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)
Merkel working Gabriel over – with a batting average of 2.5, you wouldn’t expect anything less – Then Gabriel mows Morkel for 4. Good stuff!!
Jackers just noted that the No.10 is protecting the No.11 after an easy single off Steyn was turned down. That must be a first!!!
And thats it Wi all out for 329. Benn 5. Caught Bavuma, bowled Morkel.
Now, on this pitch, I expect a massive score from the Protea’s. They don’t want to bat twice on a pitch that is going to open up like the Grand canyon if the hot weather persists.
SA 27/0 – only 14 off the bat! Some pretty wayward bowling first up
Faf survives the 1st ball post lunch – ball falling just short of slips before wandering off for 4 runs
Jinne, seker tyd dat ek bietjie loer wat hier aangaan!
Proteas 84 / 1 after 21 overs
Ek sien Morné Steyn het ‘n Rooi Kaart gekry, omdat hy iemand op die grond geskop het…
Blomme lose the wicket of Alviro Petersen, on 42.
SA 104 / 2 after 27.1 overs
Amla and Faf now the batsmen
39 @ grootblousmile: Just had to pop out, elaborate, please.
SA 135 / 2 at Tea – Day 2
42 @ Just For Kicks:
He got sent off last night after getting a red card, his team subsequently lost
42 @ Just For Kicks:
Will put up an Article about it a bit later.
Just received a Twitter thing about it, with a little video attached… got the Red after 31 min apparrently.
@ nortie:
@ grootblousmile: Very unlike Morne to get a red card. Frogs must be getting under his skin a bit.
Faf, that was just stupid. Benn saw him coming down the wicket and was able bowl a little wider.
Another one who just gets going. At least he got through the fifties, though.
Just plain dumb on a pitch thats doing zot
F du Plessis st Ramdin b Benn. SA 157/3
46 @ Just For Kicks:
Yeah, very unlike Morné Steyn… can’t help but think he’s not enjoying his stint in France.
Amla goes to 50
Excellent 50 for #
Looks like rain will end the days play at 227/3.
AB goes to 50 with a streaky cut
AB 50 off 70 balls. SA 251/3
Oops, Amla out for 63
Blomme 254 / 4
Ball gets changed (out if shape) and # goes next ball. Eish. Another start, the Newlines curse continues.
# 63 c Ramdin b Holder
This is a big test for Bavuma – a pitch that is still favouring the batsmen, bowlers who are obviously trying to save themselves for the new ball, and a ‘new’ old ball to face. Excellent opportunity to prove his worth.
57 @ Just For Kicks:
Yip, one feels Bavuma will have to man up here, because quite frankly if he does not, I do not see a reason for him to be in the team at all.
New ball is already due, but the Windies have not yet taken it.
@ grootblousmile:I don’t know too much about him, but he looks pretty solid from what I have seen so far. He doesn’t have a great 1st Class average (36), so, as you say, if he can’t prove himself quickly, he should go.
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