South Africa v West Indies, Cape Town

West Indies 243/10 & 262/10

South Africa 321/10 & 186/3

South Africa won by 7 wickets

South Africa v West Indies 2007 · 2nd Test Newlands, Cape Town 2–5 Jan 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it far tougher than South Africa.

West Indies

0.85× -15%

South Africa

1.37× +37%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

S Chanderpaul West Indies

135 +347

CH Gayle West Indies

84 +151

AG Prince South Africa

110 +127

GC Smith South Africa

113 +120

MN Samuels West Indies

69 +87

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn4/44

DW Steyn4/60

DJ Bravo4/82

A Nel3/61

Top score

AG Prince · South Africa

Biggest stand

129

6th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

4–23

4 wkts for 23 · West Indies

Match facts

TossWest Indies, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 7 wickets

Length4 days

West Indies

243 /10 (92.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	c ND McKenzie b A Nel	46	49	2	2	93.88
D Ganga	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	3	17	0	0	17.65
RS Morton	c M Ntini b JH Kallis	23	38	2	0	60.53
MN Samuels	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	51	144	7	0	35.42
S Chanderpaul*	not out	65	223	6	0	29.15
DJ Bravo	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	0	4	0	0	0.00
D Ramdin	lbw b DW Steyn	21	55	2	0	38.18
RN Lewis	b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
JE Taylor	c & b DW Steyn	8	14	1	0	57.14
DBL Powell	c JH Kallis b A Nel	0	8	0	0	0.00
FH Edwards	c AB de Villiers b A Nel	2	7	0	0	28.57

Extras 24 (b 5, lb 10, w 1, nb 8)

Total 243/10 (92.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	20.0	5	60	4	3.00
M Ntini	22.0	7	63	2	2.86
A Nel	22.0	5	61	3	2.77
JH Kallis	9.0	1	11	1	1.22
PL Harris	19.0	5	33	0	1.74

Fall of wickets

1-12 (D Ganga, 4.5)·2-71 (RS Morton, 15.5)·3-77 (CH Gayle, 20.1)·4-183 (MN Samuels, 62.3)·5-185 (DJ Bravo, 64.4)·6-220 (D Ramdin, 81.4)·7-220 (RN Lewis, 81.5)·8-237 (JE Taylor, 86.4)·9-241 (DBL Powell, 89.5)·10-243 (FH Edwards, 91.6)

South Africa

321 /10 (118.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c D Ramdin b JE Taylor	28	69	2	40.58
ND McKenzie	c CH Gayle b JE Taylor	23	54	1	42.59
HM Amla	lbw b DJ Bravo	32	63	2	50.79
JH Kallis	c D Ramdin b DJ Bravo	36	72	4	50.00
AG Prince	run out (JE Taylor)	98	225	11	43.56
AB de Villiers	c D Ramdin b DJ Bravo	2	17	0	11.76
MV Boucher	b DJ Bravo	59	137	6	43.07
PL Harris	c RS Morton b DBL Powell	4	8	1	50.00
A Nel	c D Ramdin b DBL Powell	5	24	0	20.83
DW Steyn	c RS Morton b RN Lewis	19	27	2	70.37
M Ntini*	not out	3	14	0	21.43

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 5, w 3)

Total 321/10 (118.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	35.0	4	123	2	3.51
FH Edwards	4.5	1	12	0	2.48
MN Samuels	8.1	4	18	0	2.20
JE Taylor	21.0	6	51	2	2.43
DJ Bravo	37.0	9	82	4	2.22
RN Lewis	12.2	4	26	1	2.11

Fall of wickets

1-46 (ND McKenzie, 17.1)·2-61 (GC Smith, 23.2)·3-120 (JH Kallis, 42.2)·4-123 (HM Amla, 44.3)·5-131 (AB de Villiers, 52.1)·6-260 (MV Boucher, 100.3)·7-265 (PL Harris, 101.6)·8-284 (A Nel, 107.5)·9-301 (AG Prince, 113.3)·10-321 (DW Steyn, 118.2)

West Indies

262 /10 (101.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Ganga	b M Ntini	22	112	1	0	19.64
D Ramdin	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	32	79	5	0	40.51
RS Morton	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	1	6	0	0	16.67
MN Samuels	lbw b A Nel	18	51	3	0	35.29
S Chanderpaul*	not out	70	168	4	1	41.67
CH Gayle	c PL Harris b DW Steyn	38	48	4	3	79.17
DJ Bravo	c GC Smith b A Nel	12	28	1	0	42.86
RN Lewis	c HM Amla b PL Harris	1	9	0	0	11.11
JE Taylor	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	21	58	2	1	36.21
DBL Powell	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	1	17	0	0	5.88
FH Edwards	c PL Harris b A Nel	21	35	2	1	60.00

Extras 25 (b 4, lb 20, w 1)

Total 262/10 (101.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Nel	27.0	12	62	3	2.30
M Ntini	26.0	8	62	1	2.38
DW Steyn	19.5	7	44	4	2.22
JH Kallis	19.0	6	34	1	1.79
PL Harris	10.0	0	36	1	3.60

Fall of wickets

1-59 (D Ramdin, 26.2)·2-60 (RS Morton, 27.2)·3-81 (D Ganga, 39.1)·4-93 (MN Samuels, 46.1)·5-126 (DJ Bravo, 60.4)·6-133 (RN Lewis, 63.3)·7-163 (JE Taylor, 77.4)·8-167 (DBL Powell, 81.4)·9-192 (FH Edwards, 90.3)·10-262 (CH Gayle, 101.5)

South Africa

186 /3 (35.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c CH Gayle b RN Lewis	85	79	11	107.59
AB de Villiers	c DJG Sammy b DJ Bravo	23	24	3	95.83
HM Amla	c CH Gayle b RN Lewis	37	60	6	61.67
JH Kallis*	not out	22	26	3	84.62
AG Prince*	not out	12	24	2	50.00

Extras 7 (lb 5, w 1, nb 1)

Total 186/3 (35.2 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	11.0	57	0	5.18
JE Taylor	6.0	31	0	5.17
DJ Bravo	7.0	34	1	4.86
MN Samuels	3.0	17	0	5.67
RN Lewis	8.2	42	2	5.04

Fall of wickets

1-57 (AB de Villiers, 8.6)·2-140 (HM Amla, 25.6)·3-152 (GC Smith, 27.2)