South Africa v West Indies 2nd Test

West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa - 2007 (2007/08) · Newlands, Cape Town · 2 January 2008

South Africa won by 7 wickets

South Africa won by 7 wickets. Ashwell Prince top-scored with 98 for South Africa. Dale Steyn took 4/44.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: West Indies tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa - 2007 (2007/08)
Ground: Newlands, Cape Town
Dates: 2 January 2008 to 5 January 2008
Toss: West Indies, chose to bat
Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets
Player of the match: Ashwell Prince
Captains: Chris Gayle (West Indies), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Umpires: RB Tiffin and SJA Taufel
Match referee: RS Mahanama

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

West Indies won the toss and chose to bat.

West Indies batted first and made 243 all out. Shivnarine Chanderpaul top-scored with 65 not out off 223 balls, and Marlon Samuels made 51. Dale Steyn took 4 for 60 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 106-run stand for the fourth wicket between Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels, 44% of the total. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Newlands, 312 across 13 Tests.

South Africa replied with 321 all out. Ashwell Prince top-scored with 98 off 225 balls, and Mark Boucher made 59. Dwayne Bravo took 4 for 82 for West Indies. The innings was built on a 129-run stand for the sixth wicket between Mark Boucher and Ashwell Prince, 40% of the total. South Africa led by 78 on first innings.

West Indies made 262 all out in their second innings. Shivnarine Chanderpaul top-scored with 70 not out off 168 balls. Dale Steyn took 4 for 44 for South Africa.

Set 185 to win, South Africa made 186 for 3. Graeme Smith top-scored with 85 off 79 balls.

South Africa won by 7 wickets.

WEST INDIES, FIRST INNINGS: 243 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Gayle	c Neil McKenzie b Andre Nel	46	49
Daren Ganga	c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn	3	17
Runako Morton	c Makhaya Ntini b Jacques Kallis	23	38
Marlon Samuels	c Mark Boucher b Makhaya Ntini	51	144
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	not out	65	223
Dwayne Bravo	c Jacques Kallis b Makhaya Ntini	0	4
Denesh Ramdin	lbw b Dale Steyn	21	55
Rawl Lewis	b Dale Steyn	0	1
Jerome Taylor	c & b Dale Steyn	8	14
Daren Powell	c Jacques Kallis b Andre Nel	0	8
Fidel Edwards	c AB de Villiers b Andre Nel	2	7

Extras 24 · Total 243 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Dale Steyn	20	5	60	4
Makhaya Ntini	22	7	63	2
Andre Nel	22	5	61	3
Jacques Kallis	9	1	11	1
Paul Harris	19	5	33	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-12 (Daren Ganga, 4.5 ov), 2-71 (Runako Morton, 15.5 ov), 3-77 (Chris Gayle, 20.1 ov), 4-183 (Marlon Samuels, 62.3 ov), 5-185 (Dwayne Bravo, 64.4 ov), 6-220 (Denesh Ramdin, 81.4 ov), 7-220 (Rawl Lewis, 81.5 ov), 8-237 (Jerome Taylor, 86.4 ov), 9-241 (Daren Powell, 89.5 ov), 10-243 (Fidel Edwards, 91.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Daren Ganga (3) and Chris Gayle (8)	12	30
second	Chris Gayle (32) and Runako Morton (23)	59	66
third	Chris Gayle (6) and Marlon Samuels (0)	6	26
fourth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (39) and Marlon Samuels (51)	106	260
fifth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2) and Dwayne Bravo (0)	2	13
sixth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (13) and Denesh Ramdin (21)	35	102
seventh	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (0) and Rawl Lewis (0)	0	1
eighth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (9) and Jerome Taylor (8)	17	29
ninth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2) and Daren Powell (0)	4	20
tenth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (0) and Fidel Edwards (2)	2	13

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 321 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Smith	c Denesh Ramdin b Jerome Taylor	28	69
Neil McKenzie	c Chris Gayle b Jerome Taylor	23	54
Hashim Amla	lbw b Dwayne Bravo	32	63
Jacques Kallis	c Denesh Ramdin b Dwayne Bravo	36	72
Ashwell Prince	run out (Jerome Taylor, Denesh Ramdin)	98	225
AB de Villiers	c Denesh Ramdin b Dwayne Bravo	2	17
Mark Boucher	b Dwayne Bravo	59	137
Paul Harris	c Runako Morton b Daren Powell	4	8
Andre Nel	c Denesh Ramdin b Daren Powell	5	24
Dale Steyn	c Runako Morton b Rawl Lewis	19	27
Makhaya Ntini	not out	3	14

