex 4)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 27.1 – 32.0 (Batting side – 29 runs, 0 wicket)
- Drinks: South Africa – 195/0 in 33.0 overs (HM Amla 95, RR Rossouw 96)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 33.6 overs (204 balls), Extras 4
- RR Rossouw: 100 off 102 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 1st Wicket: 200 runs in 204 balls (HM Amla 96, RR Rossouw 100, Ex 4)
- HM Amla: 100 off 103 balls (9 x 4)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 38.4 overs (232 balls), Extras 5
- South Africa: 300 runs in 41.4 overs (250 balls), Extras 6
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 16 balls (3 x 4, 5 x 6)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 19 balls (HM Amla 3, AB de Villiers 51, Ex 1)
- 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 34 balls (HM Amla 18, AB de Villiers 82, Ex 2)
- South Africa: 350 runs in 44.1 overs (266 balls), Extras 7
- AB de Villiers: 100 off 31 balls (8 x 4, 10 x 6)
- South Africa: 400 runs in 47.2 overs (285 balls), Extras 8
- 2nd Wicket: 150 runs in 54 balls (HM Amla 34, AB de Villiers 116, Ex 3)
- HM Amla: 150 off 139 balls (14 x 4)
- Innings Break: South Africa – 439/2 in 50.0 overs (HM Amla 153, DA Miller 0)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 63 runs, 2 wickets)
- West Indies: 50 runs in 7.5 overs (49 balls), Extras 5
- Over 9.5: Review by West Indies (Batting), Umpire – AT Holdstock, Batsman – LR Johnson (Struck down)
- Drinks: West Indies – 81/2 in 15.0 overs (DR Smith 45, MN Samuels 7)
- DR Smith: 50 off 50 balls (8 x 4)
- West Indies: 100 runs in 17.5 overs (109 balls), Extras 9
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (DR Smith 27, MN Samuels 20, Ex 3)
- West Indies: 150 runs in 25.2 overs (154 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: West Indies – 183/4 in 31.0 overs (D Ramdin 29, JL Carter 18)
- West Indies: 200 runs in 33.2 overs (202 balls), Extras 12
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (D Ramdin 21, JL Carter 34, Ex 0)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 – 40.0 (Batting side – 24 runs, 2 wickets)
- D Ramdin: 50 off 45 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- West Indies: 250 runs in 40.3 overs (245 balls), Extras 23
Windies 286 / 7 after 49 overs
… still 14 runs short of 300.
6 Balls to go
Proteas win by 148 runs and leave the Windies 9 short of 300!
Well done Proteas.
The victory was in the bag the moment Gayle got out. They needed him to make 200 to stand a chance of chasing the score down. It was not to be.
Congrats Rilee, Amla and AB on your performances.
Bath 25 / 18 Toulouse
10 min gone in the 2nd half
63 @ Nama:
Well done to Dale Steyn too, only conceeding 29 runs in his 10 overs, at an economy rate of 2.9… on a belter of a pitch!
Man Of The Match is nobody else than AB de Villiers… stunning innings by him
An epic performance by the Proteas – collectively the best ever batting performance in an ODI
but
the #7 all rounder’s position remains a problem from a batting, but especially a bowling perspective
AB = a legend
88
Changing track, Jake the Fake no longer drinking out of a boot, eh?
67 @ Angostura:
Flok, I would not even give Jake the Snake my oldest, stinky tekkies (that I wear to weld and do woodwork with), to drink from… I would never be able to wear that tekkie again!
ODI records. Fastest player to:
1 000 runs: Viv Richards, Quenton de Kock, Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott
2 000 runs: Amla
3 000 runs: Amla
4 000 runs: Amla
5 000 runs: Amla
6 000 runs: Kohli
7 000 runs: AB de Villiers
SA players feature strongly. It took Kohli 136 innings’ to reach 6 000 runs. Amla surpassed 5 000 runs on Friday after 101 innings’ leaving him with 35 innings to become the fastest batsman to 6 000 runs. He began his quest today by scoring 150+. No doubt that he will get that record as well.
Amla missing the last two balls reminded me a bit of Behardien who missed the last few balls in the 2nd T20.
In both cases these guys were playing 2nd fiddle to a batsman who took the bowlers apart (Amla to AB and Behardien to Faf). They played their part by taking singles and giving the strike to the batsman in form, so to speak. But when the “form” batsman got out, they could not hit the ball of the square when it was expected of them to do so. Fortunately Amla only had to face 2 balls. In Behardien’s case, it was 6 balls, I believe.
It just shows that it is very difficult to change from 1st gear into overdrive in the space of one ball.
Final Score: Bath 35 / 18 Toulouse
@ Nama:
Hi Nama.
Looked to me that Hash was a bit tired.
If AB was facing, it would have been at least 10 runs off those last 2 balls.
Hash is essentially a test cricketer.
AB is a freak of nature.
So happy that he is a South African.
@ Charo:
Yeah. No doubt that AB would’ve gotten the record for most 6’s and SA the record for the most runs in an ODI if AB didn’t get out when he did.
10 runs of the last 2 balls sounds about right to me.
Great player. Hope he can replicate this kind of form in the CWC next month.
@ Nama:
So is Hash as a test cricketer.
Amazing long term concentration.
That 300+ innings against the poms when we obliterated them at home shows it.
We took 20 wickets………
The poms took 2!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Charo:
“Hash is essentially a test cricketer.”
