South Africa v West Indies, Durban

West Indies 139/10 & 317/9

South Africa 556/4

South Africa won by 100 runs

South Africa v West Indies 2007 · 3rd Test Kingsmead, Durban 10–12 Jan 2008

How hard each side found the batting

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

West Indies

0.81× -19%

South Africa

1.24× +24%

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

MN Samuels West Indies

111 +169

GC Smith South Africa

147 +163

AG Prince South Africa

123 +120

DJ Bravo West Indies

88 +117

AB de Villiers South Africa

103 +99

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn6/72

SM Pollock4/35

A Nel3/45

M Ntini2/30

Top score

147

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

199

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–16

3 wkts for 16 · West Indies

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 100 runs

Length3 days

West Indies

139 /10 (34.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Ganga	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	3	16	0	18.75
BA Parchment	c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock	11	35	1	31.43
RS Morton	lbw b SM Pollock	1	14	0	7.14
MN Samuels	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	6	7	1	85.71
S Chanderpaul	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	0	3	0	0.00
DJ Bravo	c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock	13	20	2	65.00
D Ramdin	c HH Gibbs b A Nel	30	25	5	120.00
DJG Sammy	c GC Smith b A Nel	28	48	3	58.33
JE Taylor	c DW Steyn b SM Pollock	25	27	4	92.59
DBL Powell*	not out	15	10	3	150.00
FH Edwards	c MV Boucher b A Nel	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 1, lb 6)

Total 139/10 (34.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	8.0	2	18	1	2.25
M Ntini	7.0	1	30	2	4.29
SM Pollock	11.0	2	35	4	3.18
A Nel	6.3	1	45	3	6.92
JH Kallis	2.0	1	4	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (D Ganga, 4.4)·2-11 (RS Morton, 9.1)·3-22 (BA Parchment, 11.4)·4-26 (MN Samuels, 12.2)·5-33 (S Chanderpaul, 14.1)·6-57 (DJ Bravo, 17.6)·7-74 (D Ramdin, 21.4)·8-116 (JE Taylor, 29.4)·9-139 (DJG Sammy, 34.1)·10-139 (FH Edwards, 34.3)

South Africa

556 /4 (120.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c D Ramdin b JE Taylor	147	165	27	0	89.09
HH Gibbs	b DBL Powell	27	22	4	1	122.73
HM Amla	c DJ Bravo b DJG Sammy	69	127	10	0	54.33
JH Kallis	c RS Morton b MN Samuels	74	101	13	0	73.27
AG Prince*	not out	123	196	15	0	62.76
AB de Villiers*	not out	103	109	15	1	94.50

Extras 13 (b 6, lb 7)

Total 556/4 (120.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DBL Powell	26.0	1	128	1	4.92
FH Edwards	23.0	0	129	0	5.61
JE Taylor	25.0	3	92	1	3.68
DJG Sammy	25.0	4	104	1	4.16
MN Samuels	21.0	0	90	1	4.29

Fall of wickets

1-53 (HH Gibbs, 8.4)·2-252 (HM Amla, 51.4)·3-252 (GC Smith, 52.4)·4-374 (JH Kallis, 81.4)

West Indies

317 /9 (86.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Ganga	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	11	58	2	18.97
BA Parchment	lbw b DW Steyn	20	39	2	51.28
RS Morton	lbw b SM Pollock	37	37	7	100.00
MN Samuels	b DW Steyn	105	190	18	55.26
DJ Bravo	lbw b DW Steyn	75	117	13	64.10
D Ramdin	c MV Boucher b A Nel	25	38	5	65.79
DJG Sammy	c & b DW Steyn	17	24	3	70.83
JE Taylor*	not out	17	12	4	141.67
DBL Powell	b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0.00
FH Edwards	b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0.00

Extras 10 (lb 8, w 1, nb 1)

Total 317/9 (86.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	21.5	7	72	6	3.30
M Ntini	20.0	4	95	1	4.75
SM Pollock	17.0	4	50	1	2.94
A Nel	17.0	2	67	1	3.94
JH Kallis	8.0	2	14	0	1.75
HM Amla	3.0	0	11	0	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-33 (BA Parchment, 14.6)·2-49 (D Ganga, 19.1)·3-88 (RS Morton, 25.2)·4-232 (DJ Bravo, 65.6)·5-273 (D Ramdin, 76.3)·6-292 (MN Samuels, 82.3)·7-305 (DJG Sammy, 84.4)·8-305 (DBL Powell, 84.6)·9-317 (FH Edwards, 86.5)