Extras 12 · Total 321 all out

Bowler (West Indies)	O	M	R	W
Daren Powell	35	4	123	2
Fidel Edwards	4.5	1	12	0
Marlon Samuels	8.1	3	18	0
Jerome Taylor	21	6	51	2
Dwayne Bravo	37	9	82	4
Rawl Lewis	12.2	3	26	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-46 (Neil McKenzie, 17.1 ov), 2-61 (Graeme Smith, 23.2 ov), 3-120 (Jacques Kallis, 42.2 ov), 4-123 (Hashim Amla, 44.3 ov), 5-131 (AB de Villiers, 52.1 ov), 6-260 (Mark Boucher, 100.3 ov), 7-265 (Paul Harris, 101.6 ov), 8-284 (Andre Nel, 107.5 ov), 9-301 (Ashwell Prince, 113.3 ov), 10-321 (Dale Steyn, 118.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Neil McKenzie (23) and Graeme Smith (23)	46	103
second	Hashim Amla (10) and Graeme Smith (5)	15	37
third	Jacques Kallis (36) and Hashim Amla (19)	59	114
fourth	Ashwell Prince (0) and Hashim Amla (3)	3	13
fifth	Ashwell Prince (6) and AB de Villiers (2)	8	46
sixth	Mark Boucher (59) and Ashwell Prince (66)	129	290
seventh	Ashwell Prince (1) and Paul Harris (4)	5	9
eighth	Ashwell Prince (13) and Andre Nel (5)	19	35
ninth	Ashwell Prince (11) and Dale Steyn (4)	17	33
tenth	Makhaya Ntini (3) and Dale Steyn (15)	20	29

WEST INDIES, SECOND INNINGS: 262 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Daren Ganga	b Makhaya Ntini	22	112
Denesh Ramdin	c Mark Boucher b Jacques Kallis	32	79
Runako Morton	c Mark Boucher b Dale Steyn	1	6
Marlon Samuels	lbw b Andre Nel	18	51
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	not out	70	168
Chris Gayle	c Paul Harris b Dale Steyn	38	48
Dwayne Bravo	c Graeme Smith b Andre Nel	12	28
Rawl Lewis	c Hashim Amla b Paul Harris	1	9
Jerome Taylor	c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn	21	58
Daren Powell	c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn	1	17
Fidel Edwards	c Paul Harris b Andre Nel	21	35

Extras 25 · Total 262 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Andre Nel	27	12	62	3
Makhaya Ntini	26	8	62	1
Dale Steyn	19.5	7	44	4
Jacques Kallis	19	6	34	1
Paul Harris	10	0	36	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-59 (Denesh Ramdin, 26.2 ov), 2-60 (Runako Morton, 27.2 ov), 3-81 (Daren Ganga, 39.1 ov), 4-93 (Marlon Samuels, 46.1 ov), 5-126 (Dwayne Bravo, 60.4 ov), 6-133 (Rawl Lewis, 63.3 ov), 7-163 (Jerome Taylor, 77.4 ov), 8-167 (Daren Powell, 81.4 ov), 9-192 (Fidel Edwards, 90.3 ov), 10-262 (Chris Gayle, 101.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Daren Ganga (15) and Denesh Ramdin (32)	59	158
second	Daren Ganga (0) and Runako Morton (1)	1	6
third	Daren Ganga (7) and Marlon Samuels (13)	21	71
fourth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (6) and Marlon Samuels (5)	12	42
fifth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3) and Chris Gayle (1)	4	27
sixth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (12) and Dwayne Bravo (12)	29	58
seventh	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (6) and Rawl Lewis (1)	7	17
eighth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (8) and Jerome Taylor (21)	30	85
ninth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3) and Daren Powell (1)	4	24
tenth	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3) and Fidel Edwards (21)	25	53
11th	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (29) and Chris Gayle (37)	70	68

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 186 FOR 3

Batter	How out	R	B
Graeme Smith	c Chris Gayle b Rawl Lewis	85	79
AB de Villiers	c Daren Sammy b Dwayne Bravo	23	24
Hashim Amla	c Chris Gayle b Rawl Lewis	37	60
Jacques Kallis	not out	22	26
Ashwell Prince	not out	12	24

Did not bat: Neil McKenzie, Mark Boucher, Paul Harris, Andre Nel, Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini

Extras 7 · Total 186 for 3

Bowler (West Indies)	O	R	W
Daren Powell	11	57	0
Jerome Taylor	6	31	0
Dwayne Bravo	7	34	1
Marlon Samuels	3	17	0
Rawl Lewis	8.2	42	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-57 (AB de Villiers, 8.6 ov), 2-140 (Hashim Amla, 25.6 ov), 3-152 (Graeme Smith, 27.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (34) and AB de Villiers (23)	57	54
second	Hashim Amla (37) and Graeme Smith (41)	83	102
third	Jacques Kallis (1) and Graeme Smith (10)	12	8
fourth	Jacques Kallis (21) and Ashwell Prince (12)	34	49

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