I think the stats disagree on that. He may not be your flashy, devastating kind of ODI batsman, like AB or Gayle, but he holds the record for being the fastest to 2000, 3 000, 4 000 & 5 000 ODI runs in the history of the game.
Amla scores 1 000 runs every 20th innings. AB scores 1 000 runs every 23rd innings.
Interesting stats.
Shows how much Hash contributes to the backbone of the Proteas batting line up.
But, when the heat is on and adventurous batting is needed, AB is your man.
Cheers Nama, flying off to west Africa tomorrow so hitting the sack.
Goodnight.
Amla missed those balls because he was tired not because he struggles to make the step up to the big time, huge difference.
@ Charo:
Nag Charo.
@ MacroBull:
So, he was tired?
Ja well, if you say so.
CWC prep:
Even if the Proteas go all the way to the CWC final, they will not play a single match at their favourite (fast & bouncy) WACA ground in Perth.
At least half of their six pool games (3 in NZ, 3 in Aus) will be played on pitches that will likely be slow and low by South African standards, something that will not suit a South African four or five pronged seam attack, especially not Vern Philander’s seam bowling. The Proteas will likely field at least one, and perhaps two spin bowlers at such venues.
Here in South Africa the current ODI series now moves down to the Eastern Cape where the slow and low pitches at East London and Port Elizabeth afford the opportunity to experiment with different line ups (for similar conditions that they might experience during the CWC pool stages) such as, say:
East London
(2 Specialist Pace Bowlers, 2 Specialist Spin Bowlers, Batting All Rounder + Part Time Spinner):
1. Hashim Amla
2. Riley Rossouw
3. Faf du Plessis
4. A B de Villiers w/k
5. David Miller
6. JP Duminy
7. Farhaan Behardien
8. Dale Steyn
9. Aaron Phangiso
10. Morne Morkel
11. Imran Tahir
Port Elizabeth
(2 Specialist Pace Bowlers, 2 Specialist Spin Bowlers, Bowling All Rounder + Part Time Spinner):
1. Hashim Amla
2. Morne van Wyk w/k
3. Faf du Plessis
4. JP Duminy
5. A B de Villiers
6. David Miller
7. Wayne Parnell
8. Dale Steyn
9. Kyle Abbott
10. Aaron Phangiso
11. Imran Tahir
Centurion
(4 Specialist Pace Bowlers, Bowling All Rounder + Part Time Spinner):
1. Hashim Amla
2. Quentin de Kock w/k (if fit) or Morne van Wyk w/k
3. Faf du Plessis
4. A B de Villiers
5. David Miller
6. JP Duminy
7. Wayne Parnell
8. Vernon Philander
9. Dale Steyn
10. Kyle Abbott
11. Morne Morkel
Horses for Courses?
AB’s innings today shows why he should open the innings in the T20 internationals. Imagine AB batting through the innings and faces 70-75 balls at the end. A double century will most probably be on the cards.
Time for Russel to think along that lines. Forget about the “AB is at his best when he comes in after the 12th over” crap.
AB and De Kock to open in T20’s…
@ Angostura:
Makes sense.
Only concern that I have is Dale Steyn batting at 8. That leaves us with quite a tail. Amla and AB will not ALWAYS make runs.
Nama wrote:
Very good call.
Nama wrote:
The tail is a bit of a problem, today was the first time in a long time we have finished strongly. Or at least we have been extremely inconsistant on that part.
Going to the world cup i hope Dale and Tahir and show the same form they are now, Dale Steyn is in the best odi form i have seen.
@ Nama:
How did morkel bowl today? I think he deserves a mention, apart from the no balls in the first over it looks like he has some seriously lovely rythm going and bowled some good lines especially to gayle.
@ MacroBull:
Our bowlers have not really been tested yet imo. They were either taken apart (the 1st two T20’s) or they ripped through the Windies. We have not been in a situation where the Windies needed something like 50 runs in 12 overs with 4 wickets in hand. That is when our boys need to show their mettle by restricting the runs and at the same time take wickets. All the matches have been lopsided towards one of the teams so far.
That said, Morkel is bowling well while Vern is very expensive. Morkel also usually gets some help on the Aus pitches. He’ll just have to hit the right length consistently and he’ll be a handful.
@ MacroBull:
My concern is Faf. Since his purple patch in Zim, where he scored 3 x 100’s and another score of 96, Faf has scored the grand total of 172 runs (highest of 67) in 8 innings at an average of 21.5.
He made 97 runs in his last 6 innings. That’s on average just over 16.
Our most likely batting line up for the CWC will probably look like this.
De Kock (just returning from injury)
Amla
Faf (average in ODI’s)
AB
Miller (only starting to find his feet now)
Duminy (just returning from injury)
Rilee (5 ducks in 11 innings’) / Behardien (still needs to step up to the plate)
We rely way too much on Amla and AB to score the runs.
@ Nama:
Word has it that the pitches will be on the slow side after the summer, so what Angos said about the nz pitches will hold the same for aus pitches.
I still feel air punch would be more effective in vernes place, i find it unlikely that verne will become a threat there in aus also i rate his batting highly but he is too inconsistant.
But if parnell could maybe hit some form before the wc it may just hit the sweet spot.
@ Nama:
Yes Faf has been extremely poor in ODI cricket. The other worry is that QdK is also a gamble at the world cup and that he might only be fit for the knockouts
Gosh every time.
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