West Indies in South Africa Test Series - 1st Test
West Indies won by 128 runs
| West Indies 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CH Gayle* | c Kallis b Harris | 66 | 83 | 49 | 13 | 0 | 134.69 | |
| D Ganga | c †Boucher b Nel | 33 | 79 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 57.89 | |
| RS Morton | c Prince b Ntini | 33 | 108 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 46.47 | |
| MN Samuels | c Kallis b Steyn | 94 | 267 | 195 | 12 | 0 | 48.20 | |
| S Chanderpaul | b Nel | 104 | 394 | 253 | 12 | 0 | 41.10 | |
| DJ Bravo | c & b Ntini | 12 | 47 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| D Ramdin† | c †Boucher b Ntini | 1 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | |
| DJG Sammy | run out (de Villiers) | 38 | 93 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 49.35 | |
| JE Taylor | b Steyn | 9 | 46 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 24.32 | |
| DBL Powell | not out | 1 | 38 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 | |
| FH Edwards | c Prince b Nel | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 3, nb 4) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 133.4 overs; 591 mins) | 408 | (3.05 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 31 | 4 | 121 | 2 | 3.90 | (3nb, 2w) | ||
| M Ntini | 30 | 6 | 100 | 3 | 3.33 | |||
| A Nel | 25.4 | 7 | 85 | 3 | 3.31 | (1nb) | ||
| PL Harris | 30 | 9 | 69 | 1 | 2.30 | |||
| JH Kallis | 17 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 1.35 | (1w) |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | lbw b Taylor | 28 | 44 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 90.32 | |
| HH Gibbs | c †Ramdin b Powell | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HM Amla | b Powell | 29 | 64 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 96.66 | |
| JH Kallis | c Bravo b Taylor | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AG Prince | c Morton b Powell | 20 | 69 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 42.55 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Bravo | 59 | 193 | 127 | 9 | 0 | 46.45 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Powell b Taylor | 20 | 50 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 68.96 | |
| PL Harris | c Taylor b Bravo | 9 | 100 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 13.23 | |
| A Nel | c Ganga b Bravo | 16 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| DW Steyn | c Powell b Bravo | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.77 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 62.1 overs; 295 mins) | 195 | (3.13 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DBL Powell | 17 | 4 | 58 | 3 | 3.41 | (1w) | ||
| FH Edwards | 15 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 3.73 | (1nb) | ||
| JE Taylor | 13 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 3.53 | |||
| DJ Bravo | 13.1 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1.82 | |||
| DJG Sammy | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 |
| West Indies 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| CH Gayle* | c †Boucher b Ntini | 29 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 131.81 | |
| D Ganga | run out (Gibbs) | 45 | 184 | 125 | 6 | 0 | 36.00 | |
| RS Morton | lbw b Kallis | 5 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 20.83 | |
| MN Samuels | b Steyn | 40 | 120 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 45.97 | |
| S Chanderpaul | c Kallis b Steyn | 8 | 38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| DJ Bravo | c Gibbs b Harris | 10 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 58.82 | |
| D Ramdin† | c Gibbs b Steyn | 0 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| DJG Sammy | lbw b Harris | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| JE Taylor | c Nel b Harris | 22 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 78.57 | |
| DBL Powell | b Harris | 6 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| FH Edwards | not out | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, w 1, nb 5) | 7 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 57.4 overs; 272 mins) | 175 | (3.03 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 17 | 3 | 67 | 3 | 3.94 | (5nb, 1w) | ||
| M Ntini | 11 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 3.18 | |||
| A Nel | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
| JH Kallis | 7 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2.28 | |||
| PL Harris | 15.4 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 2.23 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 389 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HH Gibbs | lbw b Powell | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GC Smith* | c Ganga b Edwards | 11 | 46 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| HM Amla | c †Ramdin b Edwards | 8 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| JH Kallis | c †Ramdin b Edwards | 85 | 188 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 67.46 | |
| AG Prince | c Gayle b Taylor | 10 | 43 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Samuels b Taylor | 60 | 200 | 132 | 6 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| MV Boucher† | b Taylor | 13 | 48 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 37.14 | |
| PL Harris | b Bravo | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| A Nel | c †Ramdin b Sammy | 34 | 48 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 91.89 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 33 | 47 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 126.92 | |
| M Ntini | c Powell b Samuels | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 74.5 overs; 339 mins) | 260 | (3.47 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DBL Powell | 14 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 3.35 | (1w) | ||
| FH Edwards | 13 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 2.84 | |||
| JE Taylor | 18 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 3.66 | |||
| DJ Bravo | 16 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 3.93 | |||
| DJG Sammy | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.14 | |||
| MN Samuels | 6.5 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2.04 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series West Indies led the 3-match series 1-0 |
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Player of the match
MN Samuels (West Indies) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe) TV umpire RE Koertzen Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire BG Jerling |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - West Indies 1st innings 281/4 (S Chanderpaul 43*, DJ Bravo 0*, 84 ov) 27 Dec day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 122/5 (AB de Villiers 22*, MV Boucher 18*, 34 ov) 28 Dec day 3 - West Indies 2nd innings 146/8 (JE Taylor 2*, DBL Powell 0*, 52 ov) 29 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 260 (74.5 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 29, 2007 Marlon Samuels accepts his Man-of-the-Match award © Getty Images |
Dec 29, 2007 The end of Mark Boucher's stay at the crease © Getty Images |
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