South Africa v West Indies, Cape Town

West Indies 329/10 & 215/10

South Africa 421/10 & 124/2

South Africa won by 8 wickets

South Africa v West Indies 2014 · 3rd Test Newlands, Cape Town 2–6 Jan 2015

How hard each side found the batting

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

West Indies

0.79× -21%

South Africa

1.21× +21%

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

117 +217

AB de Villiers South Africa

148 +203

LR Johnson West Indies

98 +136

S Chanderpaul West Indies

59 +121

J Blackwood West Indies

69 +105

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn4/78

SR Harmer4/82

SR Harmer3/71

DW Steyn3/75

Top score

148

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–2

3 wkts for 2 · West Indies

Match facts

TossWest Indies, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 8 wickets

Length5 days

West Indies

329 /10 (99.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
KC Brathwaite	c D Elgar b DW Steyn	7	35	1	20.00
DS Smith	b SR Harmer	47	86	8	54.65
LR Johnson	lbw b SR Harmer	54	84	9	64.29
MN Samuels	c F du Plessis b S van Zyl	43	70	6	61.43
S Chanderpaul	st AB de Villiers b SR Harmer	9	48	1	18.75
J Blackwood	lbw b DW Steyn	56	113	6	49.56
D Ramdin	c & b DW Steyn	53	103	6	51.46
JO Holder	c S van Zyl b DW Steyn	23	34	5	67.65
JE Taylor	c DW Steyn b M Morkel	13	12	1	108.33
SJ Benn	c T Bavuma b M Morkel	5	11	1	45.45
ST Gabriel*	not out	4	5	1	80.00

Extras 15 (lb 5, w 8, nb 2)

Total 329/10 (99.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	25.0	6	78	4	3.12
VD Philander	19.0	2	73	0	3.84
M Morkel	19.5	1	83	2	4.18
SR Harmer	26.0	5	71	3	2.73
S van Zyl	8.0	2	13	1	1.62
D Elgar	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-30 (KC Brathwaite, 13.2)·2-80 (DS Smith, 26.6)·3-131 (LR Johnson, 38.3)·4-162 (MN Samuels, 51.1)·5-172 (S Chanderpaul, 56.1)·6-266 (D Ramdin, 85.2)·7-299 (J Blackwood, 94.1)·8-316 (JO Holder, 96.3)·9-319 (JE Taylor, 97.1)·10-329 (SJ Benn, 99.5)

South Africa

421 /10 (122.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Petersen	run out (J Blackwood)	42	85	3	1	49.41
D Elgar	lbw b JO Holder	8	30	1	0	26.67
F du Plessis	st D Ramdin b SJ Benn	68	122	8	0	55.74
HM Amla	c D Ramdin b JO Holder	63	150	7	0	42.00
AB de Villiers	c ST Gabriel b MN Samuels	148	194	15	1	76.29
T Bavuma	b ST Gabriel	15	41	2	0	36.59
S van Zyl	lbw b MN Samuels	33	63	3	0	52.38
VD Philander	run out (JO Holder)	0	7	0	0	0.00
SR Harmer	lbw b JE Taylor	10	48	2	0	20.83
DW Steyn	run out (LR Johnson)	0	1	0	0	0.00
M Morkel*	not out	4	5	0	0	80.00

Extras 30 (lb 7, w 13, nb 10)

Total 421/10 (122.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JE Taylor	20.0	2	80	1	4.00
ST Gabriel	17.0	2	64	1	3.76
JO Holder	24.0	4	87	2	3.62
MN Samuels	16.4	0	68	2	4.08
SJ Benn	45.0	9	115	1	2.56

Fall of wickets

1-48 (D Elgar, 11.5)·2-104 (AN Petersen, 27.1)·3-157 (F du Plessis, 49.1)·4-254 (HM Amla, 75.1)·5-288 (T Bavuma, 86.6)·6-384 (S van Zyl, 108.2)·7-385 (VD Philander, 109.4)·8-404 (SR Harmer, 119.5)·9-408 (DW Steyn, 120.4)·10-421 (AB de Villiers, 122.4)

West Indies

215 /10 (79.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
KC Brathwaite	b SR Harmer	16	45	1	0	35.56
DS Smith	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	7	36	1	0	19.44
LR Johnson	c HM Amla b M Morkel	44	76	6	0	57.89
MN Samuels	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	74	150	9	2	49.33
S Chanderpaul	run out (T Bavuma)	50	113	5	0	44.25
J Blackwood	b DW Steyn	13	26	2	0	50.00
D Ramdin	c SR Harmer b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
JO Holder	c HM Amla b SR Harmer	2	16	0	0	12.50
JE Taylor	c D Elgar b SR Harmer	0	2	0	0	0.00
SJ Benn	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	0	4	0	0	0.00
ST Gabriel*	not out	2	10	0	0	20.00

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 3)

Total 215/10 (79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	23.5	4	75	3	3.15
VD Philander	16.0	4	27	0	1.69
M Morkel	14.0	7	18	2	1.29
SR Harmer	24.0	7	82	4	3.42
S van Zyl	2.0	0	6	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-23 (DS Smith, 10.6)·2-27 (KC Brathwaite, 13.5)·3-95 (LR Johnson, 36.5)·4-182 (MN Samuels, 64.5)·5-202 (J Blackwood, 71.6)·6-204 (D Ramdin, 73.1)·7-213 (JO Holder, 76.3)·8-213 (JE Taylor, 76.5)·9-213 (SJ Benn, 77.4)·10-215 (S Chanderpaul, 79.5)

South Africa

124 /2 (37.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar*	not out	60	103	7	1	58.25
AN Petersen	b SJ Benn	0	7	0	0	0.00
F du Plessis	c J Blackwood b SJ Benn	14	69	2	0	20.29
HM Amla*	not out	38	49	6	0	77.55

Extras 12 (b 8, lb 2, nb 2)

Total 124/2 (37.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JE Taylor	7.0	3	20	0	2.86
MN Samuels	3.4	0	24	0	6.55
SJ Benn	17.0	8	24	2	1.41
JO Holder	5.0	0	19	0	3.80
ST Gabriel	5.0	1	27	0	5.40

Fall of wickets

1-9 (AN Petersen, 2.3)·2-51 (F du Plessis, 22.5)