West Indies v South Africa, Trinidad

South Africa 352/10 & 206/4

West Indies 102/10 & 293/10

South Africa won by 163 runs

South Africa v West Indies 2010 · 1st Test Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad 10–13 Jun 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — West Indies had it tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.06× +6%

West Indies

1.01× +1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

GC Smith South Africa

113 +115

MV Boucher South Africa

69 +115

AB de Villiers South Africa

87 +103

AG Prince South Africa

73 +80

CH Gayle West Indies

79 +79

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/29

SJ Benn5/120

M Morkel4/19

DW Steyn3/65

Top score

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

122

6th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–1

3 wkts for 1 · West Indies

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 163 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

352 /10 (129.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c DJ Bravo b S Shillingford	23	82	3	0	28.05
AN Petersen	lbw b S Shillingford	31	93	2	0	33.33
HM Amla	c DJ Bravo b SJ Benn	2	9	0	0	22.22
JH Kallis	lbw b S Shillingford	28	65	1	0	43.08
PL Harris	c S Shillingford b SJ Benn	10	24	0	1	41.67
AB de Villiers	c D Ramdin b SJ Benn	68	145	5	0	46.90
AG Prince	c TM Dowlin b CH Gayle	57	119	2	1	47.90
MV Boucher	c NT Pascal b DJ Bravo	69	146	4	1	47.26
DW Steyn	st D Ramdin b SJ Benn	39	73	4	2	53.42
M Morkel	b SJ Benn	2	10	0	0	20.00
LL Tsotsobe*	not out	3	18	0	0	16.67

Extras 20 (b 9, lb 4, w 1, nb 6)

Total 352/10 (129.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Rampaul	19.0	3	56	0	2.95
NT Pascal	11.0	1	32	0	2.91
DJ Bravo	16.4	7	33	1	1.98
SJ Benn	47.0	9	120	5	2.55
S Shillingford	35.0	4	96	3	2.74
CH Gayle	1.0	0	2	1	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-55 (GC Smith, 27.5)·2-60 (HM Amla, 30.2)·3-68 (AN Petersen, 31.4)·4-91 (PL Harris, 38.4)·5-107 (JH Kallis, 47.5)·6-229 (AG Prince, 87.1)·7-238 (AB de Villiers, 91.1)·8-324 (DW Steyn, 116.2)·9-330 (M Morkel, 120.2)·10-352 (MV Boucher, 129.4)

West Indies

102 /10 (47.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
CH Gayle	b M Morkel	6	31	0	19.35
TM Dowlin	c GC Smith b M Morkel	4	28	0	14.29
BP Nash	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	1	3	0	33.33
S Chanderpaul	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	26	85	3	30.59
N Deonarine	b DW Steyn	29	78	3	37.18
DJ Bravo	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	1	4	0	25.00
D Ramdin*	not out	25	31	4	80.65
S Shillingford	lbw b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0.00
SJ Benn	b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0.00
R Rampaul	b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0.00
NT Pascal	c AN Petersen b JH Kallis	2	16	0	12.50

Extras 8 (b 2, lb 3, w 2, nb 1)

Total 102/10 (47.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	14.0	5	29	5	2.07
M Morkel	13.0	7	19	4	1.46
LL Tsotsobe	8.0	0	18	0	2.25
PL Harris	6.0	1	25	0	4.17
JH Kallis	6.1	3	6	1	0.97

Fall of wickets

1-7 (TM Dowlin, 7.6)·2-9 (BP Nash, 9.1)·3-12 (CH Gayle, 11.1)·4-71 (S Chanderpaul, 36.3)·5-72 (DJ Bravo, 37.1)·6-72 (N Deonarine, 38.5)·7-72 (S Shillingford, 38.6)·8-75 (SJ Benn, 40.4)·9-75 (R Rampaul, 40.6)·10-102 (NT Pascal, 47.1)

South Africa

206 /4 (61.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b SJ Benn	90	173	7	0	52.02
AN Petersen	lbw b SJ Benn	22	48	2	1	45.83
HM Amla	c N Deonarine b S Shillingford	5	20	1	0	25.00
JH Kallis	lbw b SJ Benn	40	67	4	1	59.70
AB de Villiers*	not out	19	43	1	0	44.19
AG Prince*	not out	16	25	2	0	64.00

Extras 14 (b 6, lb 3, nb 5)

Total 206/4 (61.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Rampaul	6.0	2	21	0	3.50
NT Pascal	6.0	1	27	0	4.50
SJ Benn	24.5	3	74	3	2.98
S Shillingford	21.0	2	66	1	3.14
DJ Bravo	4.0	1	9	0	2.25

Fall of wickets

1-56 (AN Petersen, 15.6)·2-79 (HM Amla, 22.2)·3-157 (JH Kallis, 45.5)·4-178 (GC Smith, 55.3)

West Indies

293 /10 (80.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CH Gayle	lbw b M Morkel	73	106	9	1	68.87
TM Dowlin	lbw b M Morkel	1	3	0	0	33.33
BP Nash	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	13	16	2	0	81.25
S Chanderpaul	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	15	48	1	0	31.25
N Deonarine	lbw b DW Steyn	23	61	1	0	37.70
DJ Bravo	c AG Prince b PL Harris	49	74	4	2	66.22
D Ramdin	c AB de Villiers b LL Tsotsobe	9	43	0	0	20.93
S Shillingford	c AN Petersen b PL Harris	27	39	4	1	69.23
SJ Benn	lbw b AN Petersen	42	55	8	0	76.36
R Rampaul*	not out	18	27	2	0	66.67
NT Pascal	b DW Steyn	10	11	2	0	90.91

Extras 13 (b 11, lb 2)

Total 293/10 (80.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	15.3	1	65	3	4.19
M Morkel	12.0	3	49	2	4.08
LL Tsotsobe	13.0	5	20	1	1.54
PL Harris	26.3	3	91	2	3.43
JH Kallis	11.0	3	49	1	4.45
GC Smith	0.3	0	4	0	8.00
AN Petersen	2.0	1	2	1	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (TM Dowlin, 1.1)·2-39 (BP Nash, 6.4)·3-94 (S Chanderpaul, 25.4)·4-114 (CH Gayle, 34.2)·5-152 (N Deonarine, 45.3)·6-192 (DJ Bravo, 56.6)·7-194 (D Ramdin, 59.3)·8-260 (SJ Benn, 73.5)·9-264 (S Shillingford, 74.2)·10-293 (NT Pascal, 80.3)